Author's Note: Yes, I should be working on ROBC or Autograph right now, but this idea just came to get me. Enjoy! Or, don't… I mean, you really don't have to… It's a little dark…

This is William Sloan's brief conscious moment before succumbing to Bill Cipher. It makes more sense if you read Numb, but you don't have to.

Um… I hope you like it!

I watch the flames as they dance

Across my fingertips like tiny demon angels

If that makes sense…

I watch my body twist and writhe

Contorting into something

You won't recognize as human

I guess because I'm not

What happened to you?

What is left?

Yes

I lost my mind

So hold your head high

And let it burn away

I'm dancing with the demon

In a losing battle

There is no escape

It's sharp and it's painful

Funny to tell

About my very own personal Hell…

I can't control myself

I am fading away

The part of me

The part that's me

Is lost now

Playing with fire isn't for children

15 years

Far too little, far too long

So hold your head high

And let it burn away

I'm dancing with the demon

In a losing battle

There is no escape

It's sharp and it's painful

Funny to tell

About my personal version of Hell…

Lost in the shadows.