Crimson

How long?

I fade in and out occasionally as I seem to be in different areas, at first I am at the camp sight, the eyes looking at me, then being dragged away with a voice muttering to itself, now I'm on a bed as people flash small lights into my eyes and racing me down a hall all of them wearing shades of light blue and white.

"She's collapsing again!" a lady shouts before I blackout once more.

The beeping from the machine and the warmth from one of my hands wakes me up as I freak out sitting up in the bed I see an asleep Conner holding my hand with his head resting on the bed, I look around as see Beth and Ronny are on the floor and chair asleep as well, the soft moonlight shinning through the window as the curtains dance lightly.

My head pounds and my stomach aches immensely, I look around to see anything that I can drink, a cup of milk or water but nothing, flowers and cards sit on the bench opposite the bed that I'm in and I smile noticing all of the cards from all of the people at school, Conner groans as I grip onto his hand a little tighter before resting my head back on the pillow and falling back asleep.

I wake up again the sun shinning brighter then ever as I look around, a tube in my nose as I can feel it going down my throat, I groan and sit up wincing at the pain in my stomach, I look around and see no Beth, Ronny or Conner in the room but a pillow and a blanket thrown on the floor like someone was sleeping there. The beeping from the machine is silent but faintly I can still hear it, a lady walks into the room and smiles softly at me as she hands me a cup of milk.

"Drink up dear, you must be in a lot of pain" she says, her accent thick and posh.

"What happened to me?" I ask her taking small sips of the drink.

"A fellow brought you in, you had rope burns on your wrists and ankles, cuts on your legs and your body was covered in bruises, and then the internal bleeding and such" she says as she lists off what happened to me.

"Where are my friends?"

"Oh those three kids are in school, it's been a long time since you got here"

"How long?"

"A month or two"

"Oh my god"

"Your body was under a lot of stress and pain, so the doctor put you into an induced coma, then your heart gave out" she says to me as I look at her.

"When can I get out of here?"

"Not for another couple of weeks sweetheart" she says to me as she smiles and leaves the room, I look around noticing a notepad next to my bed, I lean over ignoring the pain as I grab it and look at the notes left.

'Make sure that Beth and Ronny stay safe'

'Don't let the pups out at night without someone to protect them'

'Protect Chloe once she's out'

'Kill the sick bastards who did this'

'Find Chloe's dad'

The list goes on as I recognize the hand writing, I hear the door open and a gasp as I look up seeing Conner, his eyes red from the lack of sleep and crying as I smile, he walks over to me and cups my head.

"Oh my god you're awake!" he says as he cups my cheeks and kisses me, I fall into his hug as he rests my head onto his chest as I hear his heart race as he sniffles.

"Conner I-I'm . . ." I begin to say but he shushes me by pressing his warm lips to mine, and sighs.

"Don't speak" he tells me as he runs a hand through my hair, I move aside as he lays down next to me, he kisses my temple letting some tears run down his cheeks, I smile though I am in pain Conner makes it easier to deal with soon forgetting the pain that churned my stomach flipping it all around.

"It's been so terrible without you at school"

"What about the play? What are we gonna do?"

"We're using a stand by to play Veronica since you're in hospital"

"Oh, fair enough" I say as he kisses my hairline on my forehead.

"What happened to you? The doctors told me that you where taken in by some stranger who found you in the woods"

"I don't know, one minute I'm at the bins putting some rubbish away then the next two wolves find me and take me to this area where the others where, next thing you know I'm . . ." I say as vivid flashbacks run through my head, the heart monitor beeps fast as Conner hugs me tighter.

"It's okay"

"Where's dad?"

"I don't know, no one has seen him in weeks, I've got some wolves out there trying to track him down but we can't sense him anywhere" he tells me as he sighs, he looks at the time and gets out of the bed and looks at me with a sad smile.

"I'll be back tomorrow" he says to me as he throws his bag over his shoulder and kisses my forehead and walks out of the small room, I put a hand on my stomach feeling really sick as I lose my eyes, I need rest but I can't sleep, that green eyed man haunts me to the point on where I can't sleep or even feel comfortable without Conner with me.