Viper Rising

Waking up

"Hey, Luanne. Wake up. How are you feeling?" A voice echoed inside my head, stirring my consciousness. Slowly coming to reality, not yet remembering what happened. "Luanne. Can you hear me?" I could recognize the voice, I opened my eyes slowly "Allen?" I could hardly speak, my throat was dry and felt like I swallowed a bucket of nails, the light was bright, there was hardly any noise in the room. "Hey. How are you feeling?" He was at my bedside, standing over me, his eyes shining with consern. "Where am I?" My voice was ragged, and low "Infirmary. The Viper regarding your fight sent you here yesterday. Said you hardly put up a fight. Your lucky they didn't shoot you." Memories flooded my mind with the fight, I was helpless against Ricky. Like a butterfly against a tiger, never stood a chance. "Yesterday? Was I really out that long? What time is it?" I tried sitting up, a sharp pain stabbing my chest and ribs. "Woah! Don't! Don't try and sit up! Lay down, your no where near ready!" He jumped, and carefully helped me lay down. "Its nightfall, technically I shouldn't be here, no one is allowed to be here visiting."

"You should go then, don't get caught Allen." "Fine. but I will visit tomorrow. No more trying to sit up. Got it ginger?" I nod, flinching at the pain, the medication isn't very helpful with the pain. Allen leaves the room and sneaks back to the main room, leaving me to lye awake victim to my own thoughts and memories of the fight.

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The next morning I was woken up to a gentle tap on the shoulder, and a familiar smell of bread. "Morning, how you feeling?" Allen asked, sitting straddling a chair at bedside. "Better, my throat doesn't hurt as bad, it's just a little sore, Doctor said 2 ribs are broken though. I should be fine in a few weeks." "That's good news, I heard your Partner got torn a new one by some guy in your team." I couldn't help but half smile at the thought. "What did he do? To the guy?" "I don't know the details, but during training yesterday, your Partner was paired up with him, and the guy lashed out on him, beat him merciless, yelled at him the whole time. They had to pull him off and rescue what ever his name is" "Ricky." I said with a smile on my face, wanting to hug the mystery man "What happened to the other guy? When they took him away?" Allen shrugs "Probably to his own cell to cool off, solitary confinement."

"Well if you know who he is, give him a high five for me" Allen chuckled a cute little laugh. As the doctor walks over wearing her white lab coat, her red hair in a bun "Sir, visiting time is over now, report to your team" her voice was demanding, yet calm and kind. Allen gives out a sigh as he gets up "Alright, see you tomorrow, rest up." "Bye"