Chapter 3: Attack

Hi guys! I finally got round to posting this! Hope it's worth the wait!

Liz was lying unconscious in a pool of her own blood. Luke rushed to her, checking for a pulse then dialling the ambulance.

"What service do you require?" The flat monotone voice asked.

"I need an ambulance, my friends hurt and bleeding badly."

"Put pressure on the wound and we shall send an ambulance shortly. Please give me your address."

"It's Oxford University," Luke told them and immediately went to help Liz. Taking off his jacket, he wrapped it tightly round her leg where the blood was seeping. He turned his head slightly to see a gleam in the corner of his eye. Looking properly he could see a small dagger. Luke gasped as it glowed blue when he picked it up. He stuffed it in his pocket and waited for the ambulance to arrive.

Liz POV

I woke up to unfamiliar room. There was an IV in my arm and a screen next to me beeping at regular intervals. A man, presumably a doctor, walked in and checked the screen before facing me.

"Well, Miss Carter, it seems you suffered a stab would. Thankfully, the cut isn't that deep and you should recover within a few days."

I looked at him in shock. I was stabbed? I tried to remember what had happened to me but all I could remember was my scream and Luke calling my name.

Luke. Where was he? Was he all right?

"I'm sorry but visiting hours are over." someone said outside.

"So what?" I heard Sanjay shout, "If it weren't for my friend here, she'd have bled to death by now!"

"Can we just have five minutes?" interjected Luke. Hearing his voice caused my heartbeat to quicken. Why?

"Five minutes," the other voice said and the door then opened.

"Liz!" cried Sanjay, "I was just getting some air and there was an ambulance right outside! What happened?"

"I don't know, it's hard to remember," I told him, Luke seemed to relax for some reason. I ignored it and turned to him.

"Thanks, I mean, for getting me here." I stumbled over my words.

"No need to thank me," he replied, "I couldn't just leave you to bleed to death, could I?"

"Well, I guess not," after a short silence I spoke up again, "So I was stabbed?"

"Yeah, the police are looking into it," Sanjay replied.

"Haven't your parents come to see you?" Luke asked me suddenly. I gave him a confused look then answered with a laugh, "Them? They don't exactly give a damn about me,"

"Why not?" he asked

"I guess they don't see me as their perfect daughter. I don't know exactly. We've never been all that close; they practically forced me to come to Oxford just to get rid of me."

"Your five minutes are up," came the voice of the doctor who had spoken to me earlier.

"You two go," I told them, "I'll be fine here."

"You sure?" Sanjay asked me,

"Yes. Just go get some sleep."

They nodded and left the room, leaving me with my thoughts.

What happened that night? I know I saw something, so why couldn't I remember what I saw. I kept pondering over this until I drifted off into a restless sleep.

I was running. Where, I didn't know. I just had to get away from the... thing behind me. I was quickly getting out of breath and it began to gain on me, growling menacingly.

"Liz!" I heard Luke call from somewhere. I stopped and looked around frantically.

"Luke! Where are you?"

I was desperate. It was almost on top of me.

"Liz!" I heard him call again before turning round and seeing it looking down on me.

I woke up breathing heavily. The events of the dream were already slipping from my mind. It probably wasn't important anyway but I kept wondering what that thing was and why Luke was there too.

That's it for now! There'll be more soon. And maybe a little more romance growing between Luke and Liz. :P

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