I'm laying back with my eyes closed. Bright beautiful flowers surround me. The light from the sun slowly goes away. What? I open my eyes and sit up, fast. I watch helplessly as dark clouds quickly form overhead. My heart starts to race as the blackness closes in on me. The dark suddenly comes closer and closer. I'm suffocating. I'm panicking. My heart is going so fast I think it might burst out of my chest and take flight. I get up and run but I move nowhere. I'm panting. I'm out of breath, hot tears run down my cheeks.
"Please, no." I whimper. I try and try to run from the blackness but it soon comes up behind me. It's not but a few seconds before it is at my sides. And then in front of me. And above me. I can't see anything but darkness. I'm completely enveloped but the angry, black clouds. I stop trying to run and I sit down. Sobbing.
I stop for a moment because I thought I heard something. I strain my ears and listen very, very hard. I don't hear anything. I collapse in defeat. I put my head in my hands, thinking all is lost. The sound drifts down again. This time, much more clear.
"Kara" I stand.
"Kara. Stay with me. Kara." The words become more clear with each one I hear.
"Kara! Look for the light. Reach for the light!!" The words written with exclamation points. The speaker, heavily excited. I look hard all around me. Searching for this light. I look up and see a small star directly above me. I keep my eyes on it. Slowly, it moves closer to me. When it gets to be the size of the sun above me, I stand on my tiptoes and reach for it. I stretch as far as my arms will allow me.
"Good job Kara! Keep coming back! You're doing great!" I have to cover my eyes while I reach, the light soon becoming bright and painful. The light is growing and growing and growing. Bam! Darkness.
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"Kara... Kara..." A voice reaches me.
"Kara... Baby... Kara...?" I put what feels like all my energy into opening my eyes. The light burns and I shut them quickly. A tear rolls down my face. I feel something hot on my arm.
"Try again baby." The voice said, much closer to me this time.
"Try again. You can do it. Open your eyes. Come on sweetie." I muster up my strength and try again. This time it's not so bright. When my eyes focus, I see George's face just inches from mine.
"Hi baby." He says with a smile. I look around me, I see the lights have been turned off and the shades drawn. I also see tons of chords. And machines. Everything surrounds me. I try to move my arms or my legs or my head or even just a finger but nothing cooperates. I spot George's hand resting gently on my arm, trying to soothe me.
"Kara..." George says soothingly.
"Take it easy. We're in no rush honey. Can you hear me? Can you say something?" I bring my eyes to his and I start to talk but I end up in a coughing fit. My mouth is so dry. George brings a cup to my lips and slowly tips it upwards as I gulp down the water. It's like a beautiful rain across my lips and down my throat. When he pulls back the cup I try again.
"You look like hell." I manage. My voice is rough and quiet but George heard me just fine. He chuckles.
"You put me through hell." He says, leaning up to kiss my forehead. I close my eyes as his soft lips brush my skin. My forehead is on fire from his touch.
"I have to go talk to the nurse real quick okay? I was told to inform them when you woke up." I slowly try to nod my head in okay. George gives my hand a tiny squeeze before he gets up and walks out. I watch his back all the way until he walks through the door and turns out of sight. Once I lose sight of him I close my eyes and try to return to my dreamland.
George's POV
I watch as her eyes close. I can't believe it's already been two weeks. I thought for sure she had been lost. But when the doctor was calling her name, her vitals showed some signs of recognition. She could hear him. His talking and instructing was what helped him to stabilize her. For as annoyed as he's probably been at me, he's terrific at his job. He pulled her out of the coma and got her vitals stabilized. I don't know what he did or how he did it but he saved her organs.
Thank god she didn't go. I don't know what I would have done. I walk out to the nurse's station. I see Ringo sitting by the nurses station on the phone with Paul or John to tell them she'd made it. That was a very stressful very difficult eight hours. I'm talking to a nurse when the doctor man walks up and asks me to follow him. We walk down the halls and to his office.
"So I've just finally received word from the lab." He begins, motioning me to sit on the couch across the room from his chair. I lower myself and wait for him to continue.
"It was very strange what I heard. The lab has determined a few thing for certain. This poison is exchanged on the black market down in Saudi Arabia. It's very dangerous. It is invisible when in any liquid. Even water. How it works is, a person buys the poison in a crystal shape. When it's put in a liquid, the crystal breaks down to form microscopic sized glass pieces. It is so small that it's unnoticeable by the person drinking the liquid. Once inside a bodily system, the microscopic pieces basically roam around and find each other and connect, causing it to grow in size and sharpness. That explains the glass I found inside Kara here. When the glass punctures something, an organ or tissue - for example, and gets itself into the blood system, the pieces dissolve once again to become liquid with the blood. It has some unknown mix of chemicals, the lab is still looking into it, that causes organ failure, thinning of the blood, and multiple other things. For instance, enough of it piled up at a few vital arteries towards the top of her system which caused her heart to slow because her heart thought her body needed less blood due to the clots." When the doctor finally stops talking, I'm left speechless. I cannot believe it.
Who would do something like that?
Why would anyone want to hurt my precious Kara?
Who in their right mind would- Joe...
I stand abruptly and run out the door. The doctor calls after me but I'm not bothered. I run past Ringo who quickly hangs up and runs after me. I shove open the doors and turn left and run as fast as I can. I've got to find that son of a bitch.
