Chapter 2 – New

Am I dead? I thought to myself. What happened? Where am I? It's dark and I can't see anything. I tried to move my hands and legs but they came in contact with some kind of wall. Almost like I was enclosed in a box built to fit my size. Before I could do much more the lid of the "box" opened to reveal the night.

I looked up at the sky and saw that it was a dark blue. It was a starless night with a few thin clouds. There was a cold breeze blowing. I slowly sat up and looked around to see where I was. It looked like I was in a deserted area. Jut an open area with the city shining off in the distance on my left. Where the hell I am? I didn't get much time to think about it when I heard a small sound beside me. I averted my eyes from the city and turned to my right.

There beside me was a huge bird. I don't even know if "bird" was the right word for it. It was way too big to be a bird. If I didn't know any better, I would've said it was a phoenix, you know one of those mythical creatures that you see on TV. I would've that but unlike the ones on TV that are covered in fire, this one was pitch black. I was so distracted by the phoenix's appearance; I almost didn't notice the folded piece of paper in its mouth. It was watching me expectantly, like I was supposed to take the paper. Watching it, I slowly reached out to carefully take the paper from its mouth. It leaned its head forward allowing me to take it. Still watching it in my peripheral vision, I unfolded the paper. Whoever wrote the letter that was on the paper had nice handwriting. The letter read….

'Sage,

I know you may be confused about last night or you may not remember it but I need you to follow my instructions and do so quickly. There have been some changes to your body, I'm not sure if you can tell or not yet and I won't go into detail about what has happened to you. You will learn soon what has happened but I need to make sure you're around someone who can explain this in better detail. Go to the address below and talk to the person who lives there and show him this note, he'll know what to do with you. Don't go anywhere else, go straight to him, I'll be watching so don't try anything.

Kate'

The address was at the bottom of the note; Plaza Apartment 903. Well the address won't be so hard to find, at least. Who the hell is Kate though? And what is she talking about my body being changed? Well, I'm not going to find the answer sitting here in this…what was I sitting in anyway? I suddenly recalled that I was still sitting in the "box" with the lid that opened How did the lid open? Maybe the phoenix did it, as crazy as it sounds I almost believed it. I looked at the phoenix almost forgetting it was there and it noticed me looking at it and met my glaze. It then nodded its head toward the city.

I got up and stepped out of the "box" looking down to see what it was and oh my gosh, it was a coffin. More confused than ever I figured the quickest way I was going to get some answers was by going to this person Kate was talking about. I looked back at the phoenix, it was still staring at me but as soon as I looked at I, it started walking off toward the city, so I followed.

It was a silent walk to the city. The walk wasn't long only a mile or so. Once we reached the city's boarder, the phoenix gave me one more meaningful look and then flew away. Wonder what that was about. I shrugged it off and kept walking toward the address that was given to me. It was pretty easy to find seeing as I walked past it on my way to school so it was only a matter of time before I found the correct address.

903 was on the third floor of the building so I walked up the stairs wondering who could possibly help me figure this out. I entered the building and walked down the wall skimming the numbers on the doors. 900…. 901…. 902…. and 903.

Waiting in front of the door, I took a deep breath not knowing what to except. Then it happened. My throat felt as if it were being constricted from the inside, I got a strange feeling at the pit of my stomach and my vision blurred. But that's not what startled me…. What startled me was the fact that this feeling was vaguely familiar. And somehow, I don't know how, but I knew it would end in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1….. and then it was gone.

Not giving myself time to think about it, I raised my hand to knock on the door.

A/N: Wasn't really sure where to end this so I thought this would be a good place. Next chapter will be longer though. =D
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Comatose