~* Babies first breakthrough!*~
The first thing she is aware of is the dull ache of her limbs. Floating toward consciousness she felt as though her mind had been stuffed full of cotton balls, her eye lids weighed with lead. Barely brushing the surface she became aware of the sounds around her. The soft beeping of a heart monitor. The quiet hum of machinery.
"Mama she's waking up!" The sudden voice from her side sent shock waves of pain through her aching head.
"Hush now habibi give her time…" Says a softer voice. Angela took a few deep breaths, her face scrunching in discomfort. Just as she starts to really grip at consciousness the black void pulls her down once more.
She stirs again, with no idea how long had passed since she was last clinging to consciousness. A shiver runs down her spine, a light breeze drifting through the room. Her mind is clearer now, blue eyes fluttering open to take in her surroundings.
It takes her longer than she would like to admit to recognize that she is laying in one of the private medbay rooms. The flutter of the curtain draws her attention to the open window, dull blue transfixed on the dark horizon outside. She loses track of time watching the sky start to brighten, the sun rising ever so slowly on a lazy morning.
The click of the door being opened pulls her tired eyes from the scenery where she finds a smiling cowboy standing just at the end of her bed, his hat pressed to his chest. "Well I'll be… Look who finally decided to rise and shine."
Angela manages a faint smile, resting her head back against the pillows. "Morgen…" She croaks, she hadn't realized how dry her throat was. Jesse gets the hint, pouring her a glass of water from the pitcher on her bedside table. He's not so good at helping her drink from the glass, water splashing down her chin and pooling on the fabric of her shirt.
"My apologies." He says, sitting the glass aside once she is finished. A moment of silence passes between them, quickly broken by his inability to remain quiet for long. "Look Angie… I'm real sorry about what happened. Fareeha and I wouldn'ta scared you if we'd known it would happen."
She watches him quietly, her eyes half lidded. "Jesse… It's fine… I will be fine." White lies of course. She had no idea how she was or what the lasting effects of the nanobots would be. She would be running tests on herself for the next month to make sure she would be fine.
"It's not fine. Angie you were dead." His voice cracks and Angela feels her own heart constrict at the sound. The rough riding ex-gang member was close to crying and it brought tears to her own eyes. "When those doors opened… Ana couldn't find a pulse Angie. She tried CPR. She called it. You were dead." A tear slipped down his cheek and always the sympathetic crier Angela felt her own cheeks grow wet. "Because of a little jump scare. We killed you because of a joke."
"J-Jesse… I'm here. I'm not dead okay… I'm here." She tries to console him feebly.
"Then you… You just sort of glowed gold and like something out a scifi book you came gasping on back to life. Angie we thought we'd lost you." His words echo in her head for a moment, a smile tugging at her cheeks and she chuckles. "What is so funny?" He asks as her chuckles turn into weak laughter.
"I-It worked." She gasps, fresh tears slipping down her cheeks. "It worked Jesse."
"What worked?" He asks, brow furrowing with worry for his friend.
"I revived myself!"
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