"Alenna?"

everything sounds so far away...

"Alenna?"

Why is everything so dark?

"Alenna, how about opening your eyes?"

eyes? what? oh right... It takes a big effort to open my eyes but as I slowly drift back to reality my eyes flutter open...

"Jack?"

I have my head in Jack's lap and he is filling a cloth with water and wringing it over my forehead.

"Hey there, how are you feeling".

I relax and take in a breath.. wait what, how am I feeling? I wriggle my toes.. fine I clench my right hand... fine I turn my head and stare at my left.. what the? it's not doing anything.

"Heh don't worry Alenna the feeling will come back... for now you need to rest", Jack says as he wrings another cloth over my head. I roll my eyes at his tone.

"Where are we" I croak. Wow my throat is burning.

"We are... um... I've been ordered not to tell you, sorry... I'll explain later".

"ah good, she's awake". I try to move my head to the side the voice came from but Jack holds it firmly in one spot. The voice sounds like it came from a young male. I look at Jack, he looks away, he looks upset.

"I'm going to tell you want is happening and what you need to know, you are not to comment, struggle or do anything other than breathe." 

I take my eyes off Jack and stare at the ceiling instead.

"You are here for one purpose and that is to die so we can prove to the world that we can rule over anyone and everyone, we shall then take ultimate control but that will not matter to you. You are going to live until 3:00 tomorrow then you have done your part."

My eyes fill with tears, what is this, I can't remember what happened, this can't be me?

Footsteps echo through the room as he leaves. I look up at Jack, he still isn't looking at me. Well I am defiantly not going out this way. I close my eyes and hold my breath.. one.. two...three.. four I refuse to take a breath.. I just lie there with my eyes closed twenty four.... twenty five... 

"Alenna!"

Thirty four... thirty five... thirty six.... Jake shakes my head

"Please Ale........"

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Beep, Beep, BeepBeep, BeepBeep.

I flick open my eyelids.. Hospital? I look around.. yep defiantly hospital. I am hooked up to a heart monitor and a drip, I lift my left arm up so I can see it, I gasp, running from my elbow down to my wrist is a wide gash that has been stitched together. I lay my arm back down and look around the room slowly moving my head around. Everything is either white or blue in colour, the floor is a hard tile and there are no windows. My eyes come to rest on a light blue arm chair.

"Jack?" I squint, he seems so far away.

I watch the figure rise and walk towards me, as he comes closer I can tell it's Jack, but he is crying. Tear streaks glisten in the light as he slowly sits next to me. He sits there in silence as I watch fresh tears spill out of his deep brown eyes. I reach for his hand, his eyes hold mine and I see a dark lines surrounding his eyes hinting he hadn't slept for hours maybe days. He takes a deep breath;

"Alenna, I am so sorry". He lowers his head and shakes as he sobs. I prop myself up one my right elbow keeping me left one on his hands. Moves his hand out from underneath mine and pulls a sheet of paper out of his paper and hands it to me. 

Dear Alenna 

I thought you were going to die, there in that room and all I could do was listen. When they got you out your body was cut and seemed lifeless, it would be weeks until you awoke. I waited by your ward from day 1. An hour before they were due to wake you up we met and decided your fate, Alenna you were bugged. Your father was linked to you by a chip in your brain. He could see what you could and hear what you could as it streamed live to his laptop. We had to play it as if we were going to kill you at 3:00 the next day, that broke me, I couldn't play and I almost let you die as you held your breath on that table. From there at 3:00 we removed the chip successfully and cleaned up your body, I was ordered to write this so you could catch up on everything that has happened this past month. 

Professor Megan and Dr Wang will assist in your recovery 

Jack and Selena will train you

Good luck... Phoenix 

I drop the letter and look back at Jack.

"Thankyou" I smile. 

Jack lifts his head slightly hand looks at me.

"your one tough chick" he smiles and his eyes light up.

I sit up, I had hope, I had someone by me the whole time. His eyes smile as he hugs me.

"I'm never letting you go". I smile at his voice, that's something I have missed for a whole month. I'm ready for whatever's next.