Genre: General, I think. Maybe angst, too.
Characters: Danny.
Author's Notes: I'm taking the 100 drabble/one-shot challenge! :D These will just be little stories I write in my spare time, or when I have a bit of writer's block concerning my other stories. Huzzah.
63. Explosion
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
T. S. Eliot, "The Hollow Man"
Pain. An explosion of searing, white-hot pain ripped through his body, tearing him apart with firey claws. Those claws lacerated his lungs, his vocal chords, his throat. He was mute, unable to shout, to scream; though he felt the white noise rush through his mouth, there was only silence.
Danny felt the pain seep into each of his cells, into his bones, into his soul, into every fiber of his being. He couldn't breathe; the pain had only forced the air from his lungs, which had shriveled in his chest, contracted into nothing. Light and darkness clashed before his eyes like lightning, colliding in a violent display.
Two words rang through his head. Two words, echoing through the agony.
I'm dying.
Blissful numbness expanded throughout his body, which now felt almost nonexistant, like air. Darkness obscured his vision, and then there was no more sight. A slight whimper escaped Danny's lips.
Only when he awoke would he know that his hair had turned white.
Author's Notes: I know there are others like it - drabbles and one-shots about Danny during the Ghost Portal accident. This is my version. I hope you like it.
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