Near Death

His body was the same but his mind, that was a different story altogether.

Hao Xuan opened his eyes to the same scene for the 16th time in the span of a little over 10 minutes.

Although he looked normal on the outside, the light within his eyes had diminished by quite a large margin. His pupils that were a shade of bright green under normal circumstances now had a tinge of dark blue mixed in.

*Beep*

'Irregularities Observed within the EEG Scans.'

'Abnormal Brainwave Patterns Detected.'

Baracus's notifications fell on deaf ears. Hao Xuan was already in a world of his own.

"Nothing works. I try to leave, death. I try to run, death. I try to find the others, death. I try to hide, death. No matter what I do, it's always the same result, death, death, and more death."