Prologue

darkness...
blind...
can't see... why...
wait...
light...
so bright... too bright...
burning! pain...
can't breathe...
air...
sound... voices...
what are they saying... don't care...
let me die...
"He's slipping...no...he's alive!"
too loud... hurts...
"He's coming around."
let me die...
"Don't worry. We've got you."
no...
"He blinked! He's conscious!"
who... what...
"He'll be all right. Luckily we got him before he ran out of oxygen."
where...
"If he's awake, administer the dosage."
dosage?
"Are you sure? We only just pulled him back from the edge of death..."
"It only works now, in this crucial stage. Do it."
wait...
"Okay... this shouldn't hurt..."
Ahhhhhh...
The world exploded white with pain, then black.