The teenage girl scraped her delicate skin against the rough concrete ground. However, that bit of pain was long overwhelmed by a stronger surge of pain from her injuries. Rena closed her eyes. She felt a warmth within her nasal cavity. While warm blood dripped from her body, she felt a slight tickling feeling at the side of her mouth. She coughed. A wheezing sound came deep from her chest and she finally managed to inhale a breath of air.
"Why am I still alive?" she thought to herself, perplexed.
At that moment, she focused her eyes on a single faint twinkling star in the dark sky. It felt like a little consolation from heaven. Usually, a person full of energy and drive toward their goal would not notice such minute details.
Rena turned over with much effort and she accidentally tore the large wound between her chest and abdomen. For a second, Rena couldn't even catch her breath. She laid in the darkness without moving for quite some time. She realized that she wasn't dead yet.
