Chapter 6: Awakened Senses
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Carter was falling asleep in his chair. His eyelids were getting really heavy. Once, he could have sworn he heard Dave say something like "Carter wake up!" but it was most likely his imagination for when he opened his eyes, he was just as pale as ever and lifeless in his never-ending sleep. It was almost as if he were dead apart from the slow heartbeat in his chest. But this was worse then Dave being dead. This was Dave being alive and no one being able to do anything about it! It was so frustrating!
"Carter?" Peter said when he entered. Carter looked up, eyes barely open, "Come on, let me get you some coffee."
"But... Dave-"
"Will be right here when you get back! Come on, let's go," and so Carter agreed. When Carter left, Dave stirred and shook his head...
Abby woke up with a start.
"Dave!" she cried. She woke up Luka who had fallen asleep.
"Dave?" Luka asked looking at Abby suspiciously.
"Is he awake?" Abby asked.
"Not yet..." Luka said, then wrote it down.
"But... I had a dream..." Luka wrote a swift 'it was just a dream, Abby.' A sad look appeared on Abby's face.
"Dream..." she sighed. Suddenly, Luka heard Kerry Weaver scream for someone. It was a surprised scream, but it didn't sound very frightened. In fact, it didn't sound scared at all. Luka communicated to Abby that he need to see what it was about. When he got to where he heard the scream from, he noticed it was Dave's room and Carter and Peter were already in the room. Then, Luka saw Dave sitting up in bed and rubbing his head. He ran in. Jing-Mei and Carol soon joined them.
"Oh my God he's awake!" Jing-Mei exclaimed. Dave kept shaking his head and blinking.
"Wow... Everything's all... Fuzzy..." he said rubbing his head, "Why is everybody looking at me all funny?" he asked, looking around at the surprised and joyful expressions on everyone's faces.
"Dave... How are you feeling?" Mark asked.
"I feel... A little queasy... but... other then that... I feel like I haven't seen you guys in months! Wait..." he said, looking around at and past the doctors, "What am I doing here?" Everyone looked at each other not knowing what to say, "Why is everyone acting as if I just came back from the dead?"
"Dave... for weeks you were really sick... You came down with Encephalitis and then you fell into a coma," Carter told him.
"A coma?" but then, Dave remembered. He remembered the night he couldn't sleep. He had had a migraine and he was so hot. Then, he remembered waking up and seeing Carol and Jing-Mei. Then he remembered the dreams. They were dreams haunted by a big cat. In them, he was running away from it, trying to hide from it. Abby had been in his dreams. In his most recent dream, he remembered deciding not to run from the cat any more. He remembered deciding it was time to fight. He never did see who won the fight, but if he could guess, he would have said he did.
"A coma..." he said again. Somehow, he also remembered the pain. And when he thought about it, it all came rushing back again, "Oh..." he said, lying back down on the bed.
"Rest, you need it," Benton said. And Dave did so with no objection. When they all left Dave's room they all felt much happier than they had been half an hour before if not a little tired. They were smiling again and laughing. Luka felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and smiled at what met his eyes. He saw Abby in her hospital gown with a sad smile on her face. Her hair was slightly matted and her eyes a little tired, but he was happy to see her. Luka pointed in at Dave.
"Awake?" Abby said. Luka nodded. He knew Abby didn't like to speak much any more because she couldn't hear what she was saying, but she did know what she wanted to say. Abby's sad smile turned into a truly happy one.
"I'm glad," she said, "I knew it!" then, she looked down and her smile faded again. Luka sighed. There could be only one thing troubling her now. He held her face in his hand and looked into her eyes.
"You will hear again!" he said and Abby smiled almost as if she heard him.
As days and weeks past, Luka's words began to come true and it surprised everyone. Abby was beginning to respond to more and more tones. In about five to six weeks, almost all her hearing returned. And every day, Dave became stronger and stronger again. One day, he went to visit Abby.
"Hi Dave!" she said when she saw him, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling just fine. You?" Dave still felt he had to speak a little louder with Abby and maybe that was true.
"Me?" Abby asked, though she heard him, "I am feeling fine too! I'm glad to see you alive again, Malucci!" she said.
"Yeah, and it's good to know you can hear what I'm saying, too..." Dave muttered something under his breath.
"Sorry, what?" Abby asked. Dave smiled.
"Nothing, just... Oh a stupid dream I had..."
"What did you say?" Abby was interested.
"Well, I said I'm glad she didn't get you Abby," Dave said. Abby looked at him. Was she dreaming again?
"And I'm glad to see the Jaguar didn't get you either," Abby tried. Dave looked at her suspiciously.
"How did you..."
"I honestly do not know... But one thing I know for sure is I hope that everything stays just fine for a least a little while longer."
"Yeah, and I hope everyone feels fine too," they smiled at each other for a moment in silence
THE END!
