Got Lucky

"I… see" Chloe bit her lip weakly as she allowed the words to sink in, to think that all this was caused from one single lamp and that in itself was surprising.

After all it was hard to believe that one single thing could do so much damage in such a short amount of time.

"We are relieved that you have woken up though" the doctor's words left her looking up at him.

"The hit left you in a coma due to the swelling but with luck it's gone down" he added with a soft encouraging smile even though Chloe was not smiling.

"How long?" Chloe asked but was almost too scared to ask since the thought of being out for so long left her wincing at how much damage she had caused.

The doctor looked at her parents who had grave looks on their faces.

"Three months" The doctor finally replied causing her to go pale and quiet, as much as she wanted to react, the quiet girl didn't truly have it in her to say anything let alone complain given that she did just come out of a coma.

She was alive… but then there were the others who were not as lucky.

Not looking at anyone the upset female slowly placed her hands on the rough blankets, she soon gripped them tightly from feeling sad and frustrated about what happened.

How could this have happened?

Why though?

What caused this?

There was no coincidence that this happened and just thinking about Henry's death left her mind going blank…no way.

"It was not your fault" A soft voice said leaving Chloe immediately to go pale from hearing the voice, looked up in shock while a small gasp left her lips.

"Chloe?" Gwen asked looking worried as she watched Chloe look around the room, almost as if she was looking for something but what?

Chloe remained oblivious to her mother's words as she focused on the voice, it wasn't possible right?

After all they were always quiet and for some reason it was always when Daniel was in the room so why could she hear HIS voice?

"Are you okay?" Chloe jumped when Daniel's hand touched her arm, for a moment she felt as if electricity touched her arm causing her to look at him.

"Hey are you okay?" Daniel's eyes showed that he was concerned about how she was acting from her zoning out to how she was looking around the room.

'Be careful, you got lucky… you dummy!' the voice said sternly causing a chuckle to leave Chloe's lips before she could stop it.

"Huh?" Daniel was left dumbstruck as Chloe closed her eyes before she released a laugh that soon got loud within seconds, not caring that it was hurting her ears.

Blane and Gwen looked at each other before looking at Chloe as like the doctor and Daniel, they were at a loss for words.

"Dummy?! You stupid black haired twit!" Chloe blurted out causing her parents to go quiet.

The doctor looked at her parents while Daniel blinked before a curious expression entered his face not knowing what that was about but didn't comment.

"M-Miss are you okay?" the doctor asked, it was then that Chloe shook her head and smiled softly taking them by surprise as she had a semi serene look on her face.

Daniel bit the inside of his cheek and almost had a dark glint in his eye.

"Excuse me" Daniel said in a composed tone as left the room after taking his hand off of her arm.

Chloe however blinked but shrugged a bit with a carefree smile as she refused to allow his mood and abrupt exit to ruin her mood, she heard him!

She heard her friend's voice.

Maybe she was going insane, maybe she was hearing things because of what she went through but then again she did hear the voices when Daniel was not around.

Only the difference was that his voice was kind and held a familiar tone that left her more at ease.

Maybe she was reliving or thinking about what he would say if she did get hurt for some reason.

Just thinking about this gave her some comfort compared to those voices that left her shivering in fear, wondering if they were the ones who caused her misfortune and the loss of her friend.

At times they did force her awake at night or left her thinking that something cold was brushing against her, her skin would always prickle and she would shiver as the girl was left not wanting to go to bed if they somehow tried to enter her dreams.

Was that possible she didn't know but sure but definitely didn't want to find out or know.

"Yup… sorry, I thought about a memory of a friend who said something funny" Chloe said brightly taking her family by surprise since the only friend she had was dead.

"It's odd though, even though he isn't here… I can imagine his reaction if he ever saw me like this" she added with a small smile. Gwen bit her lip but saw Blane smiling softly as he saw how their daughter was finally smiling.

Chloe stood by her bed holding her jacket due to the fact that it was very warm, she really didn't like summer as it did things to people and their skin.

Biting her lip she waited for her parents who were eager to take her home after being made to wait for a whole three weeks.

Even Chloe was getting agitated with having to stay in bed, even if she had been dizzy and suffered from the incident she would rather be at home then at the chemical rooms being tested non stop.

At times she had blacked out which had been the result of suffering head trauma, but as the doctor and nurses repeatedly mentioned she was lucky to be alive.

This however didn't make her feel any better.

After all who would want to be reminded of being the few that survived when others had not.

Why did the fire and explosion happen?

Why did the people have to suffer?

What caused it?

Chloe may never be able to know but for now she knew that things were better left in the hands of the police… even if they did let her down before.