Aveline followed the dark tunnel, towards the light at the end of it.
She thought finally, she was free from the world with all its pain and suffering.
That when she got to the other side, a dove awaited her.
She would follow the dove, and it would lead her to eternal peace.
However, the opposite occurred as she found herself at the end of the tunnel.
Instead of a dove, she heard voices. Human voices.
"Her eyes are opening!" Someone screamed.
The voices were distinct. She couldn't understand them, even as her eyes fluttered open.
"Ma'am, can you hear me?"
That voice echoed over and over again in her head, until it reached its peak point, and she gasped.
"Bring in the oxygen mask!" Someone screamed.
Feet scurried around, bodies on white scrub dashed from one end to the other, injections popped, monitors beeped.
It was chaos. Not the peace she wanted, and so she closed her eyes again.
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On the opposite floor, Atlas and his family and friends waited.
