The Serpent Queen

Two Weeks in Limbo | Part Two

Watching a clip of Tory and Sam fight on the stairs on her phone, Phoebe grimaced at the attacks that each girl dealt the other. She couldn't believe that this happened in a school, and that she was a part of it. She couldn't remember this whatsoever.

She had watched clips of Miguel and Robby fight and the fight betweeen Bert and Nate. She tapped onto the next one which was Demetei vs Hawk.

Looking at the title, she sighed. Of course they fought each other. It was to be expected anyway. Though she hadn't seen any visible injuries on Demetri since waking up.

She pressed play on the full length clip and the two rivals were in the foyer fighting near the trophy case and seconds later Demetri kicked Hawk into the trophy case and then apologising for it.

She visibly flinched at the sound of the glass smashing and him falling to the ground amongst the shards of glass. That had to hurt. He automatically lost the fight with being kicked into the glass. That was not the expected outcome at all. It was logical that Hawk would win against Demetri naturally due to being more skilled and a better fighter. What the hell happened there?

Phoebe made a mental note to ask him if he was alright. Glass was sharp. He was lucky that none of the shards severely cut or stabbed him. She also made another mental note to berate Demetri for that.

She had been putting off the most anxiety inducing moments of the entire brawl. Her and Kayla's showdown and Robby kicking Miguel from the railing. Her phone played the former clip.

She watched them fight and then Robby landed a kick on Miguel, which sent him over the railing. That's all the clip was. She watched another which caught the actual fall on camera.

A nurse came in and checked that all the medical equipment was working properly.

"Your heart rate is a little high. Are you all right?"

Phoebe set her phone down on the moveable table. "Yeah. Just watching the event that put me here. It's a lot. Quite stressful." She got out of the bed and walked slowly over to the far side to a small mirror on the wall. The way she walked over there was quite ridgid. Her body didn't move much with the exception of her legs of course.

"That explains it. How's your head feeling?"

The teen glanced at her reflection in the mirror. The bandage seemed like a white and thick karate headband to her. "It hurts if I move it too much. The bandage is hot and making..." She pointed to her injury. "There itch like mad."

"Unfortunately, the bandage has to stay on until it's healed enough. We have to keep you here for several days to ensure that your brain is functioning as it should."

Phoebe frowned. Here she was waffling on about her own problems when her best friend was lying in the same ward in a coma. She began to sob out of nowhere.

"Oh, it's okay." The nurse went over and comforted her. "The bandage will come off soon and your brain is fine. Short term memory loss will correct itself."

"I'm not upset about me. It's Miguel I'm upset about."

"I'm not supposed to talk about other patients, but his condition hasn't changed."

"Is he going to wake up?"

"I honestly can't say. I know what will cheer you up, a large piece of chocolate cake."

Phoebe smiled and nodded. "Yeah, that would be nice."

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George had went downstairs to get a cup of coffee from a vending machine. He would have gotten Phoebe tea if the machine offered it. He got her a cup of hot chocolate instead.