Unlucky as Hell
Chapter 3
"The hell you mean she's dying?!"
Trinity had no idea what was going on. It had been two days since Libra had decided to leave her and Shell alone and when Trinity had came to visit Shell, she found out that she had come down with a high fever and could barely stay awake. If her fever couldn't break, she was going to die. It had seemed as if the injury had been severely infected by an unknown source and even the doctors couldn't figure out where the infection came from suddenly.
"We are trying our best, Miss Cassaway." The doctor said gently.
Trinity looked into the window of the critical unit, seeing how heavy Shell was breathing into the oxygen mask. Her eyes scrunched, as she fought to ride through the infection spreading throughout her body. "Can I go in...?" she asked quietly, looking at the doctor. "I need to ask her something."
The doctor gave a nod and Trinity opened the door, going into the room quietly. She felt terrified for her friend, not sure what to do for her except make her comfortable for now. As Trinity got to the edge of the bed, she could see the veins in Shell's neck slowly turning black. "Shell...?" she asked quietly.
Shell's eyes slowly opened, and Trinity gasped when she saw that her eyes were completely bloodshot. She winced and brought up her arm from underneath the blanket, taking the oxygen mask off. "T-Trinity...go...go to that group...L-Libra..."
"How come?" Trinity asked softly, surprised.
"I-I think...they can help..." Shell spoke in a very strained voice, gritting her teeth. "I-I don't know where to find them...hun, I don't think I have much time left...maybe a day at best..."
Trinity's blood went cold.
"I don't want to d-die..."
"I'm not gonna let you die." Trinity whispered, placing the oxygen mask back over Shell's mouth and nose. "I'm gonna find Libra and I'll be back soon with them."
Shell gave a nod and watched as Trinity hurried out of the room. She closed her eyes, wincing again as she felt pain in her leg. I may not even have a day left...She thought grimly.
Trinity panted as she rushed down the street, past humans and Alter-World beings. She asked both if they had seen a couple of people, a red-haired man or a white-haired man. An Alter-World being pointed her to the white-haired man, who was crossing the street. She said thanks to them quickly and ran after the white-haired man. "Hey, you! Stop!"
He didn't even hear her until he was way past the corner and she nearly got hit by a vehicle while going across the road. He had stopped, turning around to face her. His blue eyes narrowed and a scowl formed on his face when she stopped in front of him, breathing hard and trying to catch her breath. "What the hell do you want? Came to find me to kick me again?"
"Look pal, I don't have time for any bullshit." she breathed, finally catching her breath. "I need you to take me to your leader."
The man scoffed. "Yeah, right. You said you wanted us to leave you two alone, so piss off." he said, getting ready to turn around to walk away.
Without warning, she lunged at him and gripped handfuls of the black muscle shirt he wore under his jacket. His eyes widened in surprise and he glanced down at her, as tears formed in her light blue eyes. "Look asshole, I don't have time for this! My friend is dying of an infection! Whatever she got hurt by the other day, is infected and it's killing her! She has a day left at the most, so fucking take me to your leader, alright?!"
The man was actually surprised by her words. He sighed, batting her hands away. "Alright, alright. I'll take you to the boss."
About fifteen minutes later, the elevator doors opened, revealing a lobby and some of the members of Libra inside. One of the girls turned to look at the white-haired man and Trinity. "Monkey, is she one of your floozies?"
"Shut up, she-bitch!" he yelled at her. "She wants to talk to the boss."
Trinity practically rushed past the white-haired man and went up to the desk, where the ginger was looking at her in surprise. After she told him what was going on, he asked if they could go see her in the hospital. Klaus, Zapp, Chain, K.K, Steven and Leonardo all got in Gilbert's car so they could be taken to the hospital.
The doctor there allowed them all to go in, since he had seen them fighting before. He pulled the curtain around to give them privacy. Shell's condition had already worsened, the veins in her neck turning black and spreading down her torso and arms.
"Leonardo, can you see what's infecting her?" Klaus suggested, looking down at the younger male.
Leonardo nodded and opened his eyes, using his ability of the Gods to see what was infecting the young woman's body. He could see the veins becoming black, spreading across her body slowly. His eyes widened when he saw something writhing in her abdomen and he squinted his eyes, trying to get a closer look on what it was. Locking onto the creature in her abdomen, he gasped as it was revealed to him.
It resembled a more monstrous and deformed form of the Xenomorph from the Alien Franchise. It was shaped like the chest burster, but it had a single eye right in the middle of it's head, just above it's large beak.
"Leo, what is it?" Chain asked, looking down at the smaller male.
