Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

The Lna 266

Chapter 266

Xena's POV

I gathered every ounce of strength I had left and pulled violently on the IV tube

connected to my left hand. Pain shot through my arm as the needle tore free, and the metal stand crashed to the floor with a tremendous clatter. I immediately closed my eyes and let my body go limp, frowning and trembling as if I were having some kind of medical emergency.

The noise immediately caught the doctors' attention. They turned from their computers, speaking in rapid, panicked voices.

"What happened?"

*Her vitals are spiking!"

"The IV came loose she's lost too much blood!"

to assess the situation, reaching down to lift the fallen IV stand. As he bent over me, I let my hand shift partially, extending my claws just enough. In one swift motion, I slashed across his throat, opening his windpipe in a spray of

he tried to stem the flow of blood. But it was

immediately alerted the other two doctors, who spun

"What the hell-"

"She's awake! She's-"

moving. Despite his injuries, he had crawled behind them

their scrubs. Their screams of agony echoed off the walls as they collapsed, blood pooling beneath their

fallen doctor and drew his

managed to say through our mind link,

He began crawling toward me, using the last of his strength to drag himself across the

once more and cut through the leather restraints binding my wrists and kles. The effort seemed to drain the last

our mind

from the movement. When I looked at William more closely, I was horrified to see the trail of

growing closer by the second. Alpha Wiley was returning, probably with reinforcements. My heart sank as realized our situation had

hide. But the space was filled with medical equipment and overturned furniture from our fight. There was nowhere to conceal

where the doctors had been working. Various vials and test tubes containing different colored