When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

He shook his head and pinched the tube. “This is a temporary measure,” he said as he emptied the contents of the syringe into my drip.

“Isn’t this administered as a jab?” I inquired suspiciously. Isn’t it normal to inject a patient with antihistamine instead of administering it through the drip?

The doctor adjusted the speed. “It’s saline. The previous batch was too concentrated; this is just to water it down slightly. Don’t worry, it won’t affect anything.”

I wasn’t familiar with medical procedures, but even in my ignorance, this explanation felt too far-fetched to me. But my nagging suspicion was unable to identify what was wrong.

Without a concrete reason to raise any objections, I settled down and accepted it without complaint.

The doctor eventually moved to other patients to carry out the same procedure. My suspicions evaporated when I observed his deftness in carrying out his duty. Soon after, I closed my eyes again.

A while later, I could no longer deny feeling that something was wrong. My eyelids felt too heavy to open.

Suspicion and fear clouded my mind. I groped for my hand and pinched it hard. After ascertaining that I was not dreaming, I mustered all my strength to wrench my eyes open.

The sight of the doctor standing menacingly before I had confirmed my fears.

I reached out to push him away, but he suddenly lifted me up and out of the corridor.

As the sedative began to take effect, I reminded myself over and over again to stay awake.

down hard again on my tongue and the pain of it was immense.

of him taking me away. My first instinct was to struggle to free myself, but I felt completely limp. I wanted to

he walked in with me. He pressed for

the lowest of the blurry red

nails deep into my

the lift doors opened once again and we exited. I had thought that he was going to throw me into a car and drive

that I was thrust into had succeeded

of the September air was cold but not to this extent. This was

of where I was flashed dully but clearly in my

at the bottom of the hospital. I

was no reason for a garage

that greeted me upon opening my eyes was one of pure terror. It was white everywhere I looked. The corpses that were not yet stored

dropped me from his shoulders and went out of my field of vision. I heard the

later, I felt myself being placed into a

series of creaks later, I was pushed into an

my wits allowed me to conclude that I

out of my predicament, the only act I was capable of was to

fear of facing death seeped through my entire being. I knew that I would be doomed if nobody were