A/N: Alrighty, so here we are chapter five. I'm hoping you guys are enjoying it. I'm constantly trying to make this better so I love hearing what you guys think.
Disclaimer: I do not own Haven.
Nathan was instantly confused when he opened his eyes to find his vision was a little blurry and there was a blinding white light overhead. Hadn't he just been in that field?
At the thought of the field Nathan was suddenly bolting up straight and whipping his head around in an attempt to find out what was going on. He wasn't sure where he was, this room didn't familiar, though he knew he was in a Hospital, this was clearly not in Haven. Over the years Nathan had spent many nights in the Hospital recovering from injuries he hadn't noticed, he knew what those rooms looked like, and this wasn't one of them.
"You should be lying down," Nathan whipped his head in the direction the voice came from, instincts having him reaching for the gun that he would have thought would be on his hip. "Dave?" asked Nathan, other questions showing clear on his face. The elder man was sitting in a chair next to his bed, opposite the door and was holding that silly hat of his in his hands, which rested in his lap.
"You're in a hospital in Camden. Dwight carried you down to the boat when you passed out. The town's nearly destroyed, we couldn't risk trying to get you back to Haven," Dave explained, unable to raise his eyes to the younger man. He remembered how he and Vince had felt when Sarah had disappeared, and even when Lucy had left, he couldn't imagine how Nathan must be feeling at the moment. Nathan didn't respond to what he said, and he could see him looking out the window, as if he was going to be able to suddenly see the barn from where he sat.
"Nathan, please," Dave said gently attempting to push his shoulder down. Nathan continued to ignore the older man, his mind racing. He was in Camden, it wasn't necessarily far from Haven, but it was too far. Nathan wanted to be back on Kick'em Jenny Neck, he wanted to be in that field waiting for Audrey.
Instead of heeding Dave's pleads, Nathan began to shift, ripping the IV's from his hand, not a wince or any sign he felt the rip, his trouble still at maximum strength. Blood from his IV ran down his numb fingers and Nathan tried to ignore the blurriness in his vision when he turned himself around to sit on the edge of his bed. He could hear Dave protesting, and it wasn't long before he heard the footsteps and saw the pair of shoes in front of him. Nathan groaned a little and slowly dragged his eyes up the legs and to the face of a very angry looking Dave Teagues.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" asked the angry man, wasting no time in attempting to push Nathan back. However he held strong and didn't budge. He pretended that he didn't know what he was doing, and actually managed to stand up, a little shakily though he didn't feel it.
"I'm going to get Audrey back, now get out of my way," with the ability to stand and physically tower over Dave, Nathan found it rather easy to sound menacing and strong. It wasn't like he could feel the fact that the wound on his shoulder had already reopened and was soaking through the bandage and he couldn't feel the light-headedness that was causing his vision to blur. As far as he was concerned he was fine, he didn't feel any of it, and he could go on just like he did every other day.
It wasn't like Audrey was there to chastise him. She wasn't there to tell him that he was still injured, whether he felt it or not.
He had been momentarily been lost in his thoughts remembering the first time she had said that. They had just managed to run out of the shed when all the power tools attacked. He hadn't even noticed the four nails embedded in his shoulder. He probably would have walked around for hours without noticing if she hadn't pointed it out. He was sure that would have gotten him a few screams or gasps, not that he wasn't used to it. Before she had shown up he had always walked around with injuries without knowing. He eventually always acclimates to his numb sense and having to watch out for injuries, however this time he had been spoiled. Audrey had always looked out for him, now he was going to have to get used to looking out for himself again.
When he was finally able to pull himself from the past, Nathan noticed that there were now two people in his room. Standing next to Dave with an angry look on her face was a raven haired woman in nurse scrubs and a lab coat, her hands on her hips and her foot was actually tapping. She looked like she was about to chew out some little kid for breaking her favorite picture frame or something. "I'm leaving," he told her as boldly as he could. He didn't have time to waste and argue about whether he was healthy enough to be discharged or not. He was leaving and that was the end of it. He made to move, to make his way around the two people staring him down, but the female nurse moved to stand right back in front of him.
"Sit down Chief Wournos," She said pushing him with her hand in a gently, yet firm way. Nathan didn't even blink; he merely looked at her like she was now the child. Did she really think she had enough strength to push him back onto his bed? "You won't make it 20 minutes out of here before painkillers are out of your system and you can't move. Then what? You'll be out there in pain and in need of a doctor, but there won't be one," at this Nathan exchanged a look with Dave. He could see the look in the older man's eyes, the one that pleaded with him to listen to her, instead he just smiled.
He bent his head slightly to be eye level with the slightly shorter woman and smirk. "No, I think I'll be fine. You can keep the meds," he said, this time successfully moving around her. He should have known it was slightly too easy, he should have seen the inevitable coming, but he didn't.
Nathan didn't even manage to get out of the hallway his room was in before two security guards came over and "escorted" him back to his room. There, the nurses waited a triumphant, cocky smile on her face that made Nathan scowl at her in distaste. She didn't know what she was doing, what she was preventing him from doing. He needed to find out where the barn went, he needed to get them back.
"Now you lay down and I'll fix up that bandage," she said happily as if Nathan didn't just try to escape. The security led him back to the bed and then planted themselves outside his door. "I don't need it fixed. I need to get back; I need to save Audrey," at this last part Nathan looked pointedly at Dave who wore a stunned expression on his face, and a slight bit of pity lingered there as well. However, his cried were useless as the nurse just nodded and started to fix his bandage as he sat on the bed. "I'm sure this Audrey person is fine. You're the one with two bullet holes in you," the nurse said, humouring him. Nathan didn't even try to stop the venomous look he gave her when she spoke and was thankful when she finished her job and then started to move out of the room.
He just needed her to leave and he would be able to get out. He didn't think Dave would be stupid enough to call a nurse twice, and it wasn't like he was strong enough to stop him all by himself.
"I'll just have these guys stay her alright?" the nurse threw over her shoulder as she motioned to the guards, then with a wink, slammed the door shut. The sound of the door rang through the room with a note of finality. Nathan glared at Dave, who gave a sheepish look and shrugged his shoulders before walking to his chair again.
There was only one more play that Nathan had in his book, and it looked like he was going to have to spill the beans. Vince and Dave were never very forth coming with information, but from the looks of it, he was going to need help to get out of here after all.
"Audrey knows how to bring the barn back, and she needs me. Dave, I can bring her back, but I got to get outta here," he begged, the roles now reversed, he didn't like it, but at this point, there wasn't much else to do.