"Return"
A sudden snap of energy crackled in the air, as though reality itself was bending under an invisible force. Light, blinding and white-hot, erupted around Mikey.
The world cracked open, light blinding and white-hot as it showered on him. For a second, everything shimmered. The cell blurred and his older self faded and just like that, he faded as well.
Everything went silent.
For a few moments, he was suspended in limbo. He felt weightless—like he was floating, his senses stretched thin and distant.
His mind swam in an ocean of nothingness, struggling to comprehend the enormity of what had just happened.
'Am...am I back?....Why didn't I get transported back right away?'
A worthy question indeed. However, right then, like the snap of a string, everything stopped.
Mikey's eyes blinked open, the familiar, comforting darkness of his room greeting him.
