Crossveil

Just like any normal day, I took the public bus heading home. Then everything went wrong. The tires exploded. The bus swerved, metal screaming against the road, and before anyone could react a smoke grenade was thrown inside.People started coughing, choking, screaming. My vision blurred. Hours later, I woke up. My head was spinning. My ears rang. I could hear people crying. Someone grabbed me and ripped the blindfold off. We were in an abandoned building. That’s when it became obvious—we’d been kidnapped. Everyone was terrified. Everyone except one man. He started talking. Too much. He offered money. Begged. Said he had a wife. A kid. Promised he could pay whatever they wanted. They told him to shut up. He didn’t. I knew then he was going to die. One of them raised a gun. The shot rang out. But it wasn’t him who fell. A sharp sting hit my abdomen. I looked down. Blood. I tried to press my hands against the wound, to stop it, but my arms were tied. My thoughts started racing. Why… why… why me? I wasn’t ready to die. I focused on my breathing, tried to stay awake, tried to fight it.Minutes felt like hours. About thirty-four minutes later, I couldn’t feel my body anymore. I stopped fighting. The pain faded. I opened my eyes and i was standing in a place filled with light. It felt peaceful i knew were i was i was about to take a step in but i hesitated. A shadow stretched across the ground and i could see flames in them then a dark voice spoke out "Your soul qualifies for heaven but it's tainted with regrets and anger" It offered me two choices. First one that i may walk forward and leave everything behind. Second one that i may come with him that he will return my soul back to my mortal body granting me superhuman abilities to take my revenge and live like a king. The choice is yours to make.