Fading to Black

As Luci kept running he quickly came to a stop.

"I'm picking up her scent..." He looked up, noticing a run-down home.

He slowly walked up to the door. He looked around cautiously, then proceeded to knock.

There was no answer.

He knocked again.

Nothing.

He peered into the the peephole. As he did, his eyes widened.

The girl from earlier was in the house standing next to a bed with a woman tucked in.

Luci put his ear to the door to try and listen.

"Mama..."

"Mama please..."

"Please mama..."

"MAMA!" The girl shrieked.

"WAKE UP, MAMA!" She sobbed wildly.

Luci's heart sank.

As he leaned on the door a bit more, it creaked open.

Crap! He thought to himself.

The girl quickly looked up.

"W-who's there...?" She whimpered.

"P-please...help me!" She pleaded.

"Mama isn't waking up, please!" She cried.

Just then a hand touched her shoulder.

"Yo."

The girl quickly spun around, alarmed.

"Give it a rest..." Luci mumbled, keeping his head steadily down.

The girls eyes widened.

"Your mom..."

The girl began to shake as her vision and hearing began to go.

"Is dead."

Just as she saw him mouth those words, the girl's world faded to black.