AN: This one is a shorty. I'll post another one too, so that should even it out:)
Chapter 3
I was drifting in a black sea. Everything was warm and peaceful. I felt like I should remember something, but my mind felt numb. But it was a nice numb, like all of the troubles in the world didn't matter anymore. Maybe they didn't. I remembered a mine exploding. Bright wavering lights exploding in front of my vision. A shock wave hurtling me backwards into the lake. The pain of impact. And a raging elephant. I shivered and curled into a tight ball. The water around me made a nice swishing noise as I moved. It was quiet, dark, tranquil…. And my lungs burned from lack of oxygen. I unwound from my ball and started using long, powerful strokes with my arms and legs that ate up the distance between me and wherever it was I was headed.
A light flared up beneath me, and a pull started. At first, it was just a soft pull, something I had no trouble swimming against. But soon the pull became stronger and stronger. I found myself being dragged down to the bright light glowing below. I tried to swim harder, but I was still being pulled down. My muscles burned in protest, and I began to feel lightheaded. I was being pulled down despite my efforts; a leaf in an unstoppable current. I clawed at the black water, but to no avail. I let out a scream as I was dragged down, but all that came from my lips was a cloud of bubbles and a soft gargle of sound. I was still going down, farther and farther, until I was bathed in the light. Everything was so bright, I couldn't see. Too bright, everything was too bright….
Then the pressure stopped, the light was gone, and I was free from whatever it was that was pulling me down. I coughed up tons of water until my thought was raw. I tried to see, but little black dots were dancing in front of my eyes. I collapsed against the ground, and slipped into the black embrace of unconsciousness.