Why us?

Chapter 1 - What happened to us

~~~ Three months later

Zane slowly woke up at the insistence of a voice he had been hearing for some time. The voice was definitely male but wasn't any voice he had ever heard before. What was odd was the voice almost sounded like it was inside his head. It had been there for some time and he had been hunting for the source, but it had been keeping just out of reach. Once in a rare blue moon he could almost touch it, but it kept telling him he wasn't ready. Ready for what the voice couldn't or wouldn't explain.

When he woke there was a quiet beeping next to him and he was lying in a bed which wasn't very comfortable. Zane did his best to drag his eyelids open, so he could see where he was, and it seemed to take all his energy. By the time he had them open he was feeling totally beat. *There my flipping eyes are open. Are you happy? Now can I go back to sleep?* Since the voice was inside his mind, he pretty much figured he had gone nuts, so he might as well talk to the voice.

Before he closed his eyes, he felt a small hand squeeze his, "Zane? Are you actually awake?" It was his sister and she sounded scared and tired.

He felt a spark of energy at the sound of her voice and he slowly turned his head towards her and smiled. Looking at her almost broke his heart since she looked so thin and pale. When Zane tried to speak he couldn't since his voice was so rusty and unused. She held a straw to his lips and he took a sip and let the water soak into his parched mouth. When it did he repeated the sips untill he could talk, "No kiddo this is a figment of our imagination."

He let his head roll back on the bed and he had to close his eyes for a moment, "What happened sis and how long have I been asleep?" From the feel of it he hadn't moved for a while since he felt stiff and sore.

When he teased her, she didn't smile. It had been a miserable time for her while he was in the hospital but now he had awoken things were somewhat better, "You went running and were attacked by some animal. You were knocked in front of a car and badly injured. You have been in a coma for about three months." As she had started talking she had pressed the nurse call button.

All he could do was stare at her as he tried to understand what she was saying. He didn't remember much for the moment.

Just a few moments later the nurse hurried in and gave him a bright perky smile, "Oh good, I'm so pleased to see you're awake." She moved over to the bed and checked the readouts, "I will be back in a few." She gave him another one of the perky smiles.

When she left he frowned at his sister, "Why does her smile make me nervous?" Zane looked back at his sister and had to blink before his mouth dropped open. She was struggling to stand and worked her an arm into an aluminum crutch and limped over to another chair, "Liv what happened?" His voice was still very rough, but his shock could be heard.

Liv shook her head, "Later Zane, let the doctor do his thing and then we can talk." Telling him about the car wreck was going to be horrible and their uncle was out of town working. She settled down in the chair and stretched her leg out. Since she had shorts on, some of the scars on her right leg were obvious as well as the walking boot she was wearing.

He stared at the scars and then her and almost growled when she wouldn't meet his eyes, "Once they are done I want to know everything that happened Liv." His voice softened, "I need to know sis, from what you said I'm missing the last few months of my life and I have to know." When she nodded he settled back and waited.

The wait didn't last very long before several people came in. The one he assumed was the doctor was an older gentleman who had a stern face, "Good evening Zane and I'm pleased to see you awake. How are you feeling?" He took a glance at the machines as he was talking.