The Genetic Experiment by E. S. Richards

Author:E. S. Richards [Richards, E. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young adult or teen, fantasy
Publisher: Papeair.com
Published: 2018-05-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The next thing Zahyra became aware of was a steady beeping noise. She slowly peeled open her eyes to reveal she was still in the medical area, now lying on her back looking up at the pristine white ceiling above her. She tried to move her head to look around but was struck with a wave of dizziness, causing her to clamp her eyes shut again. After counting to ten she opened them slowly, being careful not to perform any sudden movements.

There was a pillow underneath her back on the left hand side and Zahyra carefully reached around her body to feel a thick bandage fastened there as well. She didn’t understand how what Professor Welbeck had described as such a routine procedure had gone so terribly wrong. But she was still alive and that was really all that mattered.

Zahyra wriggled her toes and bent her legs to make sure that nothing else had happened to her. Remarkably her body felt fine, but noticing a clear tube poking out of her right hand she realised she was probably being given something to make her feel that way. Then her eyes began to feel heavy again, drooping closed without her control as she gave way to unconsciousness once more.

“Vitals all look good.”

Zahyra kept her eyes closed when she heard the voice. She wasn’t sure how much time had passed since she’d last been awake, her head feeling groggy and confused. She tried to regulate her breathing as she focused on the voice, realising that it was the young medic, Grant and feeling slightly comforted that he was by her side.

“I think she’ll be out for another hour though.”

She zoned back in on Grant’s voice. He had to be talking about her. She almost opened her eyes then to let him know she was lucid but something made her resist, giving in once again to the unconsciousness that tugged at her.

Shouting roused Zahyra for the third time, this time causing her eyes to snap open and bring her immediately back into the present. Her head felt much clearer finally and as she looked around for the source of the noise there was hardly any dizziness to accompany her movements.

She noticed then that a curtain had been drawn around her bed, shielding her view of whatever was happening on the other side. It also meant, she realised, that no one knew she was awake and she smiled. Even though the medics in the safe haven had undoubtedly saved her life, it had also been the safe haven that had put her in danger. Even if it was just for a moment, she was glad no one was there to watch her.

Instead she listened carefully to what was going on outside her curtained wall. It sounded dramatic whatever it was and when Zahyra heard the words two gunshot victims she realised how dramatic it really was. Surely no one would have been shot inside the safe haven, which meant this had to be the result of people going outside the facility.

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