Sometime around 2 a.m., Nora was jolted awake by a searing pain slicing through her body. She had barely slept, spending the night tossing and turning, much too hot, kicking the blankets off. And now suddenly she was in agony, and with no idea why.
It felt like her veins were burning, like she had swallowed liquid fire and it was now coursing through her body in sharp waves - there was no other way to explain it. The way she was feeling she thought she might burst into flame from within.
Disoriented, she managed to get out of bed and stumble her way messily to the bathroom. Was that really her making those agonized crying noises? Her throat burned too, but from screaming, not from whatever was going on with the rest of her body.
She groped around along the wall to find the light switch for the bathroom. When she finally managed to flick the light on, she screamed again, though this time out of shock.
Her eyes were wide and bloodshot, only they were bright fuchsia, and her whole body was giving off a deep glow of the same colour. The veins under her skin were glowing, and she could see them zig-zagging their way through her arms and neck, as if her very insides were glowing.
What the actual hell?
She didn't have long to take this in though, or ponder it, for another burst of burning pain shot through her body, this one so strong she collapsed to her knees. She was left there trembling on the floor, helpless.
The pain flooded through her, up to the back of her neck where it seemed to swell, making her head feel as though it were about to explode.
Her own screams were the last thing she heard before blacking out.
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When she opened her eyes again, however long after, they were once again met by bright, at first blinding, light, though this kind different - fluorescent, the kind that screamed 'hospital!'
Her eyes shot open and took in the room she was lying in. Definitely a hospital room.
Her throat felt raw, as though she had spent the night before screaming her heart out at a concert, and not in severe trauma alone in her house.
"Hello there-" She jumped at the sudden voice, and turned to see an equally startled nurse - every slight movement made her entire body hurt, and it was already aching, a steady, distant throb. "It's all right, Love, you're all right now. Don't worry. My name is Linda, and I've been looking after you."
"H-how did I get here? What happened?" Nora stuttered out.
"Some neighbours called an ambulance, said they heard you screaming inside your house and then there was a blast."
"A blast?"
"Yes. Minimal damage though, thankfully, and remarkably." Linda held a clipboard in her hand. "Now the neighbours said your name is Eleanora?"
"N-Nora," she croaked out.
"All right, Nora. Can I get you anything?"
She requested some water which was brought, and she downed the glass in practically one gulp.
"Now, Nora," the nurse continued gently, sitting at Nora's bedside. "When you're feeling ready I'd like you to tell me all that you remember from last night."
"I-I remember being hot, too hot. Too hot to sleep. I couldn't fall asleep. Then, suddenly, there was - pain. Just pain..." Her body flinched as it recalled said pain. "And there was a glowing pink light..." That last part sounded ridiculous. Linda only nodded. "W-what happened to me?"
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