Core

Prologue

Estelle
I wake up with a plastic mask on my face, and the sound of ringing was gone, now I could hear the humming of an engine. I sit up, pull the mask off and immediately feel an immense soreness in my side. 
I pull up the paper-y gown and look at stomach, which was wrapped multiple times over with white bandages. 
I push out of the cot, and walk to the door, which opens for me. 
There was chattering around the corner, so I walk tensely. 
When I turn the corner, I see Stefan, and three other guys. 
One of them had a tarantula on his shoulder, the other two were seemingly normal guys. 
"Stefan?" I call out, my voice shaky. 
The all turn to me. 
"You shouldn't be out of bed." Tarantula guy says. 
"You're the people that kidnapped me!" I say loudly, before yelling. "Help! Somebody help me!" 
"Estelle, we're on your side." Stefan says. 
The guy who looked like the one who electrocuted me walks forward. "Dear." 
I pull back, loosing my balance and falling onto my back. I winch but push myself backward. "Stay away from me." I growl, pressing my hand on the wound on my side, which was now stinging with a shooting pain.
Two people come down the hall behind me, and one of them inserts a syringe into my neck and injects a fluid into my bloodstream. 
I try and fight it, but eventually my eyes roll back and I slip into unconsciousness.