thyestean23

A sharp throbbing in his mind was the first thing that registered. It shot from the back of his skull, and jabbed repeatedly into his eyes. The unrelenting pulse soon caused the muscles in his face to twitch and spasm. He could feel something crack and ooze from the right side of his face. The tremors spread into steady waves of motion that traveled down to his neck. He swallowed for the first time; the tissue in his throat dry and course. He nearly choked as he took his first breathe. His head was a massive weight that buried his chin into his bare chest. The awakening continued to spread as did the tearing pain. He felt like he was submerged in a pool of white hot needles that pricked him deeply at every conceivable point. His jaw clinched so intensely he thought his teeth would shatter as full body spasms waved over him. When the spasms finally stopped, they left him drained and barely conscious, yet still alive.

Numbed beyond motion, his mind wandered in a mist of confused thought and throbbing pain. What? Words were beyond his function; sight completely failed him, his ears were witness to no sound and pain was the only sensation he could comprehend. His body did not respond to any command and he began to panic at not being able to even lift his head to breathe. Oxygen flowed in labored hisses that barely filled his lungs. Air slid through his throat; there was nothing he could do to pull in more.

"Black"-the birth