Waking up

You groan in pain. A pulsating pain is hitting every corner of your brain, starting at the back of your head. You feel a heavy weight pressing down on you and you quickly remember what happened. You slowly recover your other senses and you carefully open your eyes. You see Charlotte on her knees next to you, softly whimpering as she looks at the situation. You lift your head a bit to get a better look at her. As you do you can feel something keeping your hair stuck to the floor. You pull one arm free from underneath Becky's limp body and touch the back of your head, alerting Charlotte to your consciousness.

You ignore Charlotte for a moment to look at your fingers and almost throw up when you realise they are covered in blood. You then turn your attention to the sobbing blonde sitting beside you. You can't make out much from what she's saying, but you manage to put the pieces together. Eva had shot Becky. And the limp weight on top of you was actually the tranquilized body of the dark-haired beauty.

"Charlotte. Charlotte, listen to me." you say in an attempt to get the weeping girl's attention. She looks over at you, a mix of fear and disgust in her eyes as she looks at you. Before she can say anything however, you decide to tell her the good news. "Becky's not dead. She's just been tranquilized. She'll wake up again." you quickly add. Charlotte continues sobbing, and you assume the entire situation has just gotten a bit too much for her. And you can't blame the girl. She had been through enough already.

You carefully slide Becky's naked body to the side and try to sit up, but the pain in your head keeps you on the floor. You realise at this point that you had lost your earpiece during the fall. "Eva. Back to speaker communication." you instruct your electronic assistant. "Charlotte. Everything is going to be fine. We'll figure this out together. But I need you to bring me a wet towel from the kitchen. Can you do this for me?" you ask Charlotte. Your message seemed to get through to her and she obediently gets up to walk over to the kitchen.

"1 shot fired. 1 target neutralized. High dosage applied. Tranquillisation expected to last 3 hours and 2 minutes." Eva's melodic voice informed you through the speakers of the room. You heard Charlotte squeal in shock from the sudden voice, but you then continue hearing footsteps. "Missed communication for 2 minutes and 21 seconds. No further emergencies during this time." she adds after a moment of silence.

2 minutes and 21 seconds. That means you spent at least a minute ****. That's a long time to be knocked out. You should probably make sure you're not left with a concussion after such a heavy blow. But first you needed to get off this cold, bloodied floor. Luckily for you, a blonde angel descended from the heavens to you with a wet towel. Charlotte did look quite angelic from this angle, but the halo of light around her head sent another pain wave through your skull.

"I brought you the wet towel you asked for. Is there anything else I can do for you?" Charlotte asks you after sinking back to her knees beside you. She was definitely the more obedient of the two so far. That was fortunate, because you really weren't in a good position right now. You try to nod before realising how much of a bad idea that is.