Dusk

Chapter 8

I wake up laying in a bed, staring up at a blinding ceiling light. My eyes finally adjust. I can only turn my head. I turn to the left and there's a curtain around me. My head killing me. I force myself to sit up. I push the excruciating pain aside and stand up. I pull back the curtains and I see Brea laying there. Hooked up to machines. I walk over to her and grab her hand. Her hand is so cold. Her eyes open when I grab her hand. She looks at me and smiles. I look at her then all of a sudden her eyes role back! The heart rate monitor goes off! I look back at her, she's not breathing! "SOMEONE HELP!" I yell! No one comes in. Tears come to my eyes. I try doing CPR on her but nothing happens...... I stand there looking over her tears falling from my face faster then ever before. I hold her, not knowing what else to do. "This is all your fault." I hear behind me. I look back and it's the man who I keep seeing! I don't say anything and run over to attack him! As I tackle him and pin him down  he says "She's dead all because of you!" I punch him as hard as I can and I scream at him! All of a sudden I wake up screaming!! I finally stop screaming when I realize I'm ok. I breathe heavy. I get up and push the pain away. I pull back the curtain and Brea lays there in bed. I grab her hand and it's warm. She's ok.....she's ok..... She opens her eyes and looks at me. "Your ok." I whisper to her. "Your ok." She whispers back. I lean in and kiss her forehead. Neon walks in and when he see me he hugs me as tight as he can. "I thought you were gonna die. I didn't know if you would recover because of the water in your lungs. I'm so glad your ok. I'm glad your both ok." He says. "Yeah me too. I'm not even sure what happened." I say while rubbing my head. "I was passing by the simulation room when I herd banging on it and then I herd you scream. I pressed  the emergency switch and the door came flying open, the water staying at the door. I jumped in and pulled you both out. The whole ultra reality thing was so real it was going to drown you. As soon as I got you out the door I guess the water disappeared. Thank god." He says. "How'd you get all the cuts though?" He asks, "We had set the room to jungle. We were climbing to the top and we slipped and fell hitting the branches, cutting us. We finally made it to the top when the room started to change. Someone on the outside must have changed it and locked the door. But who, I'm not sure of." I say. "I think  you guys should get to your rooms and stay there. If there's someone trying to kill you we don't want you somewhere they could." He says. "Ok I'll take Brea now." I say. I walk back to Brea and I help her out of bed. She's strong enough to walk. "Come on let's go." I say. We walk out to the hallway and we get on the platform and I press the button to send us to our rooms. It takes off, a little faster than usual. It starts getting faster and faster and faster. I try to press the brake button but it won't work! It's trying to kill us! It's going to fast to get off! I try pressing buttons again but none of them work! It starts heading straight for a wall! "We're going to have to jump!!" I yell. I grab Brea and right before the platform sends us into the wall we jump! I go rolling with her in my arms! The platform explodes when it hits. Pieces of it go flying everywhere! I feel a sharp piece of metal  hit my back. I help Brea up and we run to the our rooms! We're almost there! I can feel every inch of me pushing harder then ever. I can't let her get hurt, I'll never forgive myself. We finally get to my room and we run in. I slam the door shut, locking it. We stand there gasping for air. "Are you ok?" I ask her, "Yeah I'm fine." She says. I walk over to the bathroom. I turn on the lights. I reach behind my back to where something shot into it. I pull it out and it's a giant metal piece covered in my blood. I pull my shirt of and I see all the cuts on my body. I rinse my hands in the sink and it turns red from the blood on my hands. I turn on the shower and get in. The water burns on my cuts, but at the same time I don't feel much pain even though I probably should. I wash my face, getting all the dirt off. I open my eyes and look down and I see the waters red from all the blood that was on me. I turn off the water and stand there for a moment  staring at the wall. I pull the shower curtain back I get the towel and dry off. I don't want to put those dirty clothes back on but I'm not sure how to get my other clothes. Maybe I'll ask Brea to just bring them to me. I slightly open the door and say "Brea can you get my clothes for me?", "Yeah where are they?" She says, "I'm not sure, just look around, they should be there somewhere." I reply. After a minute of her looking around she brings me some clothes. I open the door a little more and grab them from her. I shut the door and I put them on. It's a new uniform Carter must had left for me. I look at the mirror as i pass by it and I see the man in my nightmares! I look back and it's me again. That was weird.