phoenix_risings Fred
"Wesley.....!" I sat up, gasping for breath, my hand reaching out for his. Where was Wesley's hand? Then I flashed on a memory: me laying in bed, Wesley holding me, and a pain so intense my body was shaking with the effort. I hadn't opened my eyes, yet. I didn't want to know what happened to me or where I was. Maybe it had all been a dream and I was in my bed and it was time to go to the lab and work on some project. But I was too afraid to find out for sure.
Come on, Burkle...do it, I told myself over and over. I finally took one last deep breath and opened my eyes. I was in a bed, on the shore of a lake in the woods. Ok...that's...different. I looked down at my arms and legs and everything seemed normal...or at least the way I left them. What was going on? I think a part of me knew, but I didn't want to face that reality. I wanted to go find Wesley and Angel and the others and figure out what's going on.
I climbed out of the bed and tested my footing. I was able to walk, so I did. I started walking through the woods until I saw a road. I sighed. Road means cars and cars mean people and people means that I'm not...I can't. I kept walking, waiting for a car to go by and after what seemed like hours, I started to panic. Where were the cars? This can't be the only road in the world that no cars drive on...ever.
I shook my head, pushed the panic down and kept walking. I hit a long stretch of road and thought I saw something flickering in the distance. As I kept walking, that something grew bigger and bigger, until it looked like a person. Thank goodness. I waved and called out, "Hey there! Hello!" And then softly to myself, "Please don't be an evil demon...please don't be a demon."
Come on, Burkle...do it, I told myself over and over. I finally took one last deep breath and opened my eyes. I was in a bed, on the shore of a lake in the woods. Ok...that's...different. I looked down at my arms and legs and everything seemed normal...or at least the way I left them. What was going on? I think a part of me knew, but I didn't want to face that reality. I wanted to go find Wesley and Angel and the others and figure out what's going on.
I climbed out of the bed and tested my footing. I was able to walk, so I did. I started walking through the woods until I saw a road. I sighed. Road means cars and cars mean people and people means that I'm not...I can't. I kept walking, waiting for a car to go by and after what seemed like hours, I started to panic. Where were the cars? This can't be the only road in the world that no cars drive on...ever.
I shook my head, pushed the panic down and kept walking. I hit a long stretch of road and thought I saw something flickering in the distance. As I kept walking, that something grew bigger and bigger, until it looked like a person. Thank goodness. I waved and called out, "Hey there! Hello!" And then softly to myself, "Please don't be an evil demon...please don't be a demon."