An Unexpected Savior

The harsh fluorescent lights of the hospital emergency ward beat down mercilessly on Sloane. She sat alone, drenched in freezing rainwater, shivering in a metallic wheelchair. Her soaked clothes clung to her skin, draining what little warmth she had left. Her agonizingly swollen foot throbbed with every frantic heartbeat, rendering her unable to move to the imaging department for her scans. The bu