Bang Bang
I flew back. The bullet tearing through my stomach and neck. The most unimaginable pain shot through my body. It was unlike anything I had ever felt before. It felt like molten lead was pouring through my veins.
I landed with a sickening thud on the ground. The shooter was my high school bully, Mike. The screeching wail of police sirens blasting in my ears. My vision was blurring and my consciousness was fading away.
Mike walked up to me, an evil grin emerging on his face. He tossed the gun in a nearby bin. Now he was standing above me, his menacing shadow looming over me
"That's what you get for messing with the wrong gang, you bastard" Mike sneered then proceeded to kick me in the face. The impact shook my skull. I could taste blood in my mouth. My own blood.
I groaned in agony. The sirens were getting closer and my vision was getting blurrier and blurrier. Mark made a run for it leaving me to bleed out.
They say your life flashes before your eyes in your final moments.
We moved to Italy, 5 years ago. My sister was Leah was battling with Cervical cancer and we moved to Italy for her treatment. Meanwhile I went to high school. My father was a lead account for a big oil firm and for a moment life was good.
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Until, my sister died of the cancer. If that wasn't bad enough my dad lost his job and my mom was arrested for drug trafficking. My life fell apart. It was as if luck decided to stop paying our families bills or something.
I felt the pendant on my neck. Leah, oh Leah. She told me to stay strong and never give up. Now as I lay lying in a pool of my own blood. That seemed like a sick joke.
It hurts! It hurts so much! Please, make it stop, it hurts so much! I.. I can't make it stop! There's too much blood and it hurts so much, please make it stop.
How am I even still breathing? Does this mean I will be okay? No, impossible. There's no fixing this. How am I still breathing?
I can't.. I can't take this any longer. Live or die, just choose one already, body. I can't take this anymore. Please choose live. I don't want to die. I'm sure we can make it out of here, please choose live.
Oh god, I'm going to die. I'm going to die! I know I am, look at me, there's no coming back from this. Oh god, oh god, I'm going to die. I don't want to. What do I do? What can I do? I'm going to die.
I feel woozy. Everything is distorted and hazy. It's hard to make sense of everything, I can't focus. My head's too heavy to lift, I'll just close my eyes instead.
[System: Would host like to pass on]
What the heck was that. For a second my vision went black and I saw that writing.
[System: Would host like to pass on]
Pass on, as in to heaven, hell or some sick afterlife. Probably someplace in between. It didn't matter, anything was better than the pain I was feeling.
"Yeah" I managed to say weakly.
[System: Alright, Beginning Soul Extraction]
My body suddenly lurched. I was twisting in complete agony.
[System: Soul extraction 2%]
[System: Soul extraction 10%]
[System: Soul extraction 36]
[System: Soul extraction 42%]
[System: Soul extraction 69%]
[System: Soul extraction 80%]
[System: Soul extraction 99%]
Then suddenly, my vision went black. My heart stopped beating. But wait, I was till alive. I was theoretically dead, but I still had a consciousness .
[System: Would host like to get reincarnated]
Even in death, I felt like I was going insane. Reincarnation. I needed a second chance at life. It wasn't complete, if it was true I could have another chance at life.
"Yes"
All of a sudden, I saw a computer like tab appear in front of me
[System: Please Choose Your Class]
What, this was a sick joke. Class, wasn't I supposed to be halfway towards heaven already.
[System: Please Choose Your Class]