I’m feeling the pain flowing through my body and can feel my head start to pound. I look around the room and see the IV dripping into my arm. The beeps from the monitors are steady which is something new since I first arrived here. I know they told me there was a flat line initially when they first brought me in last night. I’m here only by the luck of the draw; my passenger wasn’t so lucky.

The doctor looks me over and says, “Nice to see you back with us. You were out for a little bit.” I can barely hear the man speaking to the woman next to him, I don’t know who she is, but she seems concerned about me. She comes over and holds my hand and says, “Oh honey, I’m so glad you are alive.”. I stare at her for a second and finally ask, “Who are you?”, the look on her face tells me I should know her.

She stands up and turns away and says something to the doctor, and then turns back to me and she says, “I’m your wife, Barbara. Don’t you remember me.”. I shake my head letting her know I don’t. She begins to sob and walks out of the room. The doctor approaches my bed and asks, “Do you know who you are?”. I must admit to him that I have no idea, but I know there was someone with me that died in what I can only assume was a car crash.

The doctor seems upset and asks me if I know what happened. Then he begins to explain about the accident and that my friend Joey didn’t make it, and there was something else. He lifted the blanket, and I can see that my legs have been amputated, and I begin to sob. That’s when I see my next visitor in the corner.

The figure appears to me with the black cloak and sickle. He points at me and mouths, “It’s your turn.”. I nod to him and a smile appears across my face. I’m happy when I suddenly hear the machine beside me flatline and he takes my hand. My legs are there, and it is time for me to leave.

As I’m walking past the doctor and Barbara my wife and here the doctor say as he looks me directly in the eyes and says, “He will give you death, and you will love him for it.”, and he is right there is now peace in my heart as I make my way to the bright light.