Sterile
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  • Reads 25
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  • Parts 3
  • Time 11m
Ongoing, First published Dec 24, 2015
The steady, pulsating beep.
The heating duct producing fresh heat for the room.
Disinfectant products attacking her nose from every possible direction.
The dim lights of the skyline streams through the sheer curtains.
Peppermint candy cane remnants within the folds of her lips.

"This is it. This is our moment." He excitedly gripped her hand to calm their nerves.

He frowned.

"Oh no. That wasn't supposed to happen. Let's submit more tissue and fluid.." Her bones rattling.

"This is it. We've been sentenced to a predetermined life. All we can do is watch it unfold before us.."
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Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld. ***** When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying! [[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]] [[word count: 30,000-40,000 words]]