The beeping was starting to annoy Kayla. It had started off soft and
distance, but slowly it had become more pronounce. Her body was going
from its cold idle state slowly heating up as the beeping increased.
A fog of confusion clouded her head as she tried to will the beeping
to stop, but it didn’t. But it wasn’t only the beeping that was
invading her ears; there were whispers now, footfalls against a hard
floor.

Her eyelids fluttered open and immediately shut as a wave of bright
light assaulted her vision. Slowly, she tried again to open them.
Slowly, she started to recognize her surroundings. It was a hospital
room, and that beeping was one of the monitors she was hooked up to.
The white walls and a blue curtain pulled on one side. A window that
had blinds partly open. But why was she there? She didn’t remember…
Yes, she was a doctor, but that usually didn’t include being the
patient. “Drew?” she called weakly trying to sit up a bit so she
could get a better look at the room.

Kayla managed to push herself up into a semi sitting position.
Reaching up, she rubbed her forehead with one hand and brushed over a
gauze pad taped in place. She groaned slightly at the pain and the
wave of dizziness that followed. Hitting her head wasn’t something
she remembered… She started to think over what had happened…how she
and Drew had discussed her going back to work; she remembered Drew had
taken Kyleigh to school, and then she remembered. She had decided to
take Emery to work with her. She had been driving and then…she
remembered being hit and hearing the air bags inflating and holding
her like pillows. Emery…where was her baby? She remembered hearing
Emery crying and trying to get to her. “Emery?” she called out louder
this time. Where was her baby? Was she okay?

*~*~*

Agent Makayla Michaels, MD
Field Agent
Medic Unit