Chapter 8
After leaving the labs Gabe heads to the hospital, after a long surgery on her shoulder she slowly wakes up as the sedatives wear off. For a moment she closes and rest her eyes as she lies on the bed she feels someone grab hold of her hand on her right side, she opens her eyes and looks towards a figure standing next to her she could not see it clearly for her vision was slightly blurry, she looks closer and is shocked at what she sees.
"Nate?" [Weakly]
"Hello Lex, it's been a long time."
"Oh Nate I've missed you so much. [Tears form in her eyes]
"And I missed you too; I trust my old friend has been good to you?"
"Yes he has, Nate we're have you been this whole time?"
"Watching over you, I've always been with you Lex."
Lexine then remembers her horrible ordeal while escaping the Ishimura.
"Wait something's not right."
Nate was silent as she remembers what happened on her escape shuttle. A flash back of gun fire and a shadow of a Slasher lights up her eyes.
"Nate…" [Closes her eyes]
"Your… your."
She opens her eyes to be frightened immensely by the sight of blood slowly flowing from a hole in his fore head and a bloodied sleeve with one of his arms missing. As Nate leans closer to the frightened Lexine her vision turns dark orange and blurry.
"Dead… I know." [Raspy]
He points to the hole in his head.
"You shot me right here."
Then in a flash of red and orange he vanishes, leaving her in bed crying. Moments later Gabe gets to the hospital and to her room she finds his wife curled up on the edge of her bed weeping.
"Lex, hay are you okay?"
She looks up at him and hugs him.
"I saw him."
"Who?"
"Nate, but it wasn't him."
"Nate you mean McNeil?"
"Yes."
"Lex I'm sorry… it wasn't him because it wasn't real."
"I know, I miss him a lot I will never forget what happened on the shuttle when we got away from that hell."
"It wasn't your fault Lex he turned and you did what you had to he would have killed us both, it's what he would have wanted, it's what I would want if that fate befallen me."
"Yes but why… why did it have to happen to him?" [Sobbing]
Gabe was silent unsure how to answer, he sat next to her and pulled her close to him.
"Shh, hey I know how you feel I miss him too he was my friend a very good friend."
"I'm sorry, it's just when I saw him he looked real, alive he held my hand and I felt it like he was really was here, it felt so real."
"I know Lex."
She hugs him again.
"So how are you doing, is your shoulder okay you had me really scared."
"Its fine I barely feel pain there anymore."
"Good."
"What happened I don't remember much?"
"One of the markers in Hawk's lab to control of that soldier that was helping her and he tried to kill Isaac."
"My god is he alright?"
"He's okay nothing happened to him."
"What about the soldier is he okay?"
"He's okay now but uh he kind of walked out of it with big bruise on his face."
"What, Gabe what did you do?"
"I hit him pretty hard, well kicked him in the head rather."
"Oh Gabe."
"I know I have to find him later and apologize to him."
"It's understandable I almost died and it scared the hell out of you."
"Yes you did… that and when Adrian held Branna hostage."
"Oh god, don't remind me."
A doctor walks in.
"Ah I see your doing well, how are you feeling?"
"Better, it still hurts a little but it's getting better."
"That's good, well I'm happy to tell you that you will be good to go home tomorrow morning, until you completely heal take things a little easy okay."
"Thank you."
"Try to get some rest." [He exits]
"Well guess I'll leave you to rest and I'll tell Branna you'll be home tomorrow."
"Okay, I love you both."
"I love you." [Both kiss]
Gabe exits out of her room and the hospital, Lexine returns back to sleep.
