ALTERNATIVE

55.Epinephrine

Char felt that she was trapped in the black blanket of darkness. She could see nothing, here nothing. She was shut out of the world, unexpectedly. The memories of the days she spent in the cell were flooding back. Just hours ago she was in the dark cell where she thought she would loose her and lost her father forever. Same old combinations of hope and despair conflicted in her mind. She was petrified. Her heart was thumping against her chest at an impossible rate. Cold beads of sweat started to form on her forehead. The darkness was suffocating her. She started chocking her own breath. She wanted to cry out but no sound came. Her body was trembling and she feared hat she might fall off the chair. She could not breath. She gasped for air and felt cold all of a sudden. Her chest was weighing a lot, too much for her to manage. She could here her father's voice ringing though her head. Then it was all gone. She was feeling dizzy. She labored to breath. She body was very weak all of a sudden.

"I... I can't bre...breath." That was all she could manage to say. The realization struck her. She was dying. Her could not breathe. She was felt very vulnerable.

Zephyr heard the whimper and got out of his chair, cursing. He had his eyes closed and face in his palm. So he did not realize that the lights until he heard Char. He turned on the illumination of his overall. A light blue glow emitted from his cloths. He turned on the torchlight and searched for Char in the darkness. He heard a loud thumb and turned to the direction of the sound to find Char lying on the floor, panting, sweating, in pain. What is happening to her? He wondered as he ran to her side. Is she having a cardiac arrest because the lights went of? Most importantly, why was this power failure? Then he remembered that the battery back up had to be charged with in few hours. Maybe, the call he made to Shimmer drained all the power. He had no idea what to do. Char seemed that she was dying and he was just standing there watching. He felt a jolt of pain in his heart when he realized that Char could acutely be dying in front of his eyes. He kneeled beside her and shook her shoulders.

"Char, listen to me. Breath. Please breath with me. In, out. Please try to breath." Zephyr said desperately. He was worried and that wasn't helping the situation. Char heard him but could not breath.

"I am...dy...ing." She whimpered.

"No. It is just a panic attack." The android told. She adverted her eyes towards the blue light emitted from Zephyr's suit. Light eased her tension. The light was soothing. Light was bright. Light was charming. Light was healing. With much effort, Char started to breath again without chocking. Zephyr was more than relieved. He pressed Char to his chest and breathed with her.

    Suddenly the door flew open and some one bustedinto the room.