Alina's pale and partially numb fingers tried moving around the white shits of the hospital bed but it felt restricted. It's partial numbness acted as a barrier, preventing her from wandering her fingers around. The movement proved abortive and was barred by a severe pain which flowed through a body that had been battered up by series of injections. The state of being dead isn't suppose come with consciousness is it? Her senses should have been dead by now. Death comes with absolute numbness to everything and every one around you. It is a peaceful darkness that embraces you. It pulls you into its dark abyss and shuts down all your senses. It makes you forget both your pain and your happiness. But she could remember everything-- stumbling upon Diego's message that involved a murder at

