Prologue
The rain wouldn't stop. It kept pounding on the streets and the drains couldn't keep up. The village lights flickered on and off as I huddled in my jacket to stay warm. It didn't matter. The heat kept seeping out because of the rain. It pounded down harshly, soaking in deeply. I felt even worse than a drenched cat. No matter how much I prayed that the rain would stop, it just came down harder. The rain continued for hours as I sat shivering. It sounded like someone had just created a huge waterfall over the village. I knew no one had… hopefully. I huddled up in my jacket as much as I could, shivering violently. I might have had frostbite. I couldn't tell. I could have hypothermia. I wouldn't notice. All I felt was a numbing, nerve wracking cold that wouldn't end until I did. It was starting to get harder to breathe…
They say hell would be hot, burning with fires from the deepest abysses. I say, it was a dark, lonely, isolated place where rain and show never ended as you froze where you were; huddled in the cold, cloaked by darkness.
I stared up into the sky. The rain pelted my face like needles. The air coming out of my mouth no longer created a small puff of smoke. I wasn't warm enough on the inside… My vision began to darken around the edges, blurring out. I blinked and shook my head. It still didn't clear- it got worse. Was this it? Was this the end?
I have no regrets… I thought as consciousness slithered away from my grasp.