Emptiness in The Darkness

Venus woke with surprise in the dark. She realized she was floating in a state of standing. Her body seemed to be in bottomless darkness. Venus wanted to cry again, but she thought she had to endure it. Venus is at the neck of death, she can't cry, even when there's nothing to cry about, no matter how hard she feels in her chest. Instead, Venus took a deep breath and exhaled slowly despite shaking.

Then, Death embraced her.

Venus's neck began to suffocate by the chain of nothingness. At first, slowly, but then getting stronger. Venus flailed at the air, struggling in vain to ask for Emptiness to release false shackles on her neck. Her body revolted and stretched like a snake that was hit on the head. Until when she thought she couldn't stand it anymore, the grip then just disappeared.

Venus panted and breathed in oxygen greedily, feeling strong and weak at the same time. In a sad mental exhaustion, she was strangely annoyed, and cursed a lot of things in the heart. Why is Death playing with someone who is going to die, she really doesn't know.

“Mama ...,” Venus whimpered after a while.

Venus thought the silence would persist, so she relaxed in the dark. The girl closed her eyes while remembering the photo of her mother who is now still stored in her backpack, as fast as her father's face appeared in her mind.

No, not father, Venus thought, but Bima. He is not your biological father; he is just a stranger who is forced to care for you.

Venus felt overwhelmed by this new and strange belief. Her throat was like a painful lump. She swallowed repeatedly, hoping that the pain sank back to the bottom of her stomach.

In the raging silence, Venus was silent while listening to the soft rustling produced by the darkness. Venus wondered what God was thinking about her fate. Why did He leave Venus alive? Did He mean to discipline Venus?

Then, the memory of her fake family hit her again. How are the two of them feeling right now? Are they happy because Venus is that despicable? Or are they feel sorry and sad? Have they ever even felt a slight affection for Venus? The thought clung to Venus, trying to burden her life, which remained at the tip of a finger.

Venus closed her eyes, hoping that everything would be easy. However, the appearance of a white round dot in the distance erased her hope. The girl looked at that dot cautiously, but also a little curious. The light gets bigger and bigger, or approaches, Venus doesn't know. She covered her face with glare, but that didn't even help. Venus quickly turned her back to the light and kept her eyes closed.

“I will end,” muttered Venus, trying to calm her heart by not being afraid.

Venus hadn't even had time to pray when the light enveloped her body. Then, just as terrible as darkness, Venus's consciousness then disappeared.