Darkness everywhere is darkness. I can’t see due to the darkness surrounding me. I don’t know where I am but I want to come out of this darkness. I feel suffocated in dark.
There is nothing around me, no light, no door, no street nothing just darkness. It is worse than my nightmares. My nightmares are consist of my demons and the places which haunt me but now it is like my demons too left me alone to my insanity.
I tried searching for anything to hold or move forward but I am unable to move forward. My hands are glued to my sides and my legs feel heavy. My eyes are the only organs that are moving.
What is happening? Where am I? Why did I end up here? There is no answer to my questions. I tried once again to move my legs but no they are not moving.
Suddenly I hear footsteps behind me but I am unable to turn my body around. The sound is giving me creeps and someone is coming to harm me. I don’t know why I am getting scared hearing footsteps.
I am breathing heavily and my heart is beating hard in my chest it felt like it’s going to come out of my mouth. My body is shaking violently and urging it to move but like my body has its mind not moving an inch. The footsteps are coming closer and closer every passing second and my heartbeat too. I felt a presence behind me and the aura which I am getting in this situation is making me anxious and afraid. I collapsed on the ground not able to take any more but my breathing is still heavy and I am still shaking on the ground. My eyelids felt heavy and now I felt the darkness in my eyes too.
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This time I am hearing different voices around me but I am unable to recognize them. I am not standing in the darkness but I am feeling the darkness and it felt like I am laying on a bed. I tried to open my eyes but it felt like a big task opening them. Like in my dream, I hope it is a dream not real, my bold felt heavy. I am unable to move my body.
Once again I tried to open my eyes and with all the strength I mustered used to open my eyes. I slowly opened my heavy eyelids to be blinded by the bright light which forces me to close my eyes. I groaned signaling people around me to close the windows or turn off the lights.
” oh my gosh, Scarlett! Can you hear me?” an excited but hoarse voice asked beside me.
” I think she is coming back,” another voice said. Huh! Coming back? But from where? And who? I tried to remember but there is nothing to start with.
” Guys I think we should call the doctor” a male voice suggested.
” Yeah, but before we have to inform omer he is not himself from the past days and he will be relieved listening to this,” the first voice said and left the room, I know she left the room because of the sound she made when she closes the door.
I heard the door opening and someone enters ” excuse me! Can you people leave so I can examine her?” someone asked.
” umm, okay doctor we will leave it to you,” a male voice said and they left.
I felt someone is touching my wrist and once again I tried to open my eyes and I groaned ” sorry miss Williams I will shut the curtains” doctor? I think he said and I heard curtains being closed.
I opened my eyes and thankfully it is not as bright as early. I checked my surroundings which are white walls and a door and nothing. In front of me stood a man with white coat and next to him is a lady in a nurse uniform.
” Hello miss Williams I am Dr Andrew and ah welcome back” Dr Andrew said with a warm smile. He is in maybe his fifties? I think so.
Why the hell am I in a hospital? And why body felt like it has been wrecked by a train? And what did he mean by welcome back?
I tried to talk something but my throat felt like I have not drank water for a long time. ” here miss Williams” the nurse said helping me with a glass of water with a straw in it.
I gulped down the water like a dehydrated patient. It felt really good when cool water goes down your throat.
” so miss Williams can we start with the examinations? First I like to know your name” Dr. Andrew asked waiting for my answer.
I cleared my throat ” um.. m. mm Scarlett rose Williams” I answer with difficulty.
” Good miss Williams, can you tell me what was the last thing you remember? Dr Andrew asked
” Ummm I I I don’t remember anything in particular,” I said. My head began to throb. I tried to remember but my head started aching more.
” no problem miss Williams and do you feel any pain? Like in your head? Or anywhere?” Dr asked.
” umm yeah, my head starts aching pretty badly and my body felt stiff and sore? I guess” I answered.
” Hmm, okay miss Williams I will give you some pain relievers and everything will be fine by tomorrow, okay? Dr. Andrew said while injecting something.
Suddenly the door got opened with a bang, I got startled by the sound, I didn’t recover from the sound I am engulfed by a warm body. Did it felt like home? I tried to wiggle from the hold but the person who is holding me in his arms, yes him because the arms are very bigger than any girl and he has a woody cologne.
I know the cologne anywhere and I also know the warmth because both intoxicates me at the same time calms me.
Omer, I know he is the one who is hugging me. The warmth which is radiating from him is calming me down and making me feel like finally I am at home.
My emotions and feelings are jumbled right now but the way I am feeling in his arms surrounded by his warmth and smell, I know that whatever it maybe or whatever may happens I always want his warmth and touch surrounding me.
” Mr. Yousuf! You are suffocating her” Dr. Andrew said and thankfully I am released by the big warm arms.
Why is he hugging me like his life is dependent on me and why is he murmuring not to leave him? I am confused and my headaches more thinking about it.
” thank God Scarlett, you woke up. You don’t know how worried I got that u didn’t wake up. Don’t leave me again” omer said while hugging me again but this time gentle.
“Umm omer! What happened?” I asked not knowing why he is behaving like this and why I am in a hospital.
” you don’t remember anything?” omer asked with a frown.
” no I don,’t ” I said waiting for him to clear everything.
” it is normal mr yousuf don’t worry and miss Williams by tomorrow you will remember everything. So don’t stress yourself much. Take good rest” Dr Andrew said and with a final check he left.
” you heard what doctor said right? So stop thinking about what happened, okay! just rest now, I promise I will tell you everything once you feel fine” omer said helping me lay down on the bed.
” I am not tired omer and I am fine now. So tell me what happened” I asked stubbornly.
” this is not the time to be stubborn Scarlett just lay down and close your eyes. You need rest” omer said sternly not budging.
” But…” I am cut off by this gaint handsome man.
” No buts Scarlett, just go to sleep” omer said hiding his smirk and thinking that I didn’t noticed his double meaning.
” you were in a coma for two weeks scar” I heard someone said from the door. Doctor and the nurse left after injecting me with his knows what.
” coma? But why?” I asked zayreen who is standing with lilly and eli at the door.
” you don’t remember anything? Which happened at the office? How you stumbled down the stairs?” lilly asked frowning and everyone’s face held confusion.
Office? Stairs? I tried to think about the office and suddenly a I started getting flashes, footsteps, darkness and a hooded figure? Me running and someone is chasing me?
My head is hurting pretty badly and I am having hard time concentrating on the bits of my memory. I clutched my head with my two hands tightly trying to ease the pain but second by second the pain is increasing.
My vision got clouded and the people in the room looking like doubles and my head is spinning and throbbing badly.
” Ahhh, my head. It’s hurting. Please someone stop this pain. lease, it’s hurting” I started sobbing clutching my head tightly.
” Scarlett, calm down. Breathe , breathe doctor is coming okay just breathe” omer said rubbing my back and sitting beside me.
I tried to focus on what he is saying and on other voices too but it is becoming very hard to focus on anything. Black dots appeared in my vision and my breathing becomes heavy and my head hurts more hearing noises around me. I just want everything to stop. It’s hurting pretty badly.
The last thing I heard before collapsing into the darkness is omer’s frantic voice saying me to not leave him and stay focused. I don’t know what is happening and when am I going to wake up or if I won’t wake up at all……..