Izaak woke up to the sterile smell of a hospital. He opened his eyes and it felt like someone was stabbing him in the eyeballs, so he clamped them shut again. His head throbbed, especially his temple. Memories came swimming back slowly. The last thing he remembered was Lily. Then she had turned into...something. An answer tried formed in his head but it kept moving away.
He tried to sit up but felt something restraining him. He opened his eyes again, blinking in the bright light. His chest, arms, legs and stomach were strapped to the bed. By his right hand, he saw the control for the room and the nurse call button. He dimmed the lights and then called for the nurse. She arrived a moment later. She was in her mid-forties with dark hair that was going gray in the front and wore plain green
