Story: 21ste century meets the 22ste
Author: Wizard92
Sorry that it took so long to upload this chapter. I have two weeks of examens right now, so writting is really hard right now. I'll upload as soon as the next chapter is done.
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Chapter 10: I was walking with a ghost
"Beep, beep, beep."
What is that sound? It's annoying. Can't someone turn it off? It's starting to drive me made. Where am I anyway? I could hear footsteps. People were talking quietly to each other, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. Who do those voices belong to? I can't recognize them. Am I still in Mira's camp or am I at that other camp?
Why am I talking to myself and not opening my eyes?
"And how is our patient doing tonight? You ready to wake up?" a voice asked me, or at least I think she's talking to me. It sounded like a woman. She had a nice voice, it carried a British accent. A hand touched my skin. She had a soft touch. She was smearing something on my face. It felt cool and comforting.
"Doctor Shannon, is there anything else I can do?" a younger voice asked the other woman. It also belonged to a woman, but this one was younger. Doctor Shannon? She must be related to Maddy. Lucas had mentioned that Maddy was the daughter of some Shannon guy. Maybe this is his older daughter or his wife. I guessed for the last one, she did sound much older than Maddy.
"No Sky, I'm just rounding up here. I guess that she isn't ready to wake up yet," Doctor Shannon said. It must be evening. Of what day? Did a day pass since the breakout? Or more: "It's too bad. Maddy is very worried about you and my youngest daughter Zoe wants to meet you too. Actually a lot of people want to know about you. You are kind of the topic of gossip at the moment I'm afraid."
"Yeah even Boylen wants to meet you, but I suggest you stay away from him. He's a sneaky bastered," the other girl told me and I could hear the women laugh. Who is Boylen and what's so funny about him? I wanted to open my eyes, say something but it seemed like my body wasn't ready to do that. It must still be exhausted.
Wait a minute? Where is the stinging pain? Why isn't my face hurting? I can't feel my ankle. What is going on. Panic started spreading my system, but I couldn't do anything: "It's a shame what happened to you. Such a pretty girl. The swelling is starting to leave her face so we'll soon find out what she really looks like. Let's just hope she wakes up fast from this coma."
Coma?
I'm in a coma? Oh god, how did that happen? Is it a result of my wounds? Or because of the sudden activity from the escape. But if I can hear them talk? Isn't that a good sign. Maybe it means I'm going to wake up soon. Or maybe I'm delusional and I'm not really hearing voices. Maybe it's all in my head? Wait, isn't that the title of a song I know? The coma must explain why I am not feeling my body. I should see it as a blessing. No more pain.
"Common Sky, let's let her rest. We are closing down for today," Doctor Shannon spoke again and they left. I could hear a curtain close around me. I guess this means that I'm in the other camp. At least they have treated me better than Mira so far. It felt like I was laying on a bed. If that woman is a doctor, then maybe they brought me to the infirmary or some hospital thing.
I guess that's a good thing.
The room I was laying in went silent. The doctors and nurses must have left. A weird feeling started spreading in one of my feet. I tried to wiggle my toes and they started moving slowly. Talk about being in Kill Bill. Maybe I should call it Kill Mira now. Ha, I would pay big bucks to see her in pain. The feeling started crawling up in my leg. It was my right leg that was waking up. I could tell because my knee still hurt. I tried to move it, but it only budged for a little bit. My other leg was starting to have the same sensation.
I guess this is a good sign. It must mean that I'm waking up. Or it means that my body is giving up and that I'm actually dying right now. Let's hope it's the first Lexie, try to be an optimist.
After a few minutes I could pull my legs up a bit and bend my knees. My left knee was working okay, but my right wasn't funny healed yet. The same felling started crawling into my fingers. I bend them and tried to make a fist. My whole body started waking up. I could feel my lips part a bit and my nose wiggled a bit.
This must look really weird to someone who is watching me right now. Let's pry that I'm alone for the moment.
Okay now the hardest part, opening my eyes. Come on Lexie, open them up. Let's see where we are now. I could feel my eyeballs move, but my eyelids were hard to open. A bit of light entered my eyes when I was able to pull my eyes open for a milli second. My vision was blurry and I couldn't recognize anything. I tried again, but my vision was still blurry. My eyes started adjusting after my fifth try. I was able to keep them open for a longer period. Some white curtains hung around my bed. An iv was attached to my arm and I could see some machine standing next to my bed. It was doing something, but I couldn't tell what. These things don't look like anything at home. Even the bed looked different.
The room was dark, but I could see that there were more beds. They were empty. So I'm alone here. That's kind of weird. Aren't their suppose to be people at the infirmary like all the time. To keep an eye on the patients or in my case patient. What if I had died, they wouldn't know until the morning.
