Chapter 11: Depleting Hope
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/Cold, cold, cold/ Alex thought. /I hate hospitals, especially this one./
He walked into the room and sat next to the bed. Dakota's chest barely rose and fell. Other than that he lay there frozen in one position.
Frozen, ice, cold, death. It stood next to Dakota every moment reaching closer and closer. Alex could almost see it.
"Hey Dakota." Silence answered him. "You don't look so good. Ya know, you need t' wake up soon. There's a lot of us who need your advice." Alex laughed. "The doctors are sayin' you're gonna die. I know better. You'll prove 'em wrong right? Xander lost remember? Remember?"
/Remember Dakota, you beat him./
He spoke telepathically now.
/Xander almost had you, but you shot back. He fell. He's in jail now. You put him there. Don't give up now, the guy who killed your wife is getting justice. Come on man.../
The sound from the heart monitor extended in one long howl. Dakota's
heart had stopped beating.