ZENA - LIFE AFTER DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER 8

I WAS NOT SURE IF I SHOULD JUST GO HOME OR HANG AROUND TO SEE IF SHE WAS OK OR NOT PASSING UP AND DOWN FEELING MY BODY SO TENSE WHEN I HEARD A SCREAM THAT SENT SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE AND I KNEW SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG, NEXT THING VERN STOOD IN MY FACE BRADLEY COME QUICKLY PLEASE COME!!! I JUST SAW FEAR IN HER EYES, MY WHOLE BODY FROZE WAS I READY TO FACE WHAT FACES ME, ITS ZENA BRAD COME!!!WITH HER I ZAPPED OUT OFF MY FROZEN ZONE FELT LIKE I WAS RUNNING IN THE AIR AS I MOVED THROUGH THE CROWED COVERING SOMEONE, SEANS ,  BUD I AM SO SORRY PLEASE HELP HER, FOR A SECOND I FROZE AS I SAW ZENA JUST LYING THERE AS SHE WAS DEAD, I KNEELED DOWN TO FEEL FOR A PULSE , SHE OPENED HER EYES SLIGHTLY BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN HER EYES A SOFT VOICE ESCAPING HER MOUTH ITS OK STUD LET ME GO ITS BETTER THIS WAY LET ME JUST BE AND GO WHERE AND HER EYES CLOSED, NO!!!! I SCREAMED AS LOUD AS I COULD NEVER!!!, SOME DUDE SCREAMED BRING THEM TO MY CAR WE NEED TO RUSH THEM TO HOSPITAL A FEW HELPED SEAN TO THE CAR I PICKED ZENA UP AND GOT HER IN THE CAR ASWELL, WHAT FELT LIKE HOURS WERE MINUTES AS WE REACHED THE HOSPITAL. A FEW GUYS HELP SEAN INTO HOSPITAL I PICKED ZENA OUT OFF THE CAR HER LIFELESS BODY JUST HANGING IN MY ARMS FOR SOME REASON SHE IS SO LIGHT BUT THIS DEAD WEIGHT IS HEAVY, RUNNING THROUGH THE DOORS ALL I COULD DO WAS SCREAM. HELP! HELP! SOEMONE PLEASE HELP HER, CALM SON A NURSE SAID WHATS WRONG, PLEASE PLEASE HELP HER!! THEY RUSHED HER INTO A BED THERE SEEMED TO BE NO CONTROL BY REMOVING HER CLOTHING TO GET ON HOSPITAL GOWN I NOTICED HER SKIN TURNING GREY AND AGAIN I SEE ALL THE MARKS ON THER BODY, WHATS HAPPENED TO THIS BABY OFF MINE WHO COULD HAVE HURT HER THIS WAY, WHERE LOOSING HER I HEAR THE SISTER SCREAM DR ! DR! QUICKLY, I FOUND MYSELF PRAYING SOMETHING I NEVER DO BUT I NEEDED TO I CAN NOT LOOSE HER NOT KNOW, THE NURSE CLOSING THE CURTAIN, SIR SORRY YOU NEED TO LEAVE YOU CAN NOT WATCH THIS, NO I NEED TO BE HERE SE NEEDS ME, SIR AGAIN YOU NEED TO LEAVE YOU CAN NOT DO ANYTHING FOR HER AT THIS POINT, GO WAIT IN THE WAITING ROOM I WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE. WITH THE ANGER BUILDING UP IN ME AGAIN LET ME GO AND FIND SEAN THE f**k WHO IS THE COURSE OFF ALL THIS. AT RECEPTION I INQUIRED WHERE SEAN IS, SORRY COULD YOU TELL ME WHERE THE BOY IS THAT CAME IN WITH THE GIRL? HE IS IN THE WAITING ROOM SIR, I RUSHED OVER THERE READY TO PUT HIM INTO HOSPITAL SEEING THAT WE ARE HERE, AS I OPENED THE WAITING ROOMS DOOR SEAN JUMPED TO HIS FEET PALE AND COULD SEE I AM GOING TO LOOSE IT WITH HIM. TEARS FORMING IN HIS EYES, I COULD KILL YOU I STARTED SCREAMING AT HIM, PLEASE DO HE REPLIED BECAUSE IF SHE DOES NOT MAKE IT I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FORGIVE MYSELF ITS ALL MY FAULT IT SHOULD BE ME LAYING THERE FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE NOT HER, SEAN PLEADED, SHE IS A GOOD GIRL BRAD IF YOU KNOW HER MESSED UP STORY AND I USED IT, I AM SO SORRY BUD RALLY I AM FORGIVE ME, AS MY FORGIVENESS THE MOMENT SHE WALKES OUT OFF HERE