Day 10

I woke up to the noise of rustling. I readied my gun and started walking out of the bedroom I was sleeping in. I aimed it at the door and then walked slowly trying to make as little noise as possible. The noise comes from downstairs, slowly, I walked down the staircase with my gun ready. I kept myself alert and looked at the surroundings trying to find where that noise is coming from. As I approached the kitchen, it became louder. I looked carefully into the kitchen. A woman with an apron was going through the fridge and looking for some nice stuff to cook.

I called out to her and she looked at me with a calm look. I lowered my gun as I saw a familiar face. "Mom?"

"Yes, honey?"

"I thought you were..." I tried to make some sense.

"Dead? Yes, I am dead." She replied.

"But how, what's going on here?"

"You're dreaming, Jim."

I slapped myself a few times trying to make sure it's a dream. I barely felt a thing. She made some pancakes.

"Come on, eat it before it gets cold." she said asking me to have breakfast.

"Mom, why are you here?" I asked.

"Jim. It's been a while. I visited you here to see what you've had become." she said with a calm voice. "Now now, come on. Eat it while it's still hot."

I took a chair and sat down preparing to eat. Boy, it's delicious. That pancake. I haven't had it ever since she died 5 years ago.

"Mmhmm mhhmhmhm..." I mumbled with the pancake in my mouth.

"Don't talk with your mouth full.",she said, lecturing me like I'm still a child.

"I came here just to see how you've become, Jim. I've missed you ever since that day I have to leave. Seems like you're doing quite well, nowadays."

"What happened to everyone? I mean where is everyone?" I asked thinking that she might know something.

"It's not what happened to everyone. It's what happened to you. No one left you."

"Jim. Jim." a strange eerie voice called out.

"Who's that?" I said.

"Jim, you'd better be going soon. I can't stay here any longer. But before I leave, I wanted to tell you something. When you found everyone back, spend more time with them than you usually do while you still can." she said, her voice getting fainter and fainter.

"Wait, what do you mean by that? Mom, where are you going? No! Don't leave me here." I tried to grab hold of her. But a bright light shone upon me and she disappeared.

I looked towards the bright light and I looked back to see if there's anything. But I decided that I would rush towards the bright light. I ran and ran and ran towards it. And I ended up lying down on a bed. A blinding light was aimed at my eye. I tried to look around and I see a few people surrounding me. They were wearing white suits. Are they doctors?

I looked around and I smelt something of a weird smell. It smelled like a hospital and I realized, it's because I am in one. I looked around. My wife stood not far away crying. My children were panicking.

"He's fine. He just woke up from his coma." one of the doctors said.

"Coma? what happened?"

"You had an accident 10 days ago. And you were in a coma ever since." she said.

"Wow, considering a cardiac arrest just now, I'm surprised that it woke you up. Someone up there must've loved you really much." the doctor said and left.

I looked at my wife with her teary eyes and my children. They rushed towards me and gave me a hug. I was crying, How could I ever say what happened to me there? I was alone and I nearly killed myself in there. If I had done that, I would had been dead. I looked at them, and said, "I'm glad to be back."