Chapter 16: Darkness Returns

*Ada*

I tried to lift my arms, but a weight pressed down upon me, making my body feel heavier than usual.

The pressure began to build up against my chest, and I tried to take in quick gasps of air to combat an overwhelming feeling of breathlessness.

My eyes opened and I couldn't tell the difference from when they were closed. Darkness surrounded me that was so deep not even a ray of light could penetrate it. My gasps of breath became more frequent as the anxiety within me grew.

A strange sense of deja vu came over me, but I wasn't quite sure where to place it. When I tried to think and hold onto lucid thoughts, they seemed to just flow through my brain like water in a colander: slipping away before I even had the chance to organize and understand them.

All I knew was that I wanted to escape the darkness…but no matter how I tried I couldn't get my body to work. Or maybe my body really was moving, but the darkness was so encompassing that it changed