FINE I REPLIED SORT OFF KIND OFF CALMED DOWN, WHAT HAPPENED SEAN, BRAD SIT THERE IS STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW SEAN SAID LOOKING WORRIED!. BRAD ZENA HAS NOT BEEN IN THIS TOWN FOR LONG AND SHE IS REALLY A NICE GIRL BUT SHE CHANGED AFTER SHE MOVED INTO THE WIERDOS PLACE AND THEN SHE CHANGED AGAIN WHEN SHE MET YOU I COULD SEE FROM THE FIRST MOMENT SHE SAW YOU SHE STARTED CHANGING, SHE HASN’T BEEN ASKING FOR SO MUCH DOPE AS BEFORE AND THE f*****g THING SHE f****d ME THAT ONCE AND NEVER AGAIN EVEN OTHER GUYS THAT’S BEEN ON HER LIST HAS BEEN TALKING THAT SHE DOESN’T WANA BE WITH THEM ANYMORE EITHER, I STARTED PUTTING ONE AND ONE TOGETHER AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION ITS YOU SHE WANTED, AND WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT WAS MY FAULT I REALLY WANTED TO f**k HER SHE LOOKED SO BEAAUTIFULL SHE HONESTLY LOOKED LIKE AND ANGEL AND EVERYONE NOTICED IT I WANTED HER SO BADLEY THAT I INCREASED THE DOSAGE I GAVE HER TO MAKE HER EASY.  IN THE CORNER OFF MY EYE I SAW A FAMILY WALKING PAST TO RECEPTION A MAN AND 2 WOMAN, TALKING TO A NURSE. NURSE POINTING IN WAITING ROOM DIRECTION WHERE WE WERE SITTING ASWELL, SEAN YOU SAID I DON’T KNOW HERE STORY!!!!I SORTED SAYING A BIT LOUDER THAN I SHOULD IN HOSPITAL BUT MY MIND WAS RACING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SSSSSSSHHHHHH BRAD NOW IS NOT THE TIME ITS ZENA’S PEOPLE WALKING THIS WAY AND ALSO T THINK ITS BETTER YOU HERE IT FROM HER AUNT BRENDA,,, WHICH ONE IS SHE OUT OFF THE TWO WOMAN, NO BRAD SHE IS NOT HERE, RUMOR IS SHES SHUND FROM SENA. THE DOOR OPENS AND THE THREE WALK IN VERY STIFF IN POSTURE WITH NO EMOTIONS ON THERE FACES, SIT THE MAN SAYS TO THE TWO WOMAN ON HIS SIDE, AS AS DOGS THEY SAT DOWN AND LOOKED TO THE FLOOR. I KNOW YOUR FACE MAN THE MAN SAID TO SEAN,,, YES SIR ITS SEAN. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ZENA, HOW DID SHE GET HERE, WHATS GOING ON HERE, HE INTEROGATTED SEAN,,,,LUCKY OR UNLUCKY BEFORE HE COULD SAY A WORD THE DOOR OPENED AND A DR CAME IN. BRAD IMMEDIATELY APPROACHED DR, DR PLEASE HOW IS SHE WHATS GOING? BOY YOU SIT AND STAY OUT OF THIS, THIS IS NOT ANY OFF CONCERN IT’S A FAMILY MATTER AND WILL BE DELT WITH AS SUCH, WHAT THE f**k WAS ALL I COULD GET OUT AS SEAN GRABBED MY ARM AND PULLED ME TO THE CORNER. THOMAS THE DR SAID I AM NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU AND IT’S YOUR DECCECION ON HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE THIS. ZENA IS IN A COMA AND THINGS REALLY NOT LOOKING TO WELL FOR HER. WE WOULD NEED TO INCUBATE HER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF SHE IS GOING TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OFF MAKING IT. NO NO NO THE MAN SAID YOU KNOW OUR BELIEVES, YES I DO BUT IT’S A CHILD THAT STILL HAS A CHANCE WOULD YOU NOT BE WILLING TO TAKE IT. THOMAS ONE OFF THE WOMAN LOOKED UP,, WHAT RETHA? SHOULD WE NOT GET BENDA’S SAY IN THIS MATTER YOU KNOW ITS HER,,,,,,WOMAN GET OUT BOTH OFF YOU GET OUT THOMAS SPOKE WITH SUCH DOMINANCE THAT THERE WAS SUCH A ATMOSPHERE. THE WOMAN LEFT. THOMAS THE DR PLEASED LET US HELP HER, I STOOD THERE FROZEN NOT SAYING A WORD AS I DON’T KNOW WHAT MADNESS THIS MAN IS