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Chapter 126 - Vage, Incapacitated

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As the fireball streaks toward me, time slows in that strange way it does when you know you're about to die.

Stephanie's face flashes through my mind. The way she looked at me earlier. The sound of her laugh. The absolute unfairness of leaving her with this memory of watching me die.

I'm sorry Stephanie, I think.

I'm so sorry you have to watch me die.

The fireball fills my vision.

And then…..

Oblivion takes me….

.....

Yellow light is the first thing I notice as I come to. It washes over everything, soft and warm, like sunlight filtered through honeyed glass.

Good, apparently I made it to heaven, I think.

I've never been very religious myself, but at least I know I was good enough to come here. The thought is faintly amusing, drifting lazily through my head as awareness slowly returns.

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