Greetings, Iliana Fleming.
Who are you?
A friend. Or an enemy. Depends on my mood.
That wasn't cryptic. Do you have a name?
I can have any name you want me to have. What would you like to call me?
How about Jeff?
That's... oddly specific. But it works.
Where am I? Am I dead?
It depends.
What?
It depends. Do you want to be dead?
It varies from day to day.
Iliana. Really.
You sound like my dad.
Yes, I suppose I would.
Huh?
This is the Empty.
I'm confused. What happened?
The farmer set off the grenade, killing himself in the process, and now you're here.
That literally made me even more confused.
Consider this like a holding cell at a police station. You have two options: either you go to jail, or you are released. It's your decision, Iliana. Return to the living, or let go and die.
That was uplifting. Thank you.
You don't have long to choose. If you return, there will be a great deal of pain for you.
That doesn't sound fun.
But if you die, you'll leave everyone in the living world in a great deal of pain.
Oh. I see.
Yes. What do you choose?
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Thing of Happiness [Completed]
ActionIliana Fleming, 17, is the daughter of an active-duty soldier and a part-time Marine. At school, she is a member of her high school's JROTC. But after her father, Charles Fleming, and a platoon of men are injured and held hostage during a rescue mis...
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