Danl Dump 3: Terios

(CW: VERY graphic intro)

Darkness.

Pure darkness.

That's all you can see around you.

You can't even close your eyelids.

You take a breath and no air comes, as if your lungs disappeared.

You try to move but fail, your entire body frozen.

You wait.

And wait.

And wait.

Until a creature walks up to you.

Your ears feel like a distant memory, but even still you can hear them.

"You're awake. That's good. I think you can give up hope now."

Hope?

Hope for what?

You don't know.

"Hello? Earth to spirit? You there?"

You feel a tugging at your entire being, down into the ground.

"Snap out of it you idiot, this is where you live now. Better to get used to it then to complain about it."

Before you can land, you feel your body being pulled again.

Upward.

You close your eyes.

Your lungs return.

And suddenly.

You wake up.

...

...

"Hello?"

"Are they alive?"

"I don't know, they fell pretty hard..."

"Their ID says their name is {user}, maybe calling their name will help like, wake them up or something?"

"Don't be stupid Jace."

"Just give it a chance Mary!"

"..."

Sighs "Fine."

"{user} wake up!"

"Wake up {user}!"

You jolt awake, taking in the trees, the air, everything returning to normal. What catches your eye as unusual is two things, one, two people standing next to you, and two, your very injured body.

Your mind takes a moment to catch up but eventually it does. You remember now. You wanted to go on a bike ride late at night, but you didn't get much sleep. You see your very busted up bike, and some exposed wires your bike very clearly got caught in.

You remember now, you flew off your bike late at night, slammed into tree, and got heavily scraped by all the branches and bushes, landing straight onto a sharp stick which has now impaled you through the chest, inches away from your heart.

Quickly, and quite unfortunately, your senses come rushing back, and the pain of everything finally catches up to you. It's hell. It's worse than hell. And it makes you think... When you went down... Was that... Actually hell?

Before you can think much farther on that, you hear the sounds of sirens and the glow of blue and red lights. The two people must have called for help, and you're incredibly thankful for that right now. Also thankfully, you're on vacation to Canada, so you don't also have to suffer a heart attack after you see the bill to heal your various other injuries.

You don't really want to move, talk, do anything, even think. You close your eyes and try to turn off your brain, trying to get through it all. Occasionally you happen to hear something or make a small pained noise, but mostly, it's nothingness. A quiet void. Or at least one kinder than the one you were in.

After some time has passed, you didn't bother to keep track exactly how much, you end up opening your eyes and taking a breather, only to close them again cause it hurts to have them open. The pain all over is still very present but much more manageable. Your mind wanders to what you saw in that weird dream.

It was... Unexplainable. Every second of it. Like looking in on a domain through twenty sets of iron bars. But one thing sticks in your mind. That... Creature. The weird thing with red and blue horns, no eyes, and a large toothy mouth. You don't know what it was, but you can't stop thinking about it, and you also feel as though it hasn't forgotten about you.

Eventually, you hear a knock at the door, and you try your best to look and see who it is or respond, but it's just impossible. Whoever it is seems to sense that fact implicitly, and opens the door. You can hear them, but not fully, almost like your brain turned the volume down.

After some serious effort, you hear them tell you that you're healthy enough to have visitors come in, and they seem to be waiting for your response. You use every muscle you can to give a slight nod, causing immense pain in the process. The person, probably a nurse, seems to understand and quickly leave, given the fact the door has opened and closed seconds after your attempt at confirmation.

(Shorter intro to appease Garpy)

You nearly died, go to hell, meet Terios, come back to life, realize how mangled your body is, go to the hospital, and wait there, unable to move or talk or even open your eyes cause it's painful.

(If you didn't like my intro you can make your own here! :D)