The Lost Souls

You look around at all the tear-stained faces. The sounds of sobs all around you. You think about asking why everyone is so sad, but you somehow no there's no point in doing so. Instead you decide to follow the crowd and find out for yourself. You weave your way through the crowd and are surprised that no one takes notice as you bump into them.

As you come closer toward where the crowd seems to be congregated, you have a strange feeling to turn back around. To forget about finding out why everyone is sad. Ignoring the feeling you continue you on. Reaching the center of the crowd you now wish that you would of turned away.

There in the middle of the room is you. There's a pool of blood around you and a hole in your chest. It doesn't take you long to realize you've been shot and you're dead. Leaving the room you quickly make your way outside and far away from your dead body.

Once you feel the cold air surrounding you and you completely calm yourself down your start to take notice of somethings. Like the fact you have no body. Looking down you are only meet with the ground. No feet, legs, stomach, chest, arms, hands. You see nothing. Just as you start to freak out a purple gas begins to surround you. Blinking your eyes you find yourself on a beach and you are grateful to see that you are back in your body.

"Don't get so used to it now. You won't be in it much longer." You hear as a blonde woman approaches you.

"Who are you? Where am I? What's going on?" You ask and she gives you a pitiful smile before seating in the sand and motioning for you to sit next to her. You look at her for a moment before deciding to sit down.

"Now to answer your questions I'll start out with the obvious fact. You're dead." She stops you as you start to comment and waits for to make sure you want say anything before continuing. "Now for whatever reason your soul did not complete the trip to wherever it was suppose to go. Where that is? Well that between you and the big guy up stairs."

"What does that mean and where am I?" You ask and watch as she lets out a soft sigh.

"To answer the easier question you are currently in the state of between. You are not alive, yet you have not passed on to Heaven or Hell. Now to what this all means well that's something that is left for another time. After you return back to the real world." You watch as she stand up and brushes herself off before holding her hand out for you to take.

"What do you mean for another time? Why can't you tell me now and why am I going back?" You ask and she just shakes her head, chuckling.

"So many questions little one and so few answers. You must go back to finish what you started and after that if you return, and hopefully you don't, then I shall tell you more. Okay?" She looks at you for a moment, still waiting for you to grab her hand. Sighing, you reach your hand out and grasp her just as everything goes black.