100 themes writing challenge 009: Death
Nino can barely keep his eyes open. He can smell chemical disinfectant in the hospital with people talking around him. Trying to breath, he focused on the one voice. Her voice.
“Stay alive please!” said the voice. She was concerned. He wanted to tell her to not to worry, but he couldn’t. He gripped his hands when he realized he was holding her hand. “Don’t leave me!” pleaded the voice. His eyes were blurry. He can barely see her.
In a split of a moment, her hand was gone. He was taken into a room where bright lights shined down on him. He squinted as something was put on his mouth. As he breathed in the cool chemical, he slowly felt drowsy. Finally he felt into deep slumber as the sound of the monitor beeped in his ear.
Moments later, he woke up in a cave lighted by candles. He looked at himself and saw that he was wearing the same clothes before the accident. He also saw no scars of pain anywhere. He felt his face. No trace of harm was found. “oh so you’re awake!” said a male voice behind him. Nino quickly got up to see a man with a cheery smile dressed in black. Nino couldn’t say anything but just stood there.
Following him came five other men. 4 of them were young, but one was elderly. “Your replacement has woken up father death.” Said the cheery man. Nino widened his eyes in shock and tried to speak but he couldn’t. Father death approached him and looked at him eye to eye. He smiled and laughed walking away from him. The other 4 smiled.
“You’ve done well Masaki. Thank you.” masaki smiled with eyes shining. “of course father death. Anything.” Father death nodded and went over to another. He was the shortest of the 4 young ones. “when I pass, you shall inherit the name of Father Death. You will no longer be called Satoshi” Satoshi nodded his head understanding what will happen.
Nino was in so much shock he couldn’t speak. He still wanted to go back to his darling, to their little house, to see her smile. Something told him he wasn’t ever going to see her again. Father death came up to him and gripped nino’s hand tightly revealing a tattoo on his wrist. “Death I am, Death you shall become.” He said softly. Nino saw the tattoo move from Father Death’s wrist to his wrist. Suddenly a rush of pain entered his body as he saw millions and millions of memories pouring into him. He then passed out.
When he woke up again, the other 4 young man stared down at him. “will he ever wake up? We can’t be late.” Said a deep voice. “ah ah! Look he’s opening his eyes!” said Masaki. Nino saw them carry scythes looking down on him. “come one get up!” said Satoshi. “you’re gonna make us late. Death doesn’t wait for anyone.”
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