SM:Help The Boy
From Create Your Own Story
You throw yourself from the chair and rush over to the boy. You're forced to push the panicing father aside so you can get close enough to try dislodging the stuck object. Someone nearby has also come over to help the boy and they stand nearby waiting to assist you if that can.
You try your best to remember what you've learned over the years, specifically with regards to helping a small choking child.
Both you, and the boy's final seconds tick away. It feels as though the fate of both of your lives are tied to the same event: removing whatever is preventing the child from breathing.
The time you have left ticks into the single digits as the obstruction in the boy's throat finally comes free and a large coin clings onto the ground in front of you. You look down toward it and find it suddenly reflects a blindingly bright white light. You release the boy and bring up your arms to help protect your eyes as the sounds of everything around you seem to fade.
As silence sets in, the blinding light is gone too. You lower your arms to find that you stand in some sort of white void.
"Thank you... " a voice says, eminating from behind you. The same voice you had heard an hour ago when you made your bargain.
You turn and find yourself looking at a hooded white cloak with a featureless, black porcelain mask where the face would be. It floats off the ground, has no body or discernable form, and within the white voids behind its' eyes you can sense a strong malevolent force as well as a deep hatred... for you.
"Thank you for saving that boy. Your act of selflessness gave me the strength I needed to break free of the mask my corrupt, twisted half sealed me in," the spirit says as you feel both joy and warmth flowing out from it.
"What happened to your other half?" you ask, but looking into its' eyes you think you know the answer before the spirit even responds.
"I have sealed it away. In time... It will break free again. Too twisted and single-minded, it will be unable to learn from its' mistake today so that I only need someone else like you to save a life and set me free again. But I do not expect that to happen for some time."
"What happens now, though?" you say while looking around the void. It's a nice place to visit but you aren't sure you want to stay.
"That is up to you. You have fulfilled your contract, but I do not wish to force upon you that which you may not want anymore. I'll leave the choice to you: do you want me to restore you to live, or allow you to pass unhindered into the afterlife?"
You consider your options once more now that passing into the afterlife is in the table again. You did all this for a chance to live, but what is waiting for you on the other side? You'd have to think carefully about this decision.
The End: You have saved a life, and freed a spirit. The only thing that remains is to choose to life again, or move on and see what the afterlife has to offer you... but that is another story entirely.
