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Trouble lurks in the shadows
but...
Death lurks even more.
•~•

You know that moment when time stops and you see your life flash before your eyes.

Yup, I saw mine...

The bus somersaulted thrice and I could see Mar's terrified face, others screamed...

"Drea!" Mar called my name breathlessly, I turned in her direction but all I could see was pains in her eyes, then everything went pitch black.

"Beep.."

"Beep..."

"Beep...."

I could hear the monitor beeping but couldn't see it, Those were my darkest moments, and to top it all I felt Mar's presence but the more I tried to get closer, the farther the distance between us got.

"Drea, it's time to wake up," Mar said firmly, but the strangest thing is that I couldn't see her only hear her voice,

"Marilyn Monroe, I don't find this game funny anymore," I replied already frustrated by her shenanigans,

"Drea, it's time," Mar said again, but her voice was kind of fading off,

"Mar, Where are you, please I am getting scared," I asked almost on the verge of crying,

"Wake up Drea," Mar said, her voice gradually fading away.

"Mar!!!" I shouted as I jolted out of the bed covered in sweat, this behavior startled my mom who was sitting next to me,

"Mi Amor, por fin estás despierto," (My love, you are finally awake,)  She said, as she tried calming me down.

I was still in awe, but she was busy checking my body and continuously asking if I knew who I was, who she was, and some other irrelevant questions.

"Mom?"

"Yes, Mi muñeca (my doll) What is it?" She asked with a worried look on her face,

"Where is Mar?" I asked cause she wasn't in my ward and I know Mar too well even if she sustained injuries she would definitely find a way to convince the nurses in charge to bring her to my ward.

Mom fell silent, then tears began to well up in her eyes she tried making up words but couldn't,

"Mom! Where is Mar?" I asked again, but she didn't reply to my question, instead, she stood on the spot crying silently.

"Mom, I won't repeat myself, Where is Marilyn Monroe, My best friend?" I asked almost on the brink of tears.

"Ma...Mar is d..dead, mi muñeca," She stammered still in tears as she tried to break the news in such a way I wouldn't be shattered.

But no matter how she tried to put it tenderly, I didn't know what to feel at that moment, shocked. Not really, Sad. Not close, I think at that point I was emotionless.

I looked at her, who looked at me with pity, then I burst out laughing.

"Mom, just stop, Mar pulled a prank on me while I was sleeping cause I could hear her voice even though I couldn't see her so stop it," I said, bursting out laughing while looking around, I was waiting for Mar to jump out from her hiding place and groan.

But she didn't, I turned to my mom who was trying to hold back her tears,

"Mi muñeca, you have been in a coma for the past "Two weeks" and the doctor in charge said, it might take a year or more before you can regain consciousness," Mom said, as she walked to my bed,

To be honest, this was too much to take in, how would I live without Mar?

All these questions kept running through my mind and before I knew it, I blacked out again.

There was that beeping sound again, and I could hear the doctor conversating with Mom but couldn't hear their words clearly, I was all alone again in a bottomless abyss.

I tried running away from everything but the more I ran, the more they pulled me back.

"You have nowhere to run, Drea, We are part of you now," A voice spoke from the background, I turned to see who the voice belonged to but, what I could only glimpse was a shadow.

"Who's there?" I shouted as far as my voice could go but I got no reply,

Silence filled the room, I wanted to speak again but my voice seized.

"You do not speak when we are talking, is that clear?" Another voice says from the other end of the background,

I nodded in agreement hoping they could see me nodding, and in the process retrieve my voice back,

"Very good, I know you have a lot of questions to ask so you may speak,"  The voice from before said again,

I didn't know what to say after what transpired, with all the happenings and all, I couldn't tell the difference between reality and fiction.

"I just got to ask, who are you?" I demanded an answer but instead of a reply, I heard footsteps getting closer and closer and then stopped,

"Turn around maybe this will answer all your questions," The voice commanded, and I did as I was told.

I turned slowly only to see...

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