"Pardon me when I say this, Ms. West," the doctor said, "but I think you're imagining all this."
Jade spun around angrily to face the doctor. The doctor looked stunned. Her eyes looked like they had become a bright red - for a millisecond.
"Imagining it?" she snapped. "I have know these people for years. They're the only people I talk to. And you're trying to tell me...you know what?"
"What?" the doctor asked, looking bored.
"Get out," Jade said, her eyebrows raised.
"What? No," the doctor frowned.
"Get," Jade said, pronouncing her words slowly and carefully. "Out."
She kicked his right shin. Suddenly, an excruciating pain shot through her foot and legs. Instead of wailing in pain, he made odd mechanical noises. Jade frowned. How unusual. When the doctor fell down, she tapped his leg. It felt like some kind of hard stone. She pulled up the hem of his pants and saw a silver metal. From certain angles, it also looked like it had some gold.
Who was this doctor?
Suddenly, the door opened behind her. She turned around to face the person who had just entered.
It was the nurse. Jade got tense. What would the nurse think?
Strangely, the nurse said nothing at first. Her eyes darted from the doctor lying on the floor to his leg and then finally to Jade kneeling over the unconscious doctor.
"I see," the nurse grinned. "Follow me, Jade."
Jade was stunned. How could the nurse be so calm? And when had she started calling Jade by her first name?
Jade got up and followed reluctantly. She took one last look at the doctor and wondered aloud, "What do we do with him?"
The nurse looked at the doctor and sighed, "We let him be."
Jade looked at the nurse wide-eyed. She opened her mouth for a second but then shut it again.
The nurse walked with Jade into another room. Before entering, she slowly peered in and looked around. The way she moved reminded Jade of someone, though she couldn't remember who.
The nurse quickly opened the door fully, pulled Jade in and locked the door.
Suddenly, Jade realized who it was. No, she thought. That's impossible.
The "nurse" started taking off all her clothes. She removed her odd dress, and Jade started to cover her eyes when she realized the "nurse" was wearing regular skin-tight jeans and a bright magenta top. She removed her hat. She took off her shoes and socks. Finally (and Jade knew this would happen), the nurse tore off her hair (I mean, wig).
(Author's Note: You can probably guess who it was. As a challenge, I won't write her name in the following lines. Oh, and she will be acting very OOC just to make it even more difficult.)
"I knew it was you," Jade smirked.
Xxxxx smiled. "Though you found out too late."
"What happened?" Jade asked. "Since when have you been a better actress than me?"
Xxxxx twirled her hair and laughed, "Since I was born, duh."
"What's with the attitude, Xxxxx?" Jade laughed. It was always fun to have a good laugh, and Xxxxx always provided one. "You're becoming like me."
"Maybe I spend too much time with you," Xxxxx smiled. Then she turned serious. "But there's another problem that I have to tell you about."
"What problem?" Jade asked, frowning.
Xxxxx rolled her eyes. She lowered her voice to a whisper. "We've gone back in time!"
Jade looked around. "But - but I've never seen this place..."
"Yes," Xxxxx explained, exasperated. "Because we changed the past."
"What does that mean?" Jade groaned. "That makes no sense whatsoever."
"Um, yeah it does," Xxxxx said. "You obviously remember nothing that happened that night, am I right?"
"Uh, well, no I don't," Jade admitted. "Should I be able to remember? Was it important?"
"Well," Xxxxx said, "if by 'important' you mean saving-our-damn-lives important, then yeah. It's that important and you should've remembered it...anyway."
"What happened that night?" Jade asked, frowning.
"You want me to tell youhe very single detail?" Xxxxx moaned.
"You know how I like it," Jade smiled slyly.
"Fine," Xxxxx sighed. "I'll tell you. It sort of went like this: We were in Beck's RV. You know that part, of course. There was a bunch of people other than the two of us, of course: you know, our closest friends. You guys were...drunk. Like, really really drunk. Fortunately, I was not. You just kept on saying weird stuff, I couldn't make out much. Then you, Jade, raised your glass of champagne and said something like 'Three cheers for The Hooligans!' and I had no darn clue what you people were talking about. But I went with it. Suddenly, I have no clue what happened exactly, but I think a storm came and the RV shook. I got out. Everyone did except for you. Everyone ran away, except for me. You remained inside the RV. I called the hospital, the police, everyone I could reach. Luckily, you got saved in time. Apparently, without my help, you could've died. And I guess I've been stalking you since then."
"Thanks, Xxxxx," Jade blurted out. "Consider yourself lucky; you're the first person to get complimented by me."
"Eh, you're welcome."
"That STILL doesn't explain why the doctor's leg is made of gold and silver," Jade pointed out, raising one of her eyebrows.
"Oh, yeah," Xxxxx exclaimed, smacking forehead, as if she'd just realized ir forgotten something. "I almost forgot to tell you: we're the Hunted. Now, don't ask me what THAT means. I thought you understood English."
Xxxxx grinned and walked out the door.