This will be a short chapter.
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Anke's POV
I'm looking for Hermes when I feel it. The agonising pain in my stomach and head. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I react exactly how Hermes did. I run. I run away, towards an empty place. I can feel a mental collapse coming on, and if it happens in front of these agents, I can kiss goodbye any hopes of ever quelling the feelings of fear and distrust in my co-workers.
As luck would have it, I make it into a girls' bathroom on the fourth floor, a bathroom that everyone generally avoids, ever since the rumour started that it is haunted. I personally think it's just ridiculous hearsay, but it provides me with a quiet place to have my breakdown, and I'm grateful for that.
I throw up into the toilet. I force myself to drink a little water, but it just makes me throw up again. Afterwards, the fiery torment in my veins and arteries begins.
It's so bad that I feel like I am having a seizure, going into cardiac arrest, and having my body set on fire all at the same time.
I can't bear it for long, so, in a desperate attempt to stop the agony, I seize the edge of the white porcelain sink and hit my head against it, trying to knock myself out. However, all I succeed in doing is making myself incredibly dizzy.
I try another attempt, but then my limbs start jerking and I can't control them. All I can do now is focus all my remaining concentration on preventing my power from lashing out and hitting something. If I survive this, I don't want to have to explain the damage away.
I remember thinking what is this pain? Why is it attacking me? Is it a Bionic thing? Is Hermes being affected by it too?
Then my vision is overtaken by blackness and I slump onto the floor, my body finally finding peace in unconsciousness.
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Poor Anke :( things are going downhill for her too. Don't think I'll make her survive this, just because she's an awesome character. I do kill off characters I like. Examples: Mayfair, Ohio, India.
