Chapter 4: Where there's life there's hope.
"How is she Touya?", Li asked standing next to the hospital bed with Mailing.
"They... they don't know, They have all these wires and equipment hooked up to her and they still don't know, why or how or..." Touya trailed off into a panicked frenzy resting his palms against the window he was staring out. "They say she is not in a coma, she is just... sleeping, dreaming in fact", Touya finished.
"She's been out for 2 weeks now", Li said.
"Yeah, the school called earlier, they asked why she has not been there, I told them but they don't listen, they never listen", Touya told Li.
Just then Sakura opened her eyes, sat up and screamed at the top of her voice. Two nurses rushed in from the corridor to help but Sakura continued to scream as loud as she could muster, one of the nurses tried to clasp her mouth but Sakura back slapped her in the face knocking her to the ground. The other nurse tried to hold Sakura down as Li attended to her colleague, but Sakura brought both her feet up into the nurses' chest and pushed her away full force into a wall, knocking her out cold. Touya rushed to the other nurses' side to help as Sakura took off, running down the corridor, still screaming.
She bumped into other patients as she continued her panicked sprint, she headed for the stairs door, flinging it open and running down them, she had now stopped screaming but was too frightened to stop, so she continued to run. She reached the ground floor and rushed past the admittance desk and straight out to the street, knocking a few people to the floor as she bolted past. She ran and ran for several miles, finally stopping in an alleyway to catch her breath.
She dropped to her knees sobbing "Oh dear gods, why?", she cried out, "Why?", she repeated like a mantra as she continued to cry. She felt cold now and started to shiver, the hospital gowns were very thin and covered very little, she wished she had thought to grab her clothes, but she hadn't time to think, she just ran. The dark clouds above gave way and released a downpour of rain onto the earth making a slight 'ting' as it hit the roof of buildings. 'I'm cold, wet, and hungry' she thought, 'I remember so many terrible things' she thought, as the tears flowed from her eyes and sparkled on her face.
A man walking past noticed her sat there crying and shivering, he was dressed in a beige raincoat and matching hat, he looked at her puzzled for some time before doing anything. "Miss?", he said; "are you ok miss?", he asked concerned. Sakura did not respond, she continued to stare at the same spot on the wall, not even flinching. The man took off his raincoat and placed it on Sakura's shoulders. She sub consciously wrapped it around her. "I think you need that more than I do at the moment miss", he said almost with a grin and a bow of his head.
"Sakura!", she blurted without moving.
"Sakura, huh. My name is Flinn", he said.
"That's a strange name, you a foreigner?", she asked once again without looking at him.
"Yes, I'm an American", he replied. He was about to speak again when a figure dressed in a black cloak interrupted him.
"There you are, Sakura Avalon, why weren't you at the hospital?", Magnus asked.
"I... ran!", Sakura said still staring at the wall.
"Friend of yours, Sakura?", Flinn interrupted pointing to Magnus suspiciously.
"Yes!", Sakura replied distantly.
"We should get back, your family will be worried about you", Magnus persisted,
"Will I ever come to terms with this?", she asked, finally turning and looking at Magnus.
"In the fullness of time, my dear", Magnus said; "time heals all wounds".
Flinn took off his glasses to clean them so he could get a better look at the mysterious man but when he put them back on both him and Sakura were gone. 'Hmmm" he thought, as he started to continue his walk home.
They arrived at the hospital, Sakura still wearing Flinn's coat, it fitted her pretty well considering she was a lot smaller in height than he was, this time they went up in the elevator. When Sakura stepped out she noticed Touya talking to a nurse standing behind the desk. Touya and the nurse turned their heads and looked in shock at Sakura. The nurse pressed a button under her desk and four orderlies attempted to grab Sakura but Magnus stepped in and with a simple wave of hand the orderlies froze on the spot unable to move.
"Sakura, are you all right?", Touya asked as he ran to her.
"No, but I will be in time", Sakura said, to Touya's relief.
"You brought Sakura back and I thank you, if there is anything you need then please ask", said Touya to Magnus thankfully. Magnus completely ignored Touya and did not show any signs that he had even heard him say anything.
Sakura turned to face Magnus and looked him in the eyes, "Will I ever see you again?", Sakura asked.
"In the fullness of time, my dear, in the fullness of time", Magnus turned and was leaving when Sakura reminded him of the orderlies that he had froze.
"Oh yes, forgot about those", Magnus commented.
"How could you of all people 'forget'", Sakura joked.
"I'm not infallible you know", Magnus pouted and with a wave of hand the orderlies fell face first to the floor. "Goodbye, young Sakura Avalon and Never forget", Magnus said as he left.
"What was that all about?", Touya said stunned.
"You would not understand", Sakura said as she headed back to the hospital room.
Authors Notes: Ok, my favourite chapter so far :), Do you think Magnus will come back?, what darkness is coming?, what is so terrible that Sakura now remembers? All this and more in the next exciting chapter of Buried Secrets.
