Death! What does any of you think about death? Could it be just about drifting souls in the abyss? Or does it go farther, to realms we can't even begin to comprehend? I personally can't evidently express my ideas about death. Growing up in a religious family made me comprehend that there was supposed to be a life after death. At least that's what I believed till I came of age. I was taught of sophisticated concepts revolving around a superficial life after demise, concepts pertaining to the incredulous life it would be. There were sayings even that in that world there would be no suffering, there would be no pain and you could literally have anything you'd ever dreamed of. Well that actually gave me a lot of thinking. I imagined all the good things that'd be coming to me, all the girls I'd ever crushed, all the money I'd ever desired, buildings I could've owned, super powers I could've had, damn I even fantasized about miraculous talents, imagine me being a world famous singer, celebrated celebrity....
But in the end I'm stuck in a dark room, I've lost track of time and yeah..as you can guess this is where I arrived after my death. I don't know how long I've been here, maybe a week, maybe a century, I honestly can't comprehend. My eyes (I'm sure they're no longer eyes) don't seem to exist anymore. I am illusory and hell yaaa... I think I'm officially a ghost.
I swear I'm gonna sue those damn drunk drivers , such thoughts kept running through my mind as I expressed my anger at the dumba*ses who'd caused this whole mess.
The day was supposed to be a normal one, and yeah, it was pretty normal, I went to have my usual meals and attend to my same old boring job, a job which I'm sure some of you never believed existed because of just how worthless it is... I am a Terms and Conditions drafter/analyst.
Yeah.. I'm that one guy who'll never be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for the heavy work he does for the world. 'Cause let's be honest, who amongst you has ever read the Terms and Conditions of anything, be it phones, apps or anything. Yeah, you've never done so. Now imagine the miserable life of a person who knows his work is basically useless because no one is going to read it. And to make it worse the world had to have hateful fellows like lawyers, those guys really make our job hard, because they're practically and literally the only ones who've the sheer energy to read such, honestly much as I hate them I'm admitted to say they might be the only living creatures in the world aware of our existence.
That gets me thinking, do you think heaven and the supernatural have Terms and Conditions? If so who drafts them? If not how does the supernatural function? Do they also have lawyers there?
Back to the point, so I'm leaving work as usual, it's not so late, just around 7.30pm, and as I turn the alley to head to my not-so-cozy-but-it's-mine apartment, a series of blaring alarms grabs my attention. Out of sheer curiosity, I turned and I swear it wasn't because I sincerely admire cars, all in all that 'beautiful' car rammed into me, and to make matters worse it was even a beautiful lady driving!!
So yeah, I was killed by a beautiful lady and her car, nice way to die? Hell no!!! Dying has never been nice. I recall the paramedics trying their best to save me, but my soul just kept drifting out of me. I kept on losing focus by the second and before I knew it I was in this dark space.
Just as my arbitrary thoughts kept drifting around the whole place, a blinding light brought me back from my self induced reverie, the only thought on my mind being who'd finish the workload I'd left on my table. Would the company sue me even in death? Who knows?? Anything is possible in this generation. I recall once listening to news that a man had sued God!! So I wouldn't be surprised if a mere ghost like me were to be sued. You're joking with a capitalist world!!
As I was saying, the blight of light quickly expanded to encapsulate the whole room and yes, innocent me was also dragged along... I gained an experience of my life, it was more of an insight to be exact, everything that had transpired in the whole of my monotonous life summarized in a matter of seconds... Was my life always that boring, I swear I couldn't come to terms with that. For God's sake I'd lived for 25 years, at least my story should've been more exaggerated.
But it seems that should've been the least of my worries, a searing pain assaulted my whole 'body' that I didn't have, I felt my mind being eroded. It was like I was being forcefully drafted into another reality altogether. It was more of an incorporation. I was forcefully being inserted into a new world. I don't know how I knew it but I just knew it. My fate was being re-written, I was never going to be the same anymore. Actually nothing was ever going to be the same again.
It seems my weak mind couldn't withstand the pressure, but before it could go any further a very overwhelming exhaustion overtook me, and before I knew it...not even before I knew it.. I suddenly opened my eyes, which seemed to be so drowsy for some reason.. not that it was my biggest concern at the moment.
Before I could think any further, I heard growling, grumpy and rough voice snarling somewhere around me, carrying an oppressive presence that seemed able to even crush mountains, I was about to open my mouth, wait.. I actually did, but no words came out … only … wails of a baby!!!
My thoughts weren't allowed further room to condense as I heard a crispy alluring and literally the most calming and captivating voice I'd ever heard, admonishing the other.
"Cronus, you're scaring little thirteenth!! Do you want him to hate you like the other twelve??"