Ben awoke to find himself in a chair sitting across from a group of what appeared to be the shadow of people who where bickering.

"Don't you think we are being rash? Sending him through a black hole? None of the others came back after they went through! " One feminine voice said above the others.

"Rash? His very being threatens the balance of the universe as we know it. If we don't react fast enough then we put the lives of everyone else at risk! " A muscular voice roared above the others.

"Excuse me, What is going on? " Ben asked as he stared at the group standing before him.

"We are a council that judges the souls of the departed and decides where to send them in this universe. We are know as the council of unity. We are know judging your soul and deciding on either to destroy your soul or to expelled you from out universe. Currently, you are in a body identical to the one you had before you died." The same feminine voice that spoke earlier said as it appeared to face Ben.

"How will I be judged? " Ben asked as he became terrified.

"A soul is judged based on not how popular you are or how wealthy you were but on the effect you have had on the souls of others. You were a shut in, you avoided others, to be honest you were a complete and utter disappointment. There is no value to your soul and I don't see the point in allowing your soul to remain in our universe. Normally, if you were evil or killed people for your own gain then we would send your soul into purgatory before reincarnating you or if you were a decent person then you would be able to join other souls inside of the holy city or choose to reincarnate. The problem with your soul is that the very universe we exist in is rejecting it and if we don't do something then there is a risk of the universe itself eradicating you and if that happens then every other soul in existence has the chance of also being destroyed. " The same muscular voice that spoke earlier informed Ben. 

"What are my choices?" Ben asked as he nearly fell out of the stone chair he was sitting in. 

"The first is we wipe your very being out of existence or we send you through a black hole and out of this universe. If you choose the first then you cease to exist. If you choose the second then the outcome is unknown to even us. " A old wise voice spoke up that standing towards the Back of the group. 

" I choose the second option." Ben said as he still didn't realize how he got into this situation or if it was even real. 

"Even those of us who dared to adventure through them have never returned. Before we can send you through we have to form a barrier around you to protect you from the radiation and gravitational pull. It will only be able to protect you until you pass the event horizon." The same aged voice  said as the group of people spread around Ben and he was able to see that there was less than nine people in the council. 

Ben was slowly surrounded by a opaque blue sphere. 

"What is going on? " Ben asked as he nearly landed on his back as he jumped backwards. 

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"Now, is time for your journey to begin, or end I guess, considering that your soul could be directly destroyed instead. Good luck kid. " The old man said as Ben started to float up and was slowly surrounded by darkness and slowly began to see stars off into the distance around him. 

Ben was amased at the sights that he saw. He was constantly turning his head to look at the stars that were flying by around him. As he was looking around him he finally saw his destination, a  black hole.

It was a sphere of complete nothing, it seemed to be able absorb and wrap everything around it. Ben became terrified as he realized that he may die in a few moments. 

He fell on his but as he began to tremble. He started to cry as he realized he would never be able to see his mother again, make something of himself or to start a family of his own. He cried until he was soaked in his own salty tears. 

The black hole seemed to  grow bigger until it was all that he could see. He slowly raised to his feet and turned around and beated against the barrier with all that he could but alas, it was no use. He hit the barrier until his knuckles were bloody and then he began to kick it until he legs became heavy and he fell and watched the black hole grow larger. 

"Not only was I a disappointment when I was alive, I also am a threat to everyone else now that I am dead. *SIGH* Maybe this is what a waste of space and utter disappointment like me deserves. " Ben said to himself as he entered the black hole and the barrier was shredded along with Ben inside it. 

The black hole ripped Ben  apart molecule by molecule, atom by atom. He felt the worst pain he had ever felt in his entire life. He hoped he would so that it would be over but it did not. The energy that was once apart of the barrier that protected him continued to protect his soul even though it was unable to protect his physical body. Ben suffered through the agonizing pain until it suddenly stopped and he felt as if he was submerged beneath a pool of some strange liquid. 

"What is this? Am I in some kind of world covered in liquid? Wait, what is that burning sensation that I feel?!?! Why does it feel like my chest is going to burst and what is with this headache?!?! " Ben thought as he felt an agonizing pain even worse than what he felt when he went through the black hole. 

Ben felt like screaming but was unable to. He saw a small pin tip sized light which slowly grew as Ben felt himself being pushed into a tunnel that seemed to contract around him as he slowly began to grow larger as Ben went through it. 

He felt a weight on his stomach as he kept his eyes close and screamed out in pain as he felt something beat his but. 

"Why is this happening? Why does I feel worse than the time I cheated on that test? And why won't this stupid head ache go away?!?!" Ben screamed as he he slowly opened his eyes. 

"Wait, what is this? Just what is going on? Where am I? " Ben said as he noticed he was being held up by a giant man with medium length brown hair and a beard that trailed down past his next. 

"WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!! " Ben screamed out and after doing so he noticed how weird his voice sounded. The giant turned Ben around until he was facing one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. She was as big as the giant that was holding Ben. She had long, black hair that appeared to be made out of silk. 

The giant man handed Ben over to the woman who began to start cradling Ben in her arms. Ben began to notice that she was wearing a thin silk like robe similar to what the man was wearing. 

"This is ....  No it can't be! " Ben screamed as what the woman did next confirmed his guesses as she pulled out a bottle of something that tasted like milk but only sweeter. 

"Then this means that I am still alive. I am in another world, and I am an infant. So, I was just... No, I don't want to think it but. . . I was just born!!!! " Ben thought as he became weirded out with the fact that he experienced the birth of himself. 

"Why do I still have my memories though and is that a health bar!!! " Ben thought as he noticed a bar in the top left of his vision that said "Health - 10/10".