Ch 3 - Death?!

Even regular movements are hard for me, and now.. i am walking. I feel good, it all seems like from the time when i was alright. Even though i had to have a lot of anaesthetic drugs to reach there, i am finally at the Xebec park.

The speciality is that they have themes regularly, and this month the theme is witchcraft. As in, there are specific tents and rides that are only for this theme and its fun. i just had my fortune checked by a witch.

Living as if there is nothing wrong, this is truly enjoying one's life... or maybe its just me who wants to escape the reality. Anyways, Mary volunteered to accompany me here and that makes it even more like a dream. Me and my favourite person, both enjoying ourselves.

Soon enough, the enjoyment hour is over. We go back to the hospital, and on the way, no one makes a noise. My country permits physician-assisted suicide and i have chosen today as the day to end all my sufferings. I am going to die, today.

I take the drugs, look at Mary, give her my last smile and drift off to sleep. I will die while sleeping and there will be no pain. I guess living was much more painful than dying, both emotionally and physiologically.

Mary keeps on weeping with the other staff who took care of me. I see the monitor and my pulse is gone. I am dead. But why can I see them, why am i here?

"You shouldn't be too shocked, eh?" A sound comes from my left, "You sure know that death is not the end."

"A human body stops functioning, death, there is nothing after it." I say in response.

There is a young girl on my left. She looks like a teenager, around 15 probably. She carries out a card and gives it to me... orchid gallery, Fiza, the card says.

"What..?" Before me asking she starts speaking.

"Orchid Gallery is an organisation that delivers souls. And your soul has been requested by a VIP customer of ours, so we cannot reveal very much."

"What do I need to do?" My voice breaks.

"For now, come along with me, I will explain a few things to you on the way." Fiza grabs my palm and we both starting floating.

Out the window, we go floating. The spring breeze hits my face and passes through it. Maybe I am not totally dead. Fiza and I go soaring through the sky at a really fast speed. She is taking me south of the city. I do try to ask her but she dismisses me and keeps going.

At last we reach a cottage, a shabby cottage. Its far away from the city and there are farms surrounding it. I did not know there was such a place left in the country. The government is so focused on urbanisation that rarely any villages or farms are left. All our food is also made in large sized laboratories.

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