The bright light of morning assaulted me again, returning me to consciousness. Though not as bright as before, the light was twice as annoying this time around. Sergei’s vibe was no longer torturing my body, I can’t really feel much of anything at the given moment.

Everything is dulled by, what I can assume to be, some strong ass drug. I know my eyes are opened by the kaleidoscope of colors prancing about like fawn in my field of view. I can’t even sit up, attempting to do so only yields the result of shakes in my spine.

“Addison are you awake?” The gentle words came from someone other than Segei, someone who is experienced in talking to people who are in a drugged stupor. No one comes to mind as who the voice could belong to but, I know I have heard this voice from somewhere before.

The colorful auras stopped dancing and began to merge into one amalgamation, I was imagining the formation of some rainbow blob but, instead I was met with the reassuring smile of Dr. Khan. I can’t really remember much from my time in the school’s medical bay but, I do remember varying moments of her performing her duty as a doctor to keep me alive. I remember various medical machines with a lot of buttons and gizmos beeping and producing some sort of health data relevant for the doctor. I swear that there was another doctor or expert assisting Dr. Khan but, I can’t be sure since I didn’t see anyone. I just remember coming through at one point where I think she was crying about something, and I heard the voice of an older man. At least that’s what I think I saw, with all the drugs in my system, it is just as likely that was my mind dreaming about my stint in medical.

I have no clue what is going on with me, I just really hope it stops in time for classes on Monday.

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The sensation I had back in the auditorium, of being submerged in water, returned. A bright light came from outside my peripherals, replacing Dr. Khan with a blinding radiance. My instincts took control, going to work to seal my eyes from any further damage to the light. No matter how much I willed them to shut, something kept me from doing so, two points of pressure held the top eyelid of each of my eyes pulled up, “Follow the light with your eyes Addy. Please keep your head still.”

With my eyes locked on the light, instead of being seared, like I anticipated, my sinus began to tingle. It produced a loud buzz, like a chorus of cicadas ruining a nice summer day. Regardless, as the light rose up to my forehead, I adhered to Dr. Khan’s instructions and followed the source with my eyes. The light began to fall, with my eyes following suit. My eyes went with the light as it casted to my left, before finally ending its journey by setting on my right.

The light dissipated to a blur, except for the returning clarity positioned on Dr. Khan’s face. Her lips made movements, and noise came out but my ears did nothing to capture them and extract their message. My ear drums began to tingle, yielding a high pitch ring. 

The mosquito tone's annoyance grew as it drilled into my skull. The deeper the drill went, the more my brain boiled. Even with distorted vision, the blurred combinations of hues and saturation filling my view shook with a violent rage. As far as I could tell, no one had laid hands on me to shake with such force.

"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU," through unconious impuls, my favorite word was beginning to force its way into the world,"UUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCC," however, at the rate it is going, the pain will deplete before I can finish it. "CCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK," a slight prick violated the thin skin above my vein on my neck, "KKKKKKKK!" 

The words rose from within, replacing my thought with that of an animal.

REACT!