We gotta get out of this place

It had started with people feeling uncomfortable. She hadn’t really figure out what it was, but she was too good at pushing through her own pain to make sure people was okay. She had been barking out orders on how to close down vents, who they needed to move first and who was in more risk than others. She had passed Clay at one point as he came out of one of the contaminated areas. It wasn’t good, this was far from good. She had called for Cecilia to take care of him as she had run back to her own department. What on earth was going on at this point!? How could something like this even happening.

She was walking down the halls making sure nothing was missing, yelling at some nurses that they needed to evacuate to the areas in the hospitals that was now running on a different system making sure that the people that needed most care was safe.

Finally, it seemed like her wing was safe and she called security letting them know that they could start closing down as soon as she was out. She turned around as she heard a voice she knew. Then beeping noises was heard. What, no, they weren’t supposed to close down now! “Wait!” she screamed but she was too late, and the doors closed in front of her. She looked on the other side and saw Tyler “What the hell are you doing here Tyler?!” she shouted trying to get ahold of security. “You should get out, okay? Don’t stay here, I’ll be fine” she tried to reassure, but then the vent started going crazy. She looked up, but she couldn’t see anything at this point. Maybe she would be, okay? Then it started to burn. Her eyes widened and she placed a hand around her throat. A scream left her, and she fell to the floor it was like acid on her skin. “Get Cecilia, Ash, Clay, anyone!!” she screamed trying to crawl away, not that it seemed to help much.

Vervain? Her eyes widened what in the world was going on here? Luckily, she already had a mask in her doctor’s jacket and placed it around her mouth just as the vents went crazy.

Her hand placed on the see-through glass door; tears glided down her cheeks as she tried to contain her screams. But it felt like her whole body was burning. But even though she could feel how small bubbles were forming on her skin reacting to the herp in the air. She couldn’t see it. It had to be the necklace. Nia looked up seeing how Ash and Tyler spoke, the voice was muffled in her head. Breathing heavily, she got up on her shaking legs. It still hurt, but she suddenly realised that they couldn’t open the door it was too big of a risk for the rest of the people in the hospital.

“It’s okay” she whispered not sure if he could hear it through the door and her mask. She leaned her head against the glass closing her eyes. Trying to breathe through the pain, but it was clear how another scream left her. Fingers that folded into fist as she almost fell down once more. Her eyes opened as she felt Ash coming back. She shook her head. “No!” she tried to scream through her breath “You can’t open the door; it will affect the rest of the hospital” she tried to warn them. Gasping after air “It’s okay” she gasped “I can get through it; it isn’t that bad anymore”  

She closed her eyes once more going into her mind palace, but before she could say how they might be able to close down the vents so they would be able to get her out. She collapsed on the floor from the pain.

She was somewhat back to consciousness as she felt Ash arms around her pulling her out. It was like everything was muffled as someone had pulled wool over her head. She wanted to tell them that she was okay, that they shouldn’t fuss about it. But words didn’t leave her mouth. She felt so tired, so, so hungry as well. Her eyes were closed, weren’t they? But she could hear every heartbeat, the pulsating veins with blood that almost made her scream from pain in her stomach. She was so hungry.

Then she felt how she was put down, how Clay was nearby suddenly. Blood. Oh, she could smell blood. Her eyes were forced open, she sat upright in the bed clawing against her mask to get it off. “It hurts!” she screamed looking at her skin, this wasn’t right. She pulled at the necklace. Her father screaming at her that she should keep it on, and then Tyler’s soft voice telling her she shouldn’t hide. In the pain, hunger, and confusion she ripped it off. Leaving her to see just how she looked. Like someone had poured acid over her. She turned her eyes towards Clay knowing that her vampire traits where showing. She was so, so hungry. “Help” she breathlessly whispered snapping her attention towards the heartbeat outside. It smelled so good, everything, smelled so good.

The hand on her arm grounded her enough to not just fly out of the tent and attack the first and best pray she could get her hands on. “Yes... blood” she said not really wanting to, but she needed and was drinking it every day just to make sure that she wouldn’t kill anyone. Her hands quickly closed around the blood back that was given to her she ripped open the small plastic end and started drinking with her eyes closed. Not that it really sated her thirst and as he turned his attention towards the outside of the tent, she was quick to grab another and do the same to that bag.

“Hmm?” she mumbled following his eyes, who? Then she could smell it. “Tyler?” she said with a soft smile letting her eyes stay on the outside, he had stayed? Her smile became a little bigger before she licked her lips from the blood that had spilled on them. It would be clear to any fool looking at her, as she realized that Tyler had come to check on her, and that he had stayed stirred something in her, that wasn't just friendly. She shook her head a little, but feeling a little better after she had consumed both bags and leaned a little back. Her fingers glided around her necklace “He, its Cecilia’s big brother, you don’t remember him?” she asked looking at Clay giving him a soft smile, this was the most they had talked since the night with Josephine.

