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Chapter6: Hospital

I woke up in a hospital screaming, "Help, please somebody help me!!" It was a dream; I thought it couldn't be it was just so real I could feel everything. The wind, the warmth from the light...everything. A nurse came in and saw my frightened face; she immediately began messing around with the equipment. She asked me question after question about what had happened earlier that day, I believe they thought that I was drugged or something. They were still waiting for the test results.

After about an hour of questioning she finally let my family come in to visit me. "Oh, sweetheart are you ok? You had us all worried, I was so afraid that you weren't going to make it." Mother cried. "I didn't worry once; I knew you'd pull through. You're very strong, even when you don't think you are…OK! OK! I worried a little." Father said while smiling his brilliant smile. Of course my brother being the carer that he was said, "Well I don't really care, I just want to get out of here this place gives me the creeps. Besides wanted to see if I could get your room if… Any ways just get better ok? I have no one else to pick on when I get home." "Great thanks I feel so much better to know that you are so concerned about my well being." I whispered smiling while trying to sit up in the very uncomfortable thing of a mattress. "Mom what happened all I remember is walking outside of the school, and then your face and nothing. I'm here; in this hospital…is it serious?" Tears sprang to my eyes and stung as they fell down my face. I hated crying it only brought more painful emotions, but I couldn't stop them. "No, no dear, it's nothing terribly serious. We just brought you here to make sure. I got off of work early and decided to come and pick you up myself. Thought we could go shopping, but then you collapsed screaming…" Mom started to tear up as well. It touched me that my family did care.

After a few hours they released me from the hospital and we all went home. I climbed into bed that night grateful for being alive…

Grace's POV:

Chapter six: Awakening

That night, everything changed. I awoke to another sharp pain in my chest. Then, I panicked. For a second, I thought I was having a heart attack. My chest was scolding to the touch once more. Then, a warm hand came across my face and covered my mouth before I could scream. To my surprise I suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind me, "Grace, it's ok. It's me, Clay." He assured me. For some reason, the pain subsided once more, for the moment, at being in his presence. "Shush, there is someone coming." He explained. I tried to speak, "But how did you gow im hhmmm….." He closed his hand over my mouth once more. We shoved into the closet and closed the door. I could barely make out his figure, but I could tell he was looking out the crack in the door. I peeked through the hinges and saw that a dark shadow was crawling through my window. It stood there in my room, scanning, when it started to take the shape of a human. I couldn't see its face because it was hooded, but I could still see its blood red eyes. Then, I heard a deep inhuman voice coming from the creature. "She is not here; they must've taken her already." Then another creature appeared out of nowhere, "And said in the same low out of this world voice, "Well, we will have to get them later." Then, they disappeared. Clay still had his hand on my mouth, so I couldn't ask questions, but my mind was swimming with them. Who or what are those things? What are they looking for? Me? Then what did they mean by "we will find THEM later?" What is Clay doing?! And how did he know they were coming? WHAT WAS GOING ON?!

When the creatures left, I started to feel the pain come creeping back. I grunted, and Clay looked at me with a worried expression. "What hurts?" He asked. "My …..My ches…" I tried to answer. I couldn't speak. He looked frightened, and hesitantly pulled my collar down to reveal my birthmark, it was glowing. "We have to get you out of here!" He whispered in an alarming tone. He grabbed my wrist, but I pulled away. "I am….nno….ugh….goin…..ahhny…where..wi….ha..ha…you." I said with great effort. "Please Grace don't make this harder then it has to be." He warned. Then, I gathered all of the energy I had left, and bolted for the door. He grabbed me by my arm and pulled me back to him. We were just inches from each other's face, when he leaned forward and our lips met. For some reason, instead of trying to push him away, I was thrilled which scared me. Then, a sudden sharp pain entered my neck, and my eyes were blurring. The only thing I remember is seeing his beautiful lips mouth the words, "I'm sorry."

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