"Whatever's infecting her...it's some sort of creature." Leonardo replied shakily and he told the others of what it looked like.
Trinity was shocked when Leonardo spoke of whatever was inside her friend. She was terrified and angry, but terrified above all. She didn't know what to do, or what they could do to get this creature out of Shell's abdomen.
"H...how do we get it out?" Trinity asked, glancing at the tall red-head.
Before anyone else could speak, the doctor came rushing in, holding the results of Shell's x-rays. "Oh my god..." he breathed hard, catching his breath. "There's something in her stomach..."
"It's a creature from the Alter-World, a parasite." Klaus began to explain. "The being we fought earlier had a sword that was engraved with it's blood. And when the blade cut into Miss Hartford's side, the blood went into her body and the creature began forming inside of her. It's a rare case..." he said, looking down at the brunette in the bed. "But it's possible."
"So we have to do surgery!" The doctor exclaimed.
"Correct." Klaus nodded.
Without warning, Shell screamed at the top of her lungs and her hands immediately went to her stomach, gripping the fabric covering it. Trinity grabbed the blanket and shoved it off her friend's body, pulling her hospital gown up. She felt her blood run cold when she saw that Shell's stomach was slightly bloated, as if she was four to five months pregnant. She could see something writhing under the skin of her belly.
"Doctor, you must do surgery immediately." Klaus said seriously, staying calm.
"R-right, I'll go get my supplies and we need to move her to the surgery room-."
"There's no time! Just do the fucking surgery, doctor! Please!" Trinity pleaded, causing some of the members of Libra to look at her in surprise.
The doctor nodded and he rushed out quickly, finding a surgeon within minutes. The surgeon brought his supplies with him and he quickly dressed in his garb, then prepared anesthesia. He slid the needle into Shell's IV, causing the young woman to settle down a bit, but quietly whimper. He kept up her gown to her chest, having one of his nurses hold it up. He sighed and got to work, making a line in her midriff, then he began to cut the skin neatly.
Shell's right hand wrapped around the metal of the bed frame, tightening her grip until her knuckles turned pure white. Her skin quickly turned deathly pale and she winced as blood began to dribble from the corner of her mouth, then from her nose as well.
"Why is there so much blood?" Trinity whispered, trembling as she watched the blood escape from her friend's body.
"The creature is fighting. But she is fighting too." the red-haired man replied, causing Trinity to look at him. "She is strong."
"You got that right." Trinity said softly, sniffling as she turned her attention back to Shell.
The surgeon carefully pried the skin and flesh apart, hearing the squealing coming from inside. With a pair of tongs to hold the flesh apart, he used another to reach inside, feeling the writhing creature inside try to get away from it's enemy. He finally, finally got a good grip on the creature inside and pulled it out, his face scrunching into an expression of disgust as he saw it.
The creature squealed in agony, it's body writhing and jerking within the tongs. Without warning, it burst into flames and the surgeon quickly tossed it onto the floor. Trinity watched in shock as the creature quickly and smoothly, turned to ash then broke apart into a million particles before disappearing completely.
"I'm assuming they don't like the outside?" Trinity asked breathlessly, watching as the surgeon began to patch Shell up. Her body had gone limp by now.
"Let's talk outside so the doctors can get her cleaned up." Klaus suggested.
Around two days later, Trinity had taken off college for the day to visit Shell as she slept. She was reading a magazine when she heard a low, groggy groan come from the brunette and she quickly stood up, going over to Shell's bedside.
"Shell, hey...how are you feeling?" Trinity asked softly.
"Like I got hit by a fucking truck..." Shell groaned, wincing softly as she shifted a bit to get more comfortable. "What happened?"
Trinity took the time to express how damn scared she had been for Shell. Shell listened to every word, interested and surprised. "Well, no more going out for a while..." she yawned, leaning back as she slowly drifted off again.
It was another two days before Shell was released from the hospital. She was given strict instructions to rest for two weeks and to not put any strain on her body, as well as to change her bandages daily. She rested most of the time, writing on her laptop and playing video games to keep herself busy. About a week after the whole incident, Shell was dozing off on the couch, watching a cheesy horror movie on the Sci-Fi channel when she heard a knock on the apartment door.
She sleepily looked at her cell phone, furrowing her eyebrows when she noticed it was only two in the afternoon. Trinity was still at the campus by now, so who else would be knocking?
She shifted as she got up, letting out a soft groan as her body protested at the way she got up. She walked over to the door and stood on her tip toes, looking through the peephole.
The person on the other side, was none other than Klaus Von Reinherz.
