Second Chance

'Is this really the end? How is it possible? I was supposed to bring another life, not die. God, I heard you always listen to those on their deathbed. Please for the first and the last time listen to me. Let those sinners be punished by someone. If only I got another chance, I...I' She couldn't finish her thought. She closed her eyes. Darkness spread all over.

Suddenly she woke up. But it wasn't her small home where she supposedly died. Instead, it was a big white room. Not exactly a room. A big white place with no end. Nothing. Even her dress wasn't hers. Instead of her plain purple nightgown, she was wearing a white dress. Plain, but gorgeous.

"Do you want another chance?" a voice suddenly said. But she couldn't spot the source of the sound. A male, deep, strong voice.

"Who are you? Where are you?

"People call me God and many other names. I'm here."

"Now that she focused she saw a small ball of light in the air.

"Are You a ball?"

"No, I'm inside a ball. Say, do you want another chance?"

"What chance?"

"A chance to punish the sinners."

"Is that possible? If possible, then I'll do anything for it."

"It was our system's fault that your life ended miserably. So we will send you back to the time when everything started to go wrong. And we will also give you compensation."

"System? What is that?"

"Our system is one kind of a machine in your human words. It keeps track of when what misfortune or fortune will happen to someone. It also arranges people's lifespan."

"What is compensation??"

"You will be able to hear the thoughts of whose you have good understanding.''

"Good understanding? I'm not getting you."

"You will understand. First, close your eyes."

She obeyed him. As soon she closed her eyes, she saw something like a whiteboard.

There it was written:

Name: Jiang Ying Yue

Gender: Female

Age:25 (currently dead)

Height: 5''6

Weight: 55

Understanding: Highest

Current Emotion: Shocked.

"Now open your eyes. I guess you have already seen it."

"What the heck was that?" she asked in a shocked tone.

"It was a system board.''

"Now what is that?"

"A system board shows the summary of a person. You can take a peek at the thoughts of the people you have a good understanding of by looking into their eyes."

"I wonder if that will help."

"of course, we give people powers that they desperately need. You can't read between lines nor can you understand what someone is thinking just by looking at their face. You are too naive and you trust people easily. This power can help you with that."

"Wait, so they are more like me? Whose lives ended miserably because of your mistakes?"

"Recently our system has been malfunctioning. So, there are a few people whose lucks get interchanged. But it never happened before. Don't think our system is useless because it's malfunctioning for the first time. It's going to get fixed soon. "

"And here I was thinking the afterlife is perfect."

"It isn't an afterlife. It's the boundary between the afterlife and the worldly life."

"Boundary?" she asked in a confused voice.

"We check the soul here before sending them to the afterlife. That way, if there is any mistake we can repair the damages here."

"It's a bit too much to take in."

"It's ok. You will understand soon. Just remember that there is only one rule for you to follow."

''What rule?"

"Now you know the future. You can never reveal it to anyone. Anything about boundary, your unfortunate life, nothing."

"That's easy. By the way.." she was cut off before she could finish.

"Ah, looks like another soul just came in. That poor soul also got the misfortune of someone else. He took his life by suicide. Now if you keep going straight you will see a door. Open the door and you will go back to the time when everything started to go wrong. Best of luck living your life to the fullest."

"Wait, before leaving tell me something. If the time gets reversed, won't the whole world go back to the past?"

"No, we send people to different worlds."

"Are there more worlds?"

"Of course, you didn't think there was only one world, right?"

"Everyone thinks that way."

"Humans!"

"By the way,..." before she could finish the light disappeared.

"At least you could have let me finish. Anyway" she said loudly to herself.

She obediently listened and walked straight. Though it was not a small distance, time seemed to pass by quickly as she imagined how to live her life.

Upon seeing the door, she ran towards it. As soon as she opened the door, a blinding light came and she felt dizzy. Darkness spread over once again.