"How is she Touya?", Li asked standing next to the hospital bed with Mailing.
"They... they don't know, They have all these wires and equipment hooked up to her and they still don't know, why or how or..." Touya trailed off into a panicked frenzy resting his palms against the window he was staring out. "They say she is not in a coma, she is just... sleeping, dreaming in fact", Touya finished.
"She's been out for 2 weeks now", Li said.
"Yeah, the school called earlier, they asked why she has not been there, I told them but they don't listen, they never listen", Touya told Li.
Just then Sakura opened her eyes, sat up and screamed at the top of her voice. Two nurses rushed in from the corridor to help but Sakura continued to scream as loud as she could muster, one of the nurses tried to clasp her mouth but Sakura back slapped her in the face knocking her to the ground. The other nurse tried to hold Sakura down as Li attended to her colleague, but Sakura brought both her feet up into the nurses' chest and pushed her away full force into a wall, knocking her out cold. Touya rushed to the other nurses' side to help as Sakura took off, running down the corridor, still screaming.
She bumped into other patients as she continued her panicked sprint, she headed for the stairs door, flinging it open and running down them, she had now stopped screaming but was too frightened to stop, so she continued to run. She reached the ground floor and rushed past the admittance desk and straight out to the street, knocking a few people to the floor as she bolted past. She ran and ran for several miles, finally stopping in an alleyway to catch her breath.
She dropped to her knees sobbing "Oh dear gods, why?", she cried out, "Why?", she repeated like a mantra as she continued to cry. She felt cold now and started to shiver, the hospital gowns were very thin and covered very little, she wished she had thought to grab her clothes, but she hadn't time to think, she just ran. The dark clouds above gave way and released a downpour of rain onto the earth making a slight 'ting' as it hit the roof of buildings. 'I'm cold, wet, and hungry' she thought, 'I remember so many terrible things' she thought, as the tears flowed from her eyes and sparkled on her face.
A man walking past noticed her sat there crying and shivering, he was dressed in a beige raincoat and matching hat, he looked at her puzzled for some time before doing anything. "Miss?", he said; "are you ok miss?", he asked concerned. Sakura did not respond, she continued to stare at the same spot on the wall, not even flinching. The man took off his raincoat and placed it on Sakura's shoulders. She sub consciously wrapped it around her. "I think you need that more than I do at the moment miss", he said almost with a grin and a bow of his head.
"Sakura!", she blurted without moving.
"Sakura, huh. My name is Flinn", he said.
"That's a strange name, you a foreigner?", she asked once again without looking at him.
"Yes, I'm an American", he replied. He was about to speak again when a figure dressed in a black cloak interrupted him.
"There you are, Sakura Avalon, why weren't you at the hospital?", Magnus asked.
"I... ran!", Sakura said still staring at the wall.
"Friend of yours, Sakura?", Flinn interrupted pointing to Magnus suspiciously.
"Yes!", Sakura replied distantly.
"We should get back, your family will be worried about you", Magnus persisted,
"Will I ever come to terms with this?", she asked, finally turning and looking at Magnus.
"In the fullness of time, my dear", Magnus said; "time heals all wounds".
Flinn took off his glasses to clean them so he could get a better look at the mysterious man but when he put them back on both him and Sakura were gone. 'Hmmm" he thought, as he started to continue his walk home.
They arrived at the hospital, Sakura still wearing Flinn's coat, it fitted her pretty well considering she was a lot smaller in height than he was, this time they went up in the elevator. When Sakura stepped out she noticed Touya talking to a nurse standing behind the desk. Touya and the nurse turned their heads and looked in shock at Sakura. The nurse pressed a button under her desk and four orderlies attempted to grab Sakura but Magnus stepped in and with a simple wave of hand the orderlies froze on the spot unable to move.
"Sakura, are you all right?", Touya asked as he ran to her.
"No, but I will be in time", Sakura said, to Touya's relief.
"You brought Sakura back and I thank you, if there is anything you need then please ask", said Touya to Magnus thankfully. Magnus completely ignored Touya and did not show any signs that he had even heard him say anything.
Sakura turned to face Magnus and looked him in the eyes, "Will I ever see you again?", Sakura asked.
"In the fullness of time, my dear, in the fullness of time", Magnus turned and was leaving when Sakura reminded him of the orderlies that he had froze.
"Oh yes, forgot about those", Magnus commented.
"How could you of all people 'forget'", Sakura joked.
"I'm not infallible you know", Magnus pouted and with a wave of hand the orderlies fell face first to the floor. "Goodbye, young Sakura Avalon and Never forget", Magnus said as he left.
"What was that all about?", Touya said stunned.
"You would not understand", Sakura said as she headed back to the hospital room.
Authors Notes: Ok, my favourite chapter so far :), Do you think Magnus will come back?, what darkness is coming?, what is so terrible that Sakura now remembers? All this and more in the next exciting chapter of Buried Secrets.