Severed Truths

The Void

                       Athena POV

This darkness had become my friend.

Or foe.

There was nothing but pitch blackness. I couldn't even see my hands or feet, yet I felt myself walking.

Walking.

And walking.

Turning my head side to side, yet all that greeted me was more nothingness.

Lonely.

I felt so lonely.

I had been in this void for who knows how long, but it felt like eternity.

I felt tears run down my cheeks but when I wiped them, I couldn't see them.

I couldn't get out.

The consistent pain had become nothing compared to the frustration I had for being lost.

I couldn't see my mate or my friend. Not my parents. Not myself.

But then I heard it.

His voice.

It sounded as if he was screaming at me.

"I'M SOOORRYYYY! IM SOO SOORRRYYY!"

I wanted to scream back at him. I wanted him to know I was here.

But nothing came out.

The electricity I started feeling could only be from his touch.

I felt warmth.

I hadn't noticed how cold I had felt before.

I felt more pain. Worse than before, but it subsided as I started running through the abyss.

Running to find him.

I had to find him.

And then something worse happened.

The pain in my shoulder had me screaming. I couldn't hear myself screaming, but I could feel my vocal cords vibrating harshly.

And then my arm.

The pain was excruciating.

I screamed again.

And I kept screaming through the pain.

A light.

It's blinding.

I swear I can see trees zooming past.

But the pain.

I couldn't move, but I had to.

I needed to get to the light.

So I ran.

I ran as I screamed.

I ran as the pain spread through my whole body.

The fire beneath my skin was like nothing I had ever felt.

I was getting closer.

So close.

I reached my hand out and the light flickered, so I ran harder.

I jumped.

Face first into the light.

The pain was so much worse in the light.

My screams had finally touched my eardrums.

I almost comforted the pain.

Then it was gone.

I was pulled back and the pain started to subside, but my heart ached now.

The pain in my veins now seemed nothing compared to the pain in my chest.