(Author’s POV)
The night owls’ whistles and hoots were echoing inside the dark forest as the sky turned pitch black, the clock indicating it was two thirty in the morning.
Greg was dozing off. Sara went to wash her face and the only one staying guard was Noah. Though, he too was feeling sleepy, but for him, it was still manageable.
A distinct noise interrupted his focus as he turned his head to find the source of this odd sound. It was dead silence for a few seconds and he returned his eyes back to the ICU ward where Bella was sleeping soundly. The clattering noise disturbed him again. He creased his eyebrows and wrinkled his nose in frustration, "Arth, what’s that noise? Can you sense anything suspicious?"
"I don’t know. I can’t sense anything weird," Arth conveyed to Noah.
The thumping sound was heard again and Noah got up at once. He nudged Greg’s shoulders to wake him up. Greg was completely of the zone and snoring loudly, his large figure was resting on the small bench.
Noah pinched him hard and Greg got startled, "Ouchhhhhh .....wh~ wh~ what... what is it? What happened?" He squinted his eyes and asked Noah.
"Did you also hear some weird noise?" Noah questioned him with a serious face.
"Noise, what noise? What are you talking about man?" Greg was a little cranky; his injuries were already making him icky as well as irked. The banging and thumping noise resonated again. Greg shrugged it off casually, "It must be someone from the children’s ward, playing or something. Don’t bother."
Noah wasn’t satisfied by his statement. "Listen, I am going to check what it is. You stay alert and keep watch here, okay? ..... GREG ANDREW" Noah grumbled as he pinch him hard again.
"Ok~ayy, okay. I got it. You go, I am going to keep watch, you go." Greg assured him, although his eyes were getting heavy again. Noah didn’t move and kept on looking at him with a serious look.
Greg got up and sat with his spine erect. After making sure he wasn’t going to doze off anytime soon, Noah went off, though he kept looking behind to check whether Greg was keeping his promise or not.
The thumping and clattering sound amplified but even with his hearing ability, Noah wasn’t able to identify what it was exactly. He turned toward the emergency staircase and the noise got louder and louder. Arth tracked the noise; it was coming from the rooftop. He sprinted, his steps agile and soundless as he reached the top most floor in no time.
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Outside the hospital room, Greg was sitting with his eyes wide open. He didn’t want to take any chances. Although, he was struggling to keep his eyes fully open and fight off sleep.
A shattering voice was heard, as a nearby potted plant fell off and broke. Greg turned to his back to look what happened, a patient who seemed to have a fractured leg, had fallen off and was struggling to get up.
Greg immediately rushed to his side and picked him up carefully, "Are you okay, sir?"
The patient hummed and thanked him. Greg inquired from him, "Which one is your room?" The patient pointed toward the other side of where Bella was.
"Can you go on your own?" Greg asked. He didn’t wanted to leave Bella’s side. But he also couldn’t bear to see an elderly patient suffer.
"I will, thank you, young man," the elderly man tried to walk few steps but failed to do so. Greg sighed and helped him anyway.
As soon as he sent the patient to his designated room, a loud buzzing sound resonated on the entire floor as Steven came sprinting alongside Bella’s attending nurse, his face was etched with panic. Two other doctors came after them.
When Greg saw them running, only one thing came to his mind, ’Something must have happened to Bella?’ And then without wasting anytime, he dashed towards the VIP Intensive Care Ward.
Soon, Sara came rushing as well after hearing the alarm flaring. They both stood at the entrance of the ICU and what they saw was dropped their hearts. Bella’s blood pressure was dropping by constantly and her whole body was vibrating like she was hit with an electric current, she was convulsing. Her body temperature was showing abnormal drop as Steven instructed the fellow doctors to begin the treatment.
Greg’s hands were on his head as he kept murmuring and praying, "She is fine ... she is alright .... Nothing will happen to her ... nothing will happen to Bell."
Sara not being able to control her temper shouted at him and repeated her question again, "Greg Andrew, answer me. Why did this happen? And where the hell has Noah disappeared?"
Sara had already mind linked him, that’s why he came almost instantly. She looked at Noah with a tear stricken face and inquire, her voice was shivering, "Where were you? Didn’t you promise me you would keep watch on Bella? Five minutes ....... I was just away for five minutes and you left her unattended."

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