Texas Chainsaw

Chapter 12

Suddenly, Sean woke up in a hospital bed with a breathing tube under his nose. He had IV and blood cords hooked to his arm and a bloody bandage wrapped around his stomach and back.

He was in so much pain from his shot wound. He immediately started to look around the room to see if Brittney was there, but she wasn't.
A nurse came in to check his heart rate and blood pressure. She looked at him. "I see you're awake!"

"Yeah, where is my girlfriend!" he asked, sitting up. "The girl that came here with me!"

"Oh, she's in the ICU unit," the nurse replied. "She is in a coma from her injuries."

"Is she going to make it?" Sean asked, his eyes starting to water up.

"I really don't know," she replied. "All I know is she had too many stab wounds that were very life-threatening."

"Can I see her?" he asked again.
"You need to stay in bed. You took a really hard blow to your back," the nurse insisted.

"I need to see her," he said. "I need to say goodbye if she dies on me!"
"I can't let you, sir," she said. "I'm sorry."

"What about the guy that came in here earlier? Is he alright?" Sean asked. "He's my girlfriend's brother!"

"He's lost a lot of blood, but he's stable," she replied. "He's resting in room 208."

"OK, thanks," Sean said, wiping his face with his hands.

As soon as the nurse left the room, he got out of bed, grabbed the roller for the IV and blood bags, and walked out of the room toward the ICU unit.

When he reached her room, he slowly walked in, his eyes watering up as he saw her lying there, so helpless. Brittney was laying in the bed with a breathing tube going down her throat. She had an IV and blood cord hooked to her hand. She even had a machine monitoring her heart. Her beautiful face was bruised and swollen. She had stitches on her forehead, her cheek, and the side of her neck. She was even very pale, white as a ghost.

He walked over to her, gently touching her hand. Sean was crying his eyes out over seeing her like this.

"Please don't die on me!" he cried out. "I... I need you. Even Zacky needs you!"

He sat down in the chair next to the bed and laid his head on the side of the mattress, crying his eyes out.

"You can't be in here, sir," a nurse said as she walked in.

Sean looked up toward the nurse. "I won't bother her," he said, and then looked back at Brittney.

"I'm sorry, but you can't," the nurse replied. "Maybe tomorrow during visiting hours."

"OK," he said, getting up and walking out of the ICU unit.
The nurse helped him back to his room and assisted him back into bed. Sean was still crying his eyes out; he just hoped to God she would be alright because he couldn't live without her.

"Nurse, can you give me something for my back?" he asked, looking at her.

"Yes," she said as she handed him a pain pill.

Sean took the pain pill and just lay there, worried about Brittney. Around 12:00 AM, he finally fell asleep.

12:04.am

Suddenly, Brittney opened her eyes to see that she was lying in a hospital bed with a tube going down her throat. She looked over to see a nurse checking her IV and blood bag.

"I see you're awake!" the nurse said as she took the tube out of Brittney's throat.

"Where am I?" she asked, coughing.