Impossible Redemption (Resilience Book 2) (Avengers Fan-fic) [COMPLETED]

Chapter 7

Sam

Beep-beep. Beep-beep. Beep-beep.

I took a shaky breath. I hated that noise. I hated how familiar it was to me. But mostly I hated how annoying it was. Stupid heart monitor and its stupidity.

My eyes fluttered open, and I shut them almost instantly, cringing away from the bright, fluorescent lights, blazing down from the ceiling. I slowly tried to open my eyes again, blinking furiously as they adjusted.

I was in the infirmary in STARK towers, in a single room. There was a heart monitor, along with other medical machines sitting beside me. The soft sheets brushed gently against me as I stirred. Bruce was standing at the other end of the bed.

'What happened?' I asked, my voice a croaking mess, before I groaned and rubbed my chest. 'Who let an elephant dance on my chest?'

A chuckle came from the door, where Tony had suddenly appeared. 'That elephant would be me.' he said, smirking as I looked up to him. 'Good to see you awake.'

I frowned, extremely confused. Why would Tony have been dancing on my chest? Why was I here again? My brain was a befuddled mess. 'Wait... what?... I'm so confused.' I groaned.

'You flat-lined. Twice.' Bruce explained. I whipped my head over to face him. He nodded at Tony. 'Tony did CPR while I manned the de-fib. It wasn't good. You were down for almost twenty minutes at one point. But it's good to see you awake again.' he smiled meekly at me as Tony sat on the end of my bed and offered us blueberries.

Bruce took some, while I declined, trying to wrap my head around this.

'So, wait... I flat-lined?' I asked. The two of them nodded, watching me carefully.

'Like... as in... my heart stopped beating?' They nodded in confirmation once more. I sighed, frowning. Even more confused that before.

'What happened, exactly?' I asked, looking up at them. Two science bros on one case, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. Bruce took a deep breath, thinking up a way to try to explain, I presumed, but Tony interrupted him, munching on blueberries.

'We don't know.' he said simply, offering the packet to me again, as I raised an eyebrow. He sighed and let his hand fall back to his lap.

'There are no toxins in your body that we could find, no poisons, nothing. Your brain is completely fine, as is your heart and other organs. So why and how you suddenly got so sick...' he shrugged.

I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. I should tell them. I looked up at them and took a deep breath before slowly releasing it, pulling my legs up and crossing them before me. I clasped my hands and looked up at them.

'Don't ask me how, because I have no idea. But you know how Alex was getting inside my head and... well... it seemed like he was ripping it apart from the inside out?' Tony and Bruce nodded grimly, giving me a don't-remind-me look. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, shakily.

'He's figured out a way to trigger pain in the same way, only just...' I shuddered. 'Everywhere.' The two of them frowned.

'But that still shouldn't have affected me like that. I mean, I only became delirious when he decided to leave me alone. And delirium shouldn't lead to cardiac arrest...'

Bruce shrugged. 'Excited delirium is known to cause death from time-to-time. But I do agree that there isn't a true medical reason for the onset of that delirium. But extreme pain is known to occasionally bring on delirium.' he said, pursing his lips.

'But how do you feel now?' he asked, looking me over curiously. I shrugged.

'My chest is sore.' I said, sending a mock-glare to Tony, which didn't work as a smirk crept onto my lips. He grinned childishly back at me. 'But other than that, I feel fine.'