I wake with a gasp, out of breath with sweat dripping down my back making me shiver. Goosebumps prickle across my arms. I can hear my heart pound in my ears mixed with rushed footsteps. A bandage is wrapped around my arm where my implant was. I can feel it throb like it's still there when I can feel it's not. My thoughts is interrupted by my door being thrown open as doctors and nurses come running in. It doesn't take the nurses long to check me over then sedate me a little to calm my racing heart. I stay in that state for a while, I have no sense of time. I end up going back to a calm dreamless sleep.

I never end up having any other nightmares after that one. Whenever I look at myself in the mirror I see my new scars. One that's small, barely even bigger than that of a paper cut; and one the size of my palm over my heart. My body hums with pain and headaches from lack of sleep. Dark circles smudge under my eyes, it looks like I've been punched in both of my eyes. My hair hang limply, sticking to my wet skin as I dry from my bath.

Heaving a sign I pull my eyes away from myself and get back to getting dressed with steam clouding around me. I slowly make my way back to my room from the bathroom. I've gotten stable enough that the doctors allowed me to move and finally have a well needed shower/bath. Even if I'm allowed to move around, I try to stay out of the sight of others. My feet slapping against the tiled floor as I sneak past the ladies at the front desk while they were busy. I hold my breath until I'm safe back in my room with the door shut behind me. /.��F�|