I woke up the next day, but I soon wished I hadn’t. Opening my eyes was a shock because what I saw was not what I expected.

— My head... feels so heavy. Strange, why do I feel so light? My vision is blurry. Where am I? What happened?

Fragments of the previous night began to take shape in my mind — the red light, the pain, the blood... but there was something else, a strange sensation surrounding me, as if I were floating between realities, out of reach, intangible.

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When my vision finally cleared, I saw the destruction around me. The red glow in the sky had triggered the apocalypse. The city I once knew was in ruins. Airplanes fell from the sky, earthquakes devastated entire continents, and tsunamis swept cities off the map. The last thing I remembered was the sky, mixed in shades of red and black, like a harbinger of death. My heart sank as I realized there was no more hope.