“Where am I? What happened to me?” I asked no one.

  There was bckness all around me and I couldn’t see anything. I looked around and couldn’t see my body. No arms, legs, or chest. Just my mind in the middle of nothing. It was scary. I didn’t know what was happening to me.

  “What happened to me?” I asked again, but now something like a vision appeared in my head.

  In the middle of the dark alley stood a woman. She was dressed in everyday clothes and her face was shrouded in darkness so I couldn’t identify her. But inside I knew that woman was me. In front of her stood a masked man with a gun in his hand and he was saying something. I couldn’t hear what he was saying but from his body nguage, it was clear that he was nervous and his whole body was shaking. He looked like an addict who would do anything just to get another dose.

  And unfortunately, that something was me in a dark alley with a purse in my hand. It didn't take long before a shot rang out from the gun in his shaking hand. The bullet flew straight at me and hit me directly in the chest on the left side.

  At that moment, the image of the dark alley changed back to bck nothingness but the pain from the wound I received returned. It was relentless pain. I started screaming but it was as if someone had silenced my screams to a minimum. And so I screamed more and more. Until finally my voice was no longer heard. But the pain still didn't subside and I still wanted to scream from it. I don't know how long it sted. Maybe minutes and maybe days. I felt pain where my body used to be.

  I had no hope anymore. Despite the pain, I couldn't scream anymore. It was the worst moment of my life. It was a nightmare from which I couldn't wake up. My voice was no longer what it used to be and all I could do was cry and beg.

  “Please, let it stop. Please.” But no one heard my cry again. “Please, someone, anyone. Let the pain end. I will do anything, please.”

  Despite everything, there was no one to help me. And so more days, weeks, maybe months passed and I had already resigned myself to the fact that someone would come to save me. My voice had long since been heard in this darkness. The pain did not subside, but I had gotten used to it and accepted it as part of my life. I did not have much of a choice. And so there, in that nothingness, I just existed and thought about my life.

  About the mistakes I made in my short life. How I had wasted my short life. Even though I did not remember much of it, I knew that I had not lived it to the fullest. And so I swore to myself that once I got out of it, I would live my life to the fullest. And so there was silence, where there was only me, my mind, and the pain that had become my new friend.

  After a long time, maybe it was years or decades, my mind was as if repced. There wasn’t a single thought in it. I was just there, existing, and nothing more. It was my home, and I began to love it. But at that moment, something happened that I had stopped hoping for a long time ago.

  “Hmm…” A voice came from somewhere. It was rough and mysterious. “Hmm… I like this one. She would be perfect for it.”

  Even though I couldn’t express it, I was happy, happier than I had ever been before. My mind started working again and I began to perceive what was happening. Questions that I had never received an answer to appeared in my head again. Why am I here? In this nothingness. Why do I suffer from pain that won’t go away?

  “You have an interesting mind, little soul. So many questions and no answers. Hmm…” The voice spoke again. “Well, go ahead, little soul, ask and I will answer you.”

  Questions ran through my mind but I couldn’t utter them. But I focused on one in my mind. Where am I?

  “Where are you? Hmm… interesting first question.” the voice said as if reading my thoughts. “Most souls already know the answer to this question, having spent as much time here as you have. Oh well. I will help you find the answer. You are in a pce where souls are sent to experience endless torment and suffering. Does that mean anything to you?”

  At that moment, a single word appeared in my head. Hell.

  “Excellent, little soul. You will be even better than I thought.”

  But why, Hell? Why me? More questions came.

  “Hahaha.” the voice ughed. “And that is a question I cannot answer. I am not the one who sent you here. I do not choose which souls come here and why. But you, my little soul, are special. Your mind has not broken even after so long. And that is why I have a proposal for you. Do you want to take revenge on the being who sent you here?”

  Take revenge? I am here without a body and in pain. How should I take revenge? This nightmare does not want to end and the voice tells me to take revenge? My thoughts were working fully again.

  “I can help you with that too, my little soul.” The voice commented. “I will send you back to the world of the living, but only on few conditions.”

  Back? Among the living? Each piece of information filled me with more questions.

  “Of course. How else could you follow my orders?”

  Orders?

  “Yes, that is part of the condition. Wait, this is tiring me.”

  As soon as he finished speaking, I saw light again for the first time in a very long time. It came from a purple fme that appeared in front of me. The fme was beautiful, almost enchanting. I wanted to touch it, to feel its fmes. Fortunately, after a while the fme disappeared, and in its pce appeared the body of a naked adult woman. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Her beauty could not be matched by even the most beautiful model from a fashion magazine. Her beautiful body, perfect proportions, and also pristine skin would be the envy of every woman in the world. But the most striking thing about her was her beautiful violet eyes and beautiful long bck raven hair.

  “Who is she?” I wanted to ask again in my head but instead, the question came from the mouth of the woman in front of me. Her voice was as charming as her body.

  “That is the body I created just for you my dear.”

  “For me?” The woman in front of me asked again. “That? That is me?”

  “That will be you if you agree to my terms.”

  “Terms for what?”

  “To send you back in your new body. It’s simple.”

  “And what are your terms?” The woman asked as I looked into her purple eyes.

  “You will become my right hand in the world of the living. Your body will have some of my abilities so that you can better carry out my orders and prepare for what is to come.” The voice said. “What do you think, my dear?”

  “Those are quite vague terms.”

  “You will either take it or not. The decision is yours.”

  “So if I accept these terms, you will send me back to my world?”

  “Well… it will not be exactly your world. But a little different. A world where they do not have as much influence. A world where I will pnt you and where you can grow and become powerful, my dear.”

  “To be honest, anything will be better than staying here in this nightmare. And that is why I accept your terms.” We both said resolutely.

  “Hahah… Excellent, my dear, excellent.”