[BWC] Out of the Dark

She awoke with a sharp pain in what seemed to be a cool, dark tunnel. She couldn't see a thing except for a dim, but visible light far in the distance. So she called out to the light and tried to limp towards it, but fell in what felt like mud. Her chest was throbbing as she pushed herself up off the ground and continued to walk towards the light in the dark.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" she called out.

To which the response was the echo of her voice in the tunnel. She decided to continue on even though she now doubted that she could find her way through the darkness. As she stumbled through the darkness, she felt a skeptical happiness along with a fear of what was ahead. After what seemed to be hours, she began to hear eerie noises followed by the rush of wind. With a new-found rush of adrenaline and fear, she began to run towards the light which still seemed as far as it was before.

"Hello? Can anyone help me?" she yelled.

But to no avail. Again her only response was the sound of her voice echoing in the darkness. Her eyes scanned the darkness for the faint light, which had grown even more dim. She felt for the wall and fell against it. As she sat on the cool ground, she thought "how am I supposed to get out of here?"

Suddenly, she began to hear voices in the distance.

"Who's there?" she asked.

"I'll always be right here for you. I promised you forever and I meant it. Please come back to me..." the voice said.

She tore through the darkness faster than ever before, and the dim light began to grow brighter and brighter. Her chest ached with the need for more air and her body begged her to stopped, but still she still pushed on. The light began to glow an intimidatingly bright white. She squeezed her eyes shut as a loud, blaring noise pounded her ear drums.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw the silhouette of a man in the bright white light. She looked at it with a blank expression trying to make out the silhouette's face as her ears kept ringing. Before her eyes could focus on the face of the man, he leaned over her and kissed her forehead.


"You're finally awake. I'm so sorry for everything I put you through."

"Where am I?" she asked.

"Heaven." he replied.

"What happened?" she asked. But right when she asked, all the memories came flooding back to her; they had been in a tragic car accident, and neither had survived.

"So you remember now." he said as he saw the look of realization on her face. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay. As long as I get to spend forever with you here." she said.