What happened?
Natara blinked open her eyes to a blindingly white room, which she quickly recognized as a hospital bed. Suddenly, memories flooded back to her in a rush. There was a call to the SFPD, with a bomb threat. The captain sent had sent her and Mal to check out the building. It was a library. They were in the process of getting everybody out of the building to search for a bomb. Had they gotten everyone out? Natara couldn't remember.
Her head started to hurt. As she reached up to touch her temple, she could feel a thick bandage on her forehead.
Mal had said that they should split up. She reluctantly agreed and they took off in opposite directions. She ran down a hallway lined with doors to offices. There was a shout and she started running back the way she came.
A nurse entered the room. "Oh, good, you're up," she said, writing something on her clipboard.
"What happened?" asked Natara.
"You were in a building when a bomb went off. A piece of glass from the explosion cut your forehead, and you will probably be a little bruised from the impact, but other than that, you'll be fine. Your partner shielded you from most of the debris."
The full memory came to Natara. The bomb was in the other side of the library. Mal had told her to get out of the building as fast as she could. She ran with Mal close beside her. She could remember the smell of smoke in the air and ringing in her ears. There was heat all around. That was when she blacked out.
Suddenly, something clicked in her brain. "Is Mal okay?" She tried to push herself out of bed, but started to feel the pain of her bruises and settled back down.
The nurse looked away for a second, but that was all it took for Natara to read the look in her eyes. It couldn't mean anything good.
Hello! This is a new idea for a story I had. This is just the prologue, so it's pretty short. I'm really excited about this! Please review and tell me your thoughts!