One
The rain outside seemed to be in an endless down pour. Alice hated it. It was bad enough she was in a hospital bed after a long battle with Death himself, but now, it was raining.
"Ms. Childs? Are you all right?" Her nurse must have noticed the grimace on her face as she stared out the window at the water droplets splattering in an eerie symphony on the glass panes.
"Hm? Oh, yes, I'm fine." Alice replied with a sigh. The plump nurse smiled and stepped over to her bed.
"It's time to change the bandages, Ms. Childs." The woman said warmly. Alice sighed again and brushed her long, pale blonde hair behind her ear, wincing at the throbbing pain in her left arm.
"Go ahead and start with my eye." Alice said. The nurse reached behind her and grabbed some gauze, scissors, and medical tape. Carefully, she removed the bloodstained gauze from Alice's right eye. The nurse tried to hold back a surprised gasp as she stared at the bloodied socket where the girl's eye should have been.
"W-what happened there?" The nurse asked. Alice shrugged.
"It's a long story. One I don't feel like telling."
The nurse nodded. "I understand." She continued to replace the gauze over the empty socket and was finished in a matter of seconds. "Arm, please?"
Alice held up her wrapped arm and let the woman cut the tape and gauze to reveal a nasty-looking, deep gash. The nurse recoiled, but refrained from asking the girl about it. She doubted Alice would explain.
Alice watched the woman work, a poor attempt to distract herself from the horrors she had experienced. The nurse finally finished with Alice's arm.
"Rest up, girlie; you'll need all the energy you can get."
