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Peter casted his father a look of incredulity but quickly checked her pupils and pulse nonetheless. Her pupils were dilated and her pulse was running wild.
"Oh, Olivia," Peter whispered in a mixture of sorrow, disappointment, and fear.
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Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
"Olivia"….She could hear it vaguely, like a whisper, but someone was calling out to her in this God awful dream. Was it a dream? Did she find another universe? Was it Hell? Would she ever make it back? If she wasn't still tripping she would have felt a myriad of guilt, shame, and disappointment. Instead, she only felt fear and despair.
Million suns, it calls me on and on
"Olivia"….
Across the universe
"Wake up!"
In an instant her eyes shot wide open, but not quite seeing, and her whole body seemed to gasp in horror. She felt hazy and….pain. She screamed out in pain and snatched her own arm where one of the sources of pain was coming from. Forty-six seconds after awakening she was still oblivious to the figure sitting beside her and the man towering over, a syringe held in his hand. They could only watch as she tried to reorient herself.
"You scratched your arms, Olivia." Olivia's eyes snapped towards the person speaking. She knew that voice. It was the same voice that had so often pervaded into her dream-world and helped her back into reality. He was her tether.
"Peter," she sighed and finally saw him. Her hands ignored the pain and reached out to him. Confusion was written all over her face.
"It's okay. Just relax. Okay, can you do that?" Peter pushed back her untamed hair and stared into her eyes searching for sanity. She nodded her head repeatedly. Walter knelt down next to the shaken agent and flashed a small light in her eyes.
"Now, follow my finger Agent Dunham," Walter spoke like an expressionless doctor.
"That was so stupid Olivia," Peter sternly spoke. He wouldn't admit it to anyone but he was scared shitless.
"What would ever possess you to d--" Peter started but Walter broke him off.
"Peter, pupils are still panning and heart rate is accelerating. Unfortunately, the drug won't clear from her system completely for at least another twelve hours."
Peter silently cursed himself. Like she really needs me to reprimand her right now. He looked at his father and nodded his head slightly. Noticing that Olivia wasn't even with it to fully listen to him anyway Peter assessed the agent before him. She looked confused, shaken, scared, and in pain. Instantly regretting his thoughts Peter reached out to Olivia.
"Okay, it's okay. Let's go home Liv," he coaxed; his voice seeped into Olivia's transfixed state, thick and sweet like honey.
Jai guru de va om: Victory to God Divine.