Notes: Song lyrics are Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life"



Chapter 2: The Awakening

The radio was blasting now, she was feeling much happier now that she had burnt herself. "Aaaah, this is a good 'rette," she said to herself, puffing on the cigarette that was nearly gone. The radio station changed to commercials, so she turned the dial until she found the right song.

How do you see into my eyes like open doors

Leading you down into my core

Where I've become so numb without a soul my spirit

Sleeping somewhere cold

Until you find it there and lead it back home

(Wake me up)

Wake me up inside

(I can't wake up)

Wake me up inside

(Save me)

Call my name and save me from the dark

Yeah, that's all she needed. A damn 'rette, that was it. She had some tasks to do. She needed to figure it out, figure it out

(Wake me up)

Bid my blood run

(I can't wake up)

Before I come undone

(Save me)

Save me from the nothing I've become

Now that I know what I'm without

You can't just leave me

Breathe into me and make me real

Bring me to life

(Wake me up)

Wake me up inside

Yeah, she needed to be brought to life. She needed to be someone. It wasn't just the cigarette she needed.

(I can't wake up)

Wake me up inside

(Save me)

Call my name and save me from the dark

(Wake me up)

bid my blood to run

(I can't wake up)

Before I come undone

(Save me)

Save me from the nothing I've become

Frozen inside without your touch without your love

Dammit she felt like shit all of a sudden. Where was her damn lighter? She needed it again.

Darling only you are the life among the dead

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see

Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me

I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems

Got to open my eyes to everything

Without a thought without a voice without a soul

Don't let me die here

There must be something more

Bring me to life

(Wake me up)

Wake me up inside

(I can't wake up)

Wake me up inside

Where the hell was her lighter? She couldn't find it, and she needed it badly. She spied the still-burning stub of cigarette lying in the ashtray. A smile twisted her lips

(Save me)

Call my name and save me from the dark

(Wake me up)

Bid my blood to run

(I can't wake up)

Before I come undone

(Save me)

Save me from the nothing I've become

(Bring me to life)

I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside

(Bring me to life)

She held the burning stub to her arm and smiled as the peace washed over her. Nothing inside, she thought. Ain't that the truth. Well one thing would fix that, it sure would. She got up off the bed, tossing the now burnt out 'rette stub in the trash, and stared at the piece of paper tacked up on the wall. It was a schedule. Kim Zambrano's schedule.