Can You Hear Me?
Her consciousness had collapsed and all that she knew was darkness. But a voice called to her from far away and a gentle hand shook her with increasing urgency. "Lily!" He shouted and she heard the tears in his voice.
Swimming through the miasma of darkness, she forced her eyelids open and blinked blearily to see Jack fearfully gazing down at her. "Lily!" He said again, openly weeping.
A flood of images invaded her thoughts, forcing her to close her eyes again. But the sound of Jack's distress broke through her haze somewhat and she held him tightly to her. "Shush Jack," she whispered to him as if he were a babe. "I'm alright…"