Part 21: wakeup, smell the regeneration
I woke up, my vision hazy at best, people blurred, I couldn't tell them apart. I rubbed my eyes, thinking it was just sleep still in my eyes. Things were alittle clearer now. Takin in my surroundings, I found I was in a hospital room, the sterile white walls enclosed me, beeping equipment around the room. Freaking out I took a deep breath, but it hurt!
Lifting the neck of my hospital gown, I gazed at my chest, bandages were wrapped over my right breast and chest area. I was worried... What happened? I was shot I think. Breathing was very uncomfortable and tedious.
I saw a button near my bed, to press to see a doctor or something, at least that's what it is for in tv shows. I pressed the button, a few minutes later a doctor came into the room, looking at me as if I was an animal in a cage.
"what's going on?" I asked unsure and alittle dazed
"you were shot in the heart it seems"
"yeah and it's not beating!" I said afraid.
"your ummmm extra heart was un-nesasary. We took the bullet out of it and sewed it up but you didn't respond well to the medication or blood transfusions"
I was really freaking out now. Taking my left hand, a made it into a fist and started hitting my right heart area. The doctor looked at me as if I was crazy. My fist was getting blood on it before he had the sense to call nurses to stop me.
"calm down" the nurse said
"torchwood! Im with torchwood! How dare you! Call torchwood!"
They must have thought I was insane, but good old sleeping gas knocked me out, well I think it's sleeping gas because everything got fuzzy and cozy.
Waking up I was in a different hospital room, my breathing still shallow. I could feel my feeble left heart fighting hard to keep me alive, and losing. I got up and ran to the door, it was locked. Damn it.
I pounded on the door but u didn't have alot of energy to keep it up.
"torchwood! " I exhaled "they know me!" I breath in, sharp pains on my heart "torchwood!"
The door opened and jack was standing there, in his blue military coat. "you called?" he asked with a smile. Then when he saw me, his eyes grew wide.
"_!" he exclaimed.
"hi jack" I said weakly.
I grabbed the doorframe, my other hand clutching my chest. My left heart pounded, so much so that I could feel it. I felt weak and light headed. He still looked at me with shock. My hair fell over my eyes, but I couldn't take my hands off my support without risking falling. A nurse walked past the room, looking in while still walking. I looked at her, making eye contact. She looked down immediately. I grabbed jack's shirt and dragged him into the room, closing the door. That action drained alot of my energy and I found myself more weak, as my left heart hammered on weakly.
"ok _, tell me what's up." he demanded.
I must have looked like I was about to pass out because he then grabbed my shoulders to keep me from falling.
"well jack," I exhaled "only one of my hearts is working." he had an expression of shock on his face again. I made a fist with my left hand and wrapped my right hand over it. I then proceeded to hit the right side of my chest like previously. I'm not sure if I was doing this to prove a point, or a failed attempt at restarting my silent heart. "and my other heart is failing quickly" I continued.
"then you can just regenerate!"
I shook my head. "Both hearts have to be working. Right now that..." I stopped pounding my chest, blood covering the right chest area of my hospital gown, the sharp pains I felt were not promising. "... That is not happening" I finished after a minute of pain.
He was scared for me. "I'm not going to let you die" he finally said.
"I need to get out of the hospital"
"done" he took my hand and led me out of the hospital, showing his torchwood ID to whoever questioned him. "anything else?"
I blinked and from the corner of my eye, I could see regeneration energy float away into thin air.
Regeneration must be starting.
Good, so I'm not dead.
I started running, feeling my heart pounding. I got down the block when jack caught up to me. I was gasping for breath alittle bit.
"your getting alittle slow" he said jokingly
"the one heart that is working is failing jack, cut me some slack." I turned to run again but he grabbed my arm. I turn my head to him
"jack!" I exclaimed
He saw my eyes. " your eyes aren't blue!"
"really? What color then?"
"brown" he said
"ok so I am starting to regenerate"
"_ I saw a regeneration scare, regeneration is not like that"
I breathed in. "well only one heart is working, so it is probably a slower process." I saw regeneration energy float away from the corner of my eye again. I could feel my hair grow quickly out of my scalp. People on the street were looking at me funny.
I started to run. I was pretty sure Dan's house wasn't too far away. I just needed to get there before my internal organs started to change, that would be painful.
"_! wait up!"
I tried to say I couldn't wait but my vocal cords must be reworking themselves, so I was left mute at the moment. So I waited for him.
"_, stop running!" he said
I shook my head. I really needed to get out of the public area.
"say something _" he said worried.
I opened my mouth only to have a swirl of regeneration energy come from it.
"shit!" he said and tried to drag me away from the public area:
My feet felt anchored to the ground, not responding to me. My shoes felt tight as i got feeling back to my feet. I quickly pulled off my converse, now holding them by the laces while seeing another burst of regeneration energy come from my mouth. I started to run, my new feet carrying me.
"turn right" jack said, following me.
I turn right and find myself in an office of some kind. A man in a suit was at the desk, filling out paperwork. "yes?" he asked
I felt like my insides were being turned upside-down and inside out. Not a pleasant feeling. I felt the disgusting hospital food make it's way up my throat. Running to the nearby trashcan I threw up. Great! Just great! First regenerating now throwing up. A burn in my throat from my upchuck lingered. The taste of throwup and stomach acid filled my mouth. Ick.
The man in the suit stared at me, a girl with no shoes, eyes and hair out of place with the rest of her body, and that had just thrown up."are you alright! " he exclaimed
I nod, "you see my stomach must be changing and it probably can't do that with undigested food in it" I said then stopped talking. My vocal cords changed! My voice defiantly different. Peaceful, I liked it. Jack, who was running into the building, would probably hear a difference.
More regeneration energy came from my mouth as I felt my insides being change. What a pain this is, each cell changing one by one instead of instantaneously. On a plus side, my other heart was beating again!
On the down side, the regeneration energy had hit my brain, driving me into near unconsciousness.