[ WP ] You 've been dead for 67 days . You awake to the entire world watching the first human revival . Your revival .

I awoke with a sharp intake of breath. What had happened? The last thing I could remember was the car crash, I had swerved to avoid a kids ball that had rolled into the road, hit a wall and then, nothing. I remember the impact, and a brief flash of pain throughout my body, and now suddenly I was lying on my back, breathing like it was my first breath again. 
 
 Opening my eyes I heard a cheer, and, blinking, the first thing I saw was the lens of a camera above me, looking down on my face. I tried to turn my head, try and get a look at my surroundings, but I was strapped down, I couldn ’ t move. 
 ” What ’ s happening? ” I tried to ask, but my throat was coarse, and it barely came out as a whisper. 
 
 Suddenly I was aware of hands on my body and I noticed some beeping coming from the left of me. I tried to fight my restraints, I felt so helpless and confused. A man pushed the camera away from my face, and I was momentarily blinded by a bright light above me. Squinting, I tried to make out more of my surroundings now that the camera was gone. 
 ” Am I, in a hospital? ” I tried to speak again, my voice still weak. The man that had moved the camera moved back into my line of sight, and I saw he was wearing a surgical mask. Definitely a hospital I thought. 
 ” Hello Miss Chapman. I am Dr. Phillips. Now, I understand you must be confused, but I must ask you not to speak. Your voice is weak from lack of use. ” The man, Dr. Phillips, told me. ” Today ’ s date is the 6th of June 2027 and we have just succeeded in reviving you from your death, 67 days ago. ” 
 
 ” What! ” I exclaimed, the best I could, then quickly apologised when I saw the doctors look of disapproval. My brain was struggling to process what I ’ d just been told. It was a joke, it had to be a joke! My crash at been on April 1st, it was an April Fool ’ s joke, of course it was. 
 Though. If it was a trick, why was my voice hoarse? Why were there cameras? Why was I strapped down?? It couldn ’ t be real, though it made sense. ” Now Miss Chapman ” Dr Phillips was speaking again ” I know this must be hard to comprehend, and you might be struggling to believe me, but it ’ s all true, and the entire world is tuning in to see you. So now I ask you to do one thing for me. Smile for the cameras. ” 
 
 And smile I did. Every time the cameras were on me I smiled. During interviews, and check-ups with Dr. Phillips, I smiled. But I couldn ’ t help feeling hollow. Because I had been dead for 67 days, and I knew now that there was nothing after the end. All the people who had died before revival was an option, all the people who are opting out because of their belief in a next life, all that is left for them, is nothing. And knowing that, all that I feel anymore, is nothing. 

