Shattered Memories
Chapter 11
Sam's POV
I lay in a bed and stare at the celling. I am unable to sleep as if there is something wrong. Rolling over, I let out a long breath and close my eyes.
Even when I close my eyes, I can still see Baird lying there, unable to move.
In the silence of Baird's room, I step toward the bed, The only sounds heard was the life support machines and the heart monitor. The sounds of my footsteps echoed off the walls around me. There is a slight breeze from the open window that plays with this short blonde hair cool breeze the causes me to shiver.
Step step step.
Slowly I get closer. I have this really bad feeling that grows as I get closer to closer to Baird.
'Baird..where are you? Are you lost? Are you afraid?...'
Overwhelming sadness and loneliness. I wrap my arms around myself. I'm too late... I will never be able to tell him how I feel. I should have told him long before he had gone on that mission At least he would have known that he matters to somebody.
I stand at the foot of his bed and looked down at his calm "sleeping" form. He looks so peaceful just lying there. It's as if he truly is just seeping.
Beep Beep Beep
The sound of the heart monitor besides the life support system fills up the silence around us.
I can feel the bed give a little when I take a seat on the side, but Baird never moves. Several minutes of a somewhat silence passes. I sit there and stare at him, unable to drag my eyes away from his still form.
"Baird..."
I thought I saw Baird twitch. Leaning forward, I study his face carefully.
His eyes suddenly snap open, but instead of his blue eyes it's a cold yellow eyes staring back at me. His lips curl up in a silent growl, revealing sharp yellowing teeth.
Suddenly he lunged forward, his fingers curled slightly. A terrible sound is heard coming from deep within his throat. It was a sound that I have never heard any human make in my entire life. A sound that sounded as if it belonged to a wild rabid animal.
I sit up quickly in my bed, a terrifying scream escapes my lips before I can stop it. Groans alert me that I have awoken the sleeping Gears around me.
We all have nightmares, so nobody says a word to me. Instead they roll over and go back to sleep.
I lay there for several minutes and just stare up at the celling. Once again the room is filled with the quiet snores of the sleeping Gears around me.
Uneasiness has made me unable to sleep now.
A part of me wants to go check on Baird, but another part is afraid of what I'll find when I get there. I lay there for several minutes, but that doesn't last very long.
Quietly I stand and leave the barracks, making my way toward the medical building.
As I walk across empty space, the Gears on watch tonight wave at me. I have been going to 'visit' Baird quite a bit since he got sick, so it was no surprise that I am making my way at this hour.
Cole stands not far from the make-shift medical building. Occasionally he glances in the direction of Baird's room.
"Hey Cole."
He gives me a gentle smile. "Hey Sam. Heading to see Baird?"
"Yup."
"Tell him I said 'hi'."
"I will."
I make my way into the old wooden building and head down the hall toward Baird's room. It's a good sized building, one story, but holds quite a few patients and offices.
I step into the room to find Baird the same way I had left him: unconscious.
He isn't how I had seen him in my dream: a glowing Lambent. I sigh in relief and dropped down into the uncomfortable seat beside his bed.
"Oh Baird." I lean forward to rest my head on the side of the bed which causes my next words to become muffled. "I really wish you would wake up now. I…"
I thought I felt a shift in the mattress. My head snaps up quickly, but he doesn't move.
I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up so high. I sighed and lowered my head to the bed once more. Just before my head hits the rough sheets, I felt another movement.
Now I am leaning over Baird with a hopeful look on my face. I am still as I watch his face, afraid to look away.
"Baird…"
This time I saw the movement. A twitch in his facial muscles. I remain very still, hoping, praying.
"Oh please…" I whisper.
And then, Baird opened his eyes.
TBC….
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