The darkness between Earth and the Rift stretched long, far longer than it had before.
Damon's vision was completely dark as he felt his body fall into the abyss. But then, as his arms instinctively moved and his eyes blinked, a quick realisation dawned on him.
He wasn't falling, he was drowning.
His mouth immediately filled with water, his lungs burning from the lack of oxygen as his arms flailed around him in hopes of breaking the water's surface.
It took long, his vision, although already completely dark, began to blur from the lack of oxygen in his brain, but just as he felt his consciousness slip—
"Aaah!"
The second he broke the surface of the water and his head rose above the sea around him, Damon began to force ragged breaths into his lungs, spitting the water that filled his mouth moments earlier.