Taking a deep breath in she finally took the step towards taking off the necklace “I’m taking it off, so we can see the damage” she mumbled as she finally got it off and placed it on the small table beside the bed. She looked down at her arms and quickly removed her arms. “My god, that looks horrible” she breathed even though she could also feel that her body was already healing up.

She let him take a look, not that she liked it very much. The constant anxiety around being what she was, was just under the surface making it even hard to breathe. But she held it back and gave him a reassuring smile when he asked if she was good. She wasn’t, but she would get better she was sure about that. “Yes, I’m good, go out there and save lives Doctor Darling” she gave him a wink and a smile that could light up a room. She let her hand find his and gave et a squeeze “Thank you, you’re always there when I need you” she whispered before letting it go, she then nodded when he asked about letting Tyler come in. “I’ll stay here, I promise, and it would be nice if you send Tyler in” she teased him for calling him a friend, and not by name as she had just told him a few moments ago.

She watched as he left, for a short moment she let her mask fall and the smile disappeared. What a bloody mess, she took in a deep breath and closed her eyes. As she heard how the tent opening was ruffled around, she opened them and smiled as Tyler came through. She was quick to stretch out her hand to invite him to take it. “You are okay right?” she whispered looking down at his body, not really caring right now how she must look to him. She could already feel how energy and power was returning to her.

She couldn’t help herself from letting out a laugh as he almost reprimanded her for asking if he was okay. “Call it force of habit or occupational hazard for being a doctor” she said with a soft smile on her lips as she squeezed his hand a little as she saw how he looked at her. “It’s okay, I’m already healing, and it doesn’t hurt as much anymore” she whispered, the worst was the damaged you couldn’t see. The vervain that had managed to get into her lungs and tear ducts. A warmer smile formed on her lips as he told her that he was okay now that he knew that she had gotten out. “Well, I’m okay because of you” she said with a soft voice, knowing very well that the credit also went to both Ash and Clay. But she couldn’t help but feel the small flutter of warmth spreading in her heart, knowing that he had come because he had found out what was going on.

Her warm brown eyes found his, she didn’t really know what else she could say at this very moment. But she knew that she was happy that he was here. With what had happened yesterday. Her eyes got big. Selene. She sat upright in her bed and almost forgot the promise she had just given to Clay “I need to make sure that one of my patients are alright” she got out in a raspy and urgent voice. Her hands trying to find her phone so she could check in with Ash. It hadn’t just been vervain, it had been wolfsbane too.

She might would have noticed how it seemed like he pulled a pained face every time he tried to talk or pull a smile. Hadn’t it been for the fact about everything that had happened so far. Besides she should have been home a couple of hours ago, bot her and Ash was going on overtime. Much longer than was even legal. They knew that, but that didn’t stop either from pulling the long hours. He as he was clearly working to supress something he never wanted to talk about, even though Nia never really tried to get him too. And her, because working was better than dealing with her feelings.

Before she could tell him they both heard someone call. Nia’s heart dropped when she figured who it was, the young warlock, Ash son. Tyler rushing outside had her breaking her promise to Clay and got out of bed walking after him. She gasped after air as she stood beside him, feeling how it stung in her chest. Okay, so maybe she wasn’t finished with healing.

“I don’t know where she is Sebastian” she whispered with a pained expression. “There was an attack on the hospital someone used vervain and wolfsbane, but we’ll find her, okay? Just let me find my work phone so I can page your dad” she walked a little strained back into the tent they had come from and tried to look for her phone. Then she heard a thud and then a lot of cursing from behind her tent. “What the –“ Nia said to herself before she saw a shadow of a person walk around. “What the fuck happened!” she heard a low growl from a woman as a very angry Selene came walking around the corner into the tent. Not only was she very angry, but also very naked. “Oh, my goodness!” Nia exclaimed, funny how it was something else seeing a naked patient on the slap, but actually a naked person walking around, that was something else. Selene narrowed her eyes looking at the embarrassed vampire before she grabbed the blanket from bed that Nia had laid in and wrapped it around herself, before she took in a deep breath and looked at Sebastian and Tyler. She was angry, mostly because she had been shot. A very prominent wound in her chest and then how her whole body ached and scratched. She could only think back to one herb that could do that to her. Wolfsbane, she turned her eyes around in the group. “Please don’t tell me that I survived a fucking bullet wound to the chest only to die of fucking wolfsbane” she snarled having a very hard time taming the wolf right now.