Shattered Memories
Chapter 10
Baird POV
Blissfull silence. I feel as if I am floating in a pool. Wherever I am, I feel safe. It's as if nothing can harm me here.
Every once and a while, I can feel a brush of somebody in the real world. There is this constant presence that seems so familure, a large presence that's probably Cole. I am not really suprise that he's here. Cole is a very kind guy, one of the greatest friend anybody could ever have.
The pushy presence must be Doc Haymen. She's an older woman with greying hair. Someone who's been a doctor for the COG for what seems like FOREVER. Very loud and very opinionated.
I know this sounds strange, but the colors around me change, depending on who is around me. When I am alone, the "water" around me is clear, very clean looking.
When Cole is around, the water becomes a very light sky blue. Somehow I know it is the color of the sky before th Locusts showed up.
Before the Locusts...It was hard to remember anything before I was...here...wherever here is..
It's little things, the sky...what people did...my parents...
My parents... out of everything I have been trying to remember, my parents haven't been one of them. It's strange that not once they hadn't come to mind. I guess in such a hetic place with a constant danger kinda does that to you.
The water around me turns red, warning me that Dr. Crazy Psyco pants has decided to show up and chase Cole away. I can tell because there is no more blue hue to the water and now it's competely red.
Stupid...I never liked her anyways...
Cole POV
I shift in the chair that is way too small for me. It's a very uncomfortable chair that has caused my butt to go numb.
My eyes feel really heavy from sitting at Baird's bedside for so long and quickly I grow tired. Before I know it, I am sprawled out in the chair, fast asleep.
Between Lambent attacks and sitting sitting with Baird, I am already so exhausted. Every day gets harder and harder to stay awake and what little sleep I do get never seems enough.
"Agustis."
Doc Haymen's voice quickly wakes, startled I jumped up and almost fall face first to the ground if I didn't catch myself on Baird's bed.
"Agustis Cole. You need to leave and get some rest."
I want to argue, but I know she's right. I am no good if I don't get enough sleep Not that we ever really did.
I sigh and leave the room, letting my hand rest on his foot to let him know that I will be back.
When I step outside, the sun blinds me. I bring up a large hand to shiled my eyes. I follow the path back to the barracks to hopefully get some sleep.
Doc Haymen's POV
I have been the doctor for many of the Gears since they had first signed up and I am no spring chicken. When Cole had come to get me and told me that Baird is really sick, I knew that it would be serious. Damon Baird never gets sick, Especially this sick.
The symptoms didn't make any sence. High fevor, body aches, nausia. Not long after he came to the infermery he had the chills and vomiting. After only a few hours, he finally slept then slipped into a deep coma.
It has been three days now and there is nothing I can do...
Sam's POV
I hate waiting. Between not knowing when the Lambent will attack again and not knowing when Baird will wake up. I sit beside his bed, in an uncomfortable bed with a well worn book sitting in my lap. After sitting here for so long, my neck is feeling really tense.
After a while, I found myself reading the same sentence aover and over again. Heaving a sigh, I toss the book on a pillow that sat in the corner of the room.
I feel like a wiled animal trapped in a cage, doomed to never be free again. Not knowing what danger is coming my way is driving me crazy.
I quickly stand and head for the door. I really need to get some fresh air right now.
Doc Haymen's POV
I sit at my deske reading an old medical book. Techenically the book is out of date, but with the human race almost compeltely wikped out...
I've been through the stupid book from cover to cover so many times now, but there is still nothing. I look out the window to pitch black nothingness. Has it really been that long since I last looked up from this stupid book?
I heave a sigh and rest my head on my desk. None of Baird's symptoms makes any sence. Some symptoms together could mena one thing, but the others seem moot.
Symptom A C and E could mean one thing when sympto and E could be a totally different But with each possibility the left over symptoms seems so moot. There are so many possibilities and still no answer. So frustrating. Baird is laying in a bed in a coma where he'll probably stay for the rest of his natural life.
Mankind is down to several thousand and most of them are useless civillians. We are down to several hundred Gears to protect THOUSANDS of innocents, that's not enough...
Over half the population of Sera had been wiped out on E-Day, the day the Locusts made themselves known to the human race.
Then there was the Hammer of Dawn...
I don't know how long my head was resting on the desk and before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.
Michaelson POV
The mood has really changed in CIC and pretty fast. After Baird has fallen ill and then into a coma. It's been less cheery and more dreary.
Especially Anya. She's been really quiet lately. She had been excited to bcome a front line Gear after so many years in CIC.
I never had any problems iwth Baird. Shit we werent really "buddies" but the guy was going to make me a new pair of legs just out of the blue. He had come to me and asked.
Suprised the hell out of me.
I look over at Anya to see that she's zoneing again. She never zones, especially in CIC.
The one that's really taking it the hardest though is 's always tried to hide it, but it's always been ovvious to me and at least to Delta Squad. She's in love with Damion Baird. We have seen it, no matter how hard she tries to hide itl.
Sam's POV
It's just no the same. I am really missing the old Baird. I miss his nagging voice and his constant complaints. Most of all, I miss trying to piss him off.
He would get so angery and his face would scrunch up. It made my day to make his mood change so quickly.
I walk along the beach and throw pebbles into the water, watching the ripples.
I am eeling really exhausted, more than usal. Iv'e had this nagging headache for quite a few days, and now I believe that I'm catching a cold.
Great, just great. Just what I wanted...NOT!
With each footstep I take, I leavebehind footsteps. With each wave, they are all washed away.
Man this is one very long nightmare. Tiredly I run the palm of my hand across my forehead, wiping away the sweat that was collecting.
The setting sun paints the sky a brillant pink, the clouds makes the view even more beautiful. Sadly I am just too distracted to notice. My eyes feel heavy as well as my body. I let out another sigh and finlly make my way back to the barracks. I just can't relly think right now. All I can do is try and sleep, at least try.
Baird's POV
All is quiet for for a while nowI havent' even felt Cole's presence for some time now. I am starting to miss his calm and comforting presence. I can hear noises around me, but I can't tell what the cause is.
My body twiches slightly ta the sound, but the water around me doesn't change.
Time...All time is lost in this place. I have no idea how long I've been here, but somehow I know that time has passed.
After however much time has passed, the pain starts at my head. It's a bright white light that fills me compltely. Shooting down from my brain it fills every inch of my body with a burning light. It starts to take over over cell of my body and paralizes me.
The water of me becomes crimson in color with aslight yellow hue.
I want to scream out in pain, try to get away, but where can I go?...I have a strange feeling that starts off small in the dead center of my body and slowly starts to grow Then the ugre...It's so I don't know...unhuman...
Slowly the darkness creeps over me until it consumes me compeltely. I reach out but my fingers grasp othing.
Then complete darkness.
TBC...
Alright tell me what you think! Should Baird live or die? Sorry I've been a little slow on the updates. I've just been so busy.