The Past Is Never Dead

Chapter 2- The Abyss of Pain

Chapter 2- The Abyss of Pain

       I was falling into a pitch black hole, it seemed endless, and I couldn’t make a sound, it felt like my lungs were being compressed together and squeezing as much air as possible, but it wasn’t enough, I kept falling, not knowing if I’d die or wake up and it’d be an awful nightmare. There was a beeping noise coming in, and it wouldn’t stop beeping, it annoyed me, that monotonous tone, not shutting up. “Get her to ICU now! I don’t care if there isn’t room, she’s dying! Get her in now! I want her in the ICU, ready for surgery stat! Don’t question me just do it!” A man’s voice was screaming at someone or something, I tried to follow the voice, but I was still falling, but the darkness was fading, I could see a light at the end. Is that Heaven? I tried to grab at it, but when I did, I could feel the air just fall on me, and I was being pushed into a room, I was on a gurney. What was happening? People were looking at me with compassion and pity, yelling for me to hang in there, some asking my name. I didn’t know what to say minus the fact that I couldn’t say anything. “1…2…3…lift!” My flesh was touching an ice cold object, and I could feel myself grow paler, and start shivering inside, but all of a sudden my vision was blurring and I blacked out, not falling just closing my eyes and entering a world where I saw someone, it looked like my mother, but younger, she seemed so familiar to me, but the face just didn’t register, she looked at me with such a happy smile as if we haven’t met in ages, and now we are in each other’s presence. “Hello Aurore, do you remember me? I am Edmonde Mabelle Blanc. I am your dead older sister.” I was at the utmost shock, my older sister? I don’t remember having an older sister, she can’t be my sister. I don’t have one! “I know, you don’t remember me, I died when you were in our mother’s womb, and I was 14 when I passed. I was so excited to have a baby sister. We would do our nails and hair, go shopping, and share clothes. Talk about boys and the latest gossip and drama going on, but that dream soon came to an end when I was in the car with my friend’s father, and little to my knowledge, he was drunk, and he crashed into another car. I was the only one to die on impact, everyone else survived. Mother and Father did not want you to know you would’ve had an older sister since they thought you would’ve felt lonelier and start blaming them for my death, which they have been doing to themselves to this day, but Aurore; there is more important business to discuss now. You see, you were walking home from school and you seemed in deep distress, so you weren’t really thinking. You tripped, fell, and as you got up a drunk driver came rushing down towards you. You were in a state of shock, you stood there, paralyzed. The car hit you and you blacked out. The driver did run away, but someone was walking their dog and saw you lying there dying, they called 911 and now you are in Intensive Care. Though, after you wake up, you will be in your room, but there is a problem, someone is after you. You have a past that you don’t know about, and this person knows much about you, Aurore. More than you think, so you must quickly escape and don’t look back, don’t say goodbye to anyone, just leave. You will meet someone that will help you through this and collect your past and defeat this person for he is going after other kids like you, like us. I cannot explain more, I hope to see you again Aurore. I love you, I always have, and I always will. Don’t forget me. Au revoir.” Edmonde started to fade away, but I was desperately trying to go after her, I tried screaming, but I was so paralyzed in shock I didn’t know what to do. I wanted to ask her what was going on, but it was all just a dream.

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        “Ms. Blanc? Ms. Blanc? It’s time to wake up.” I opened my eyes to see a woman with a wide smile showing her glossy white teeth, with the laugh lines perfectly indented into her skin. “Oh, good, you’re awake. On a scale of 1-10, how much pain are you in?” She asked me this question like I could talk to her normally, but I could feel the dryness in my throat, and the tightness in my chest, I was mute, so I gave her a 5 using my fingers. “Ah, seems like you aren’t fully recovered yet. Naturally so, well, not to worry my dear, you’ll be back to normal in no time.” She gave me another sweet smile and left the room; leaving me in this hospital room, cold, empty, hospital room. I just looked around with my eyes since the rest of my body seemed to weigh a ton and wouldn’t budge. Then, the dream I had hit me, the one where I saw my “sister”. I couldn’t believe that I actually had that sort of dream, I really should see someone, there was no way that could mean anything, I am an older sister, and I have a younger brother.  My family has no terrible past that someone would want to kill us, it’s impossible, it was just a silly dream and I should get over it as soon as possible. Move on with life and focus on getting better, but something kept popping in my head, the whole deal with, “You have a past that you don’t know about, and this person knows much about you, Aurore. More than you think…” What was that supposed to mean? I, of all people should know what my life is like. That whole business with her was all just so weird. Agh! Stop thinking about it!

       “Aurore? Are you alright?” The nurse standing at my side looked at me with confusion. I didn’t notice her there at all; I guess I looked like I was having a battle inside my head. I nodded and gave a small smile, which didn’t look like my smile because my mouth seemed to be glued shut. She smiled reassuringly, but still suspicious about what she just saw. “Alright then, well, I’m going to give you your medication. This will hurt, so be ready.” She gently placed her ice cold hands on my arm and moved it so my elbow would be resting on the sheets. A sharp pain ran through my whole arm and my eyes squeezed shut, and that’s when she injected the needle in my arm. My body started to feel pain and my heart was racing and I needed to scream, my lungs would burst out, but it hurt to move, but pain was overcoming and my mouth opened and I screamed so loud I could feel the whole room shake, or it was just my head shaking me. “Aurore! Aurore! Calm down! Doctor! She’s having a seizure!” The nurse grabbed me and strapped me down as I laid down there my mind ringing, ears stinging, and my mouth foaming, and me, shaking. Doctors, nurses, the whole nine yards had fear written on their faces. My vision blurred and I blacked out, again, and I could hear the doctor say something I didn’t want to hear. “Pull the plug….” It seems that it is goodbye, hopefully God accepts me.

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      “Ms. Blanc…please wake up…Ms.Blanc…” A soft voice, like an innocent little girl was speaking. “Ms. Blanc…Ms. Blanc…” My eyes opened up and small girl, looked around 5, was sitting on a chair in my room, she was staring blankly at the ground. “I see that you’ve awakened…how do you feel?” I was going to answer, but she decided to answer for me. “Yes, I know, you’re miserable. You see, I am not here for your health or anything. Let’s just start with the beginning. You don’t know me correct? Well, I am called Piper. I don’t have a last name since I don’t have a family; I just live alone, and take care of myself. How do I make money? Well, this is my living, being the guardian of the Mutants.” She stared at me with her blood red eyes, as if she was staring into my electric green eyes, and into my small, puny soul. I wanted to look away but she seemed to be magnetizing me to her with her eyes I couldn’t look away. “Aurore Coletta Blanc, you are a mutant, like me, like your brother, like your sister, and your parents.” My eyes went opened wide and bloodshot, my chin quivered and I couldn’t feel the pain, since my heart was tearing to shreds and I started crying shaking my head. Denying what she said, I was going crazy, my mind was playing tricks on me, and I wanted it to all stop. I wanted all this pain to stop right now. I couldn’t take it anymore, and I screamed out in pain and tears, and the girl, Piper, got up and walked away as the nurses ran in and strapped me down again trying to get me to calm down.

Help me, please. Someone. Help me.