[Re-Upload] Luminescence

Part 11

Garrett knocked once again, "Yes, you do. Now, open up!" He was sounding a little more forceful this time, making Elizabeth back away from the door. She began looking around for some Neosporin or some aloe for her burn, seeing some on the very top shelf above her mirror. She began to climb her sink, seeing how her stool wasn't going to help much. Garrett continued to pound on her bathroom door, "Elizabeth. Open. The. Door."

She wouldn't listen, for she was kneeling on the sink. She had a few centimeters left until she could reach the burn cream. The door would seem like it was going to break because of how hard Garrett was pounding. Elizabeth would glare over at the door, "Stop pounding on my door! You're going to break it!" When Elizabeth yelled at Garrett, she almost lost her balance on the sink.

Luckily though, Elizabeth had a shelf to hold on and she would be able to regain her balance. But sadly though, Garrett wouldn't stop knocking and trying to get in, for he shook the handle and slammed his body into the door. Because of all the unexpected bangs, Elizabeth would get a little scared every time. At one point, she would completely lose her balance and fall off the sink.

When Elizabeth fell, Garrett stopped all future attempts to try to get into the bathroom. Upon impact to the floor, Elizabeth hit her head a little. As she lay on the floor, he vision was entirely focused on the mirror. There, a soft green tint would glow off of the surface. At first, Elizabeth thought she was seeing things. Surprisingly though, she wouldn't be seeing things and the green tint would get to a darker state of a lime green.

Elizabeth got to her feet, staring at her mirror. Soon, fingers and then a full hand would reach out of the mirror. It would go to the length to about the elbow and stop. It moved around quickly, almost hitting Elizabeth. Elizabeth continued to watch the hand move around, staying totally silent. Garrett would lightly knock, "Elizabeth? You alright in there?"

She didn't say a word, continuing to watch the arm. All of a sudden, the mirror would crack and the arm would stop moving. Black blood would drip down the mirror a bit, the arm quickly retracting back into the mirror. The green tint slowly left the mirror as well, all remaining on the surface was the blood. Elizabeth began to reach out, but would hesitate a bit as she got closer. Something inside her was telling her not to touch the black blood, but she ignored her gut feeling once more and touched it.

It felt like normal blood, sticky and warm. But as Elizabeth stared at her fingertips covered by the blood, it soon began to disappear into her skin. Elizabeth got a little freaked out, backing up and hitting the wall. She slid down until she hit the floor, still staring at her hand where the blood soaked into her skin and possibly into her body.

And as luck still wasn't on Elizabeth's side, Garrett would manage to open the bathroom door. At first, he didn't see her and began to worry. He looked around the room, finally seeing Elizabeth on the floor. "Elizabeth? What's wrong? Why are you staring at your hand?" While Garrett was looking around the room, he also noticed the black blood on the mirror. "What the hell is that?! Did you touch it?!"

By this time, Sayeko had come out to see what the fuss was about. He stepped in between Garrett, looking down at Elizabeth. He too then noticed the black blood on the mirror, the color draining from his face. "Miss Shadowgear, please tell me you didn't touch that..!!" Elizabeth looked over at Sayeko with a slightly horrified expression, "And what if I did..?" Sayeko grabbed Elizabeth's hand, helping her up to her feet. He then dragged Elizabeth into her room, telling her to lie down.

She did as she was told, lying down as Sayeko went to his own room to grab some things. When he came back, he had a small duffle bag. When he opened the bag, he pulled out a small case. "You're not afraid of needles, are you?" Elizabeth shook her head, "No, I don't think so." Sayeko was somewhat relieved, opening the case. He brought out a syringe of a clear liquid, attaching a medium sized needle to the bottle.

He would grab hold of the hand that soaked in the blood, moving up to her elbow and inserting the liquid. Elizabeth would begin to get very tired very quickly. Garrett was watching from the doorway, getting a little worried about Elizabeth now. "What the hell did you give her?!" Sayeko was totally calm about this, looking over at Garrett as he put away the syringe and needle. "It was a anesthetic. I need her asleep for this next part."

Garrett was confused, but would quietly watch as Sayeko pulled out two black rubber gloves. He then pulled out a Velcro strap, wrapping it around the top part of Elizabeth's elbow. He had also pulled out a medium sized dish, opening it and placing it near Elizabeth's elbow where he had injected the serum. Sayeko would get to work, squeezing some of Elizabeth's skin to push out some of the black blood.

Once some of the blood began to ooze out of the hole, Sayeko would grab a piece and pull. It would begin to come out of Elizabeth's system like an eel. It looked like a ribbon eel, slime along with Elizabeth's blood covered the thing. Garrett watched in disgust as Sayeko kept working. The ribbon eel-thing would wriggle around in Sayeko's hand, trying to look for another host.

All its efforts were in vain though, for it was sealed tightly in the dish Sayeko had grabbed. Garrett continued to watch, still disgusted at the sight of the thing. "W-What the hell was that?!" Sayeko shook it around in the dish. "This is a poison. If it reached her heart, things would have gone terribly wrong." There was something else Sayeko had to say, but only Elizabeth was to know on the information.

Sayeko then began to leave the room, but would stop in the hallway right outside Elizabeth's room. "Oh, and Garrett, watch Elizabeth and let me know when she awakes. She'll want something to eat after this experience." Sayeko left for his room, closing and locking his door. Garrett would begin to keep his promise, watching Elizabeth for when she awoke.