Awaken (Nuelda Book 1) by Linda Harley

Author:Linda Harley [Harley, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Purple Pixie Studio
Published: 2019-11-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Chaos reigned in the cryo rehab room. Empty pods lay strewn around the room, the occupants roaming around aimlessly and shocked. The kids could barely stand, and yet they searched for their families. Some were huddled together in the corner by the door, peering out in the hallway, straining their necks to see if their parents were there. Anna and Robert pushed past the children and found James in the middle of the room.

“Good, you’re here,” James said, pulling yet another pod onto the table, disconnecting wires as he did so, and popping the lid open. “Robert, I need you to carry the kids upstairs. I can’t do it with this confounded rollerball.”

Robert reached out a steadying hand to keep the most recent pod from toppling off the table. “Careful there, I know we’re in a hurry, but we don’t want to damage the goods.”

“I can help,” Anna said, heading over to a girl with red braided hair, who was paying close attention to the discussion going on.

“No, you need to get upstairs and help Nick prepare the medicine. We’ll be all right and do all that we can on this end. Hurry girl.” James bellowed as he picked a boy up out of the pod. The boy had bushy black curly hair and glasses on his face. His skin tone was darker than Anna’s but only slightly. He looked around, his eyes blinking and asked, “Where am I?”

Anna desperately wanted to stay and help get the kids out of the pods. They all looked so frightened, and she knew she could make things better.

“Come on, Anna,” Robert said, steering Anna towards the door. “We don’t have all day. They will be fine. I promise.”

Reluctantly Anna hurried after Robert who had picked up the red-haired girl and was heading into the core. Then up the stairways and out into the medical ward. Anna barely had time to think, her feet rushing to keep up.

The medical ward looked as bad, if not worse, than the cryo rehab room. Nightshirts were randomly tossed onto the previously made beds. The lights kept flickering on and off, which made the room look even scarier.

“Nick, where are you?” Anna called out, as Robert plopped the red-haired girl on the nearest bed, and spun around to get the next kid.

“Over here,” Nick said, shouting from a room off to the side.

Anna froze at the door to the laboratory. Nick stood huddled over a workbench with machines whirling and turning. Empty tubes stood neatly in a row on trays, and next to it were a tray full of needles and syringes. Anna had no idea what Nick was trying to do, but he looked worried.

“What took you so long?” Nick barked at her. Anna was about to respond, but Nick interrupted, “Never mind, you’re here now. Where’s Robert?”

“He’s gone to get the next kid.”

“Good. Come over here, Anna,” Nick waved her into the room.

Anna glanced over her shoulder and found Robert placing the boy with the glasses down on the nearest bed to the door before disappearing again.

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