Seriously Lexie, stop complaining. At least you're not at Mira's anymore. This place doesn't look like anything at Mira's camp. It was clean and nice and I don't know…modern or something. I tried to sit up, but I felt my body was too heavy. I guess I won't be moving a lot the next coble of days.
Next to my bed there was a little table. It had a red button on it. Hmm, that seems like something that wants me to push it. Maybe that will call that doctor? Or someone else. I stretched my arm out slowly. It felt heavy when I lifted it up. I wanted to push the very attractive button hen someone spoke up: "You sure you want to do that?"
I would have jumped ten meters in the air if my body hadn't been so heavy. I tried to find the source of the voice. The room was to dark. I couldn't find the person talking to me: "I'm going to turn on the lights, so you might want to close your eyes. Else you'll be blinded for a few seconds."
I didn't like the idea of closing my eyes when this person could hurt me. I was to vulnerable, but he was right about the blinding thing. So I closed my eyes and could hear a soft clicking coming from my right. I slowly opened my eyes again and find the light to be very blinding. God, never heard of dim light or something?
"So you finally decided to wake up?" the voice came from my right. I turned my head and saw an old man sitting on a chair. His hair and his beard were practically white and he was wearing some army outfit Finally? What does he mean with that? My confusion showed on my face: "It's been one weeks now since we found you at Mira's camp."
"A week?" wow, I was out that long. I hadn't realized that my wounds were that bad. The old man got up and walked around my bed. He pushed some button making the bed go into a sitting position: "I believe we haven't met yet, I am Commander Nathaniel Taylor. You are…"
"Alexis Riddle," I answered and tried to see the resemblance between this man and Lucas. I couldn't find anything expect for the eyes. They both had green eyes, but Lucas had much fiercer eyes. This man had more the eyes of a wounded soldier. Must have gone through a lot in his life. No shit, his son hates him, something happened to his wife and god know what more.
"So Alexis, how did you end up with Mira and her gang?" the commander asked me. Talk about getting straight to the point. I lifted my shoulders: "I don't know. I just ended up in the jungle and ran into a dinosaur and Mira found me."
"You just ended up in the jungle? Maddy mentioned something about you having amnesia," the commander told me. Great, how will this end? I am never going to get away with this: "I don't remember anything from before the dinosaur. I think I hit my head on something, but I'm not sure."
"And Mira just took you with her? Doesn't sound like her," the commander asked me. He had placed himself back down on the chair he had been sitting on. I couldn't help but roll my eyes on that comment: "Oh don't worry, it wasn't exactly a lovely stay. She thought I worked for you."
"For me?" the commander seemed surprised by my answer. He had wrinkles covering his forehead, what made the man look even more older: "She thought that you sent me to them as a spy. Something about payback for Leah…"
"Leah Marcos, Mira sent a kid a while ago to us. She had to steal something for Mira," the commander explained. He seemed angry about the memory. I couldn't blame him. Who the hell would use a kid as a spy.
Actually it isn't even that stupid Lexie. I mean, who would expect a kid to be a spy? It would be the perfect cover: "Judging by your wounds Mira didn't treat you very well."
"No, she seemed convinced that I worked for you, so she did her best to make me spill something. Unfortunately for her and for me, I didn't know you so I had nothing to say," I answered and couldn't help but remember Lucas his outburst when I dropped his special little box. Maybe helping me escape was his way of saying 'I'm sorry'.
"Can't blame her. I would have thought the same thing if I was her," the commander said and he pulled out some device. He pushed some button and a man's voice came though: "Yes sir?"
"Send your wife over to the infirmary. Her patient is awake." After the massage the commander got up again. He started walking towards the door: "Frankly I don't believe a lot you are telling me. For all I know this could be another stunt of Mira, so don't expect me to trust you. We will talk again when you are better and the doctor let's you leave this place. Then I'll make up my mind about you."
"If you give me food and don't hurt me, I'll call this place freaking paradise," I answered back and I could see a smirk on the commanders face. I guess that's were Lucas got that from. The doctor came running in when the commander left. He said he had other matters to attend.
I was right about the woman being Maddy's mother. They looked a lot alike. The woman introduced herself as Elizabeth Shannon, one of the doctors of Terra Nova and Maddy's mother. She pushed the red button that I had been very fascinated about earlier and a scream came up next to my bed. It was some blue touch scream that reminded me of the movie Avatar.
"You are healing up nicely. The wounds in your face are starting to disappear. Give it a day or two and they'll be gone completely. Your arm will be sore for a while, but nothing to serious. As for your legs, you'll need to walk on crutches for a while. Your right knee isn't broken, but it was a close call and your left ankle is still very weak. So no walking around too much for you for a while. Maybe I can find you a wheelchair. Then you won't be locked up in here," the doctor explained and she gave me a sweet smile. She was kind of nice, I guess I don't have to worry about her.
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