WHAT THEY PUT INSIDE ME
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Chapter Nine
Everything started happening too fast
The beeping sound from the machine got louder, faster, like it was counting down to something I didn’t understand
My chest felt tight, like something was pressing from the inside
“What’s happening to me?” I asked, my voice shaking now
No one answered immediately
The doctor moved quickly beside me, checking the monitor, then my pulse, then something attached to my arm
“She’s unstable,” he muttered
“I can see that,” Ethan replied, his tone sharper now “Fix it”
Fix it
Like I was something broken
My fingers curled slightly against the strap as panic rose higher in my chest
“Stop ignoring me,” I said, louder this time “What did you do to me?”
Adrian stepped closer, his expression darker now
“You need to calm down”
“How can I calm down when nobody is telling me anything?”
The beeping spiked suddenly
Sharp and loud
The doctor cursed under his breath
“Her system is reacting again, we’re losing control”
Control
That word hit something inside me
“What system?” I demanded
Still nothing
My breathing became uneven
I could feel it now
Not just fear
Something else
Something strange inside my body
A heat
Spreading slowly from my chest down to my arms
“What is this?” I whispered
Ethan finally moved closer
His gaze fixed on the monitor, not me
“It’s a side effect”
“A side effect of what?”
He didn’t answer
Of course he didn’t
My head started to spin slightly
“That procedure he mentioned,” I said slowly “What was it?”
Silence
Then Adrian spoke
“You lost too much blood after the crash”
“I already know that”
“They couldn’t stabilize you with normal transfusion,” he continued
My stomach tightened
“So they tried something else”
That didn’t sound good
“What something else?”
Another pause
Then the doctor answered this time
“We used an experimental compound”
The words felt heavy
Unfamiliar
“What does that mean?”
“It means,” Adrian said quietly “your body didn’t just heal naturally”
My heart started pounding again
“Stop talking in circles and explain it properly”
The doctor hesitated
Then
“It was a synthetic blood enhancement,” he said quickly “Designed to accelerate recovery, repair internal damage, stabilize organ function”
I stared at him
“That sounds like something from a lab, not a hospital”
“That’s because it is,” Adrian replied
My chest tightened
“No…”
“You were dying,” he said “They didn’t have time to debate it”
“So you experimented on me?”
No one denied it
That was the worst part
My throat felt tight
“And now my body is… reacting?”
“Yes,” the doctor said
The heat inside me flared slightly, stronger this time
I flinched
“It hurts”
“We need to sedate her,” the doctor said quickly
“No,” I snapped immediately “Nobody is putting anything inside me again”
“You don’t have a choice,” Ethan said calmly
That made something snap
“I always have a choice”
The beeping grew louder again
Faster
My vision blurred slightly
But I forced myself to focus
“To you, maybe not,” he replied
Anger burned through the fear
“You lied to me for three years,” I said, my voice shaking but firm “You used me, erased my memory, turned me into some experiment and you still think you can control me?”
Silence
Then Adrian spoke again
“You need to listen for once”
“I’ve been listening,” I shot back “That’s the problem”
Another wave of heat rushed through my body
Stronger
My back arched slightly against the bed as a sharp pain shot through my chest
I gasped
“Her levels are spiking,” the doctor said urgently
“What levels?” I asked through clenched teeth
“Your blood response,” he replied quickly “The compound is reacting to stress”
Stress
Of course it was
“Then stop stressing me!” I snapped
That didn’t help
Nothing was helping
The room felt like it was closing in
My breathing got heavier
Faster
I could feel something under my skin
Not physically
But like… energy
Moving
“That’s not normal,” I whispered
Adrian stepped closer again
“It’s not”
“Then why do I feel like this?”
Before he could answer, something strange happened
The monitor flickered
Just for a second
Then again
The doctor frowned
“That’s not possible”
“What now?” Ethan asked sharply
“The readings are fluctuating too fast”
My heart pounded harder
“What does that mean?”
But no one answered me immediately
The doctor stared at the screen
Then at me
Then back again
His expression changed
From concern
To something else
Something closer to shock
“Her body isn’t rejecting it anymore,” he said slowly
My breath caught
“Then what is it doing?” Adrian asked
The doctor hesitated
Then said it
“It’s adapting”
The word hit differently
Adapting
My chest tightened
“That’s supposed to be good, right?” I asked, unsure
No one looked relieved
In fact, they looked worse
“Not this fast,” the doctor said
A strange silence filled the room
Then I felt it again
That energy
Stronger now
Running through my arms
My fingers twitched
Uncontrollably
“What’s happening to me?” I whispered
Ethan finally looked at me
Really looked
And for the first time… there was something else in his eyes
Not control
Not calm
Something closer to uncertainty
“That wasn’t supposed to happen,” he said quietly
That line again
I almost laughed
“Nothing was supposed to happen,” I muttered
But this felt different
Worse
The machine beeped again
Then suddenly
It went flat
A long continuous sound filled the room
My heart stopped
Or at least… that’s what it felt like
“Her pulse just dropped!” the doctor shouted
My vision blurred completely now
Darkness creeping in from the edges
“No…” I whispered
Not again
Not like this
Voices started overlapping
“Get the injection”
“Now!”
“She’s crashing”
I tried to breathe
Tried to hold on
But everything felt too far
Too distant
Then
A sharp pain hit my chest
Like something snapped inside me
My eyes flew open
And everything went silent
Completely silent
The machines
The voices
Everything
For a second… nothing existed
Then
A single sound
A heartbeat
But not from the machine
From me
Strong
Loud
Different
My chest rose slowly
Then again
And again
My vision cleared slightly
I could see them now
All of them
Staring at me
Frozen
Like they were seeing something impossible
“What…” the doctor whispered
My fingers moved slightly
This time… not weak
Not shaky
Something else
Something stronger
I looked down at my hand slowly
Then back at them
“Why are you looking at me
like that?” I asked
No one answered
Until Adrian finally spoke
His voice low
Uncertain
“She’s not supposed to survive that”
My heart pounded again
Different this time
Stronger
Then Ethan said the one thing that made everything worse
“She didn’t just survive it”
A pause
Then
“She changed”
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