From the appealing fragrance of the room, Laura could tell Lucifer just left. The night's sleep although short, was enjoyable; it was blank with no dreams making her mind relaxed, she felt recreated.
Her phone rings.
Sighs; She picks the call. "Hello Kara."__"Yeah, I home."
Her eyes widens. "Raven?! Where is he?"__"Which hospital?"
Laura jumps off her bed."Ok... Ok, I will be there in a minute." She stutters.
"Mom!"
Laura runs to the dinning still in her pyjamas to meet Susan and George.
Panting. "Raven is in the hospital."
"Hospital?! How is that possible." George asks startled.
"Kara said he passed out yesterday...in her house." Laura said worriedly.
Susan gasps. "Ok..ok let's go now, where are my keys?"
"Here they are." Laura hands the keys over to Susan.
Susan and Laura dashes out from the dinning.
"Hey wait for me." George picks a slice of bread and follows.
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Kara stares at Raven on the bed; she held his hands tightly, her eyes were red and swollen probably from crying and lack of sleep.
Her uncle just left for work and her aunt left for home to get breakfast.
She was confuse; the doctors had said nothing was wrong with him, that his condition could best be described as a deep sleep and that he would probably wake up.
Kara had waited throughout the previous day hoping he would wakeup but he didn't.
"Raven, Raven, please wake up." She place her hand on his chin. "Please wake up." She sobs.
"Kara, are you okay?" Laura calls from behind.
"Oh Luara, I'm so glad you came." Kara hugs Laura.
"What's wrong with him." Susan touches Raven's forehead.
"I don't know, the doctors said he's fine, but he hasn't woken up yet." Kara narrates.
"He looks okay to me." George added.
"Oh my God, what could have gone wrong?." Laura laments.
Kara frowns at Laura. "Why are you dressed like this?" She said referring to Laura's pyjamas.
"Um..." Laura scratches her hair in attempt to find a suitable answer.
"How long have you been here?" Susan interrupts Laura.
"Since yesterday." Kara replies.
"Kara you should go home now, you can get a cab with this." Susan hands Kara some money.
"No, I don't want to leave." Kara whimpers. "I'm staying."
Laura sighs.
"Has he been like this all day?" George said.
"Yes. "Kara sobs.
"He will be okay Kara." Laura cuddles her "I hope so."
George glares at Laura. "Laura you need to change your clothing."
Laura eyes him. "Shut up George."
"I mean it Laura, you look disgusting right now. Did you even take a bath?"
Laura frowns in embarrassment.
Susan sighs."Laura I think you should listen to your brother, You should go home; bath and wear something good and hopefully Raven would be awake when you get back."
Laura left the hospital reluctantly, she wanted to be there for Raven.
Few minutes later; Laura strolls down the street, the day now fully brightened. She felt awkward from the stares of people, she knew she looks terrible.
It started in form of a cloudy weather, it looks like it was going to rain soon. Laura saw a few people in the streets, soon they began to reduce drastically. They seem to fade into thin air.
Laura felt her heart skip a beat, she quicken her footsteps.
"Laura!" She heard her name being called in a whisper. She gasps, she looks up to see who her caller was but instead she saw the pale green sun.
Dark smoky midst begins to envelope her, followed by a huge dark smoky cloud which appears before her. As far as she could tell that was the darkest thing she had ever seen.
Her world begun to spin, being envelope by a void of dark clouds and shadow. She tries to scream but her voice was held by an invisible force.
"Laura!" She heard her name being called again from the dark cloud in front of her.
The cloud opens slowly to reveal a fiery and fierce human shaped figure walking towards her. She shifts backwards but her leg seem to be trapped in the dark cloud beneath her.
"Laura Eastman!" The fiery looking figure calls.
Laura shields her eyes from the figure's fierce look. "Who are you?"
"I am Arius, dark Lord of darkness." He hisses. "Your world will fall."
One moment Laura was trapped in the midst of dark cloud, the next moment she is tossed to the air and pinned on the the wall. Her body went numb, she wasn't in control of her body anymore. She felt blood in her mouth which she spat out. "Please don't hurt me."
The fiery looking creatures burst out into more flames and Ash.
Laura felt her mouth opens by itself, with smoky cloud and shadow being fed into it. Gradually her eyes darkens as she fades away into darkness.
She was being possess by the dark Lord Arius; she forgot the chirping sound of birds, the rusting of leaves, the taste of wine or bread, she forgot what it felt like to love or to be loved. As she was being fed with darkness she felt herself being drained of something. Lord Arius blazing eyes pierced into her. She felt being drowned all she could wish was for what ever would happen next, it should happen quickly.
She felt dizzy, being drawn into darkness her veins darkens. She peeps through her eyelids for her last time.
Then from thin air, a bright light figure emerges between her and the dark Lord, she saw the bright wings spread apart as the darkness fades away.
Laura felt so weak; she felt herself being carried by someone but she had no idea who he was. She felt herself coming back to life. She felt so weak and she gave up to the sleep which took her away.