There was nothing but absolute darkness. Things seemed pitch-black, cold, and awfully painful for the first woman (technically second if you don't count Lilith) that ever walked the face of the Earth. Eve knew there was darkness around her but was unable to move, and felt her whole body fill with an aching sensation. Suddenly, she felt as though someone was sitting on her chest, and she was unable to breathe. As if she was in some kind of wretched, dark sleep paralysis. She had no time to think, because she had no idea what was happening or where she even was. All she knew was that she was desperate for air, until a loud car horn pulled her out of her dark, cold, painful state.
Eve immediately shot the upper half of her body upward and gasped loudly for air. "Oh...my God..." She gasped, as she placed a hand on her chest and felt it rising up and down. She was able to breathe normally again, and she promised herself she would never take air for granted again. The dark-haired female began looking around her surroundings. It was the city, around nighttime. Of course, she immediately recognized the place as a night in the city of Los Angeles.
"H-how is this possible?" The woman whispered to herself as she stood up. She realized she was in the middle of the street. However, she supposed she was lucky considering a car hadn't ran her over yet. She moved out of the street and onto the sidewalk. Then began wandering down the specific sidewalk.
The people in Los Angeles hadn't changed a bit. However, Eve concluded she wasn't surprised. After...what had transpired on her last moments on Earth before she made the ultimate decision to take her own life, Eve assumed it would be too far-fetched to believe anyone on Earth could actually change.
"God?" Eve called out, looking for an answer to all the madness. Unsure of what was going on, all kinds of thoughts came rushing to her head. When she died...shouldn't she have went immediately through the Gates of Heaven? "Adam?" Eve called out again. Nothing. People passed her by, as though Eve was practically invisible again. Suddenly, the dark-haired female saw a sight that stopped her dead in her tracks. On the opposite side of the street sidewalk she was currently walking on, Eve saw another version of herself clad in a maroon dress with white polka dots, her hair was down and a mess, and most importantly she was standing in front of Maze. Was this...some sick, twisted version of deja vu? Did she have some kind of unknown doppelgänger lurking around Los Angeles?
"Wait...I remember this..." Eve spoke in realization before walking across the street without thinking. In the corner of her eye, she saw the shining head-lights of a car coming directly at her. She held her breath and closed her eyes, however, she didn't feel the painful sensation she figured she would. Eve opened her eyes, then turned her head to the direction the car had just passed her body by. She blinked in surprise, and raised both arms slightly as to inspect her body for injuries. The car had managed to completely pass her body... there was no way she had somehow moved out of the way at the last second, she had froze.
"What the actual..." She wandered off as she remembered what exactly made her put her 'life' in deceitful danger. Her gaze shifted from the long-gone vehicle to the sight of her and Maze, seemingly speaking with each other. Behind them, seemed to be some kind of old-school movie theatre that read 'Mayan Presents: Holla Bae & Special Guest: Cancelled' on it's beaming display sign. She couldn't make out what they were saying from the distance, but she did recognize the scene. This was the moment she had broken Maze's heart. However, she remembered how Maze has somehow broken her own heart as well, and balled her hands into fists.
"What is this!?" She screamed out loud, coming to the realization that this was far from Heaven. The original sinner watched as Maze's expression fell when she saw the other version of herself lean forward to place a kiss on the demon's cheek before walking away. Eve watched herself leave, then carefully, stepped forward right in front of a broken Maze.
"Maze...?" Eve questioned the demon, however, though the demon was facing the dark-haired woman, is as if though she was looking right past her. Then, Eve observed Maze turn her head around to look in the direction of the other version of her, walking away into the distance. In a matter of seconds, Maze's eyes glistened and she took a deep breath, before walking in a separate direction. Right through the real Eve, as though she was completely invisible.
The real Eve turned and watched the other version of herself stop for a second to glance back at the heartbroken Maze.
"Don't follow her..." Eve spoke to her doppelgänger. The other version of herself, however, could not hear the real Eve, so just like she had done on earth, the other version of Eve turned her body around to follow Maze. "No...no, don't. Don't... She doesn't care about you!" Eve screamed to herself and attempt to hold her other version back. However, the other version of Eve walked directly passed the real Eve, as though she were invisible.
The real Eve started breathing heavily, having a flashback of what was about to transpire that ultimately, caused her to commit suicide in the real world in an attempt to go back to Heaven. Although, it seemed her plan had backfired. She wasn't in Heaven, and this was only the first part of what had caused the original sinner's heart to break.
Eve dropped down to her knees as she watched her doppelgänger go after Maze. The real Eve's eyes began to water as a wave of despair flooded her body. She began to sob loudly
"I'm, I'm in Hell..."
A/N: Hey y'all! I know I've been quiet throughout most of this story, but I just wasn't sure where it was going to go. This is only the first part of Eve's hell, there's more to come in the later chapters that'll explain everything that's going down. I'm glad ya readers dig the Maeve/Meve ship as much as I do. Thank you to all my reviews, and, until next time, sinners ;)