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!"

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

the flow of blood. But it was too late. He collapsed backward, crashing into the cabinet beside the surgical table and sending medical instruments clattering

two doctors, who

"What the hell-"

"She's awake! She's-"

already moving. Despite his injuries, he had crawled behind them

them into both doctors' backs, piercing through their scrubs. Their screams of

them, his movements weak but determined. He knelt beside each fallen doctor and drew his

through our

toward me, using the

leather restraints binding my wrists and kles. The effort seemed to drain

our mind link,

from the movement. When I looked at William

was returning, probably with reinforcements. My heart sank as

the space was filled with medical equipment and overturned furniture from

on the computer desk where the doctors had been working. Various vials and test tubes containing different colored liquids were