Angel walked out of the Diner and down the street. Another seven hours
until sunrise. Great. He continued to walk down the streets not really
thinking about what was around him. Music was blaring in the distance, a
few blocks away. Even from hear it was loud. He wondered why no one would
call the police to complain about the noise. But then who would call the
cops in this neighborhood? He turned the corner and started to walk towards
the music. He didn't really like the new trend in parties. The new dances
and music, but he could sense the joy, happiness and general 'fun' that
came from them when he was near them. He might as well walk by.
He looked ahead down the street a little to see something odd. A girl suddenly ran out the doors and fell down the steps onto her knees on the sidewalk. She just sat for a moment. Something about her looked very familiar. Suddenly she started laughing. Then as suddenly as she began she stopped. He kept waling toward her though a little more cousiouly then before. She made a noise that sounded almost like a whimper. When he got close enough he saw a tattoo on her left arm that looked familiar. He new who she was. The slayer. The one form the other day. She didn't look well. Her skin had turned incredibly pale and looked almost deathly ill. He could smell alcohol on her but not enough for her to be drunk.
"Are you all right?" he asked out loud. She just sat. She wasn't ignoring him, no, it was almost like she hadn't heard him. He stood directly behind her and she still didn't notice. Was she aware of anything around her? Wasn't like any slayer he had ever heard of. He slowly bent over and hesitantly and gently grabbed both of her shoulders afraid at what her reaction would be. He slowly pulled her up. Instead of standing on her own she fell back against him. She wasn't strong enough to even stand? He could hear her heart beat inside of her and to his horror it was slowing as if it was going towards a stop. He had to get her to a hospital.
It was so loud. No it was quiet. The quiet was loud. She tried to open her eyes but it was to bright. She tried again squinting this time. Everything was still to bright and slightly blurred but that was going away. She was in a bed. More like a cot really. She looked around her she was in a small room with a curtain on one side of her, she could tell there was another person behind it. A hospital. Was she in a hospital? She tried to lift her head. It was hard to move. She looked up to see two people. The first was an older woman in her late fifty's, by the way she was dress it was obvious she was a doctor. There was a man in his twenties standing next to her and talking to her. He was a very handsome and he looked very familiar. The man, no, the vampire from before. Angelus?
Angel looked at the girl in the hospital bed. She was starting to stir. She'd be awake soon. He turned his attention back to the doctor who was looking at the diagnoses on her clip board.
"Is she a friend of yours?" she looked up asking.
"No I meet her a few days ago but I didn't get a name."
"You don't know of any number we can call?"
"No."
"I can't really give out personal information." She said her beeper rang. She picked it up.
"Damn!" She said out loud. "Look I've got to go and it looks like sleeping beauty is waking up." She looked at him a little nervously like trying to decided weather he could be trusted. "Look I'm just going to tell you what's wrong and you can tell her the nurse should be by soon."
"Okay"
"She has iron poisoning. Which is VERY odd."
"What?" Angel said not really sure what else to say
"Iron poisoning mainly involves children younger than 6 years who swallow pediatric or vitamins containing iron. Adults can get it but they would have to take much more or a long period of time. When wakes up ask her if she takes any iron tablets, A lot of people just take a lot of medicine with iron in it without thinking about it." She said turning to walk away leaving Angel behind.
Angel stood there not entirely sure what to do. She seemed to be awake. He walked over to her. She still seemed a little out of it.
Faith saw him walk over to her and stand next to the bed. Her vision was becoming clearer. She looked up at him.
"Glad to see your awake." He said looking down at her.
"What are you doing here?" she asked a little oddly.
"I found you and brought you here."
"Why?"
"Because you looked like you were going to die." He said. "And you probably would have."
"What?" she asked still confused to what was going on. Why did a vampire, of all people, keep saving her?
"You have iron poisoning. At least that's what the doctor said. She said to ask you what kind of medicine you've been taking, you've had too much."
"Medicine? I don't take any medicine."
"But the doctor said..." but he couldn't finish the nurse came.
"Okay, we gave a chelating agent to bind up the iron in your bloodstream and helped eliminate it from your body, but we still don't know your name." she said looking at her.
"My name's Faith D'Laney." She answered realizing she had also given her name to 'Angelus' or whatever his name was.
"Well Miss D'Laney, you can go home in another two hours if your up to it. In that mean time you should call home can you give me your number?" she said handing her a clip board. Faith wrote it down.
"Okay. Now what kind of medicine have you been taking?"
"I just told him, I don't take any."
"That can't be right. The iron in your system was WAY to high. You have to be taking something. Any iron pills?"
"No. There's nothing I take." She said starting to get annoyed. The nurse looked at her suspiciously.
"Fine, if you want to do it that way." She said waling away.
