I close my eyes, the water seeping through my nose and mouth
Drawing me closer to the land of the pain
Driving away my will to live, it chills me
Kills me, slowly inside
I scream, yet nothing comes out
I reach towards the emerald green light above me, yet i sink farther down
I feel you all standing in the shallows, trying to grab me
I hear you in my mind, trying to call to me
Yet no matter what, the monster pulls me farther away
The carnivore comes to the surface of my skin, waiting hungrily to digest me
But wait
There's a burning feeling deep inside me, lighting the dark
A set of invisible wings at my back, fighting to get me to the surface
Fighting to keep me alive
Slowly, as my wings tire, I break the surface
The silence shattered
I gasp, drawing in life once more to my lungs
Hands and arms close around me, dragging me to the sand
Voices I know, of people I've never met
And those voices belong to my heroes