Chapter 4
Mok awoke in a sweat and an oxygen mask had been placed over his mouth and nose.
'How long was I out?' he asked himself.
He could hear sirens and that's when he realized that he was on a gurney and cold oxygen flowed through his lungs.
"Hey, he's awake," someone said, but Mok's vision was going black, again.
He remembered that he collapsed after inhaling the opium.
"You're not ready to leave this earth," a voice told him and it sounded very familiar to him.
The ambulance arrived at Ohmtown United Hospital and a dozen doctors tended to the aging rock star.
"Overdose," one said, "Get the pumper," he ordered and they obeyed.
Just then, the heart monitor gave the high-pitched hum and the doctors scrambled.
"Dammit! Get him back!" one shouted and another began to do chest compressions.
Mok found himself floating in a black space and he thought, 'Am I dead?'
"You're not ready," a female voice said and fog appeared.
Just then, out of the blackness, Mok spotted Emmy, dressed in white and she kissed him.
"You're not ready to enter the after-life," she told him.
"But am I dead?" he asked.
"You won't be for long. Please Mok," Emmy replied to him, "Don't throw your life away because of me. I want you to find someone to share your hardships with. Don't turn to drugs, isn't it something you worked hard against?"
"Yes," Mok said in realization.
"I have to let you go now, please promise me you'll never take another substance as long as you live," Emmy replied, but Mok didn't want to leave her.
Then, it felt like he was being pulled away from Emmy by an invisible force, but they held onto each other.
"Promise me, Mok!" she demanded and he nodded, "I promise."
They let go of their hands and Mok was pulled away from his sweetheart and everything goes white.
Back in the real world, the heart-monitor beeped, again as Mok took a much needed breath.
"He's back!" someone called out, but the rock star still had his eyes closed.
"Prepare to pump out the contents," a doctor said and Mok was taken to surgery.