Screams in the Night
Disclaimer: All usual disclaimers apply. Robyn, Lily and Doctor Nichols are my own creations as is Greentown.
Part five of the 'Robyn' series.
With a silent scream Sportacus bolted upright in bed, sweat drenching him and his sheets. His breath came in rapid gasps and he was trying very hard to calm down. He tried feebly to shake off the nightmare he'd just had but the very thought of it made him tremble. After five minutes and a lot of deep breaths Sportacus was sufficiently calmed and decided it would be a good idea to change his sheets and clothes as they were soaked.
Robyn wasn't in the airship at the time of Sportacus' nightmare; she was sleeping at the Mayor's house after a 'girl's night in' with Stephanie and Bessie. All three women were safely ensconced on the sofa after falling asleep while watching a movie. The movie had long finished and static was all that showed on the TV. Robyn stirred and woke up; she could feel nature calling her and ambled sleepily to the bathroom after turning off the unwatched TV.
Robyn yawned as she turned off the bathroom light; she'd done what she had to do and was debating whether or not to go to bed in the spare room or rejoin the others on the sofa. Deciding it was best to join the others Robyn started to head back to the living room but stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a strange sound coming from the bathroom. Robyn quietly crept back to the bathroom, she was curious about the noise which had now stopped. Closing the bathroom door to before turning on the light Robyn gasped when she saw a word written in what looked blood and a bloody handprint on the mirror. She walked closer to the mirror to get a better look at the word. Tracing the letters with her finger she read the word, it read:
Lily.
Robyn gasped and was about to turn away when a pair of bloody hands shot the mirror and sent shards of glass flying everywhere. Robyn screamed as the hands pulled her towards the mirror and a bloody head followed the hands and bit deep into her cheek. The head drew back but the hands still pulled Robyn closer and closer to the mirror. Robyn screamed again, her cheek burning and she tried to fight the relentless hands with an iron grip. Robyn wrenched one of her hands free and tried to pull against the hands pulling her to certain death but her hand slipped on the blood and her palm was driven deeply on a broken shard of glass still stuck to the mirror. The hands pulled and pulled but when voices were heard outside the bathroom the hands let go and disappeared back to where they'd come from. With the hands letting go so suddenly Robyn fell to the ground and landed on the broken glass scattered across the floor, wrenching sobs shaking her whole body.
Bessie, Stephanie and the Mayor were woken by screams coming from the bathroom and all ran to see what was going on. The mayor tried opening the door but it was jammed shut. Stephanie told the Mayor and Bessie to stand back and gave a powerful kick to the door which threw it open. When they looked inside the sight they saw sent shivers down their spines.
Robyn was lying in the middle of the room on a bed of broken glass, crying. Blood was smeared on the floor from the numerous cuts Robyn had received when the mirror had broken and when she'd fallen on the floor. Her palm and cheek were bleeding heavily and once he'd gotten over his initial shock the Mayor went into the bathroom and carefully helped Robyn to her feet.
"Bessie, run some hot water and get some towels. Stephanie, send a letter to Sportacus and get him down here as soon as possible." The Mayor ordered and when everyone had gone to their respective tasks he led Robyn to the kitchen.
Bessie had the water and towels ready and helped the Mayor get Robyn into one of the chairs. The poor girl was now shaking uncontrollably and looked deathly pale. The Mayor was extremely concerned for Robyn and thought she needed more help than he could give her. Taking a close look at the glass embedded in Robyn's hand the Mayor tried to work out a method of pulling it out. With Robyn shaking so much it wouldn't be easy and if his hand slipped it could be fatal.
Sportacus came running into the Mayor's house with Stephanie following close behind. He'd still been sorting his bed out when the letter had come through the floor and the instant it had he knew something was dreadfully wrong.
When Sportacus saw Robyn tears shot immediately to his eyes. Her face was covered in tiny cuts of which some were deeper than others. Tears coursed down her cheeks and blood ran in small rivulets down her arms where they too had been cut by the glass. All it took for Sportacus for act was the sight of the glass shard sticking out of Robyn's hand; he picked her still shaking form up and ran with her to the airship.
"Where are you going?" Stephanie called to Sportacus as he started climbing the ladder with Robyn hanging over his shoulder.
"Greentown. She needs to see a Doctor. I'll let you know how things go."