Bite me and Die- THREE

-THREE-

 

 

Ismael fell into a deep slumber, a little too deep for the doctor liking. Ismael hardly felt Doctor Reeves lift her wrist and felt her pulse, she looked at the time on her watch and perched her lips to one side. Ismael’s pulse was fast but she was dreaming, she tossed and turned while the doctor held her. Julian stood behind reeves and observed Ismael.

      “It’s happening again,” Julian voice broke a little. Ismael called out for her sister and her mum, begun to furiously tossing in her bed. Tears poured over Julian’s cheeks, it disturbed her to see Ismael this way. She could not bear watching but felt had to. As her only Aunt, she needed to be with her. Reeves held Ismael from the shoulders until she calmed; it had worsened tonight, the fits were more furious than ever. Reeves had no choice but to sedate Ismael.

      “You’ll have to hold her- Julian!” Reeves commanded. Julian could not move and just stood there, frozen stiff.

      “Julian- this has to be done. She needs you!” Reeves screeched. Julian snapped out of it and climbed onto the bed next to Ismael.

     “She’s burning up!”

     “I need you to be really firm now” Reeves tapped the syringe and inserted quickly. It took seconds for the sudation to kick in and Ismael begun to calm in Julian’s arms.

     “She’ll be sedated till morning. Be ready with some water and a slice of toast, I’ll be back at 0700 hours,” Doctor Reeves told Julian. Julian was too busy cuddling Ismael to hear her. Before the medicine took over completely, Ismael whispered for Hannah again. Julian hushed her and wiped her cheek, she felt something wet on her hand. Julian gasped and looked over Ismael’s face; a tear of blood came from her eye again. This was a regular occurrence, something that doctor Reeves could never understand or Julian.

Dean came into the bedroom and Nodded at Reeves on her way out, he saw Julian cradling Ismael, then the blood.

     “Julian-“he said softly. Julian peered up, tears glinted in the light and it hurt to see his wife witnessing this every time.  He wished he could take her place but would not seem right.

      “When will it stop Dean” Julian voice finally broke, she rocked back and forth. Dean could not answer; he knew this might never stop.

 

In the morning, Ismael stirred and her eyes felt heavy. She heard someone, it sounded mumbled and the mumbling continued.

       “Ismael can you hear me?” Doctor Reeves said softly. Ismael managed to open an eye, her version was cloudy.

       “Can you hear me?” Reeves asked again.  Ismael reached out with her hand, touched Reeve’s face, and pressed her fingers to her lips.

       “Please you sound like a bad frequency,” She spoke grainy at Reeves due to a dry throat.  Reeves smiled and placed a cup of water in her hand. She helped Ismael sit up a little, so she could drink from the straw. Ismael tried to open her eyes again, both this time and focus returned. The bedroom looked a lot brighter than it used to be, the high ceiling seemed taller and the oak panelling was glossier. Ismael thought her mind is playing tricks; until she saw Lady Doris, her Uncle’s cleaner. Lady Doris saw Ismael had woken and trotted over in her black polished courts, she was a heavy footed and big woman with a piny that barely tied around her waist. Brown hair tied perfectly back into a bun and a mole, mole Everest. That sat annoyingly on her chin; Lady Mole Everest Ismael had named her. 

     “My dear, glad yaw awake” Lady Doris spoke in her farmer tongue.

     “Can I get yaw anything? Perhaps a cuppa of tee!” Ismael had to stare into her brown eyes, she be offended if Ismael glared at Mole Everest. She was about to answer Doris but Reeves cut in.

      “I’d love a cuppa but Ismael won’t be needing tea, four slices of toast would be better, wholemeal if possible, slow energy releasing an all” Reeves grinned politely.

     “Yaw young people, worrying about what to eat. Yaw are what yaw eat I say!” Doris happily patted her rounded stomach. “Well, I Bette be on me way. I can’t let ye starve”

Doris left Ismael’s bedroom and Both, Ismael and Reeves, let out a small bundle of laughter. Laughing hurt Ismael and she cough and she took a long slurp of the straw. Doctor Reeves a family Doctor as well as friend of the family, she rolled up her sleeves and fiddle in her large medical bag. Ismael noticed she had changed her eye patch, instead of a white one to match her doctor’s uniform; it was pink with a purple flower on it. Reeves told her how she lost her eye in an accident while working in the army as a medical officer. Officer Cindy Reeves, she was in her twenties then and never phased her, it only fuelled her career into being want she always wanted to be, a Doctor.

After a good two minutes rummaging in her bag, she found the stethoscope. She tied up her lovely grey, groomed hair and placed the stethoscope around her neck. Ismael watched in admiration, minus a few faded tattoos on her wrists.

      “Right, how are you feeling?” Reeves pulled out a thin pen like torched and flashed it into Ismael’s eyes. “Any, dizziness, pains-”  

      “No, just hung-over” Ismael groaned.

      “That would be the sudation in your system, I had to sedate you”

      “That bad was I, I don’t even remember. I know I had accident, a stupid mutt run out in front of me,” Ismael touched her cheek just in case it was part of the dream. “Then I was home. Argue with Dean and-” she stared over at her laptop. “I had an unknown email with attached files regarding my sister. It went black after that”

Reeves checked her pulse and placed the cold plate of the stethoscope on Ismael’s chest. “What did the email say?” Reeves enquired while listening to her heart.

       “Found her. Just found her”

       “Are you sure it is not spam?” Reeves asked curiously.

       “I don’t know. I have a meeting with my campaign today, if and when I am discharge from my bedroom of course,” Ismael began to get a numb bum and tried to sit up more.

        “Dean has cancelled your meeting Ismael; I don’t think he wants you out and about cantering with friends” Ismael gave Reeves a face ready for murder. “Love, take it out with him not me” Ismael stared away, towards the window. She hit the bed and growled while doing it. Reeves sat in silence for a second, then began to gather her equipment. She has been part of the Tyne family for a while now, sometimes she wished she never got so involved but Ismael made that impossible. Reeves loved her job and the family. The pager on Reeves belt started beeping,

     “That is my 0900 reminder, I have to go and help an elderly now. Bowl problems again, soon that will be me” Reeves tried to break the tension. “I shall tell Dean on my way out that you are hung over and coherent”

    “Thanks Cindy” Ismael said, still looking the other way. Reeves picked up her bag, went to the door, and stared back. “Bye Ismael”

Ismael just sat there and boiled in her bed, furious at her Uncle Dean for cancelling on her friends. She needed that meeting today, needed to share her news and glimpse of light from whoever sent the email. She still had not seen the attached files.

She sat up more in the bed and her mobile buzzed on bedside table. She picked it up and flipped it open. It was a text message from Mel.

Mate. What happened? 

Ismael text back and told her to meet her, bring everyone else and the meeting will proceed as planned. Ismael carefully move her body to the edge of her bed, placed both feet on the cold wooden floor. The room started to spin but she held it together and drank the rest of the water. This is beyond a joke; I am not being housebound. She thought. A plan formed in Ismael mind she had not done it in a long time, sneaking out brought some fond memories. 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

completed... but hope its OK...

Reviews

[Misty Blue Eyes]

oh yes you must be english LOL the wording is great.. i felt like i was speaking wtih an accent lol much better finished project

[Misty Blue Eyes]

so far its really getting my attention.. i want to know what is happening to her.. what is this thing that may never stop... COME ON GIVE ME MORE!!! lol