I stared into my phone, all the sounds drowning out, all the voices lost, and my spirit, lost with them.

I was floating, in a dark enclosed void with my demons grinning widely, reaching out their clawed hands to grasp my soul. But they didn't have to reach too far; one reach, and I was enclosed in their palm, feeling life and existence drain out of me impatiently.

I looked up, I didn't even know whether my eyes were doing the correct thing, or if it was all just some sick joke the universe decided to pull on me, but I looked up. Stephanie was grinning, a triumphant look on...