Chapter 1: A Rude Awakening
She was slowly gaining consciousness, she could them, who ever they were, and she could hear their voices muttering quietly. She had no idea where she was she tried to speak, but her dry throat would not allow her to
"Mum?" a concerned, familiar voice came. She could see a fuzzy figure
"Molly?" Alex whispered, the figure cleared, to her disappointment it was not the person she wanted it to be.
"Ma'am? It's Shaz, remember? And Chris, Ray" as she spoke Alex vaguely saw the figure point out two other figures, somehow she didn't know where she was, although she knew she should.
Another voice came "that's it now I'm afraid, times up, get back to your day job" this voice was definitely unfamiliar to Alex.
"OK, come on you two" said the female to the others, she then whispered to Alex "See you tomorrow Ma'am" with that they all left. She was alone. Very alone, and still very clueless as to where she was, she wanted to call out but she didn't know who to call, or what to say.
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Things looked a lot clearer now, she was waking up, still no clue where she was or why her stomach hurt so much. One word kept creeping into her mind 'Gene', why did that one word mean so much? And who were the figures she barely saw before? She had so many burning questions and no one to answer them. She wanted to move, to get up and find the answers, but moving hurt too much. But why did it? Nothing was making sense, and in Alex's head everything had to make sense, she had to make connections. One question began to burn so much and hurt so much too, where was Molly and why didn't the figures know who she was?
Alex felt drowsy; she let her eyelids close as she drifted into her world of questions… Suddenly she felt to large cold hands on both her shoulders, the hands shook her, she didn't want to look, afraid of what she might see if she did.