where: da hospital who: @zeinaxsyedkerr & arden moore
Arden stirred against the stiff hospital sheets, a low groan scraping from her throat before her eyes cracked open against the sting of fluorescent light. Her mouth was dry, her skull splitting like someone had driven a wedge straight through it, and it took her a moment to register that she was in the hospital and not back at the Heritage Vault. “Christ…” she rasped, dragging a shaky hand toward her face until the IV tugged tight against her wrist. The pull sent a sharp jolt up her arm, burning hot in her bicep before it ebbed away. She let out a startled yelp, breath hitching. “Ow—shit.” The last thing she remembered was chaos: cops swarming in, lights cutting out, flashes of blood, and then—black. Nothing.
A ragged cough ripped through her chest, forcing her back into the pillows, breath shallow as her eyes landed on the familiar figure at her side. “Zeina?” she croaked, heartbeat stuttering as she tried to pull the pieces together. “What the hell just happened?”