WHILE YOU SLEEP

 

uncomfortable. Much to his surprise, she willingly embraced him and the two hugged each other for what felt like a year but was, in all actuality, more like a minute or two.

 

As David began to let go of the embrace, he slowly started to turn into a pile of goop and blood. His entire body faded away into nothing more than a rotting pile of flesh, which, in return, caused Anna to let out the loudest scream she had ever produced in her life.

 

She collapsed on both knees, clawing her hands through the flesh, some part of her brain hoping that what she was looking at was just some terrible, confusing illusion. But as the seconds passed, she knew that this was no illusion.

 

She was holding the remains of her beloved husband, who just a few seconds ago, was very much alive and was talking to her, trying to calm her down.

 

Her tears and her fists pounded the floor in a barrage of fury, paranoia, and disorientation. Out of nowhere, Anna felt her entire body slowly fade away from existence; the feeling she thought an astronaut must feel if they were getting pulled in by a black hole.

 

She fought harder than she had even thought possible to keep herself alive, but it was no use. First, her legs disintegrated into a pile of rotting flesh on the ground, then her torso, and arms. Although she knew this was the end, she continued to scream while the rest of her body faded into total nothingness.