Three days later-
The falling sensation didn't end until Sakura awoke with a strangled scream in an unfamiliar place with sterile white walls that smelled strangely like rubbing alcohol and disinfectant. But that wasn't what really caught her attention. What really caught her attention was the IV she couldn't recall being hooked up too and how much pain she seemed to be in. Her throat, shoulder and abdomen all felt as if they were burning, they hurt so badly.
Mentally chastising herself for so naively trusting the 'spirit' that she had met up with on the streets, she curled in on herself and tried to block out the pain as she became vaguely aware that she was no longer alone in the room. "Sakura! Are you alright?" A woman asked as she came walking around the bed she was laying in.
Sakura opened her mouth to ask who she was when the woman leaned over her and carefully turned her back over onto her back and frowned at her as she thought, Shit. What the hell happened to my voice?! Somewhat panicked about the fact that she couldn't speak, Sakura looked at the woman almost helplessly before noticing that the woman was dressed strangely. Like in one of those gaudy wrap around shirts that sort of look like they're part of a kimono. And she had a sky blue diamond shaped mark in the middle of her forehead.
What the- She started to open her mouth to ask the woman who she was since she wasn't her normal doctor when she heard a voice say close to her ear, Welcome to wonderland Alice. I'm sure you'll like it here.
"Does your throat hurt?" The woman asked as she noted that Sakura was trying to speak again and figured that she was trying to ask for water or juice. Sakura gave her a dark look that practically screamed, duh.
Fuck yes her goddamn throat hurt. Would it kill the woman to tell her what the hell had happened to her after she had blacked out? Because it felt like she'd been mugged then hit by a bus! Oh god, She thought as another, stronger surge of panic engulfed her. Had she been mugged then hit by a truck or a bus?! Cause she wouldn't put it past one of her blackouts to occur during a walk across the street or something.
God knew that it had happened before a time or two. But it was never after a mugging...
A plastic cup with a lid and straw appeared in her view and she blinked and looked up at the woman as she leaned over and said softly, "I'm sorry your throat hurts. It'll probably be tender for the next week or so. So try not to use it if you can. Now drink some of this and let me check your shoulder and abdomen to make sure that the stitches haven't come undone."
She took the cup from the woman cautiously and took a tentative sip and found that she was drinking orange juice instead of water like she thought as she wondered what had happened to her shoulder and...abdomen? Did she say?
"You know you gave everyone quite a scare the other night," The woman said in a scolding tone without any heat or venom. Lifting her head slightly, she studied the woman and tried to follow her words even as she continued to speak. "Everyone from team seven has been sleeping in my waiting room for the past few days. I've asked them all to leave, but they all refused. Even Kakashi. And if that wasn't enough to irritate me... Lee and Ino found out that you were gravely wounded and ran through the village gathering everyone they could. So now I have a grand total of almost twenty to thirty people bothering me and my staff every hour on the hour asking to see you..." The woman said as she finished checking her shoulder then pulled the covers back and carefully lifted her hospital gown so that she could see her abdomen and pulled the bandage off of her and Sakura felt her heart stutter in her chest upon seeing the long line that ran all the way across her abdomen. From one side to the other.
The blond cleaned it and placed a new bandage over the wound when she caught Sakura's eye and frowned. The girl looked paler than she had just a moment ago. Her green eyes questioning as her slender body started to shake ever so slightly as her eyes started to tear up. Oh god, what had happened to her? What had caused her wounds?
"Sakura? Are you okay?" The woman asked.
No she wasn't okay. She had no idea what had happened to her or where she was or... She was starting to get light headed. Why was she starting to get light headed? She wondered a second or so before she passed out, causing Tsunade to jump up and shout for Shizune.
