Like a Tidal Wave

Chapter 12

My body felt like it had been through a meat grinder. Every inch hurt. I tried to open my eyes but they felt like they were glued shut. I tried again, trying to force them to open but still, they refused to open.

I just laid there for a few moments letting myself relax a little before I tried for the third time.

Several minutes had passed before I attempted to open them again. I tried to open them and this time I was successful. They flew open to darkness, making me feel as if I hadn't opened them at all. There was a little light illuminated from the open window but it was scarce.

I moved my hands to brace for my body as I pushed myself up. My chest and arms screaming out at me, giving out from under me but I still managed to sit up. The bed soft and welcoming me to stay on it and to fall asleep once again. I felt like I was being pulled into the bed but with one last effort I was completely seated and I wasn't going to lay down again. I wasn't going to let myself lay down and fall asleep.

I moved my hand to the end of the bed and grabbed hold of the railing of the bed. The metal was cold against my hand and it sent chills down my spine, but once my hand had a firm grip on the metal I used it to push myself up. I was standing. I was on my feet standing up after what felt like days. My legs sore and my head pounding.

I started to walk but once my hand had left the rail my legs gave out and I fell to the ground. My knees hit first and then my head. My vision danced with blacks spots and pounded, even more, I didn't even know that it could hurt anymore. Slowly I pushed myself up again so that I was sitting but it hurt, even more, to do so, so I let myself fall back to the ground and just laid there hoping the ringing and throbbing of my head would go away.

I guess I was hoping for too much because it stayed there not wanted to leave or let me be in peace. After a while of lying on the floor the throbbing and the ringing subdued but it didn't go away.

My body protested as I sat up but I ignored it, I needed to get up and move around. I needed to move and get my body moving again. I noticed a chair a little away from me and crawled over to it. Using it as a brace I pushed myself up until I was standing once more. 

This time I used the chair and the wall to start moving around. I walked around my room getting my legs working until I was able to let go of the wall and move without the brace. My body felt much better and my legs still stiff but I could move them and that's all that mattered.

I walked around the room getting the hang of walking again. Even if it had only been a few days I felt like I hadn't walked in years. Off to the side of the room, I found a remote for the TV. Then it occurred to me that I had no idea what had happened after the fight. it's not like I could ask anyone for there was no one in the room with me.

I picked up the remote and moved to the chair that I used to stand up. Using the arms on the chair I sat down and turned on the TV. It flashed on and the images of ruined cities appeared. People were talking about the events and how everything that happened was our fault and that we should pay for the damages that happened because of it. Others were saying how we should pay for what happened and go to jail or somewhere like that. They hated us, after everything that had happened they hated us.

I rested my head in my hands. My eyes shut as I tried to block out everyone talking about what had happened. I didn't want to hear their thoughts. We had saved the world and yet they hated us for it. They hated the destruction that had befallen their city, but there was nothing that we could have done to stop it so I didn't understand why they were being so rude about it. What would they have done without us?