The Chipenden Spook

Chapter 6: The Outburst

I couldn't do anything after that. Of course I couldn't physically leave my bed, but I couldn't think. My mind was whirling all day, as I waited nervously for the surgery. I don't think that helped at all, my edginess twisting my insides. I just wanted everything to be better. But that couldn't happen unless Alice succeeded in my healing, not only that, nothing would ever be the same again unless I got my memory back. I didn't need to learn a lot to know that.

Sitting there gave me lots of time to think, and lots of time feeling worse I've ever had sense I came back. It was a feeling I found very hard to explain. The pain to see Alice so upset like that, gave me an even worse pain than my injuries were physically giving me. I desperately wanted to talk to her, but I didn't know what to say.

No body came back into the room until later that day, judging by the very little light shinning in through the window, it was evening, and It was Mab who had come. I wasn't going to tolerate her for long.

"What do you want?" I asked her bitterly. She seemed to take my tone in surprise.

"You do know that the procedure is more complicated than Grimalkin made it sound, right? I thought you would be more worried..."

"It's none of your business how I feel. Now leave." I told her flatly.

"Why rush me out so soon?" Mab asked, faking the innocent pang in her voice. "I just want to talk-"

"Well I don't! Go, now, I'm not in the mood for you right now." She was pushing it, and she knew that, but didn't leave.

"Your not acting like Tom, even without the memory..." She faked a sigh, and everything she was saying and doing were all sarcastic. I hated it, I'd had enough of her. She opened her her mouth to speak, but I beat her to it.

"No! Don't even speak of it! Your not making anything better at all! Why did you even come here? Your worthless to me right now, just taking up space! I've only seen you twice and have already had enough of you!"

I would have kept going, but with each sentence, a stabbing pain went through my head. And something flickered, a sense that I shouldn't be saying these things to Mab. I didn't know why, because in my mind, at that moment, she deserved it. I eventually got myself in a sitting position, yet she still hadn't left.

"Why are you still here?" I asked, now yelling at her.

"Leave me alone! Get away from me-" I let out a loud urge of pain. What was going on? I now started sweating across my brow. A door opened, and a pair of footsteps ran inside. It was Grimalkin and Alice. Grimalkin instantly started giving orders, loud ones at that.

"Alice, start, now! Here," she handed Alice a bag, and walked back to Mab.

Alice rummaged through the bag.

"Mab, leave us, now." Grimalkin said in a stern voice.

Before leaving, Mab looked at me again.

"Go!" I shouted. I let out a gasp of pain again. As Mab had left, Grimalkin walked toward me, observing me.

"What?" I urged rudely. I shook my head, I couldn't control what I was saying. What was going on?

Grimalkin seemed to understand though, and turned to Alice.

"We'll need the injector, Alice. You won't be able to do the procedure with him conscious."

"I was really hoping we could avoid this." Alice told her in response.

"I was too..." Then Grimalkin was handed a device with a needle.

"What? No, please!" I was begging, why?

Alice started to tear up.

"I'm sorry Tom, it's the only way. Please, let her."

I looked at Grimalkin anxiously. I then started to struggle as they held me down. But Alice turned away as Grimalkin inserted the sleep medicine.

I stopped struggling,and my vision started to blur. My last sight was of Alice, as Grimalkin's voice was slowly fading into darkness.

"Hurry, Alice, we don't have much time!"

And that was it.