Angel watched her leave. There was something in the gir-....Faith's tone that told him she was telling the truth.
I'd like to keep writing but I've got to go now. So what do you think? I know that a real hospital would show more concern about there patients but I had to work some things in some way. Give me reviews.
He looked ahead down the street a little to see something odd. A girl suddenly ran out the doors and fell down the steps onto her knees on the sidewalk. She just sat for a moment. Something about her looked very familiar. Suddenly she started laughing. Then as suddenly as she began she stopped. He kept waling toward her though a little more cousiouly then before. She made a noise that sounded almost like a whimper. When he got close enough he saw a tattoo on her left arm that looked familiar. He new who she was. The slayer. The one form the other day. She didn't look well. Her skin had turned incredibly pale and looked almost deathly ill. He could smell alcohol on her but not enough for her to be drunk.
"Are you all right?" he asked out loud. She just sat. She wasn't ignoring him, no, it was almost like she hadn't heard him. He stood directly behind her and she still didn't notice. Was she aware of anything around her? Wasn't like any slayer he had ever heard of. He slowly bent over and hesitantly and gently grabbed both of her shoulders afraid at what her reaction would be. He slowly pulled her up. Instead of standing on her own she fell back against him. She wasn't strong enough to even stand? He could hear her heart beat inside of her and to his horror it was slowing as if it was going towards a stop. He had to get her to a hospital.
It was so loud. No it was quiet. The quiet was loud. She tried to open her eyes but it was to bright. She tried again squinting this time. Everything was still to bright and slightly blurred but that was going away. She was in a bed. More like a cot really. She looked around her she was in a small room with a curtain on one side of her, she could tell there was another person behind it. A hospital. Was she in a hospital? She tried to lift her head. It was hard to move. She looked up to see two people. The first was an older woman in her late fifty's, by the way she was dress it was obvious she was a doctor. There was a man in his twenties standing next to her and talking to her. He was a very handsome and he looked very familiar. The man, no, the vampire from before. Angelus?
Angel looked at the girl in the hospital bed. She was starting to stir. She'd be awake soon. He turned his attention back to the doctor who was looking at the diagnoses on her clip board.
"Is she a friend of yours?" she looked up asking.
"No I meet her a few days ago but I didn't get a name."
"You don't know of any number we can call?"
"No."
"I can't really give out personal information." She said her beeper rang. She picked it up.
"Damn!" She said out loud. "Look I've got to go and it looks like sleeping beauty is waking up." She looked at him a little nervously like trying to decided weather he could be trusted. "Look I'm just going to tell you what's wrong and you can tell her the nurse should be by soon."
"Okay"
"She has iron poisoning. Which is VERY odd."
"What?" Angel said not really sure what else to say
"Iron poisoning mainly involves children younger than 6 years who swallow pediatric or vitamins containing iron. Adults can get it but they would have to take much more or a long period of time. When wakes up ask her if she takes any iron tablets, A lot of people just take a lot of medicine with iron in it without thinking about it." She said turning to walk away leaving Angel behind.
Angel stood there not entirely sure what to do. She seemed to be awake. He walked over to her. She still seemed a little out of it.
Faith saw him walk over to her and stand next to the bed. Her vision was becoming clearer. She looked up at him.
"Glad to see your awake." He said looking down at her.
"What are you doing here?" she asked a little oddly.
"I found you and brought you here."
"Why?"
"Because you looked like you were going to die." He said. "And you probably would have."
"What?" she asked still confused to what was going on. Why did a vampire, of all people, keep saving her?
"You have iron poisoning. At least that's what the doctor said. She said to ask you what kind of medicine you've been taking, you've had too much."
"Medicine? I don't take any medicine."
"But the doctor said..." but he couldn't finish the nurse came.
"Okay, we gave a chelating agent to bind up the iron in your bloodstream and helped eliminate it from your body, but we still don't know your name." she said looking at her.
"My name's Faith D'Laney." She answered realizing she had also given her name to 'Angelus' or whatever his name was.
"Well Miss D'Laney, you can go home in another two hours if your up to it. In that mean time you should call home can you give me your number?" she said handing her a clip board. Faith wrote it down.
"Okay. Now what kind of medicine have you been taking?"
"I just told him, I don't take any."
"That can't be right. The iron in your system was WAY to high. You have to be taking something. Any iron pills?"
"No. There's nothing I take." She said starting to get annoyed. The nurse looked at her suspiciously.
"Fine, if you want to do it that way." She said waling away.
Angel watched her leave. There was something in the gir-....Faith's tone that told him she was telling the truth.
I'd like to keep writing but I've got to go now. So what do you think? I know that a real hospital would show more concern about there patients but I had to work some things in some way. Give me reviews.