Chapter 5When Preacher left, Rocco rushed around packing his gear when he suddenly had a coughing spell. His throat seemed to close up and he felt as if he were dying. In desperation he tried to call out for Preacher over and over again, but Preacher was gone. He grabbed his burning throat as he began sinking towards the floor.
Suddenly reality left him, and he felt as if he were falling from a great height. His body twisted and jerked as he fell through some kind of thick smoke that made it impossible to breathe. The atmosphere around him was growing dark. Something that felt like claws scraped against Rocco’s face, entangling them in his hair. He reached up trying to slap the things away, but felt nothing as he continued to fall.
Down. Down. Down.
When he finally opened his eyes, he s
