42nd Country Road

I'm Okay

The bumps in the road were like nails, digging straight into my side. I laid my head back, resting it on the head rest. I breathed out in agony.

"Holy crap," Mark said. I felt his hands on my body.

"Ow!" I said as Mark bumped my side.

"Oh my gosh, yo, Jack, where did you put that first aid kit?" Ethan said

"It's in the back. You should be able to pull down the middle compartment to get it," Jack replied. The middle compartment opened and Mark grabbed the first aid kit and some shirts. Mark took off the blood stained shirts, revealing to wound. He poured the rubbing alcohol over it.

"Stop!" I said, "Please!"

"We need to get her to a hospital," Mark said

"No!" I jolted up, "You can't, I'm not going to a hospital,"

"I can't do this by myself Ems," Mark said to me. Tears filled his eyes

"No," I said. He poured more rubbing alcohol on it. The pain was too much. I passed out in Mark's arms.

I woke up in a cot. I heard the beeps from a nearby machine.

"Mark..." I said faintly

"Stay calm, honey," It was woman's voice

"Where's Mark," I said opening to see her eyes. I tried to sit up, but she pushed me back down.

"You need rest," She said. She left the room. I heard faint chatter outside. Mark came rushing into the room. He was crying I could tell.

"Ev," He said, "You're okay,"

"Hi, Ev, You're alive," Jack said

"How ya doing Ev?" Ethan trailed close behind Jack. They looked like brothers. The nurse then came in.

"She should be fine, we did however find traces of The Pill in her blood so we need to put her in the psych ward," She said

"The hell you are," Mark said walking up to her.

"Sir, It's mandatory," She said taking a small step back.

"Guess you're just gonna have to kick us out then," Mark said

"Mark, dude back off," Jack said

"I can sneak you out. These people are crazy, but you need to run for the hills, they will realise you are gone really quickly," She said. Mark's face lightened up. She was normal. She looked like she had seen things beyond compare.

"Thank you," Mark said

"We need to leave now," The nurse said walking over to my bed, pulling out the I.V's,

"Come here and pick her up," She said to Mark. Mark slipped his hands under my legs and my neck. He lifted me off the bed. I was too tired to care.

"Follow me," She said, she went into a medical closet and started to shove things into a white bag. She handed it to Ethan. She started running down the hallway. She opened the door to the parking garage.

"Where's your car?" She asked Jack

"It's right over here," He replied

"Okay drive to the outskirts of town, you can spend the night there. It's pretty shady but you'll make it, try and get an apartment in Denver, that's the last place that people want to be," She said, "Go Now!" I grabbed her arm.

"Thank you," I said faintly, "Tell them 42nd country road,"