Karen O'Neill COMPLETED

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Everything is cold. Way cold. First, Karen couldn't feel or see a thing, she was just a conciousness. Now, she feel a blast of cold, cold reality. And it is not fun.
Karen can't talk, she can't hear, and she can't see. But, she can feel and taste. She is there, yet not there. The cold eases and Karen becomes used to it. The creepy feeling in her gut increases as the cold becomes nonexistent.
Karen's senses slowly come back. She can hear, she can see. She can move. Karen tries to walk. She jerks forward. Her legs feel like lead. Her head feels like a bomb, about to explode. Her heart, well, let's just say, she can't feel it. Karen looks around in wonder. She can see grass. Trees. Dark sky. But everything is foggy. Her vision is fogging up, as if she's wearing goggles that are being blasted with heat. She can no longer move, but glide. Glide through the air, slicing through the Earth. Karen giggles. She feels weird. She has a buzzing sound in her head, not very loud. Her limbs are vibrating softly, humming along to the beat of her head. She can feel air pumping through her veins, body tickling when she moves through stone or ground.
But, paradise does not last forever.
Karen awakes on the cold, wet ground. A girl stares down at her. Karen yells. The girl is transparent. She looks about thirteen. Her hair is chopped short. Her eyes are wide and innocent. She has a soft, dreamy voice when she speaks. "Don't worry. Your safe here. With us."
"Who are you?"
"My name is Heather."
"Where am I?"
"Death Lane, of course."
"What?"
"Death Lane."
"What exactly us Death Lane?"
"Our home."
"'Our' including me?"
"Yes."
"Am I dying?"
"No, silly. Your already dead." Heather erupts into giggles. Karen doesn't laugh. Heather notices and stops. She bites her lip and runs away.
"Ok..." Karen walks around. She is in a building. The grass she woke up in is right in the center. It is the size and shape of a twin size mattress. The building is circular. It has a floor made of light brown layers of wood. It has gaps between pillars of black walls. There are trees and bushes in pots placed by pools of water. There are waterfalls pouring out if the walls. Karen wonders outside. She finds Heather with another ghost-like-girl. Her hair us long and flows. Her eyes are oval shaped. She wears a short dress and sandals.
The girls notice Karen. Heather points at her and the other girl nods. She waves Karen to come.
"Hi. I'm Carol!" The new girl offers a high five.
"I'm Karen." Karen slaps her hand and Carol smiles.
"You already know Heather, right?" Karen nods. "She always greets the new people before anyone even knows they're here. She hangs out over there when she hears someone's coming." Carol giggles. Heather pushes her shoulder.
"Do not!" Karen erupts into laughter at this.
"Yeah, you do!" Carol and Heather begin to bicker, so Karen leaves and goes to the Greeting Mass Building (GMB). She can see many ghosts gathered around a waterfall, cooing. Karen pushes to the frony of the crowd. In the pool of water, sits a newborn baby.
"What happened? Why's this baby here?"
An elderly ghost woman turns to Karen. "He was born." He look is icy and up sends chills up Karen's arms.
"What'd you mean?"
"He was born. Do I need to explain how he came to be?"
"No."
"Good." The woman turns and goes to talk to a young man.
Karen goes up to a short and fat ghost man. "Excuse me, sir. I have a question. "
The man studies her. His mustache quivers. His hair shifts slightly. "Yes?"
"Was this baby born into... ghost-hood?"
"Yes, ma'am!"
"Oh-" Karen glances at the wailing baby. "Oh, no, no, no." She pushes through the crowd and runs outside. She sits on a swing in a swing set. "A baby was born dead." Karen puts her head in her hands and mourns.