Broken ✔

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Song: Atwei! - Kofi Mole ft. Joey B (This song is so funny)

*Unedited* (Playing games for two days straight causes headaches and fatigue 😊)

I woke up on a hospital bed. For a moment, I was very confused. I felt drowsy and sick; so much so that I wished I could go back to bed.

I sat up slowly, scared that I would dislodge the machines that were attached to me. There was one of those breathing tubes I'd seen on television shoved into my nostrils and I was attached to a drip which was halfway empty.

When I sat up, the first person I spotted was Wolfgang. Immediately I saw the man, everything came rushing back, hitting me like a freight train.

The memory of my brother's cries replayed itself in my mind like a scene out of a movie. I was disgusted with myself for not being able to recognise the cries as his own. Had Wolfgang not gone to burn his shirt, I could've never known that my brother was kidnapped by those monsters.

Then, I remembered that I had lost consciousness before I could do anything, and immediately, my heart started beating frantically. That machine that recorded my heartrate began to beep noisily as my heartbeats quickened.

"Elorm!" Wolfgang was startled awake by the noise. He shot forward and crouched next to my bed. "What is it? Should I get the doctor?"

I couldn't speak, as fear and panic overwhelmed all my vocal abilities. He was crying when we saw him and one of the nurses was holding him, taking him somewhere. What if we were too late and they'd already taken something from him? What if Michael didn't recognise him and he was still there as I speak?

Wolfgang was frantically pressing the nurse button at the side of my head. Before I could tell him to stop, a nurse came rushing inside.

"Sir, you need to leave," she said calmly like the professional nurse she was.

"Not until I'm sure she's okay." Wolfgang replied, frowning at her.

"She will be okay once you leave sir. Please, I will not repeat myself." She said sternly.

She must've thought he did or said something, and that was what was causing me to panic. I needed Wolfgang to stay, I needed answers from him about my brother, but I couldn't even find my vocal chords.

Wolfgang looked at me worriedly, before nodding stiffly and leaving the room.

I thought the nurse was going to sedate me after that, but she didn't. She simply helped me to calm down until my heart was beating at a sensible rate once more. I guess my body couldn't take anymore drugging.

"N-nurse," I stammered, my voice sounding foreign to my own ears. "water."

"Of course, I'll have a glass brought to you." She replied, leaving quickly to meet my demands.

When she left, I ripped all of the machines away from myself. I still felt drowsy, weak and I had slight trouble breathing, but I needed to find out what happened with Elikem and where he was. I knew the nurse would try to force me back to bed as soon as she came back.

When I got up from the bed, my head swirled, and I fell back onto the bed. I took a deep breath, calmed my - again - racing heart and stood up again. I felt like I was drowning in cement. I was made aware that I was wearing a hospital gown when I stood up, feeling the wind touching my vulnerable parts.

I ignored it. I made for the door and pushed it open with as much force as I could muster. Walking down the hallway, I was glad when I saw that I was in the clear. No one was around. I reached the lobby before a nurse spotted me.