DOING OR SAYING. WHY IS THE DR EVEN ASKING. SAVE THE f*****g GIRL YOU i***t I THOUGHT I HAD THOUGHT BUT IT CAME OUT OFF MY MOUTH,, YOUNG MAN I NOW HAD ENOUGH OFF YOU TWO BOYS AND NONE OFF MY QUESTIONS HAS BEEN ANSWERED SHOULD YOU TWO NOT BE THE ONES WORRIED AS I AM SURE ALL OFF THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU TWO, SEAN YOU KNOW YOUR TYPE ARE NOT WELCOME CLOSE TO ANY OFF US AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN WARNED, NOW THIS AND YOU EXPECT ME TO MAKE A DESICION WHICH IS AGAINT'S EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR,,,AT THIS POINT I ACTUALLY DON’T CARE WHY WHERE YOU TWO WILL LIVE WITH THE OUTCOME, PLEASE PLEASE SIR I BEGG OFF YOU LET THEM SAFE HER I PROMISE ON MY LIFE I WILL MAKE SURE THAT US PEOPLE NEVER EVER BE A PROBLEM TO YOUR PEOPLE PLEASE JUST SAVE HER I BEG OFF YOU, BRAD SAYING WITH HIS EYES FILLING UP WITH TEARS. WHATS DONE IS DONE THAT’S ALL THOMAS SAID AND HE WALKED OUT. DR THERE MUST BE SOMEWAY YOU CAN HELP HER, SON I WISH I COULD BUT YOU DON’T KNOW THERE CULTURE AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO OVER THERE HEADS, DR DR FOR HOW LONG CAN YOU KEEP HER STABLE SEAN ASKED I HAVE A PLAN, THE LONGER WE WAIT THE WORSE THE BRAIN DAMAGE OR EVEN DEATH WILL BE QUICKER, COME BRAD SEAN GRABBE'S MY ARM COME HE SCREAMS I HAVE TO HELP ITS ALL MY FAULT. SEAN PULLING SO HARD ON MY ARM FEELING LIKE HIS PULLING OUT OFF SOCKET, JUMP IN THE CAR. MY DOOR NOT EVEN CLOSED YET AND SEANS SPINNNG AWAY, WHATS UP SEAN WHERE ARE WE GOING WE NEED TO BE WITH ZENA,,,SEAN LIKE I SAID YOU DON’T KNOW THE TRUE STORY BUT I DO AND I KNOW OFF SOMEONE THAT CAN SAVE ZENA’S LIFE WE JUST NEED TO HURRY BEFORE THE WIERDO GET HOME. AND WHO IS THAT I ASKED SURPRISED, BRAD EVERYTHING WILL BE EXPLAINED LETS JUST FOCUS ON TASK AT HAND. I KNOW THIS ROAD ITS HEADING TO THE WIERDO'S PLACE AT THE GATE SEAN JUMPED OUT SCREAMING BRENDA BRENDA BRENDA PLEASE COME QUICK, BRENDA OPENED THE DOOR, SEAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU KNOW YOUR NOT ALLOWED, BRENDA WE NEED YOU, ZENA IS DYING AND THOMAS WILL NOT GIVE PERMISSION TO DR TO SAVE HER BECAUSE OFF ALL YOUR STUFF. WHAT SHE SCREAMED COMING DOWN THE STAIRS HESITATING BEFORE SHE GETS IN THE BACK OFF THE CAR, YOU COULD SEE THE HESITATION TO MODERN LIVING, RUSH SEAN PLEASE, WHAT HAPPENED SHE ASKED, BRENDA ITS ALL MY FAULT, WE HAD A PARTY ZENA WAS THERE AND ASKED FOR SOME DRUGS AND I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE MY WAY WITH HER IF I GAVE HER A EXTRA BOOST BUT IT TURNED OUT BAD I AM SO SO SO SORRRRRRYYYY, THE TONE OFF SEAN’S VOICE SHOWED ME A DIFFERENT SIDE OFF HIM. AS WE STOPPED AT HOSPITAL ENTRANCE WE SAW THE MAN AND TWO WOMAN STILL THERE. BRENDA JUMPING OUT AND RUNNING STRAIGHT TO THOMAS, SHE LOST IT. HOW COULD YOU, YOU WOULD LET MY SISTER DIE YOUR OWN CHILD YOU’RE A MONSTER THIS WHOLE SET UP IS SO f****d UP, THOMAS SLAPPED HER THROUGH THE FACE, AS SHE TURN BACK TO FACE HIM SHE SAID, IT’S A GOOD THING MY SISTER SIGNED OFF ALL RIGHTS TO ZENA TO ME AND NOT TO YOU BEFORE HER DEATH, AND SHE RAN INTO HOSPITAL, DR DR SHE SCREAMED YOU DO WHAT EVER YOU NEED TO DO AND DO IT KNOW TO SAVE ZENA, I HAVE FULL RIGHTS TO MY SISTERS