Into The Darkness

“What… happened?” Richard’s mind was hazy as he woke up, the world in front of him blurred and his thoughts slowed to the extent that he couldn’t formulate sentences in his mind. All sorts of colours filled his vision, robbing him of the ability to focus on anything. Concentration was something that had come easily to him even as a child, but now it felt exceptionally difficult to muster up. His broken thoughts wandered everywhere, leaving him unable to accomplish anything.

“Need… control…” he struggled, spending an untold amount of time to gather the will to focus. He finally felt his body, but he quickly found that his senses weren’t in line with...