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Chapter 9 by Syloren

Do you survive the blast?

Yes, but you're hurting.

When you come to everything hurts. It takes what feels like an eternity to realize you're in a hospital bed and covered in bandages. You do your best to sit up and see a man sitting in the room, looking at the floor. Your mind is so groggy that it takes you several seconds to recognize him, it's Keith. He seems physically fine but his attitude is downcast until he looks up and notices you.

"Morgan!" He practically scrambles across the ground to get to you, tears of joy welling in his eyes. You hear a commotion from somewhere outside. "Jesus, they said you might not ever wake up!"

You can feel why a doctor might say that, everything hurts. You try to speak but trying to move your mouth hurts so you decide against it. A door opens and a doctor and two nurses come in. They gently move Keith aside and begin to examine you and you feel drowsiness overtaking you again.

You flit in and out of consciousness for several days before you begin to feel better. As it happens you begin to better understand what happened at the house. The 'mysterious' explosion had nearly killed you, your survival was deemed miraculous and doctors were doubtful you would regain consciousness. A great deal of guests had gone missing in the explosion, some bodies were recovered and others turned out to have just fled the scene, but some were still missing and Jenny was one of them. Your stomach turns when Keith tells you this, remembering what you saw in Dracula's Tomb. You were relieved to hear Allegra had gotten away but that too turned to worry when you heard her and some other survivors were acting 'strangely' ever since that night, and Allegra had apparently never visited you or responded to Keith trying to get in touch. Keith himself deflected all your questions about the array, telling you he'd explain later when the two of you had more privacy.

After months of rehab you were finally cleared to leave the hospital. It was the first time since that night at the haunted house you felt like a human being again, but your mind was flooded with thoughts. Where did Jenny go? Was she really a vampire now? Keith told you he would explain more about the array, but Allegra going silent worried you. It didn't help that several people had cautioned you not to return to the area around the wreckage of the house, apparently it was still considered a dangerous area for some reason.

What are you doing?

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