The Second Chance (Blood Of Eden Fanfiction)

Chapter 19: Abigail

Darkness. It consumes me to the point where I feel nothing. Is this what death is like? Is it really just this empty feeling with zero light? Am I bound to just be here, unmoving, but still wandering around, for all of eternity?

Yet, for some reason I don't feel... Dead, I guess? I figured that with death there would be nothing - that I would simply cease to exist. I had always hoped that there was something after, but I didn't think I'd be able to form coherent thoughts.

I don't really remember much about how I died. I'm pretty sure I was in pain, but I couldn't tell you why. I think I may have heard someone say my name at one point... What was my name again?

Abigail, a male voice says. That's right, my name is Abigail. I can't seem to remember anything else besides this, though.

I'm not sure how long I've been like this. Perhaps it's only been a few hours or maybe even several years. Time doesn't feel real anymore and it's like everything has come to a complete stop. Every so often I think I feel something - or someone - reach out to me or touch me, but I know that that's impossible.

"Abby?" A voice says and if I could jump, I would. After nothing but silence, the voice echos in my head.

The darkness gives away to light and everything around me turns white. I look around me in a panic and that's when my eyes land on her.

"C-Cierra?" I stammer out as I meet the golden eyes of my younger sister. Her brown hair falls in waves behind her back and she wears a flowing, gray dress. She looks to me with a sad smile on her young face.

"You're here, Abby," she says cheerily. "I've missed you."

I reach out for my baby sister and envelope her in my arms. "I've missed you, too," I sob out. "I am so, so sorry."

"Abby," Cierra says, pulling herself out of my arms. "I saw what happened... Are you feeling okay?"

I try to remember what happened before I died, but nothing comes to mind. "I-I don't know... What happened?"

Cierra gives me another sad look, suddenly appearing much older than she really is. "You're not ready to be here," she says softly. "I can feel it."

"What do you mean?" I ask, confused.

She sighs and takes a step back. "It's not your time yet, Abby. I'm glad I got to see you, though." My eyes go wide as she suddenly begins to fade away in front of my eyes.

"Cierra!" I call out and I try to reach out and grab her again, but all my arms meet is air. I call for her again, but it's no use.  Everything begins to go back to the darkness from before and I feel frozen once more.

But then, as if someone flipped a switch, I remember everything and wake up.

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I sit up sharply with a forced gasp. The room around me is dark and a sharp pain erupts through my stomach. Everything about me hurts, as if someone tore me apart and then sewed me back up.

I can still feel where the Rabid's had digged their sharp claws into my back. This feeling emits a growl as the pain in my stomach worsens and I nearly scream out.

I'm hungry, I think to myself and growl again. My vision is red and the only thought on my mind is satisfying this... This burning feeling in me. Never in my life have felt this hungry before and if I don't eat something soon, I'm not sure what's going to happen.

The smell of something sweet meets my nostrils and a sudden pain in my gums causes me to call out. Food. I'm not sure where the food is, but I know it's close. I can hear it and smell it even from here.