Survivors

Chapter 27: New Friends and Suitors

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Kara opened her eyes and immediately closed them again. Above her head was a very bright light, one that was also very warm judging by the heat her body felt. It felt like sunlight but the hard surface under her told the girl she was not sunbathing. She also had a mask of some sort on her face. She thought it felt like an oxygen mask would feel like if she had ever worn one. There was definitely oxygen being blown over her mouth and nose. It was a strange feeling but the pure air did feel good.

Kara slowly opened her eyes again and took stock of her surroundings. She knew she was wearing the cotton shorts she sometimes slept in and an old t shirt, judging by how worn and comfortable the cotton was. She was in some sort of tanning bed, was pretty certain she had an oxygen mask on and something on one of her fingers. She also recognized Jeremiah holding her right hand. Where was she and how did she get here?

The blonde tried to remember what had happened after the fire. She had called her father and planned to run back but never made it.

Kara realized after hours in the raging fire, she must have had a panic attack.

So how was she back? Where was she? Surely her adopted mother and father had not taken her to a hospital.

"Welcome back. You have had me very worried. All of us I mean. Alex and Eliza are asleep with Clark." Jeremiah told her, squeezing her hand a bit harder.

Kara pulled the mask off her face, not surprised to see it was an oxygen mask.

"What ...where am I?" she asked, her voice a bit scratchy.

"You are at your hangar. I've been making some improvements when I can slip out of the lab. This is a solar bed. It replicates the yellow sun's rays. I thought if anything every happened that you would need to be healed from quickly, this might help. Eliza finally designed a pulse oxometer that is strong enough to read the oxygen levels in your blood. You were at an 89% when you got here. Now you are showing a strong 98%. How do you feel?"

"Good, I guess. My head doesn't hurt. The sun rays feel really good. You shouldn't have held my hand. If I had a nightmare I could have broken yours."

"I'll take my chances."

"What time is it?"Kara asked.

"Five AM, Monday morning. You have been asleep since you passed out at 1:00 AM Sunday morning. You have had us worried. I was...scared. Dante found you and flew you here and Eliza and Alex gave you a bath. You were covered in ash and grime. We put your under the lamps and have been watching ever since. Not much else we could do. I tried to analyze your breath with a GC to see what chemicals you may have inhaled but didn't have much luck. I didn't think I would but I had to try something."

"Wow.Thats a long time to sleep." Kara admitted. "You said Dante found me? Is he still here?"

"He left about five hours ago. He is staying at a hotel in town. Dan is in the back office monitoring the video cameras with Vivian. If you want I can call Dante..."

"No! I mean...he probably needs some sleep. So...how long am I grounded for? Should I just cancel college plans?" the girl asked nervously.

Jeremiah shook his head.

"Kara, 82 staff, firemen and children were able to escape down the stairwell you cleared, one that had been demolished. Firemen on the second were reported as saying another fireman lifted... we saw the fireman on the 7th who called for a ladder truck, you I mean. Rumor is, some mystery angel came out of nowhere and did the impossible, extinguished a room that should not have been able to be put out, broke open steel blast doors and flew to the top of the room and lifted a support beam to give the kids time to evacuate."