C54 There's No Place Like Home.

I feel numb.

I am surrounded by silence, and the pain of childbirth appears to have vanished.

I sigh with relief.

My poor body has been through hell, and it is finally over.

I raise my head and open my eyes to discover that I am alone in the darkness, with a brilliant beam of light shining down a few meters in front of me.

My pulse quickens and a cold shiver travels up my spine