Dimitri's POV 

It felt like I was floating in darkness.

There were no sounds, no light, no pain.

Just darkness.

Was I dead? Was I still alive? I had no idea.

Sometimes I heard distant and muffled voices. It sounded like people were talking from under the water.

"...so much blood..."

"...might not survive..."

"...do what we can..."

I tried to open my eyes but they were too heavy.

I tried to move but my body would not respond.

So I floated in the darkness and waited.

Time passed. I did not know how much. Hours? Days? Weeks?

Then slowly, things began to change.

The darkness became lighter. It became...