I woke up to the sound of footsteps in the hallway. I turned my head to look out the window and saw a hooded figure. Simply staring at me through the glass.

"Hey guys!" I whisper-yelled, not taking my eyes off of the frightening person in my window. "There is a creepy guy staring at me through the window!"

Nobody answered. I looked around the room to see my family had leftThey didn't tell me they were leaving...

I glanced back to the window to see that the hooded figure had disappeared.I turned my head to check the clock. Only two o'clock. I turned my head to see the hooded figure next to my bed, his hands reaching for my neck...

"AHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed, thrashing around in an attempt to save myself. "No! NOOOO!"

"Beth! BETH!" Steve yelled. "Calm down!" he shouted and clamped my arms at my sides so I wouldn't rip my iv's out. I burst into tears and Steve rubbed my arms while the rest of my family came around the bed and tried to comfort me.

After a while I had gained control of myself. "Beth, why were you screaming?" Natasha asked, her voice gentle.

"Well I woke up to the sound of footsteps in the hallway. Then, I creepy hooded person looked through my window and just stared at me. I tried to tell you guys, but..." I started crying again. "But you had left me! I thought he had gone, but then he appeared right next to me and tried to choke me!" I began sobbing..

Natasha rubbed my back. "Beth, I don't know how to tell you this, but you never fell asleep. There was no hooded man. We were all just talking and you suddenly started screaming."

"You must have been hallucinating." Bruce said. "I'll go see if Dr. Tanner can give you any meds that could help or anything." he offered and left the room.

I was bewildered. It was so real... "So that was all in my head?" I asked. Tony handed me a wet paper towel to calm the red face and Clint brought me a glass of water.

Bruce popped back in a few minutes later. "I spoke to Dr. Tanner. " he began, and then swallowed. "He doesn't want to add any more medications to the list you are already having, due to the increase possibility of them reacting in negative ways. I'm sorry Beth, we can't do anything..." he said with a sullen expression.

I simply nodded and turned over into a more comfortable sleeping position. "Will you guys please stay with me all night?" I asked, and promptly yawned.

"Of course we will. We promise to protect you all night long." Tony replied, and with that I drifted off to sleep.