Through The Dark

Chapter 7

Zayn's POV:

It's 4 in the freaking morning when Dr. Alex pages me. I groan and sit up on my bed, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

I immediately get out of bed and rush into the bathroom to brush my teeth. After getting ready, I grab my pager and phone and rush out of my apartment in 15 minutes flat.

I reach the hospital and quickly go up the stairs to the 3rd floor, which is where John Doe was currently staying.

As I turn the corner, the first thing I hear is ear-piercing screams and they seem to be coming from John Doe's room. I quickly run up to his ward and see Dr. Alex standing near his door.

"What's happening here? Why is he screaming so much?" I ask Dr. Alex, who just shrugs and says, "Don't know. One minute he was sleeping and the next he woke up screaming and when I tried to calm him down, he starting kicking me. So I called them to help me and then I paged you."

I nod and look inside the ward to see John Doe screaming at the top of his lungs as 2 male nurses tried to hold him down. "Hey! HEY! What the hell are you two doing?! Is this the way we treat our patients?!" I say angrily, rushing to the poor boy and standing in front of him.

One of the two nurses huffs and says, "He has been screaming for the past 40 minutes and it's disturbing the other patients. We are just handling him in our own way." I seriously want to slap him.

"Yeah, and that has been working great, hasn't it?" I say sarcastically. I hear whimpering behind me, so I turn to look at the boy who was crouching under the bed, holding a pillow to his chest.

"Hi there." I give him a small smile, and he stops whimpering, looking up at me with his scared eyes. I turn back to the nurses and dismiss them before turning my attention to Dr. Alex. "It's not that hard to calm a person Dr. Karev. Now, please come here so we can put him back to bed."

As soon as Alex moves from his position, the boy under the bed starts screaming again, banging his head on the bed in the process. I wince as he starts to cry. Dr. Alex stops in his tracks, furrowing his eyebrows.

And to make matters worse, Navya walks in. "What the hell is going on in here?" And that's when all hell breaks loose as the poor boy literally starts to cry at the top of his lungs, screaming and kicking everything and everyone in his way.

"Jesus. Out. All of you."

"What?" Navya and Alex ask in unison. "Just leave me alone with my patient." I say, looking at them.

"No. I'll not leave one of my best doctors here alone with a patient who could literally stab you if you go near him." She says, trying to reason with me. She grabs my wrist and tries to pull me out as she motions for the previous nurses to grab John Doe.

"Navya! Listen to me. The boy is just scared and I know how to handle him!" I look back as the boy starts to scream even loudly when the two stupid nurses try to bring him out by force.

I rush back in and push both of them away. "ENOUGH! GET. THE. HELL. OUT. OF. THIS. WARD." I yell at the two nurses. I look at Navya "You have done it your way and it's not working at all. Now leave me and my patient alone. Thank you." I say as I literally push all of the people out of the room and close the door, draping the curtains to block the prying eyes of the onlookers.

Sighing, I turn around to see the poor boy looking at me from under the bed completely exhausted with silent tears still rolling down his face.

"Sorry about that. They do act a bit crazy sometimes, but they are good people I promise." I smile at him as tries to wipe his tears away.

I walk over to the other side of his room to get him some water but I find that the jug had been smashed on the floor. "Just wait here okay? I'll be right back." I say to him and leave the ward.