Unbelievable. The world I was in was nothing but darkness and cold-or at least that was the world my body was in-but my mind was wide awake. What happened? All I could was wonder as I listened to the world outside of me go on in its normal way. The heart monitor was steady and the touch of plastic tubes along my arm and in my nose left an unpleasant fake feeling. The nurses that came to visit with the doctors chattered away with one another but I couldn't make out much. Was there cotton in my ears?
I want to wake up. The thought echoed in the labyrinth that was my mind but there was no response. Strange. My body had always been obedient, overly so, to my command so why wasn't it listening now? In the darkness I had no form and there was no up or down or left or right…Wake up. My command echoed out into the depths only to die. Get up. The darkness shook but it did not recede.
"Artemis….."
A sliver of panic raced down to the core of my being. This was like what Natsume went through! Wake up. Instead of just calling for my body to respond I sent my will with it and the darkness shook. Get up! Get up! Get up! OPEN MY EYES!
"Artemis…"