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Chapter 2 - Chapter 1: The Fall

288 A.A. Early Fall, Somewhere

It is Loud. Why? What is that sound?

Rain? Yes it must be. Why?

It is something more to.

But what? Air? Yes. I am moving fast. The wind is deafening. Why? I feel light. Why? I am fly. No. I am floating. No. I am falling. Yes I must be. Why? I must open my eyes. I must

I lazily open my eyes. They are blurry. I blink once, Twice, then one final time. I am on fire. Yet I am cold. I should be worried. Perhaps even scared, yet I am calm. Here amongst the clouds I feel invincible. Like a god even.

I see grey bumps getting larger, Closer. No. Not bumps. Mountains. I estimate sixty seconds. I do not wish to return to the ground. Fifty. Fourtyfive. Twenty five. Ten short years of life. At an end for a reason I cannot complain resend. Ten seconds. I hope I fly in the heavens. Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

My vision goes dark. I feel the impact. I am numb. No pain. At least not the kind I expect. Only the pain of no longer being amongst the clouds. Surely I am dead. Somehow I understand I am not. I cannot will myself to move. My conciseness fades. I do not fight it