Ch. 9: Waking Up

Luz groaned in pain as she opened her eyes. She slowly looked around and saw that she was in a hospital.

"What am I doing here?" Luz asked aloud.

"You passed out."

Luz looked at the door and saw Eda. Eda walked over and hugged Luz.

"If you ever scare me like that again, I am going to strap you to your bed." Eda said "The doctors said you'll be able to go home tomorrow. I would say try and sleep, but you've been asleep for three days."

"Three days!?"

Eda left the room and was 'Greeted' by Lilith.

"Hi, Lily." Eda said, "Took you a while to come see your niece in the hospital."

"I was upstate." Lilith said, "So I wasn't aware she was here."

"What were you doing upstate? The woods and farms are a lot different than the concrete jungle."

"I was not in the woods or farms, I was in Syracuse." Lilith said, "As for why I was there, we found a warehouse that was the last known location of Camila's murderer."

Eda got quiet, she wanted this man put behind bars... no, she wanted this man to be subjected to the worse punishment possible, she wanted him to get his bones broken, tied to cinder blocks, and thrown into the Hudson River.

"Did you find him?" Eda asked.

"No, but we did find something interesting, unfortunately, I cannot disclose-"

"You tell me what you found right now, or else the Prowler is going to go find him." Eda said in a hushed tone, but also a very threatening tone.

Lilith gave her a stern look but relented.

"Fine... he was paid... to kill her." Lilith said.

"W-w-what?" Eda asked.

"Camila was being targeted." Lilith said, "We don't know why someone would hire a killer, or who hired him, but we know there is something bigger going on."

"W-w-what would Camila have done to get this reaction?" Eda asked, "That woman spent years helping others."

"I don't know... but Luz can't know about this." Lilith said, "If she learned about this... she may become a target as well."

Eda looked at the floor, she didn't know what to do. This was crazy! Why would someone hire someone to kill Camila!? Later that night, Luz was drinking water and grabbed a napkin to wipe her mouth to get the access water off. She put the napkin down... only for it to stay in her hand.

"What the?"

Luz shook her hand, trying to get it off. She pulled it off and put it down. She looked at her hand in shock... she was grabbing something without actually grabbing it. It was sticking to her fingers. Luz grabbed her wrist to stop it from shaking.

"W... what's happening to me?"

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