Page 45 of Echoes From Within
“She doesn’t have time for your questions,” I growl. “I’ll meet you at the hospital.”
“Fuck Xander,”Venom says.“She would have been dead had you not taken over.”
“I don’t do shit without a good reason,”Xander says.“I knew something was wrong. We all did. I just took out all the emotional shit and did what needed to be done.”
Xander isn’t saying that to make himself sound like a hero. He really is an emotionless prick. But he’s a smart-headed emotionless prick.
Sighing, I grab the damn bike and straddle it. These lunatics might enjoy risking their lives on this death trap, but I don’t.
“Want me to take over, Doc?” Miles asks.
Miles doesn’t like fronting very much. Hell, none of us do. But he only comes out once, maybe twice, a year.
“I got it, kid,”I answer.“I just fucking hate it, is all.”
“Besides,”Xander cuts in.“When Venom takes back control in an hour or so, he needs his body and mind to be as functional as possible. With two of us already fronting in a single day, it’s going to take a toll on him”
The boys keep talking but I tune them out so I can concentrate on keeping us alive. It doesn’t take but five minutes to reach the hospital. It’s typically a fifteen-minute drive, but I feel Venom’s need to get there right as the ambulance does.
“You can’t come back here, sir,” one of the doctors says as I rush through the ambulance bay doors.
“You damn well best believe I’m not going to leave my wife’s side,” I lie with a glare.
“Alright. I apologize Mr. …”
“Montgomery,” I answer.
“Mr. Montgomery. Your wife is in critical condition. We need to be able to work on her without distraction. And no offense, sir, but I know husbands like you. If you think we’re hurting her, you will most definitely be a distraction. You can wait just outside her door if you like. We’ll come and get you when we’re able.”
With a satisfied not, I take the seat the other doctor gestured to and relax.
“I did what I could, son,”I tell Venom.“I’m going to step back now.”
“Thank you, Doc,”Venom answers.“Thank you, all.”
Sighing, I close my eyes and dive back into my little corner of thealterverse.
Chapter Sixteen
Sophia
“Nurse, she’s awake.”
Oh, I like that voice. It’s as smooth as whisky. Not that I know what whisky tastes like or why people call it smooth.
“You can’t have whisky, babygirl,” someone laughs. “Maybe some water.”
Someone used to call me babygirl when I was alive. I’m glad I’m dead but I’m really going to miss him.
“Why is that?” the smooth-voiced man asks.
Can angels read my mind? I mean, I guess that makes sense. Wait, what if it’s not angels? What if it’s God? I know God can read my mind.
“I’ve never been called God before, babygirl. And I’m not reading your mind. You’re just chatting away… With your eyes closed. Open them for me. Let me see those beautiful greens looking back at me.”
Since you’re God, can I just have a redo at life? Maybe put my soul into a baby boy this time.
“I like you in the body you’re currently in babygirl. And I’m not God. I’m Venom. Well, Travis.”