What will happen when the world that we know comes to an end?
When you need to push all of your boundaries, to break all the rules... just to survive.
Kill or be killed. You're either a survivor or you're long gone...
• [AU] original story about Ric...
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CHAPTER II
Caroline POV
I wasn't aware that a human is able to feel so many emotions at the same time until now.
Fear. Confusion. Pain. Defeat. Anxiety. Chaos. Loneliness. On top of all that – darkness. I was overwhelmed by darkness. I don't know for how long, but it felt like eternity. Like a never ending nightmare. It was even worse than nightmare, because it was absolute nothing. Just an empty void without a way to escape.
I wake up abruptly, desperately catching for breath. Desperately holding on to reality. There is no way I'm going back to that darkness. I feel my throat burning me, it feels like a desert.
Where am I? It's so quiet here, like there's no living soul left. I look around the room I'm in. Is this a hospital? How did I even get here? What happened to me?
I try to sit down, but I feel incredible pain. I think I have a few broken ribs. It hurts so much. I need to get up though, I don't think I had anything to drink for a few days. I'm so thirsty. I try to look for any source of water and I notice a sink a few steps away. I make my way to the sink and turn it on. I'm shaking and when I see there's no water in the sink my knees give up on me and I fall to the ground. I wince in pain when I hit the floor. I notice a bottle of water lying next to me and I'm suddenly filled with hope. I grab it with the strength I have left in me and I start drinking. I don't stop until it's all gone. I sigh with relief, because I feel just a little bit better now, at least I don't feel this terrible burning in my throat.
I lie on the floor trying to remember what happened to me, but each time I get to that memory my head feels like it's gonna explode any second. Why am I alone in the hospital room? Why there is no staff and no water? I feel the cold of the floor and it motivates me a little to try to get up. I need answers to all of my questions, right now. I get up slowly holding onto one of the cabinets in the room. I look at the closed door and move into that direction. I attempt to open the door, but something is blocking it. Did someone just locked me in the hospital room? What the hell is happening? Did I really wake up or am I still in the dream state? After fifth time of hitting the door and all the pain that came with it, I managed to open the door just enough to get out of the room. I slip through the crack and freeze in place when I see my surroundings.
I look all around me feeling how the fear grows more and more by the second. It looks like tornado went through here or even worse. There is blood splattered on all of the walls, there are holes everywhere... from gunshots? I take a closer look at bullet stuck in the wall. Computer screens and medical equipment is lying all around broken. If it wasn't for a few windows here and there, there would be a complete darkness, electricity is not working. Just like there's no water. It almost feels like the world ended. But I can't be the only person alive, right? It's impossible. There have to be some people around here somewhere, right? I try to make myself feel better, but it's not really working. I still didn't get an answer to my questions.