DAUGHTER. IT WAS IF THE DR WAS JUST WAITING FOR THOSE WORDS AS IF HE KNEW THAT BRENDA COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING, IT WAS JUST MACHINES DR’S AND NURSES. WAIT IN THE WAITING ROOM WE WILL BE BACK AND GIVE YOU UPDATES WHEN WE DONE THE NURSE SAID. AM I DREAMING WHAT THE f**k IS HAPPENING THIS IS SO f****d UP BUT I CANT WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW ZENA’S HEALTH MORE IMPORTANT. ME SEAN AND BRENDA ALL SITTING IN WAITING ROOM IN SILENCE NO WORDS NOT EVEN LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. YOU COULD CUTT THE AIR WITH A KNIFE. THOMAS WALKED IN, BRENDA STEP OUT SIDE NOW HE SPOKE AGAIN AS IF HE WAS SPEAKING TO A DOG, BRENDA STOOD UP, THOMAS I STOOD BY YOU FOR YEARS GAVE YOU MY WHOLE LIFE SHARED YOU I TOOK ALL THIS FOR SO LONG JUST TO HAVE ZENA SAVE YOU DESTROYED EVERYTHING, I AM DONE AS SOON AS ZENA WALKES OUT OFF HERE I AM GONE. YOU HAVE TAKEN MY LAST POINT OFF LIFE TONIGHT THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW MY SISTERS DAUGHTER YOUR WIFE TO DIE AND NOT SAVE HER, AND NOT EVEN LETTING ME KNOW, KNOWING I HAVE FULL RIGHTS, SHE TURNS 18 NEXT WEEK AND YOU KNOW WHATS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. WAS THAT YOUR WHOLE PLAN FROM THE START, WELL LET ME TELL YOU TODAY YOU FAILED. BRENDA CARRIED ON I DON’T EVEN KNOW FOR HOW LONGS AS ALL THIS WAS TO MUCH FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. IT FELT LIKE HOURS THESE TWO CARRIED ON UNTILL THE DOOR OPENS,,,DR DR BRENDA SAY’S HOW IS SHE DOING. BRENDA THANK YOU YOU SAVED HER LIFE IT WAS MINUTES SHE IS STILL IN COMA WE NOT SURE YET WHAT DAMAGE THERE IS WE WOULD NEED FOR HER TO WAKE UP FIRST TO DO TEST. THANK YOU BRENDA DR SAID AGAIN. NO THANK YOU DR, DR PLEASE A REQUEST I DO NOT WANT THOMAS OR HIS WIFE'S ANYWHERE NEAR ZENA UNTILL SHE IS AWAKE PLEASE BUT YOU CAN LET BRADLY AND SEAN IN ANYTIME, SHE KNOWS MY NAME, YES BRAD I HAVE READ ZENAS MESSAGES TO YOU, I KNOW EVERYTHING,,,,I M BLUSHING AS I KNOW SOME WHERE A BIT HARSH MMMHHHHH. THOMAS SLAMS THE DOOR AS HE LEFT DR LEAVES AND WE ALL JUST SAT DOWN AND THERE WAS YET AGAIN SILENCE, BRENDA THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OFF MY HEART THANK YOU I KNOW OR I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT BUT I GATHER THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN UP A LOT TONIGHT FOR ZENA. SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE YEARS AGO BEFORE ZENA’S MOTHER PASSED AWAY BUT THINGS WAS JUST DIFFERENT THEN, PLEASE I NEED TO UNDERSTAND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND I MUST UNDERSTAND, HELP ME TO. SHE LOOKED AT SEAN AND THEN BACK AT ME, I M TIRED I PROMISE I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING BUT I NEED TO THINK AND REST A BIT…..SEAN YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO AND I AM NOT DONE WITH YOU BUT FOR KNOW I THINK WE SHOULD ALL JUST REST A BIT. YOU CAN GO HOME I WILL STAY AT HOSPITAL WITH BRENDA. THANKS BRO SEAN TOUCHING MY SHOULDER AS HE LEAVES. BRENDA I AM TRULY SORRY FOR ALL THIS. SEAN SOMETIMES BAD THINGS HAPPEN FOR GOOD THINGS TO START HAPPENING. LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ZENA’S OUT OFF COMMA.