"Ugghh not again." John groaned as he tried to sit up. He promptly fell back down into the soft bed he now found himself in. His head felt like someone was taking a jackhammer to it. Although, the stabbing pains were beginning to recede slowly. As he opened his eyes he realized he must be in a hospital. He was now dressed in a hospital gown. As he looked around the room he noticed his clothes had been neatly folded and placed off to the side on a chair. At that moment a young nurse walked in and smiled as she said "Oh good you're awake. I'll alert the doctor, but before I do that let me ask you a few questions ok?"
John simply smiled and nodded his understanding. "Let's start with an easy one. Whats your name?" the nurse asked gently. John started to answer but then stopped midsentence. His face became blank as he racked his brain for the simple answer to such a simple question. What was his name? Concern washed away the nurse's smile as she asked " are you ok?"
"I don't know my name. I can't remember. As a matter of fact I can't remember anything." Deep worry and a little bit of panic overtook the normally cool look that John carried. He roughly brushed his hand through his thick dark hair as the nurse moved to call the doctor on her pager. The nurse then grabbed John's hand and reassuringly said "don't worry the doctor will be here soon and then we will help you figure everything out ok." Another nurse walked in and glanced over at John quickly before whispering something in the nurse's ear. John asked "is everything ok. What's going on?"
"Nothing everything will be alright. We'll be right back." With a new cold demeanor the nurses hastily left the room. The nurse's change in behavior puzzled John and suddenly gave him a desire to leave. John was confused by this, but decided it was best to follow his instincts when he saw the hallway outside his room clear, only to be filled with two police officers who were hastily walking to his room. John jumped out of bed and locked the door. He then quickly got dressed, but he was too late. The officers were at his door. "Open up mutie" they barked. "Mutie? What do they mean by that" John wondered as he scrambled to find another way out of the room, but his room was situated on the fifth floor of the hospital so the window wasn't an option. John's heart started to race. Unbeknownst to John his eyes darkened again like in the alley. John desperately tried to think of a way out as the police began to pound on the door. "I wish there was another way out of here, but what." As John's heart continued to speed up the room became dark as the light and John were sucked out of the room by the darkness, leaving some bewildered policemen (who at that moment had succeeded in breaking the door open) in a dark room with no one in sight.
