Hospitals
Shane Collins
When I opened my eyes the bright lights erased my vision as if stars, slowly but surely my eyes focused and I could hear this constant, irritating beeping. As I turned my head I saw the source of the excruciating beeping, it was a heart monitor of course. Why am I here? Oh yeah, stupid vamps and their idiotic actions.
Dr Mills came to see me eventually and was surprised to see me awake but was so relieved he let out a sigh. They must have given me good stuff otherwise I would've noticed the burns all over my hands and the broken rib I had managed to gain from the vampires consequences, then it hit me. Claire.
I remembered running through the halls trying to find her before my lungs burned as bad as hell and I collapsed on the white floor with Michael shouting behind me. Everything all of a sudden turned fuzzy and blurred, voices were shouting at me but I heard silence apart from a constant ringing and whining that took over. And I knew no more.
That annoying beeping brought me around again much to my displeasure; Michael was sitting next to me looking worse than ever. "Hi" was all I could muster, even that came out as a weak, gasping whisper, and then violent coughs shook me as I thought my lung was trying to escapes its prison. Drained of all strength, I collapsed back onto the soft pillows beneath me. Michael continued to stare at me worriedly until he finally spoke "I thought we had lost you". At that point everything crashed down upon like the weight of the sky. I tried to get up, I had to get to Claire no matter what, but I was stopped and gently pushed back down onto the stiff bed...
"She's fine, better than you even", a wave of relief flooded over me as those few words healed part of me effortlessly. "You need to rest Shane, you inhaled a lot of smoke" only then did I notice that Dr Mills had entered silently into the cramped room, he seemed worried as he checked over my charts and papers. I just knew what was coming "By running in your previous condition you enhanced the side effects of the smoke inhalation, thereby causing your current condition" Michael laughed softly at the news, whereas I just nodded.
Michael
After watching Shane running around like a headless chicken coughing he's guts up I'm sure to find Claire I realised just how much he needed her. Yelling his name to make him stop I legged it after him, just to see him get 1 door away from Claire when he collapsed like a broken spring. His eyes were still open, through staring eerily at nothingness, I kept shouting over and over again until Dr Mills appeared just as Shane's eyes slipped closed. The sharp, quick movements surprised me as Dr Mills lugged Shane into a wheelchair that he had brought with him, "He's breathing laboured and strenuous, he needs oxygen now!. Once the unwilling patient was back in bed, things got worse...
No longer did the heart machine beep insistently, but only had one single continuous sound, I got shoved out of the way as a nurse stepped in with the defibrillator. The jumping of Shane's body, up and down, for 10 minutes I just stood there frozen watching, I breathed a sigh of relief when a sharp, high pitch beeping entered my hearing. Quickly Shane was attached to a life support machine to help his breathing which was apparently "irregular" and "concerning", a muffled scream came from Eve as I turned to see her staring as the doctors and nurses hovered over Shane who was as white as paper.
Eve
Seeing the ghost of Shane attached to those scary humming mechanical support machines made me want to bolt like a frightened rabbit but I knew I must stay strong no matter what. Dr Mills had just finished hooking Shane up, when he came out and told us he needs to rest and it's crucial for the next few hours. I felt like lead had been poured down my spine and I just couldn't rise above it, as much as I tried, Michael led me out to the waiting room when Claire appeared happy and contented. That soon stopped.
Claire went to see Shane straight away, only to be turned away by the nurses constantly checking him. I couldn't believe it when Dr Mills returned after what seemed like an eternity, Shane was okay but sedated and breathing normally but would need to stay for at least a week. After being discharged we went home with Claire, I just collapsed on the bed with Michael curled up beside me.
Claire
I was so bliss, before I saw Shane attached like my machine in the lab. I rushed a shower the next morning, when I arrived Dr Mills was checking over Shane, who at this point was still sedated, was a little better (he had a little colour back at least). Unfortunately to avoid Shane harming himself any further he had to stay sedated and attached to oxygen, all understood, Shane could be difficult and well... stupid at times.
We visited Shane for the next few days without incident or consciousness, but the 5th day proved fateful as Shane woke up. Eve, Michael and I were sitting beside Shane's still form when he stirred and he's eyelids fluttered open, only to shut soon after, the life support machine was still attached so when Shane bolted upright from shock he hit the wires that had helped him breathe with a horrifying thud that echoed across the tiny, white room. His pupils rolled inwards and the whites of his eyes showed, I hit the red help button as soon as my shock was over. Nurses flooded in from every direction, once Shane's throat had been cleared and checked for damage, we were allowed to come back in, now he had a collar around his neck and his throat was deep purple around the edges of the crisp, white bandage.
A week passed and no improvement to his breathing, now Dr Mills was making sure that Shane was sedated all the time. Thankfully on the next day, his breathing had improved so much that he was allowed off the disgusting, humming bird machine and no sedation any more. Yes! We took turns watching Shane in the hospital; Michael was the first to see him awake.
Shane
After Dr Mills had interrupted and insist I sleep, I have had enough sleep after being sedated for 1 whole stupid week, he left the room when Michael tried to get me to sleep