Protect Me Dark Knight

21: Gone

His eyes froze & then anger made his frame tremble. I could hear my heart ringing in my ears as I waited for his words of comfort, for him to hold me & tell me he was going to help me threw this. My breath left my lungs in a whoosh when Bruce turned on his heel & walked out of the room, sending the door crashing into the glass window, causing it to shatter. My lungs felt like they collapsed as I let out a sob. Aching pain caused my breaths to become uneven. An unknown nurse came hustling in and a startled look crossed her features at the sharp shards. Feeling another episode coming on, I tried to calm my erratic heart beat, but the my heart ached too much. "Oh sweetie." Threw my tears eyes, I saw the nurse's lips turn into a sympathetic frown. "I assume Mr. Wayne was the one who did this?" Seeing my flinch at his name, she nodded slowly. "He's tearing things apart in a room couple of doors down." Why wasn't he here, trying to calm me down? This thought hurt me even more. A fresh wave of tears brought blackness around my eyes again. "Miss Smith, please calm down." Yes, because I can stop my anxiety mid meltdown. I slipped into an empty blackness.

Panic woke me from my uncomfortable sleep. A thin sheet of sweat covered my pale skin as I gasped for air. My heart stuttered for an unknown reason as I sat straight up. My green eyes darted around the room and immediately saw the man dressed in green. "Hello princess, how are you doing?" Enigma's calm voice only made my all ready upset state worse. I screamed at the top of my lungs as he jumped onto my bed with a knife gripped between his gloved fingers. "SHUT UP." Cold met my neck and I grew dizzy again. "Did you really think you could just scream and you would be saved? Just like that?" His cruel laugh made me shiver, the knife pricking my skin. "Now, you're going to get up and walk straight out of that door. The nurses and doctors on this floor are all dead so don't think we'll be seen by any unwanted eyes. All patients are locked in their rooms. If you don't work cooperatively with me, I may just have to visit Mr. Wayne." Enigma winked creepily. Thinking of Bruce, I stopped fighting. He didn't want anything to do with a broken, pathetic thing like me. Enigma noticed my drop in hope and fight and glanced down at me. I followed his exact directions without any trouble and he seemed surprised. I felt numb, hopeless. My heart hurt and I wasn't going to do anything about it.