Step Into The Light, This Is Your Playground

Travis sniffled quietly to himself as he held his sisters hand. He gently gave it a squeeze. He looked up at the EKG as he heard a piercing sound. He saw the flat red line. He shook his head as hot tears rolled down his cheeks.

“No! Annabelle!” He cried out.

He got up and pressed his lips against her forehead and looked at her beaten body. The doctors rushed in and tried to pull him away. Travis refused to leave his sister.

“Sir, you have to leave!” A nurse exclaimed.

“No! I’m not going to leave her!” He wailed.

The doctor grabbed the defibrillators and pressed them against her chest, starting out at 300. Travis watched them crash cart his sister.

“Clear!” He hollered as he shocked her.

Her body convulsed. The doctor pulled the defibrillators off of her chest and looked at the EKG; She was still flat lined. He pressed them against her chest again and shocked at her 360.

“Clear!” He hollered again.

Her body convulsed once again, but she remained flat lined. Travis left the room and threw his hands up in the air and placed them behind his head. More tears rolled down his cheeks. He loved his sister, they were so close and always there for each other. His sister was all he had, they grew up together, their parents died when they were young. He took a seat in the waiting room. He rested his elbows on his thighs and buried in his face into his hands as he waited.

“Annabelle, oh God.” He hissed softly himself.

After a long wait of sixty minutes, the doctor came out to Travis. He stood in front of him and looked down at him. Travis removed his hands from his face and looked up at the doctor with blood shot eyes. The doctor let out a soft breath and slightly shook his head.

“Your sister had major injuries, we did everything we could, we shocked her heart for over an hour, but unfortunately we could not save her life, I am so sorry sir.” The doctor said sincerely, “If there is anything I could do for you and your family, let me know.”

Travis didn’t know how to react to the doctors words. He stared at him for a long pause. He felt dead on the inside. She was all he had left for his family. He shook his head and slowly stood up. He ran his hand through his hair as a couple tears rolled down his cheek as he walked out of the hospital.

“Goodbye Annabelle.” He said quietly, sniffling.