
Connections Ch 8 AlexDesmondDesmond was bed ridden for another three days. Three long, mind-numbing days. Most of Desmond's time was spent staring at the holes in ceiling of his room. He stopped after he couldn't find any new images. That left his mind to ponder on what exactly Alex had said three days before.Connections Ch 8 AlexDesmond by ~Clouds-Grl923
You mean the world to me.
He had going around in circles trying to figure out just what exactly Alex meant by that comment. Every time Desmond thought about it, his face felt a little warm. He had on more than one occasion told himself to stop acting like a flippant teenage schoolgirl. He had thought about asking Alex, but the man never seemed to be around. Even

Connections Ch 7 AlexDesmondSevere pain awoke Desmond from his deep sleep, causing him to first furrow his brows before cracking his eyes open. His head was pounding but his abdomen hurt far worse. Memories were cropping back up, reminding Desmond of his wounds. He blearily opened his eyes a bit more, trying to get them to focus so he could find out where he was now. He immediately recognized his surroundings to be Saint Paul's Hospital. He knew there was only one explanation as to how he got there and it was sitting right next to Desmond. Alex was sitting in one of the waiting chairs he apparently grabbed from one of the waiting rooms. His arms and legs were both crossConnections Ch 7 AlexDesmond by ~Clouds-Grl923

Connections Ch 6 AlexDesmondIt turned out that Alex had been staying at the hospital for the past four days. Desmond asked and asked why he would be staying here, but he never got an answer. It was later in the afternoon and Alex had run off into some other room. What did that leave Desmond to do with his free time? Explore, of course. He started with opening some of the doors in the main hall he was in. He found that most of them were locked. The last door he tried though was open. It led to another long hallway with more doors for Desmond to enter. Again, most were locked for some reason and again, the last one he tried was open. This process continued for about ten mConnections Ch 6 AlexDesmond by ~Clouds-Grl923

Connections Ch 5 AlexDesmondAbout two days had passed since Desmond last saw Alex, not that he really cared. He was mostly left to his own devices except for around meal time. A woman named Dana would come in and leave some sort of meal for Desmond. Sometimes, she would even stick around and carry out a conversation with him. Desmond noticed after the first few visits that she looked an awful lot like Alex and figured they must be related. How else could they the same frost-bitten blue eyes?Connections Ch 5 AlexDesmond by ~Clouds-Grl923
"So, this whole infection is thanks to GENTEK?" Dana nodded at Desmond's question.
"At least that's what Alex thinks. Who really knows what's going on in the fucked up complex." S