CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

Hunter’s eyes opened and met with that of a young nurse by his side. He checked where he was and it seemed like a clinic. He looked around and saw a number of beds and some people laying on them. He tried to get up but felt a surge of pain on the lower part of his body.

“Don’t move,” the nurse said. “You got burnt pretty bad.”

“Ouch,” he moved regardless and saw his legs all burnt up.

“I said don’t move or the burns will be rubbed.”

“Where is the boy?”

“Oh, the boy you were brought in with?”

“Yes.”

“He was taken to the city hospital. His burns are severe.”

Hunter seemed a little confused, “How long have i been out?”

“It’s been three nights now,” the nurse responded and went to tend to another patient.

Three nights, he thought. He had never been unconscious for three nights