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"Have fun. It doesn't look like it's going to be so bad. It's seems like it's going to be a slow night!" I called to Susan and Abby as I left county. I sighed as I pulled my jacket collar up; it was a bit colder than I thought. The sky was crystal clear and I could see the stars as I walked along the Chicago streets, making my way to the El station. My footsteps echoed throughout the quiet, deserted station; it was almost midnight. I waited in the silence for the train and stood just as silently as the train made it's noisy way into the station. It came to a halt and I entered it, only a few other people in my presence. I sat down, weary and waited for my stop. I glanced around the train, noticing a young woman reading a newspaper and an elderly man sleeping, snores escaping through his lips.
About ten minutes later, my stop was up and I got off the train, eager to go home and slip beneath the covers. I quickly walked to my apartment and let myself in, making my way to the elevator that led me to my apartment. Once inside the elevator I pressed the button that had 'floor two' written on it and watched the doors close in response. It was a short ride, lasting less than a minute. The doors opened and I thankfully looked at my faded black door. I reached into my pocket to retrieve my keys and was ready to put them into the keyhole when I noticed the door was slightly ajar. I cautiously opened the door, looking inside my deserted apartment. Everything was askew and I knew that someone had been there before me. I listened for sounds of the intruder, upon hearing none I entered my apartment. I turned on a nearby lamp and began my search for the phone. I had spotted it on the floor when I heard the groan of the floorboards behind me. I froze. Out of the corner of my eye I could make out a shadowy figure, and I began to turn when a voice spoke.
"Don't move" it instructed; it was the voice of a man. I felt my insides twist with the slightest twinge of fear. From the sound of his voice, it seemed to me that he was no more than five feet away from me. "Don't move." He said, again and I didn't. Suddenly, I heard footsteps, then felt a sharp, burning pain in my neck…then my side, over and over again, until they blended into each other and was one mass of pain. As quickly as it came, it was over. I could feel myself falling and I couldn't stop myself. The phone was just inches from my face. I thought a silent thanks and concentrated on reaching for the phone. It took every ounce of strength I had but I reached it and tapped out the numbers…9…1…1….
"911, what is your emergency?" Then, all was black.
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There was pain pulsating everywhere in my body. I could hear indistinct voices shouting, urgently, as if their life depended on it. I tried to open my eyes, place the voices, speak….anything, but I couldn't. There seemed to be a great force keeping me under, telling me to give in to the darkness. I fought it for a while but finally gave in and slipped back to black abyss I had only recently visited.
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I opened my eyes; three blurry figures hovered over me, the bright
lights behind them making my eyes burn.
"Luka" One of the voices said, my mind raced to place the voice and I realized that it was that of Elizabeth Corday's. "Luka, you were attacked, we're taking you up to surgery." The figures cleared and suddenly, Kerry Weaver and Yosh Takata were standing there also. I realized we were in an elevator. I tried to speak, but realized I was intubated. Things were beginning to get hazy and I could faintly hear alarms going off and Kerry's voice telling me to stay with her…it was to no avail.
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I woke up…and heard the beeping of a heart monitor. Relief flooded my
body. I was alive.