It was dark in Oakwood, not many cars were about. Everyone had went in for the night. The kids stuck their pyjamas on, snuggled into bed and dozed of into dream land. The adults used their times to sit in front of a fire watch TV maybe have a drink. Outside the street lights were on to guide those along the way.

A car pulled up round the corner and drove slowly with no headlights. The tires made no sound against the tarmac, not wanting to make the neighbours aware of its arrival. The blue car made its way down the street, passing a few houses along the way. Until it came to a particularly nice house at the end of the road. The car drove up the kerb and went silent.

No one got out until they believed that the coast was clear. Annie made the first move and stepped out of the car. With the keys in hand she turned towards her home. She past the gate and walked up to the font door. Placing the keys in and giving it a sharp twist, the door creaked open and she stepped out of the way. Frank got out and closed his door before opening the back one. The prone figure that greeted him, still lay unconscious.

Frank was strong. He may not look it but he was. People would take him as a man who needed help if he was seen carrying a heavy looking box. No one could see his muscles and built chest under the long droopy jackets that he liked to wear. Yet still, no one could look at him now and be amazed to see him lift a full grown man out of the back seat of a car and swing him over his shoulders. Then carry him up the garden and into the waiting house without a moments hesitation.

The doctor was waking up but it was hard. As if his eyes were glued shut and he could never keep them open long enough to see his surroundings. It was like just being out of surgery. The anaesthetic was wearing off but you would still find it difficult to wake and result in falling back into a heavy slumber.
He could hear muffled sounds. He was floating, no wait. He was upside down. He was being carried.

Black

Something touched him. His breathing was slow. He tried to remember what was going on but his head hurt to much.

Black

He was descending, one thump after another. The voices got louder a clear. One was deep, it felt so close. The other was quite and immense. A woman. She was in front of him. He tried to look up, he saw her looking down at him. She smiled and said something but he heard no words.

Black

He was woken by cold. The doctor was set down in the corner of the room. The entire basement was stone. It held no windows and only one exit. The flat smooth floor was hard on the doctor's shoulder. He wanted to moved but he was too weak. He lay on his side in a ball. Two figures hovered over him. His eyes opened ever so slightly. The smaller figure bent down and ran her slender fingers through his hair. He wanted to recoil but his body refused. He looked to her.

"Hi baby. Welcome home"

Only the sound of the doctor's breathing replied to her. She bent back to were his feet lay and lifted something into the air before slowly placing it over the doctor and rested it just above his shoulder.

"Here's a blanket to keep you warm, I don't want you catching a cold"

The doctor swallowed and opened his mouth to speak. His words were silent. A beg in this situation. Like a whisper, it was all he could manage.

"Please"

She continued to play with his fringe "Hush now. It's past your bed time."

She leaned forward and gently slid the doctor's eyes shut. Like a person paying respect to a dead body that a past in an incident and died before shutting their eyes. The doctor was still too weak to disobey. He couldn't understand why he was finding it so hard to stay awake, to find his strength, to speak. A shadow past his eyes and a set of lips touch his forehead.

"Good night my little angel. I love you."

A small prick pierced his arm. She stood up and joined the man who was waiting for her. The arms hooked and they began their ascent back up the stairs. When they reached the top both looked back down and the sleeping figure. The woman disappeared from sight as the man reached over and turned off the light, making all, go dark.