After The End: Alex Rider FanFiction

~Chapter Thirty~

Alex's (POV)

      Darkness.

      That's all there is.

      I feel like I'm floating, my body suspended in a endless black void.

      Nothing matters here.

       Not who I am. What's happened.

        Nothing.

        I can't feel any-part of me, like I'm part of the air. Like I am the air.

       It's almost.....Peaceful.

       That is, it was until the darkness starting choking me.

       It's like invisible hands are squeezing my throat, lungs refusing to draw any oxygen. Empty.

        I try moving, but I can't.

        Panic begins to build in my chest.

        The darkness suddenly becomes menacing - like claws in the night, the choking sensation intensifying until I can't draw a single breath.

        I try making a noise, any noise.

        It stays silent.

        I frantically look around.

         Darkness.

         Black.

        Emptiness.....

        No wait, over there. It's.......Light.

         I see it!

        A small speck of light in this pitch black world - like a flashlight. But it's too far away, I'll never make it. Already I can feel myself being pulled further back into the darkness, further back into nothing.

       The choking hold never letting go.

       But strangely, I'm not dead yet.

        A thought freezes my mind.

        Or am I already?

         No.

        I can't be. This can't be. And I'm not letting some darkness keep me from finding out.

         As I start to....drift forward, my chest gives a sudden lurch - almost like something's trying to jump out.

         I move my invisible lips into a frown.

         What?

         It does it again, only I still can't recognize what exactly it is.

         The light gets closer, and suddenly I can breath again. The hand around my throat loosening just enough.

         My chest gives another thump. And this time I recognize what sensation it is.

          Pain.

         Suddenly my whole chest erupts with it. A red hot, boiling pain, spreading throughout my whole body.

         I open my mouth to scream.

         No noise. Complete and utter silence.