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A/N: Last chapter. PLEASE REVIEW! Or you may come down with Lassa Fever yourselves...
Carter was falling asleep in his chair. His eyelids were getting really heavy. Once, he could have sworn he heard Dave say something like "Carter wake up!" but it was most likely his imagination for when he opened his eyes, he was just as pale as ever and lifeless in his never-ending sleep. It was almost as if he were dead apart from the slow heartbeat in his chest. But this was worse then Dave being dead. This was Dave being alive and no one being able to do anything about it! It was so frustrating!
"Carter?" Peter said when he entered. Carter looked up, eyes barely open, "Come on, let me get you some coffee."
"But... Dave-"
"Will be right here when you get back! Come on, let's go," and so Carter agreed. When Carter left, Dave stirred and shook his head...
Abby woke up with a start.
"Dave!" she cried. She woke up Luka who had fallen asleep.
"Dave?" Luka asked looking at Abby suspiciously.
"Is he awake?" Abby asked.
"Not yet..." Luka said, then wrote it down.
"But... I had a dream..." Luka wrote a swift 'it was just a dream, Abby.' A sad look appeared on Abby's face.
"Dream..." she sighed. Suddenly, Luka heard Kerry Weaver scream for someone. It was a surprised scream, but it didn't sound very frightened. In fact, it didn't sound scared at all. Luka communicated to Abby that he need to see what it was about. When he got to where he heard the scream from, he noticed it was Dave's room and Carter and Peter were already in the room. Then, Luka saw Dave sitting up in bed and rubbing his head. He ran in. Jing-Mei and Carol soon joined them.
"Oh my God he's awake!" Jing-Mei exclaimed. Dave kept shaking his head and blinking.
"Wow... Everything's all... Fuzzy..." he said rubbing his head, "Why is everybody looking at me all funny?" he asked, looking around at the surprised and joyful expressions on everyone's faces.
"Dave... How are you feeling?" Mark asked.
"I feel... A little queasy... but... other then that... I feel like I haven't seen you guys in months! Wait..." he said, looking around at and past the doctors, "What am I doing here?" Everyone looked at each other not knowing what to say, "Why is everyone acting as if I just came back from the dead?"
"Dave... for weeks you were really sick... You came down with Encephalitis and then you fell into a coma," Carter told him.
"A coma?" but then, Dave remembered. He remembered the night he couldn't sleep. He had had a migraine and he was so hot. Then, he remembered waking up and seeing Carol and Jing-Mei. Then he remembered the dreams. They were dreams haunted by a big cat. In them, he was running away from it, trying to hide from it. Abby had been in his dreams. In his most recent dream, he remembered deciding not to run from the cat any more. He remembered deciding it was time to fight. He never did see who won the fight, but if he could guess, he would have said he did.
"A coma..." he said again. Somehow, he also remembered the pain. And when he thought about it, it all came rushing back again, "Oh..." he said, lying back down on the bed.
"Rest, you need it," Benton said. And Dave did so with no objection. When they all left Dave's room they all felt much happier than they had been half an hour before if not a little tired. They were smiling again and laughing. Luka felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and smiled at what met his eyes. He saw Abby in her hospital gown with a sad smile on her face. Her hair was slightly matted and her eyes a little tired, but he was happy to see her. Luka pointed in at Dave.
"Awake?" Abby said. Luka nodded. He knew Abby didn't like to speak much any more because she couldn't hear what she was saying, but she did know what she wanted to say. Abby's sad smile turned into a truly happy one.
"I'm glad," she said, "I knew it!" then, she looked down and her smile faded again. Luka sighed. There could be only one thing troubling her now. He held her face in his hand and looked into her eyes.
"You will hear again!" he said and Abby smiled almost as if she heard him.
As days and weeks past, Luka's words began to come true and it surprised everyone. Abby was beginning to respond to more and more tones. In about five to six weeks, almost all her hearing returned. And every day, Dave became stronger and stronger again. One day, he went to visit Abby.
"Hi Dave!" she said when she saw him, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling just fine. You?" Dave still felt he had to speak a little louder with Abby and maybe that was true.
"Me?" Abby asked, though she heard him, "I am feeling fine too! I'm glad to see you alive again, Malucci!" she said.
"Yeah, and it's good to know you can hear what I'm saying, too..." Dave muttered something under his breath.
"Sorry, what?" Abby asked. Dave smiled.
"Nothing, just... Oh a stupid dream I had..."
"What did you say?" Abby was interested.
"Well, I said I'm glad she didn't get you Abby," Dave said. Abby looked at him. Was she dreaming again?
"And I'm glad to see the Jaguar didn't get you either," Abby tried. Dave looked at her suspiciously.
"How did you..."
"I honestly do not know... But one thing I know for sure is I hope that everything stays just fine for a least a little while longer."
"Yeah, and I hope everyone feels fine too," they smiled at each other for a moment in silence
THE END!
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