Fourteen
Abby woke up bleary eyed and confused. She was in a room surrounded by people. But she didn't know who they were or who she was.
'Hey Abby' a young, dark haired man said. His brown eyes full of concern, he didn't look much older than her.
'Who's Abby?' she asked.
The man's face paled and he reached out to touch her hand, but Abby immediately withdrew it.
'Sorry,' the man said.
A woman beside her said 'uhh, Abby is you'.
'Ok, who are you people though' Abby asked.
'Doctor's said you may have temporary amnesia' the woman said.
'We also said no more than 1 visitor, so if 4 of you could vacate the room' a doctor said from the doorway.
'Who do you want to stay with you?' the woman said.
'You' Abby replied.
The woman nodded and sat down and the four men walked out of the room, much to one of the men's disappointment.
'What's your name then?' Abby asked.
'Sarah' the woman replied.
'That's a nice name, it's my middle name'.
'So what do you remember Abby?' Sarah asked 'what's the last thing you remember?'
'Uh, seeing a load of people unconscious. I was in this big room and there was this woman, she looked familiar' Abby replied.
'Ok, now does the name Helen Cutter mean anything to you?'
'How do you know my mum's name?' Abby asked incredulously.
'She basically put you in this condition'
'What! No she wouldn't'
Wanting to change the subject quickly Sarah said 'so want to know who the people that were in here were?'
Abby nodded.
'Well they are all our friends and colleagues. The one who called you Abby was Connor, the man next to him was Danny. The man next to me who was in black was Captain Becker and the man who looked slightly irritated was –'
'Lester'
'What? I mean yeah, but how did you know that?'
'Just came to me'
'Sarah?'
'Yeah'
'Why did I end up in hospital?'
'I guess it was because you didn't want to shoot Connor.
'Excuse me' a young doctor said 'but visiting hours are over'.
'Please let Dr Page have a bit longer, just for a bit' Abby begged.
The doctor nodded and left.
'You said Dr Page'.
'Well it's your name'.
'But how did you know that, I never told you that'.
'I remember seeing you in a museum and you said you faked a curse and Connor fell for it'
Sarah laughed 'he still doesn't know that I made it up, I told him to cure himself of the curse he needed to do an ancient dance and chant something whilst wearing a funny hat. We didn't let Connor forget about it for weeks, Cutter was in stiches'.
'And Becker recorded it and put it in the main ARC server so everyone else saw it' Abby said and gasped 'I remember'.
'Remember what?'
'There's a bomb in the ADD'.
'We dealt with it but we all got knocked unconscious when it was destroyed, making you lose your memory'.
'I'm sorry but visiting time is definitely up now' the doctor said.
'Bye Sarah' Abby said and hugged her 'please come back soon. I only trust you, you and my mum'.
'I will come back' Sarah promised and went to find the others.