PSYCHOTIC

T h i r t y

Chapter 30:

Present time:

"Patient unresponsive, commence defibrillation. On the count of three. One...two...three and clear!" The surgeon shouts, sighing at the lack of response. "Again! One...two...three and clear!"

"Once more! One...two...three and clear!" And then the surgeon waits. He waits and waits a little longer almost praying for recovery until the flatline appears on the monitor. "Time of death: 12.51."

"Wait!" One of the other surgeon calls out. "Look at the monitor. Her heart, its beating."

The main surgeon turns to look at the monitor and is indeed surprised to see the faint line beeping on the monitor. This almost never happens. Sure, they've had the odd one or two but 99% of the time, when the flatline appears, the patient is usually dead.

The heartbeat is hardly there but fills the surgeons with hope. So much so that they start the defibrillation process again.

And this time, it works. The surgeon sees the almost flatline turn into steadier and quicker beats indicating that with the help of a life support machine, the young lady laying on the operating bed with dried blood stains all over her would live.

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Lexi is completely disoriented when she awakens from her slumber. Her mind felt fuzzy, her vision completely blurred and she couldn't move at all.

She was confused as to where exactly she was but all she knows is that it's surprisingly comfortable.

""...major artery pierced..."

"...stable at the moment..."

"...needs rest..."

The only sentences she could hear from people who were apparently around here were in fragments. Her mind completely out of it, yet she could feel the needle like object poking her arm.

She wants to tell them to stop, because in truth, it hurts. But she can't seem to move or open her eyes or even speak.

So she tries to drown out the noise, wishing whoever was disturbing her would just leave already and fall back into her slumber.

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The next time Lexi awakens, it's dead silent wherever she is. Again, she's awake but struggles to open her eyes and uses all the energy she has just to open them.

When she does open them, her surroundings are unfamiliar and blurry. From what she could make out, she was inside but that's all she could tell.

She attempts to tilt her head to the side so she could try and figure out where she was but it hurt to move. She suddenly notices the burning pain in her whole body but mostly the middle side. It was a strange feeling because she couldn't exactly feel her body, as if it was numb, but she could feel the pain seeping through her abdomen causing her vision to blur further more.

A guttural sound escapes her dry throat and passes her chapped lips and again, it hurts so she gives up trying to figure out where she is and decides to just lay there and enjoy the pain filled silence.