Eve and Doc sat in silence watching Zach for anymore signs that the antidote was working.

Zach was not certain if his eyes were actually open as he  stared at the grey haze in front of him.  It seemed like he was seeing something off in the distance other than his own eye lids.  He felt a surge of warmth envelope him.  It started with his toes and moved quickly to his head. He just could not see past the  grey haze in front of him as he  embraced it.   He  twitched  slightly welcoming the feeling and then realized he no longer felt the  crippling pain that had left him unable to move.  The horrific spasms that made him curl up into a  fetus position and wish for darkness to embark on him.  Yes it was gone.  He felt light.  Light -as though he had become one with the air. So light that he was almost certain his arms and legs were the air.

He could hear the faint sounds of whispering somewhere behind him.  They were more like muffled sounds than words.  The kind of whispering you might hear at doctor office. "Dr's  office' Zach thought to himself.  He was puzzled was he sick?  His mind was blank.  "Why could he not remember anything".   he thought to himself.  He tried to turn his head to hear a little better.  He moved it from side to side but the sounds seemed to drift farther away.    He wanted to call out to them.  He wanted to know who they were and why was he here.   And then  something else distracted him.   A slight flicker.

He was not sure where he was or how long he had been there, but it felt as though he was floating.  Floating slowly through the air towards a dim light.  A soft glowing light in the distance, that he now seemed to be following.   Yes  following, he was sure he was following it.  It beckoned him as it moved, dancing before him like a ballerina.  He could not help but  continue towards the ominous light.  His limbs laid limp at his sides as he floated along.  Almost as though he was no longer in command of his body.  All he knew was it  felt good in this place.

Eve and Doc loomed over Zach.  They watched his color slowly turn from an ashen grey to a pale flesh.  Eve whispered to Doc and they watched his body twitch while  his lids flickered slightly. "We definitely have a response".  Eve softly said.   He was coming to, Eve just knew  the injection was working and he was gaining consciousness.