"Hey! Did that body just move?" I could hear some random woman saying something similar as I felt an incredibly strong urge to move and go somewhere else from within the depths of my heart. Yet my body felt wrapped inside something while my feet started feeling high heat, causing me to jerk, only causing screaming like no other.

  "AHHHHH! IT MOVED! IT JUST MOVED!" "AHHHHH!!!" The lady's screams hurt my damn ears so much! Geez, shut the hell up, women! Can't you see I am trying to wake up from a deep sleep? My head hurts, so shut up and help me! I am wrapped in some weird stuff! UUUGHH!

  I can feel the wraps ripping apart as soon as I push on them a little bit, which feels weird; since when am I back to full strength? Ugh! What's up with this urge to move!? It stings. It feels like my soul is in danger, and I've got to move toward someone or something, but what!?

  {Even more lady screaming} I said! SHUT UP ALREADY WOMEN! Goddamn! Your wailing screams make me want to kill myself! After fighting whatever restrained my movements, I can finally see again, quickly realizing I am no longer at the adventurer's clinic.

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  "Where the hell am I?" I ask one of the screaming ladies as they frantically panic and point their religious necklaces toward me. Well, they were going to be useless. Ugh! Again! What was up with this feeling of need!? I had that horrible urge to go toward something up north! FINE!

  "Begone evil spirit! Begone!" One of the ladies yells at me while throwing some weird liquid at me that burns a little bit, which I find weird. These gals were not going to be of any use, so I might as well just leave as this place gave me the creeps with all the weird-looking furnaces; wait a damn minute!

  I looked around me one more time, finally seeing how I was on top of a metal board on top of some sort of rail system. What's more, there's a lot of other people-shaped things wrapped in the same shit I was wrapped on. Was I inside a damn cremation place? Did I die?

  All I remember is Annabel's face, then all my life flashin' before me before going back to sleep. Oh, that probably did it. Wait, doesn't that mean that it worked, then?! No fucking way! Am I a vampire now? No wonder I felt stronger just now; this feels fucking awesome, albeit I do hate this urge to go somewhere! FINE! It's time to get going, I guess!

  [Alex! Previously declared deceased! NOT DEAD BUT UNDEAD!]