Chains

Disclaimer: Don't own the song Chains by Duran Duran.

A/N: It's a oneshot unless you decide to review me telling me you want it to be longer. And it sucks.

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An hour since the sundown
The ghosts are creepin in
Are gathering around me
Like starlings in the wind

She lay in her bed, awake, the sound of the wind haunting her, reminding her of past ghosts. Thoughts that haunted her every night after the drink wore off, just before she took her sleeping pills.

Dark shapes gather round

She got up and opened her cabinet. She searched through the bottles of pills and drugs, took out a sleeping pill, and went in the kitchen to get a glass of water. As she walked back to her room, the shadows played tricks on her eyes, taking the form of people she once knew.

Voices like my brother's
Are whispering to me
But I don't know these others
Who want to set me free

The wind was still blowing, reminding her of people she once spoke to. She looked at the bottle of pills on her bedside. The wind was becoming more persistent.

Come home you're out of time

She had to take the pill. But...

But the life cannot let go
It's a chain cuts across my soul
Anchoring in this world

She let the bottle lie on her bedside table. She couldn’t take them. Not yet, soon. Just not now. She took out her lighter and flicked it on.

I put my hand into the flame
Burning but I feel no pain
Don't speak, don't speak my name
Hold on to this life of chains

She put the flame in her mouth, breathed in, and blew out a fireball. It landed on the floor, scorching it. She played with the flame. Then she flicked it off.

The door is standing open
But I'm too tired to be afraid
My whole life's in this moment
I've been fighting all the way

The door slammed open. She just glanced blearily at it. She didn’t care anymore. They had destroyed all fear in her. Nothing could scare her anymore.

Just need a little more time

She glanced at the pills. Opened the cap, took out more than she needed. She played with them. Glared at them. Put them near her mouth, stopped.

Cuz the life just can't let go
It's a chain cuts across my soul
Anchoring in this world

She put the pills back. Took out one. Placed it on her tongue, played around with it a bit, swallowed. She could feel it go down her throat. It felt like it burned her.

I put my hand into the flame
Burning but I feel no pain
Don't speak, don't speak my name
Hold on to this life of chains

Nah nah nah nah nah

The pill wouldn’t start it’s effect for a while. She glanced wearily at the door. Would someone come claime her yet? Or maybe come and kill her? She didn’t care, she just didn’t want to be alone anymore. Not anymore...

I put my hand into the flame
Burning but I feel no pain
Don't speak, don't speak my name
Hold on to this life of chains

She berated herself. She had thought they were her friends. They had destroyed her, but they had proved to her that no one cared. No one... Why was she thinking of those memories? This was why she hated the pills, they brought back that which was what she wanted to forget. Sleep, she felt sleepy... She drifted off into a dreamless void known as sleep.

Chains... chains... chains...