"She hasn't woken up for some time " Caithlin murmured, as he settled down into one of the chairs next to her bed. "Her vitals okay? " he whispered, shivering in the cold air surrounding the room Like a blanket of ice. Lin nodded her head, yawning as she did so, and that's when he realized how tired she looked. Looking at her properly, he picked out the eyebags that were in contrast to her normally tanned face, her pale skin standing out against her dark eyes. Her normally blank face was riddled with frown lines prominent on her forehead as she rubbed her eyes sleepily. "Go home. I'll be here " he murmured, resting a gentle hand on her arm. Caithlin hesitated, and was about to reject when he interrupted her " Jarrod's waiting outside. I bought you food. Reach safely. " Lin opened her mouth to argue but he sighed loudly, pinching the bridge between his nose as he struggled to reign his annoyance in. "When she wakes up, you'll know. I want her to worry less and with you safe at home that will help me convince her you Are okay. Don't fight me please" he muttered, as he looked at her beesichingly. "Okay" Caithlin whispered, resting her palm on Izzy's cheek for a moment before striding out. "Finally " he muttered, and started to smile in victory. His brief annoyance quickly diminished as Izzy's heart rate spiked.
He froze, and almost dismissed it thinking he pretended it when the unnatural sound pierced the air again.
And again. And it stopped
He frowned, unsure whether to call the attendants when her heart rate spiked more, the graph charting an unnatural peak before quieting. Was she waking up?
And that's when the deathly quiet room filled up with more sounds of her irregular heartbeat as she went into a spasm. "No" he whispered, frozen in spot as he eyed ambulatory monitor that stuck to her chest as she heaved for breath. The door to the room burst open as nurses streamed behind him, each holding a series of medical instruments, and strapping her down to her bed, restricting movement. Another shoved him away, away from the bed as more streamed in.
And he watched from the sidelines frozen
He saw the nurse prepare the anesthesia.
He saw the oxygen mask being placed on her.
Everything was being played frightfully slowly, as if someone had switched the speed of life from normal to slow. He stared as the doctor snapped his gloves and readied the electrical cardioversion all the while barking orders to the nurses milling about him. One shock. Her chest arched at the sudden charge. Two shocks. She heaved again. Third shock. She lifted a mere centimetere before allowing her body to fall limply. Then he saw nothing as everything stopped. It was as if God decided it would be the perfect moment to press the pause button in the scene in front of him, and made sure to add sound effects. For every one effectively froze as the shrill sound pierced the air and the beeping faded away. "No" he whispered, shaking as he watched his lifeline fade away. All he was met with was the shrill sound.
The sound of failure
The sound of utter pain
The sound of death
"NO!" he roared, finally unlocking his joints as he lunged towards the bed to reach her.
-3A.M
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