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Chapter 2: The Voice
"Elizabeth," A deep male voice said from somewhere in the darkness.
Stunned, I felt the gun slip from my grasp and drop to my feet with a low thud. I stared into the darkness trying to let my eyes adjust to the pitch black. Someone was here, breathing the same air, watching me, listening to my hurried heartbeat, being here with me. His very presence made me want to run away, not caring who he was. Who was he, anyway? How did he get in here without my noticing? I retrieved the gun from the floor and aimed blindly, I didn't care for strange visitors at this hour of the night.
"Who are you?" I asked hoping my voice didn't quiver.
It hadn't worked, my voice trembled along with the rest of my body and silence was my only reply.
"Answer me!" I screamed to the darkness surrounding me. Tears were streaming down my cheeks in hysteria.
"No need to shout, I'm right here," the voice said, nearly speaking in my ear.
I gasped and started violently in my nervousness.
"What do you want?" I screamed, sobbing.
I began to panic now, wondering what I should do (scream, run, hide?).
"Come with me," he said as if he knew what I was thinking.
"Do I have a choice?" I replied, my voice slowly steadying.
"You have made this choice already. You made it when you were young, and prayed for it as you grew. Your heart became black from misery and hate, but it only made your wish become stronger."
I suddenly grew very tired and fell to the bed, tears still streaming down my face.
"Come with me," the voice persuaded soothingly.
"No, I have a real life here," I mumbled, fighting to stay awake. "I—"
"I thought Robert was all that mattered to you. All that you cared for, all you lived for," he interrupted. "He's gone now, is there any other reason you might want to stay at the world that's tearing you apart?"
I stared out in the darkness in bewilderment, he knew! Of course he knew. Wasn't it obvious? This world was killing me, slowly, but surely. But then, if it was so obvious, why was I the last one to see it?
Chapter 2: The Voice
"Elizabeth," A deep male voice said from somewhere in the darkness.
Stunned, I felt the gun slip from my grasp and drop to my feet with a low thud. I stared into the darkness trying to let my eyes adjust to the pitch black. Someone was here, breathing the same air, watching me, listening to my hurried heartbeat, being here with me. His very presence made me want to run away, not caring who he was. Who was he, anyway? How did he get in here without my noticing? I retrieved the gun from the floor and aimed blindly, I didn't care for strange visitors at this hour of the night.
"Who are you?" I asked hoping my voice didn't quiver.
It hadn't worked, my voice trembled along with the rest of my body and silence was my only reply.
"Answer me!" I screamed to the darkness surrounding me. Tears were streaming down my cheeks in hysteria.
"No need to shout, I'm right here," the voice said, nearly speaking in my ear.
I gasped and started violently in my nervousness.
"What do you want?" I screamed, sobbing.
I began to panic now, wondering what I should do (scream, run, hide?).
"Come with me," he said as if he knew what I was thinking.
"Do I have a choice?" I replied, my voice slowly steadying.
"You have made this choice already. You made it when you were young, and prayed for it as you grew. Your heart became black from misery and hate, but it only made your wish become stronger."
I suddenly grew very tired and fell to the bed, tears still streaming down my face.
"Come with me," the voice persuaded soothingly.
"No, I have a real life here," I mumbled, fighting to stay awake. "I—"
"I thought Robert was all that mattered to you. All that you cared for, all you lived for," he interrupted. "He's gone now, is there any other reason you might want to stay at the world that's tearing you apart?"
I stared out in the darkness in bewilderment, he knew! Of course he knew. Wasn't it obvious? This world was killing me, slowly, but surely. But then, if it was so obvious, why was I the last one to see it?