Wake Me Up

I woke up gasping for air. Looking around frantically, I tried to find a familiar face. "Mo-" I started to say, but began wheezing. I tried to scream. Where the hell am I? Where's my mom? Where is everyone? Thrashing around, I tried to escape the bed, but felt something yank out of my arm. I looked down to see blood everywhere. Screaming as loud as I could, I had to get noticed somehow. Out of nowhere two nurses and a doctor came running in. The doctor yelled, "Get Ms. Jones' mom! Now!" The nurses grabbed my arms and legs, pinning me to the bed. "Rigby, "One of the nurses whispered into my ear, "Calm down, it's ok." I looked at the nurse and mouthed, "Get Molly." She looked at me confused. Glancing to the other nurse, she asked her, "Who's Molly?" My body began to spasm. What's happening to me?! The first nurse hit a button on the wall, and she shouted into the speaker, "We need help in room 208! I repeat, help in room 208!" More nurses ran in, trying to stabilize me and clean up the destruction. My vision began to blur out again. In the blurred mess I saw a figure running up to my bed. The figure grabbed my hand and kept whispering, It's okay Rigby, it's okay." It was a deep familiar voice. I whispered, "Mark." Everyone rushed to me. "What did she say?" The doctor asked, confused. The deep voice answered, "She said my name." The doctor responded back, "Why?" The voice mumbled, "I don't know." I felt a light squeeze on my hand before the darkness overcame me again.

Slowly opening my eyes, the light blinded me. I groaned and looked around. "Mom?" I said raspy. She came into my line of vision and looked horrifically worried. "Hi honey, do you need anything?" She asked, standing next to my bed. I looked around, searching for him. "Was Mark here, Mom?" I asked, continuing to look. She looked at me, the surprise showing in her face, "How did you know he was here, Rig?" I was feeling uncomfortable, and had to sit up. "Nope, don't you dare young lady." She scolded me. I groaned, "Why not?" She shook her head and asked, "How did you know?" I shrugged, "I heard his voice, Mom." She scratched her head and looked at me confused, "Rigby, you had a seizure. There's no possible way you knew." I gasped, "Is that what happened?" Mom nodded. As I was about to say something, the doctor walked into the room. Dr. Marco was printed into his white coat. "Hi there, how're you feeling?" He asked, smiling. In my normal self, I answered, "Like shit." Mom glared at me, of course. How else would I feel? I fell, and had a seizure. Who knows what else happened to me? Dr. Marco chuckled, "Well yeah, after you fell at your hotel, you passed out in the ambulance." I was confused. Is that why everything went dark? "Well, this is news to me." I responded, irritated. I kept looking around, needing to see that he was here. "Can you answer something for me?" I asked. "What's that?" He responded. "Was there an Asian man here last night?" I asked, looking at him with curiosity showing in my eyes. He looked just as confused as Mom did, "How did you know that?" I was getting more irritated. Can't they just answer my god-damn question?! " I heard his voice, like I told my mom." I answered, pissed off. He walked over to the phone and picked it up, quickly dialing a number in. "CAN YOU TELL ME SOMETHING PLEASE?!" I screamed at him. He looked back at me quickly, while my mom was getting ready to bitch me out. He spoke into the phone quickly, and hung up. "Yes Rigby, he was here." He answered, "But you shouldn't have known that."

"But why?"

"Because Rigby, you were mid-seizure when he came in here."

I looked at him, surprised. How could've that happened? "But, I heard him." I repeated myself, "I felt him squeeze my hand." The doctor looked at my mom. He motioned her to follow him out of the room. "We'll be right back, we need to discuss something." He said, peeking his head around the door frame. I sighed and closed my eyes. This is shit. This is shit. This is fucking shit. I felt myself slowly falling asleep, but heard footsteps entering the room. What do they want from me?! The end of the bed began to sink. Someone had sat down. I opened one eye, and gasped. Is this a dream? Opening both eyes, I squinted to see if it was actually real. There he was, sitting there typing something into his phone. "Mark?" I gasped. His head shot up and looked at me. "Hey!" He smiled, "I'm glad you're ok!" He scooted up closer to me. I smiled weakly. "I knew you were here." I whispered. "I know. I heard the announcement and came running." He explained, with a frown spreading across his face. I looked at him confused, "Why are you sad?" He stood up, and starting pacing across the room. "I caused this." "No you didn't, Mark." I explained.

"Then what happened to you?"

"I don't know.. but I can tell you that this wasn't your fault."

"Can I make it up to you?"

I looked at him confused, "What do you mean?" He smiled, "I'm going to go get you something. I'll be back soon." I tried sitting up to tell him something, but some alarms went off. Are you fucking serious? I can't get up without setting off an alarm? Mark walked back to me, and put his hand on my shoulder, "Lie down, the doctors are going to come back," He said, quietly. "I'll be back soon." I shouted, "Wait!" He looked back, "What?"

"Why are you rushing out?"

He laughed, "I'm not really supposed to be in here." I smiled and waved at him, "Go! Before you get into trouble!" He grinned, and snuck out quietly. About fifteen minutes later, I heard something outside my room. The echoes of footsteps came closer to the door, as the doctor began walking in, nurses flanking him. He adjusted something on the monitors that surrounded my bed, and looked at me. "Rigby, you need to stop trying to get up." He explained. I scoffed. The nurse put her hand on my arm and spoke up, "You can go for a walk in a half hour, but until then, you need to wait for lunch." I nodded, "Fine." The half hour passed quickly, due to the fact that I basically inhaled my meal, and being scolded by my mom, who seemed to appear from nowhere. I pressed the nurse button repeatedly. Come on! I need to walk. The nurse before walked in, with a huge smile on her face. "Are you ready, lil' lady?" I grinned and said, "Let's get out of this room, ASAP!" The nurse wrapped an arm underneath me, and lightly lifted me up. I looked at the nurse, "So can you tell me what happened? No-one else will." She sighed as she helped me stand up. "Well hun, when you fell at your hotel, it triggered something in your brain," She explained, "But we still can't figure out why you fell." I giggled under my breath. "What?" She looked at me, confused. "I met two of my favorite Internet gamers," I explained, "I thought it was shock and excitement, but now I don't think it is." The nurse shrugged, "It could be, but the neurologist who looked you over while you were out said that it was the start of a seizure, after you blacked out in the ambulance, but stopped." I sighed, "Thank god. But why did another one happen?" We started walking out the door, when I felt woozy. She noticed instantly, and wrapped an arm around me. "Are you alright?" She asked, looking me in the eyes. "I'm okay." I said, while leaning against the door frame. We headed down the hallway in silence. I wonder what Mark is doing. He has no idea who I am, and he's doing everything for me. I like it, but this is kind of weird. "So, who was that guy in your room earlier?" The nurse nudged me lightly. I laughed, "That was one of the gamers." She stopped me, and looked at me, "Why is he here?" I shrugged and said, "I have no idea, but he just showed up."

"That's kind of weird."

"Yeah, but I enjoy weird for the most part."

"Yeah?"

"He thinks he caused this."

"Why?"

"I don't know. He was right there when this happened."

"Hmm.. well, I'll tell the doctor to allow him in." She smiled. "Are you serious?" I shrieked. The nurse smiled, as I tackle hugged her, "Easy there, girl." I laughed as we started walking back. Getting closer to my room, I heard multiple sets of footsteps headed our way. Looking around the corner, I gasped.