🎧🎶 "Total Eclypse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (IA VERSION) "

The only thing you could hear was an infinite beep that drowned out the background noise. You knew they were talking to you, but neither your mind nor your body reacted, not while you saw him lying in front of you on a metal table with a blanket covering him. Maria was trying to control Ellie, who couldn't stop crying uncontrollably. Tommy was in a chair next to him, covering his face and trying not to break down right then and there. You could feel a hand on your shoulder as they told you what had happened and what to do next. You only felt your heart shatter into a thousand pieces, a knot in your stomach, you were sweating cold, and your cheeks felt wet with tears, but you couldn't move or speak.

Physically, he was there, his body inert and cold, but neither his soul nor what was left of him was there. Joel was gone, and there was nothing you could do to bring him back to you. You shifted slightly to remove the hand on your shoulder and stood up to get closer to him so you could feel him and try to do whatever it was you had in mind to bring him back and listen to him, feel his warmth, or his heartbeat, but it didn't make sense, nothing ever did anymore. Joel Miller was dead, Joel... your Joel...