Heart desired

//chapter 2//

I sat on the side of the road, still trying to process the fact that I am actually dead. People passed by me, not even noticing that we were there. The girl beside me, or should I say soul, who introduced herself as Cecelia Blackwood, has been  silently crying ever since she died, for an unknown reason. Maybe it's just the fact that she didn't exist in the world anymore. Even though seeing myself dead and broken made me sad, I didn't want to cry like her. I just felt empty. Both inside and out.

We sat there for what felt like eternity till something would happen. Anything. We introduced ourselves and went back to our own world after we recovered from the shock. Even though I didn't know her, I was secretly glad that at least I have a companion in this nowhere.

We both were lost in our own thoughts when a man stepped infront of us and motioned us to stand up.

Well, he wasn't exactly motioning. He just waved his hand and we both were up in a second.

"Which one of you is Cecelia  Blackwood?" He asked.

"Me." Cecelia replied. I was getting uneasy now that they both were completely ignoring me.

"I am your escorter to underworld. Your time on earth is over now. Come with me." He said. Cecelia carelessly wiped her tears away and took the escorter's hand and they began to walk away leaving me right there dumbfounded.

"Wait!" I said, running to them. "What about me?"

"Oh. You are not supposed to be dead" He said.

"What? Then what should I do?" I asked desperately, not knowing what to do. If I was alive, then I would know at least what to do. Now that I am dead, I was both lost and scared.

"You can go back to your body." The escorter said chillingly. I was taken aback by it. A sudden wave of happiness hit me. I can finally live again! Hell yeah!

Then, after remembering the state my body was laid, brain exploded and all, it died. "No." I responded.

"Why?" He asked and to my surprise, it was Cecelia who replied.

"Her body is destroyed. The skull was exploded and bones were crushed beyond repairing."

The escorter sighed, and said something under his breath that I couldn't understand.

"And where is it?" He asked.

"Where is what?" I asked.

"Your body, idiot." He replied.

"Oh. Must be at the hospital." After marking the accident area for further investigation, the cops have already left exept for two who were guarding it.

"What about your body?" He asked Cecelia.

"It is also at the hospital. What use even if it is in a good condition? I am dead anyways." She said. I could sense that she was ready to leave this world as soon as possible for some reason.

"This is so troublesome." The escorter sighed again. "I am 10th devil. I have so many souls to escort. Now this is extra work.  Come on!" 10th grabbed our hands and everything went black.

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When everything began to make sense again, we were at a room where some doctors were operating a body. Of course, they didn't notice us at all.

"What is going on?" I asked 10th.

"They are operating your body, but as you can see, it's useless. Come on. We are not here for that." He led us pass through several walls until we were in another room where Cecelia's body was decorated with wires that was connected to machines and the heartbeat monitor was showing a single line.

"You can use her body." 10th said and we both looked at him ridiculously to know if he was joking.

10th sighed irritatingly. "Why are you still here?" He barked at me. "Go and lie down! I don't have the whole time in my hands!"

"Oh. Ok." I didn't go but my feet moved automatically. A pissed off devil is the last thing I wanted to deal with.

I went to Cecelia's body, still trying to process the fact that I am going through a reincarnation in a while. I climbed to the bed, but before I lie down, I turned to the original owner of the body.

"Is it okay with you?" I asked her, feeling somewhat guilty.

"Yeah." She said, looking directly at me. "I am done with this world after all."

I nodded, not pressing the point and minding my own business. As I prepare to lie down, suddenly 10th stopped me.

"What?" I asked.

"You will have only two years to live. Even though the soul has entered the body, they won't match." He said.

What? You've got to be kidding me! I thought. How can I survive this now? Why is everything has to be paid with something?

"Is there anything I can do to live longer than that?" I asked, not wanting to sound rude. 10th sighed annoyingly again.

"Yeah yeah. There is. It is the fulfilling the final request of the body's original owner." He said. Then he turned to Cecelia. "If you want to request it, please ask what you really want her to do. And please f*****g hurry up."

Cecelia took a deep breath. "I am sorry, Nasha. But, if you can do this for me, I'll be really greatful. Please."

I felt so sorry for her. This poor girl has went through something and now she is offering her own body to a stranger she just met. "Of course. Anything for you."

"Then..." She looked straight in my eyes and smiled. "Go to my place and search under my wardrobe. There will be a diary. And there is a name written in it on the first page. Please kill that person."

"Kill?" I asked, horrified but I was cut off by 10th's scream. "OKAY! NOW THAT IT IS SETTLED, SEE YOU AFTER YOUR DEATH! AND ANOTHER THING! YOU CAN'T TELL ANYONE THAT YOU ARE REBORN! GOT IT?!" He pushed me and I fell, fell and fell to the darkness.

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Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

The sound of the heart monitor slowly made me open my eyes. I was lying on the same bed where Cecelia was a minute before. I slowly got up, not wanting to push myself to death because of the pain in my head.

It wasn't a dream then. I thought as I look down at my new body. I closed my eyes, to stop the tears that was threatening to fall down. Hollowness was eating me like a storm as the tragic truth came to me.

It didn't matter if I was alive.

To the world, Nasha Rawyer was already dead.