Limbo

As Rose came to she was aware how torn her throat felt, as if she'd been screaming for hours, her head pounded as if someone was trying to smash into her skull. Letting out a small groan she began to slowly open her eyes.

She was in an ambulance there was three people she didn't recognise but two she did.

"Rose are you alright?" The concerned voice of Leslie's doctor seemed almost ethereal against the noise in her head, but there was one voice that managed to reach her.

"Rose, Hurt.. hurt.. hurt.." Leslie mumbled looking at her with sadness.

Rose gave Leslie a smile as she reached across and grabbed his hand.

"I'm fine." She lied, giving him a reassuring smile.

He smiled back. "Fine.. fine.. fine.."

There was a piercing noise that made her eyes squeeze shut in pain. Opening them she felt her heart lurch into her throat at the sight of the man that had appeared next to Leslie. The man looked at her and smirked, it wasn't possible.

"Fine.. fine.. fine… fall… fall….. FALL!"

Ruben?

After Leslie's outburst there was a moment of weightlessness, as if Rose was floating up in the air and then once again the darkness took her.

This time when Rose woke she had to pinch herself and wave her hands in her face just to make sure she was actually awake.

The darkness around seemed to be nothing but void and everything at once, like smoke.

Hesitantly she slowly put one foot in front of the other, it was an odd feeling, to walk on nothing yet something solid at the same time.

After a moment she found herself walking a little more confidently, though to where she was heading she had no idea. She tried to think about what had happened, before she woke up in the ambulance, but she came up blank, nothing but static before that.

The last thing she remembered was blowing bubbles in the hall with Leslie before her Doctor came to escort her to lunch, she was allowed to eat it outside in the sun that day. But she couldn't remember nothing past walking away with the doctor before the her mind went blank, she had no idea if they even made it to the canteen, where was her doctor anyway?

It seemed like she had been walking for hours, she was just starting to panic when she finally came across some sort of light, as if there was a door left ajar up ahead.

Her quick steps soon turned to running as she hurried to get out of the oppressive darkness.

She hesitated a moment before she went through the gap to the other side, she didn't quite understand what was happening, she went from being in an ambulance to the darkness and now this strange light appeared, she wondered if she had died and was about to enter the after life.

Apparently not unless the afterlife was the hospital.

Rose's brows furrowed in confusion. What exactly was happening here?

She walked silently down the hall way, something inside her was telling her to be extra quite and cautious. It was a good thing she listened to her instincts as not a moment later she began hearing a strange voice, calling out softly for someone. Rose strained slightly to hear what the voice was saying.

"Lesliiiiiie."

Blue eyes widened in shock, they were looking for Leslie. But who was it? Rose had a bad feeling, and if Leslie was here she hoped he was clever enough to get away and hide.

Speaking of hiding she crouched down, making her appear smaller in the hopes of blending in to the background and being overlooked, as she shuffled down the hall she began testing the doors looking for one that was unlocked, so far she was unsuccessful and then.

SMASH

Rose jumped back at the sound of boxes and items toppling over from behind one of the doors she tried to open. Her breath hitched in fear as she heard footsteps running her way. The sound of heeled shoes clicking against the ground grew closer and closer, Rose turned, looking down the way she had walked just as a lady with a light as a head came around the corner.

There was a moment of silence and stillness. Then the lady's light turned red and she began running towards Rose at break-neck speed.

Breaking out of her daze Rose set off, sprinting down the hall before taking a right, she let her feet guide her through the familiar structure, it wasn't long before she managed to lose the light lady, but she didn't stop running, not until she ran into one of the offices.

Locking the door behind her she turned and slid down the door, panting and shaking slightly, she closed her eyes tightly, willing herself to be back in the ambulance with the others or even back in the lab, there was just no way this was reality, she knew her view of reality wasn't quite right (at least thats what her doctors say) but even she was aware that half human half light people don't exist.

Although it seemed pretty real to me.

Taking a few few deep breaths she stood up leaning against the door for support. Her back stiffened slightly as she realised where she had run to.

It was Ruben's old office.

The area was cluttered with diagrams and notes that Rose couldn't even begin to decipher; there was strange little instruments littered around the room, amongst them there was a few menacing looking tools as well.

They reminded Rose of torture instruments, and if she knew anything about Ruben then that was exactly what they were used for.

Her gaze wandered over to the bookcase, there was a varied range of books in all different sizes, the only one's that stood out however were the few brightly coloured ones on the top shelf, those one's were children books.

He had bought them for her to teach her to read, she was doing well until-

"Hello little Flower."