Ch. 22, Dreams
Medical droid 2 looked at Charlie, "There she goes again."
"Mumbling off in her sleep, soon she'll start screaming," said medical droid 1.
"And once she wakes up she'll fall back to sleep, not telling us a thing," sighed medical droid 3.
Grievous stood out side the doorway listening to them.
"If only we had her full cooperation," sighed medical droid 1.
"We could find out what's wrong with her," sighed medical droid 2.
Charlie continued to talk in her sleep, "Who are you… what is it that you what… who am i… what are you doing… stop… help me… some one help!"
"Told you," said medical droid 1.
Grievous growled.
"Did you notice that she repeat the same thing?" asked medical droid 3.
"What do you mean?" asked medical droid 2.
"Most people that talk in there sleep don't say the same thing's over. Unless something is happening to her repeatedly." Said medical droid 3.
"She is having the same dream over again?" asked medical droid 1, "If only we can figure out that dream."
"Any moment now she'll fly up from the bed like she's been doing," said medical droid 3.
"Then figure out the dream why don't you?" growled Grievous.
"She won't talk to us sir," said medical droid 2.
Charlie continued to move around in her sleep and mumble.
"That's why it's called figure it out!" Grievous hissed.
"But we don't know where to start," said medical droid 1.
"Why not start by writing down what she says in her sleep," groaned Grievous.
"I've already been doing that General. I've even question her about it, but she always rolls over or looks the other way." Said medical droid 3.
"We've lost her cooperation with us, she won't even eat anymore," said medical droid 2.
"And you can't force her to help?" asked Grievous.
"She has even started fighting back the drugs," said medical droid 1.
Medical droid 3 looked at the time, "She is about to wake up."
"Is she that predictable?" asked Grievous.
"I've made a schedule, I think she is only getting so far in a dream and it scares her." Said medical droid 3.
"And that would be because?" asked Grievous.
"I don't know… she starts off talking to someone 'who are you' at 5:45 am, 'what is it that you want' she starts question herself 5:47 'who am I' 5:50 this is where it's starts getting strange 'what are you doing' 'stop' 5:52 'help me' 'some one help' and at 6:00 she'll wake up," said medical droid 3 looking at the clock, 5:58 am.
"You can't force her to eat when she wakes up?" Grievous asked.
"She closes her mouth and falls back to sleep," said medical droid 2.
"Can you not feed her some other way?" Grievous asked.
"We could us an I.V. drops but that would keep her alive only just, but…" medical droid 1 stopped.
"The last I.V. we gave her she pulled it out herself." Said medical droid 2.
"Then restrain her and give her another one!" growled Grievous getting annoyed.
Medical droid 3 started a finger motion of counting down from five seconds. Just as he reached zero and the time changed to 6:00 am
Charlie jumped and her eyes snapped open.
"Charlie?" Grievous started towards her.Charlie saw him she slumped down in the bed and her face went even paler than what it was.
She opened her mouth as if she wanted water, but remembered something and then closed her mouth and looked away.
"Charlie, you need to eat." He said soothingly.
Charlie closed her eyes tightly and rolled on to her side after moving her bandaged broken wrist.
"Charlie, stop ignoring me," he asked rubbing a figure on her cheek. Charlie nearly jumped out her skin and jerked her head away when he touched her. Grievous saw a huge bruise there, he then knew all this was about him.
"Three minutes," said medical droid 3, Charlie glared at the droid.
"You must eat," said Grievous taking his hand back.
Charlie pulled the covers up over her head, "No." she said her voice was sore and hoarse.
"Yes!" said Grievous pulling the covers back down.
"NO!" Charlie screamed at him, he saw all the sore redness around her eyes.
"One more minute," said medical droid 3.
"Stop that!" she snapped at the droid.
"Stop what?" asked medical droid 2.
"You want us to stop then tell us what's wrong with you," said medical droid 1.
Charlie glared at each of them, "Knock yourselves out!" she jerked her face into her pillow.
"Charlie!" Grievous growled, "Make her eat!" he then stormed from the room, he came pretty close to hitting her.
Charlie felt a wave of sleepiness she didn't bother in fighting it, and she fell fast asleep.
"How are we going to get her to eat?" asked medical droid 1.
"In order to keep her alive by how weak she has gotten she'll need to eat orally," said medical droid 2.
"That isn't going to be easy, I don't think she likes us," said medical droid 3.
"You think!" snapped medical droid 1.
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