Paper Butterflies

Chapter Twenty-One

A/N: Admitedly, not my best work. I've hit a huge wall with this story so I apoligize for the lackluster chapter.

I'm going to sit down and think uber hard as to figure out where this story is going. Let me know how it's going and maybe even what you like about this story and I can work with it! Please please please, I really want to know what you guys think.

 Anywho... Chapter Twenty-One

When I opened my eyes I was looking at an orange sky. Tall trees surrounded me and I felt the dirt and sticks beneath. I groaned as I felt a sharp pain in my forearm. There was a constant stabbing pain in my head. Slowly, I sat up, gasping at the pain in my ribs. Reaching up to touch my forehead I felt a sticky liquid and retracted my hand to find blood. 

I managed to get into a standing position after crawling to a nearby tree. I used it to pull my body up, flashes of what had happened hitting me like bricks. Leaning onto the tree for a while, I finally moved my weak legs through the woods. I was slow, and hit a few trees every so often. It felt like hours before I came to an opening. I saw a road and a few cars passing by. Across the street I could see a house with an elderly woman outside. I tried to yell but my voice came out rough and quiet, barely making any noise. 

I stumbled froward a bit but tripped and fell. I tried to scream but my throat seemed to close on me. Strangled noises came out of my mouth as I got back onto my feet, stepping forward. My voice finally seemed to come back as I let out a yelp as a car horn went off. The passing car itself narrowly missing me. 

I saw the woman turn to me before turning back, but it took a second for the image to register through her head as she snapped her head back in my direction. She looked panicked before yelling something I couldn't understand. My legs buckled underneath me as I fell to the ground. My eyes fluttered a bit but I could see the woman and an old man run across the street towards me. My eye lids felt heavy as I found myself wanting to sleep. 

My mind went blank.

Once again I woke up in an unfamiliar place with a throbbing headache. I slowly opened my eyes, letting them adjust to the bright lights. The walls were a pale yellow, a large window was on the right and several landscape paintings hung on the walls. A beeping sound directed my head to a heart monitor on my left, an IV stuck in my inner elbow. 

Looking down at my right arm I saw it was covered by a red plaster cast, from my elbow to my wrist. Not caring about the pain that filled my body I pulled out the wires attached to me, sliding off of the hospital bed and looking around the room for my clothes. Though they were worn and dirty I put them on. The heart monitor had gone on a single beep loop and I knew the nurses would be in here soon. I quickly threw open the door, running out and going down the hall. I wheezed as the pain in my ribs was all to constant. Turning the corner I ran into a man, falling down behind me because of it.

"Wait, don't let her go!" I heard a man call.

I turned my head to see a man in a white lab coat, and a officer behind him running towards me. I panicked as I got to my feet. My plan was to run but the pain in my stomach made me bend over and gasp. I fell onto my knees, my vision blurring as everything went double.