Aliyah

Chapter two

Beep....beep...beep....I gradually opened my eyes to take on my environment but immediately shut it because of the light intensity. I had to open it again when I felt a warm hand on mine. A young lady whom I assumed to be a doctor because of her  uniform was standing next to me. She gave me a warm smile and rolled the blue thing that controlled the fluid that entered my body. The fluid looked very familiar. Mama once said it helped to give people energy when they were weak. So why was I using it?...was I weak?..

"Honey, how are you feeling" her voice brought me back to reality.

"f..fi..ine" I said with a croaky voice. I tried to remove my hand from hers but she held it firmly.

"You are safe now, it's okay....okay?" Wow! did she just say I was safe. The word Safe had never for once been in my dictionary.

"please who are you?" I asked still trying to remove my hand from hers. She seemed to notice how uneasy I  was because she removed her hand and sighed.

"Am not eating you okay? she sighed "anyway I'm Doctor Linda" she said with a smile that was really getting me uncomfortable.... really who smiles this long? Or maybe because I wasn't used to smiles. Papa and mama  never smiled neither did Sarah.  "....but you will be fine. I promise you that" I nodded even though I was completely lost.

"Please where am I?" She looked at me with concern spread all over her face. " You are in the hospital honey but like I said earlier, you will be fine" she said while rubbing my hair and forehead at the same time.

" Honey, do you want to recover quickly?" I looked at her grey eyes. Was this woman okay? Why would I not want to recover?....seriously!!

She sighed and for once her plastered smile was gone. " I am pretty sure it's a yes. But I want you to know that I need your help to do this okay?"...And her smile was back...wow..so creepy!!

"So to begin with, what's your name?" she took the seat next to the bed and rested her back. She took my hand in hers again and started caressing it. Surprisingly, it helped to calm me down a lot.

"Aliyah" I heard myself say. She nodded and began massaging my forehead. " I guess you are ten".

I nodded.

"Where is your mummy or daddy?" I froze instantly. She just said what I had been avoiding from the very start.....why????!!. She sighed and stood up.

"It's okay not to talk about it right now...maybe you would open up later" she gave me a warm smile. " I think I would leave now, you should get some rest". She adjusted the blue thing again, smiled at me and left.

Immediately the door closed, I let out a breathe I didn't even know I was holding. Tears ran down my cheek as the images of their death flashed my mind.

I actually thought running would save me. Would make me forget everything. Every single thing. But maybe I was wrong.

Very wrong.