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Muffled voices merged around me – I could only hear fragments of sentences. 

The only reassuring sound in the darkness. 

I couldn't remember why I was here, or what happened. 

I was defenceless, trapped inside a weakening body. I began repeating a specific sentence to myself, blocking out the pandemonium unfolding close to me.  


My name is Bailey Wyatt, and -


I pushed the air out of me and started again.


My name is Bailey Wyatt, and today I turned -


I could barely finish; I was afraid I was going to die, but I couldn't go, there's so much I needed to do.


I haven't even said goodbye yet. 


I can't die, I won't die. Wake up, Bailey! Wake up!


My eyes ripped open, I struggled to focus on their faces, whoever 'they' were. 

"She's seizing!" 

All of a sudden, the control of my body was suppressed, and I began shaking violently – as if I was possessed. 

The darkness of my mind began to seep in again.  

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