His ears were ringing, vision swimming. He could feel hands grabbing him. making him jerk back until he hit a hard surface. He pulled up his knees, hands over his ears. Why wouldn't the ringing stop? It was so loud.
Faces crowded him. He just pulled back here. Their voices faint, as if underwater. Too faint to be heard over the shrill dentist's drill in his brain now.
He could feel the stress and chaos around him. Shut his eyes that were clouded in iced. So much red. Too much. It was all too much. He didn't want to be there anymore. Someone had to make it stop.
Then the screaming started. And everything went from black to red. Before it all went silent. Finally...
