Why the World Went Mad

by The Articulations

This is the story of how the four nations came to be. Follow the journey of a hallucinating air bender, a hydrophobic water bender, an earth bender with a multipersonality disorder, and a pyromaniac fire bender. Told from all four's POV.

8. Chapter 7

Chapter Six: Illaina

Beep. Beep. Beep. Why do I hear beeping? I slowly opened my eyes. I have to squint against the stark white lightning that greets my eyes. What is this place? Just then, a door opens.

"Well, well, well. Look who's finally awake." The visitor smiles down at me.

"We'll take very good care of you here."

"I don't understand. Where am I?" The young woman doesn't answer. She goes over to the machine that's beeping violently. She presses some buttons and jots things down on a clipboard. She sits in a chair across the room from my bed.

"Can I help you with something?" I ask her in a confused tone.

"Actually we're going to help you." I try to figure out what that means. My hands start to shake. I can hear a dripping noise. I look to my left. There's a bag hanging from a pole. It has liquid that looks like…. WATER! I start to shake even more.

"Illaina, is everything okay?" she stands up.

"Doctor! Doctor Spring!" she shouts. I can't answer her. I start to scream. The water is connected to a tube that's connected to my arm by a needle. It's going into my body!

"Illaina! Calm down!" When I don't she injects something into me. Things start to go fuzzy. Then slowly, everything fades to black.