The aftermath

 This is fic.

You run until your legs give up, but the big bearlike monsters still chase you. You're going to die, ready to meet your...uhh what again, surely not the creator because of the implication of your beliefs and surely there's nothing beyond...ultimate darkness, the powerdown, ready to abandon this wonderful journey you were in. You fall down face-down on the grass still breathing heavily, waiting silently for your death. There's going to be pain you remind yourself, so much pain, it'll be terrible. Intolerable, you'll probably pass out of it. Maybe if you're lucky you'll die of heartattack or loss of blood before. It was a sweet life you lived, you tried do not harm anybody, lived a decent life, there's nothing you can do now, alas. This is going to be good. Death will relieve you of all this pain. No more suffering. You will be one with the universe and it will all be --

Bro, bro, you alright man? What's up dude, we saw you almost fall down on the fall, yoo can you hear us. Hey man, the guy over here's opening his eyes, seems to be alright. Yeah, I don't see no blood or anything. No weapons, nah. Dunno kinda' nerdy kinda guy no idea what he was doing there. Yeah that's what I said man I don't know, he hasn't spoken yet, he just got back.

Bro, bro, the man says, staring straight at your face. He's in his late fourties. Where are you? This is not heaven or hell is it? Where are those creatures. What's up with your heart.

Ouuuuch, you say. I can...you try moving your legs. Arms. Fingers. Feel your crotch. Everything's in proper order. You peek at your hands. All the fingers are where they should be. You haven't been physically harmed. Your head throbs with pain but it's manageable.

Whatttt..whaat happened to the bear, animal, thing, you blurt out. I was running away from it, because they started attacking and I couldn't run and I tripped, where am I how did you guys...what happened to the bears, why did they not eat me, I thought I was gone for sure where are we, who are you, where's eeverybody else?

Yoo this dude's back man, he's speaking like a regular nosey person hahah. Hey man, welcome back. Yeaaah you might want to wait for a while before you get caught up on everything, your tired body is not gonna be able to handle everything. It'll take some time to recover, don't you worry bro, you're safe and everything's chill, you'll figure things out man. Make yourself at home. We'll talk to you in a bit, we'll need your help.