I finally escape the dark shadows gripping my legs, my arms, my face, pulling me downwards into a pool of fire. My eyes snap open and I gasp. About six surgeons surround the hospital bed. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg2E72u7zq
“She's awake!” one of them cries, and everyone cheers. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCxG0yvC7e
“Take it easy, OK? We don't want to lose you again.” A nurse with kind blue eyes says.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPgKnymtUz
“How long have I been... in a coma?'' I ask. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QhmD80ytu
“Oh, just a few days.” She smiles, taking a syringe out of her pocket. She injects whatever is in the syringe into my IV. SHINK! She pulls the curtain back around the bed and leaves. Oh. I pull the needle out of my arm, yank the curtain away and stumble out of the room. BAM! BAM! I risk a look behind me...the nurse is shooting at me! I run into a storage closet and I close the door. She thunders past the closet. The darkness covers me like a steel cloud.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxuIWF0uQc
I wake up, my stomach growling. I peek my head out of the door and gasp. The hall is filled with surgeons marching up and down the hall! How do I get out?Suddenly, a beam of light hits my face. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPhIQakzpQ
“There she is!” A person yells, running toward the closet. I grab a syringe out of a cardboard box on a shelf and stab him in the arm. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68HLFjIsKR
“OWWW!” He yells. I look around and spot a window in the closet, high up on the wall. I climb on shelves and chairs, dropping boxes on unsuspecting surgeons. I reach the window and I jump through it. I land on the roof, rolling behind a chimney. The surgeons storm through the windows, guns poised and ready. I leap off the roof, the ground rushing to meet me way too fast. This was a bad idea. I land in some brush, pain shooting up my left leg. I look at it with horror. My foot hangs limply by a tendon, blood pouring onto the dirt. I suppress cries of agony and disgust and tie my foot back on. I keep limp-running, my face twisting as I realize I can't feel my leg anymore. I look back. The surgeons are a pinpoint in the horizon. I sigh in relief. Night fall nears, and I scurry my way up a tree, pain piercing me with every move I make. I settle into the tree, falling into a drug-fuelled sleep. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu4yhu0upQ
BANG!BANG! I awake to gunshots. A surgeon is shoots at my tree bark flying every which way. Panic erupts in my sleepy brains, all I can make out are mushy thoughts. Not plans. I wish I had that gun, I think, worry ridden. Suddenly, the gun flies up into my hand. My mouth drops open. I shoot him, pressing my eyes shut. I take a small peek and gag; he lies on the grass ridden with blood. His chest is still; did I take his life ?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh4oadzHER
”Why... how...” I say aloud, staring at the gun. I don't have time to think about it though, because the surgeon is getting up. I climb out of the tree and limp away, hearing the surgeon’s wails of agony as he drags himself through the grass. As I limp away, I think I see a glimpse of someone in the shadows. Watching me.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuBiZhLR31
I grip the metal fire escape. The summer air is cloying, like breathing through a wool cloth. Slowly, I pull myself through the window and into the apartment. The smell of paint and cleaning supplies fills my nose. I unwrap my foot, reeling at the mangled flesh while reaching for plywood. The blood is thick and brown crusted over around my ankle, and I scrub it with rubbing alcohol before putting my foot in a splint with plywood and sheet material. My foot starts to tingle, and I decide it’s safe enough to sleep.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uy77XAk7s
"I didn't think it would get so dark so soon.." He looks over at me, his body leaning, lying on the floor as I stand before him in front of the window, a sharp piece of plywood in the corner of my eye. This must be a dream. My uniform is white and 50s diner style, with large buttons down the front. Lightning strikes behind me as I place a finger on a button. He stands up at that, a smirk permanently etched onto his face .471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlgYyMFOmf
"Could I interest you in another go at it?" I pout. "Unless you're too tired?" Adams smile fades, and in a flash he slams me against the window so hard is cracks. I cry out in pain as his fingers braze against my injured back.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmVyi9hfhv
"Trust me, I am never too tired to do anything. I'm just...disappointed when I saw It was too dark to show you my powers." Wait. He has powers too? And why does it have to be light out?471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4lONf5ms4
"Oh. I never told you?" He whispers in my ear, pressing my back further into the cracked glass. My fingers grasp plywood and I hide it behind me.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoOPTCjkRp
"I sincerely hope you rot in Hell." He smirks at my comment, and I grip the plywood tighter.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXKzZxBimC
"Well if that's going to be the case, I would like for you to join me." I brace the plywood behind his neck.471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJq5tSNR6A
"Well, Casey. Is the fun really over?"471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5MKwPAFk2
"Yes." I breathe. And at that, I smash the plywood against the back of his head and he screams out in pain, and I spin around and shove him into the smashed window. The glass finally breaks, and Adam almost flies threw it, but screams out as he falls against the windowsill. I now see why. A giant shard of glass is jutting through his chest, keeping him against the windowsill. His blood stains the virgin window like stained glass. He tries to turn to look at me, but winces at the movement, coughing up more of his crimson lifeblood. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpPxkUhpiK
"Does that send the message across. Is the fun over?" I say. He laughs, and with that, the light leaves his eyes. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTfu5x3sp7
I am gone by morning. 471Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRFKDanxPb
