The Legion Commander Strikes Back

• Dead To Me

Skyler cracked her eyes open and was immediately met with the view of the white ceiling. She took a few deep breaths, they were slightly painful, causing her to squint her eyes.

She stirred in her bed and then sat upright. Her mother Elizabeth, who was asleep, jolted awake due to Skyler's sudden movement.

Elizabeth's eyes widened in surprise. “Skyler!” She exclaimed. “Oh thank god you're awake!” She screamed joyfully and rushed to hug her.

Skyler returned the hug and just blinked rapidly. She still felt disoriented. Her memories started trickling in, it started like a cough for her, and as the next few days progressed the cough worsened until she passed out one day due to suffocation.

“How long have I been hospitalized?” She asked in a dry voice.

“About two weeks, that was the scariest two weeks of my life, I genuinely thought I lost you darling,” Elizabeth said.

“Oh,let me go call the doctor! And inform Ethan, he must be by the corridors or sitting in the waiting area,” she added