𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 ➳ 𝑇𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟

ㅡ『2』

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CHAPTER 2
Aftermath
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    WHEN NIKOLAI FIRST OPENED HIS EYES, all he could see was a faint source of light. Blurriness clouded his vision. He could hear the faint voice of the newscaster on the tv. As he regained consciousness, a strong smell of antiseptics hits his nostrils.

     Where was he? He couldn't remember what had happened.

     Beeping noises coming off from his bedside, and a tube connected to his arm. That's when he knew where he was. The smell, the lights, the sounds...

     He was in the hospital.

     Realizing this, the latter shot up from bed almost immediately. And as fast as he sat up, pain erupted from his beat-up body. Groaning lightly, he noticed a mop of curly brown hair slumped up on the chair beside. A milkshake long forgotten on the floor.

     His left arm was in a sling, a cast on his wrist. A couple of butterfly bandages on his face. An oxygen cannula attached to his nose. Lastly, he could feel two thick bandages attached to the side of his lower stomach and back.

     "Psst!" he called out, looking at the sleeping figure. "Mindy!"

     But to no avail, the latter continued to sleep, turning to the side at the sudden noise. Nikolai sighed in defeat, looking at the table to find a hard plastic cup, before throwing it across, hitting the girl right in the head.

     "Oww! Bitch what was that for?" She sat up straight, rubbing the spot where the cup had hit. "Glad you're awake Niko, be happy that I didn't wake you up like that."

     "What happened?" He asked, memory still cloudy.

     Mindy looked at the man in concern, did he hit his head? Actually, yes he did, a couple of times in fact. "You were attacked last night. Stabbed three times an—"

     "Tara!" He exclaimed, the recollection of the night before rushing to him fast. "Where's Tara? She was with me, a-and we were at her house. She was worst th—"

     "Relax Romeo." Mindy interrupted, his panicked stare moving to her completely. "She's doing good. The police got to you just in time."

     "Take me to her." He demanded, calming down.

     "Nope." The girl replied, popping out the letter p. "She's still asleep."

     "Fine, I'll just go myself." Niko threatened, raising an eyebrow.

     "You won't do shit."

     His face was void of any reaction, already thinking of a way on how to get away from the tubes and wires and out the hospital hallway to search for a certain raven haired teen.

     In an instant, Nikolai yanked the IV off the back of his right hand, wincing slightly at the sensation. He reached inside his shirt, removing the patches connected to the heart monitor.

     "What the fuck are you doing?" Mindy exclaimed, rushing to the stubborn man.

     The machine beeped loudly as it no longer detected any heartbeat, thus alerting all the nurses at the station. Almost immediately, a doctor and two nurses rushed inside. Equipment already in hand.