Just Don't Die

Escape

Blaine had barely caught John before shift change. His first question was just to make sure that John had also seen him go into the room with the two doctors. After he was convinced that he didn't just hallucinate the meeting, he told John what they'd said. He had already told him about the study when he checked in so it didn't take much to fill him in. To make sure that John believed him fully, he told them that they pretty much told him that they would only give him the medications for the hallucinations if he signed the papers. When John double checked the chart, the prescribed medications that had been there earlier had been discontinued and there was no note accompanying the change or any explanation, or even a note about the meeting.

"This isn't right." John said, staring at the screen.

"I agree, but it is happening. I need to ask you something. What is the code on those doors out there?" Blaine said, quiet enough that he was sure John was the only one who could hear. "I didn't get a chance to find your ID in your wallet, but I did Google you. You didn't mention you are an ICU nurse. It's always odd how small the world is. It turns out you took care of my mother-in-law a year or so back when she had a stroke. She absolutely adored you. I believe that something very fishy is going on and when I asked the doctors about the wrong name on the chart and M1 paper work they just told me to stay in my lane. I can't give you my badge though." John said quietly.

"I don't need your badge. I just need the code. It will be all on me. Nothing will be tied to you." Blaine said.

After several long seconds of John staring at Blaine, he finally whispered, "The company that runs this hospital was founded in Denver. The altitude of Denver could easily be a four digit 

code."

For a second, Blaine didn't catch the clue. Then it hit him. He gave John a subtle wink and said nothing more. He knew that Denver was weird about their elevation and wasn't even surprised that a Denver based company would use it as their code.

Now he had to plan. Timing would be key and the sooner he did it, the better his odds would be. He watched the nurses change over and then hand out the medications to all the patients. Well, all the patients aside from Blaine.

He was a little surprised he hadn't heard more from the voice. From what he could see in the people around him, most of them didn't have voices that came and went. The ones that he paid attention to had been talking to themselves since he got here. He overheard one of the nurses call it 'responding to internal stimuli'. Why was Blaine's voice so intermittent. He hadn't been given any medication, so that couldn't be the reason.

"I'm not a hallucination, Blaine. That means I can choose when to make myself heard to you." Blaine looked around the room to make sure he wasn't being watched. At this point he recognized the voice enough to not jump or look around.

You can hear my thoughts? Why do I actually hear you?

"It's how your brain is processing it. You are hearing my thoughts. Well, your brain translates the brain waves I'm creating into a sound."

Why have you been so quiet today. Talk about making me doubt my sanity. With everything going on today, your silence made me feel even more crazy.

"I saw everything. It's a messed up situation and you need to get out of here and so do I. I figured if I started to add my two cents, it wouldn't have done anything but distract you."

Well, I have some time now. Who are you and why and how are you in my head?

"Well, I'll be blunt, because I know you respond best to that. I'm a time traveler from about 100 years in the future."