OK. Here's another chapter for you. A big thanks to everyone who reviewed. Sorry it's a little short. This one is dedicated to IWasHereMomentsAgo who told me I should keep messing with Peter. :)
Again, I don't own a thing. If I did there wouldn't be a HUGE not fun Season 2 spoiler from TV Guide today(PM me if you want to know).
Peter has never lost this much control before...
Chapter 2
A steady beeping. And voices. He heard two low voices, like they were underwater. Then they became more clear but he couldn't make out the words. It sounded like a conversation. One of the voices sounded stressed. There was also the gentle sound of a higher-pitched sigh, possibly a sob.
Although the sounds were clear and organized, thoughts flitted wildly through his mind. Fragments of images. A bridge at night. Himself vomiting violently. A blond- haired woman with a ponytail. A younger blond- haired woman without a ponytail. The former shaking on a table. His hands holding hers.
Peter Bishop's eyelids increased their fluttering. He cracked one open but the resulting light was ridiculously bright so he closed it again. His left hand jerked and he became aware of smooth skin touching the calloused skin of his left palm. There was a sudden twitch on that palm and he tried with greater determination to open his eyes. Adjusting to the bright light from the side Peter managed to open his eyes and he checked his surroundings. He appeared to be indoors. On a bed in a room. To his right was an IV pole attached to a machine flashing and making a clicking sound. To his left was a mop of flaxen hair scattered on his sheet.. He blinked and gave a squeeze to the small hand inside his own. The mop moved and revealed a pale face with closed eyes. Groaning loudly Olivia Dunham simultaneously sat up straight and opened her eyes. After a minute of focusing and rubbing her neck, she looked straight into Peter's eyes. He watched as Olivia's eyes grew huge with recognition.
She gasped. "Peter, you're awake! Let me go get Walter. He's been so worried."
Olivia tugged her right hand out from his and rose quickly from her seat. Peter clumsily grabbed her wrist. "'Livia not yet. Where am I? What happened to me?" he asked his voice somewhat strained.
Trapped, Olivia sat back down in the bedside chair. She scanned his eyes for a moment and her expression turned grim.
"You didn't come home last night. At 5AM Walter called me and I called Charlie. We found you in the lab shortly after that, lying on the floor unconscious. At first I thought maybe Big Eddie had come and shot you, but that wasn't the case. You weren't shot, thank God, just, unconscious. I rode with you in the ambulance to Mass General. You're in the telemetry unit. They think you may have had a heart arrhythmia that made you pass out. The doctors are waiting for the test results. Walter has been arguing with them off and on." She swallowed and paused. "Your father has been really worried about you. He mumbled something about 'health problems are to be expected at this point' but I have no clue what that means and he wouldn't elaborate." She pulled her right hand away and pushed some hair behind her ear.
"I'm just glad you are awake." She gave Peter a weak smile that didn't make it to her eyes. "Do you remember anything?"
"What time is it?"
"It's 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. You've been out since we found you this morning."
Peter tried hard to comprehend all of Olivia's words. He looked deeply into her hazel green eyes and then everything clicked. He had lost track of time. He had passed out! How did he get from the bridge and certain doom, to the lab?! The bald man! Did he do something to him? Did he hurt him, again?
The heart monitor started beeping more frequently and Peter started to hyperventilate. He sat straight up in bed and grabbed Olivia's wrist again, gasping for air. She pulled away from him, jumped up, and bolted for the door. Opening it with a force that sent it banging back against the wall she ran past Walter in his chair and headed for the nurses' station. "Hey! Peter Bishop needs a doctor, NOW!"
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