Patience Tested
I refused to leave them, even to sleep. It wasn't like I needed to rest much anymore anyway. I spent all of the time sitting with Elle, holding her hand, mostly because she asked me to before passing out the first time, but also because I needed to be connected to them all somehow.
There were scary moments in the first few hours. Tosh panicked so much during the experiment itself he managed to tear free of his restraints and ended up throwing himself against the glass while the team tried to open the door and get to him before he could hurt himself. I winced at the smear of blood on the inside of the window as three soldiers manhandled him onto a gurney. Dad was forced to use restraints until Tosh calmed down.
Simone took a rapid turn for the worse and had to be put on a
