Post by StoryGirl83 on Jan 7, 2010 18:03:13 GMT -5
Chapter Nineteen – Bored and Alone
Wyatt wished that he had asked someone to bring him something to read. Even a list of incoming items for exhibits would have been welcome. He was that bored. He smirked. Actually, that might be kind of interesting if it were the right kind of exhibits.
He looked at the various monitoring devises attached to him. By that point they were supercilious. The only way his stats were going to drop was if Vera returned and got the drop on him, something he decidedly didn’t intend to happen.
Deciding he was tired of being confined to bed, Wyatt climbed out of the covers and sat on the edge of the bed. Careful of the monitoring devises he slid off the bed and onto the floor.
It felt good to feel the floor under his bare toes. It was so nice to be able to put his weight onto his legs and move across the floor under his own power, even if it was only a few steps due to all the machines attached to him. Come morning he was going to plead with the staff to remove them.
Having nowhere to go and no space to maneuver he returned to the bed and sat down. As he sat there trying to decide if he should contact the nurse staff now about removing the monitoring devises he heard a sound behind him. Not sure of the source, he still raised his shield. After all, any human entering from the direction of the window was unlikely to be welcome.
He heard the sizzle of something hitting his shield as he turned around to face Vera. “Back, again?”
“All alone, I see,” Vera commented as she eyed his shield. “You know that’s not very smart.”
“I can handle you.”
“Can you?” Her eyes were stead on him, unblinking. “I think you only have that one trick, your little shield and without it, you are powerless.”
“You think so?”
She smirked and reached into her pocked and pulled out a vial, throwing it.
Wyatt blinked and orbed the vials away. With a swipe of his hand he moved the chairs against the wall out of the way.
“Interesting.” Vera reached into her other pocket.
Before she could pull anything out Wyatt used his arm to slam her into the wall where one of the chairs had been. No point in drawing questions with broken furniture if possible.
Vera shook her head and pushed herself up, swiping dust off her clothes. She stared at him intently and scowled. “You have to sleep sometime.” And then she blinked out.
Wyatt heaved in a sigh, but he didn’t drop his shield. Another minute or two and he would have to, but until then he didn’t want to be caught unaware. And he knew she would return.