Chapter 82 - Together Forever

Inside the Plane

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I wake slowly, the world around me cloaked in thick shadows and muted sounds.

My head throbs with a relentless, pounding rhythm, each pulse sending a sharp wave of pain through my skull—a brutal reminder of the hell I’ve just been through.

The surgery on my brain lasted four hours, but it feels like I’ve been lost in darkness for days. Ten hours—ten agonizing hours—I’ve been out cold, unaware, while everything around me kept moving, kept changing.

How do I know that? Don’t ask me. My brain is a ticking time bomb right now, and I’m not sure it can handle the strain of thinking, of trying to make sense of what’s real and what’s not. Pondering over it feels like a dangerous game, one I’m not willing to play.

The steady hum of the plane’s engines is gone, replaced by an eerie stillness. We must have landed.

I force my eyes open, the cabin