Ignoring Sunny, I run down the hall, looking in every room for Mom. Halfway down the hall, I finally hear her voice, but then everything goes quiet. Where is she? I continue looking in every room until I reach the end of the hall. I peer into the last patient's room and find a man standing in front of the bed with his hands on his head. He looks very upset. I realize I'm staring when he looks up at me. "Who are you?" he asks.
"I—uh—I'm Nurse Daniel's daughter."
"Oh, are you?" he says with an angry lilt. Without much warning, he moves across the room quickly and takes me by the arm. "Then, I don't like you."
"You don't even know me," I say nervously. "Let go of me!"
"His lips curl into a snarl and he wraps his arms around me tightly, holding his hand over my mouth, keeping me from screaming. His hand is so large; he's partially covering my vision as well. My feet are no longer touching the ground and he's taking me down the back stairwell. He's running down the stairs so fast, I feel like we both might fall. Panic is rushing through me and I don't know what's happening. I've never been this scared. I live in a safe town. I live among friendly people.
The second we exit the hospital and the sun beats down on us, I see a van in front of us—a white van with no windows. I hear the doors unlock and the man opens the trunk door. He tosses me inside and I hit my head against metal inside of the van. He climbs in after me and hovers over me, glaring at me with a look of what can only be described as death. Shaking and scared, I plead for him to release me, but I feel a needle puncturing the skin below my shoulder.
Everything becomes dark. The door of the van slams shut and the panic within me calms. I think I'm falling asleep.
