The Red Doves

Chapter XXVIII

          The air was cold in the hallways. The lights were all on, like everyday and night at the hospital. People were walking here and there. Some were sitting on chairs, waiting for news or for a family member, while others were being operated or healed because of an accident. An accident... The reason why Suziky was running in.

She was bumping into some nurses on her way there. She didn't stop a bit. Her breath was fast and her eyes were red from crying. Her footsteps, louder one after one, kept going, leading her to the room 23 of the second floor. Her feet stopped in front of the door and she opened it wide before entering the room.
On the bed, an injured Alan was sleeping peacefully. His face was covered of bandages spotted of dry blood. His left eye had a blueish tone and some blood was still dripping from his broken nose. The rest of his body was covered of a white light sheet who was being lifted up and down in rhythm with the patient's breathing.
Suziky sat on the chair next to Alan's bed and took his hand. When she took it out, a cuff was around Alan's wrist, attached to the bed's base. His fingers were icy even if his hand color had the same skin tone as usual. Suziky kept holding it with both of her hands, rubbing gently his palm, questioning herself about the cuffs. Focused on her quiet movement, she didn't hear the doctor coming in.

- Miss, you don't have the right to be here, the man said.

- Why is he cuffed to the bed? asked Suziky, ignoring the doctor's question.

- This is confidential. Now leave the room before I call the security.

- Please, just another minute, tried to convince Suziky with a trembling voice.

- I'm sorry but I still need to do some test on him before the visits start, he concluded, showing the door with his medical board.

Suziky, unwillingly, stood back up and walked out of the room 23, closing the door behind her. She made a few more steps before letting herself fall in the plastic chair in front of the window. She didn't even get the chance to see Alan that the man already closed the blinds, leaving Suziky alone in the empty hallway, worried and in tears. She took her cellphone out and fell on 10 new notifications of Hana and Alan's mother.
An hour ago, Suziky had to leave Jasminia's house in panic. Jasminia, luckily, was sleeping in her bedroom. When she got the news from the tv, she totally freaked out. On the way to her car, Suziky sent a vocal message to inform Hana of the situation and telling her she needed to come back as soon as possible. From the texts of her friend, Suziky could bring a stress down, knowing Jasminia was safe with Hana who was now home as well.
As for Carolina, she mentioned that she would be at the hospital later because she was working late. It would give some time to Suziky to think alone. Mostly about the metallic cuffs. Did they find clues about the things they committed? Unless they checked the car, which seemed completely out of use on the pictures, they couldn't. Or maybe was the other driver accusing him of this accident, like it was made on purpose.
All of this was giving Suziky a headache. She wasn't there for Alan during the incident. She could have saved him for sure she thought.

- Let me go!

Suziky got out of his mind when a familiar voice resonated in the hallway she was waiting in. She tilt her head to the right and, with a scared look on her face, recognized the young adult screaming down the hall trying to pass through two security guards.

- It's her! She stole him away from me! Her and her partner!

Parker was also injured to the head but less than Alan. He had some wounds on his naked arms which looked a lot like glass cuts and a bruises on his cheek. Then, all became clear : Parker was the other driver. Unconsciously, Suziky stood on her feet and walked to the other victim of the car accident.
Parker was staring at her, hate and anger in his eyes almost shinning. He was screaming some words but Suziky couldn't hear him. Everything around her started being slow, like the time was stopping. Parker mouth was moving but not a sound was coming out. The security were no longer there. To the view of Suziky, only Parker was standing there, surrounded of a darkness.
Everything happened so fast. Parker broke through the two tall and strong men and ran to Suziky, his hands in front of him like he wanted to strangle her to death for her act. But Suziky pushed his hands and arms away and grabbed the neck of the teenager. From there, everything started moving normally.
Parker was the floor, trying to breath. Suziky, sitting on him, was choking him with all the strength she had. As for the two security men, they grabbed both of her arms and tried to move her off the dying person.

- You almost killed him! shouted Suziky with all the anger she had. You almost killed Alan, son of a bitch!

She kept fighting back but the men were way stronger than her and one of them pinned her against the wall while the other one helped Parker up. Suziky tried to break free from the guard's grip but more she was moving, harder the man was. Parker coughed a little and glared at Suziky, rubbing his neck slowly.

- He deserved it. Same for you, psycho, said Parker while he was being pushed away from the second guard.

Suziky glared back at him but stayed in place and tried to calm down. The man who was still holding her released his grip slowly and, when she was totally able to move, she ran to the direction Parker left. Before the man could grab her again, she was already on Parker's back, falling on the floor with him. A big crack got heard from Parker's body but Suziky didn't leave the back of the young adult.
A guard tried to pull her off again while another one was calling for help. Suziky didn't leave a chance to the security and pushed the man away with a big scream. The guy hit the closest wall and his head entered in contact with the cold window of another operation room. The glass shattered and the man fell on the ground, probably unconscious.
Suziky jumped back on Parker who was trying to stand back up and started beating him up. Her fists were covered of blood when a pair of hand pulled her back once again. She swinged her leg back and it entered in contact with the other guard's weakness spot. He fell on the floor like is colleague, shocked and in pain.
Parker was slowly crawling away, his nose and mouth bleeding. Suziky walked to him easily and put her feet on his back hard enough to stop the scientist from escaping. He let out a shout and tried to move her feet away but she bended to grab his head between her two bloody hands.

- If you want me to die, started Suziky, I'll have to watch you die first.

In a quick move, Suziky snapped the young adult's neck and his dead body fell on the dirty floor, followed by the security guards.