Demons Rising (Book 2)

Chapter 6

Amy was upstairs with Christina whilst the others were all in the kitchen. They had shared out the medical records they found at the shoe factory and were reading intently. After a moment Dani looked up. 'I have no idea what I'm looking for.' She said, waving the paper around. 'How do we even know these records have anything to do with whatever is happening?'

'That's kind of the point isn't it? We don't know what's happening.' Lisa said. They had cleaned and dressed the wound on her back and she was leaning forward, trying not to put any pressure on it.

'They might be nothing.' Katherine said. 'But we need to be sure.'

'Hopefully Amy's having more luck.' Lauren said. 'This is her job after all, she knows what everything means better than we do.'

'Hopefully.' Katherine said. There were lots of charts and pictures of the human body. Many names had been redacted, but there were simple things they could understand. 'I keep seeing 'test failed' and 'trial unsuccessful' written in here.' Katherine told them.

'Whoever wrote mine has to have the worlds worst handwriting, I can't make out most of it.' Lauren said.

'Maybe it was some sort of drug test, like to find a cure for something.' Lisa said.

'This is so frustrating!' Dani said, getting up and pacing the room. 'I'm making coffee.'

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Christina woke up at home in her bed. Her vision was slightly blurry for a moment but she quickly rubbed the fuzziness away and sat up slowly. She noticed Amy sitting at her dressing table. 'Aimes.' She said, clearing her throat. Amy turned from her seat and smiled.

'Hey sleepyhead.' Amy came over and sat next to her on the bed as Christina pulled herself into a sitting position. 'How do you feel?'

'Like a building fell on us.' Christina let out a breath. 'Is everyone okay?'

'Everyone's fine, they're downstairs.' Amy told her.

'And how long was I out for?'

'A couple of hours.' Amy said, Christina nodding.

'What were you doing over there?' Christina asked. Amy went back to the table and picked up the files before coming back to the bed.

'Looking through the files we found, see if they mean anything.'

'And?' Christina asked, taking a few bits of paper from the file.

'As far as I can tell, they're reports on patients who were in a medical trial.'

'Like finding a cure for cancer?'

'Kind of.' Amy said. 'The medications here wouldn't be used for cancer treatment.'

'What would they be used for?' Christina asked.

'That's the thing, nothing.' Amy said as Christina looked at her, confused. 'These drugs wouldn't be combined, for any reason.' Amy said as she turned over a few more pages. Her eyes were drawn to the top of the next page and she froze.

'Aimes?' Christina asked. 'You okay?'

'Yeah, it's Jack.' She said, looking to Christina.

'What's Jack?' Christina asked.

'Look.' Amy showed her the paper.

'Patient number forty-eight, male, twenty-nine, Jack Simmonds. Successful.' Christina looked back up to her. 'You think this is demon Jack?

'Would make sense.' Amy said. 'Why he'd be there.'

'We need to tell the others.' Christina said, trying to get out of bed. 'Come on.' She stood but her coordination was still a little off, Amy grasping her arm as she lent on the bedside table.