Reagan stared up at the ceiling as she listened to the steady sound of Milly's breathing beside her. Her mind was racing, the revelation that the Doctor was working on her orders gnawing at her conscious and preventing her from even thinking about sleeping. How could she be responsible for this? How could any of this have been her idea?
She glanced over at Milly and sighed. Her friend hadn't said anything but Reagan knew she was just as scared as she was. Whatever trust there had been between them had been shaken and Reagan couldn't even explain why. Milly had said that it didn't matter, that who she was now was different to who she had been, but Reagan could see the unease in eyes and it had broken her heart. They were here because of her and no matter what Milly said, they could not ignore that fact.
She sat up, pushing the satin bedsheets off her body as she swung her legs off of the bed and pressed her palms to her face. She had never felt so alone. A part of her wished she had accepted the Doctor's offer of the memory pill. Not knowing anything was surely better than only knowing half the truth.
A sound outside their room caused her to look up. The facility had been quiet ever since the Doctor had left them and apart from the nurses bringing them dinner they had not heard from anyone since. She tensed, straining her ears to listen when the door to the bedroom slid open with a soft hiss. Reagan shielded her eyes against the bright light of the corridor beyond and watched as a single figure stepped inside the bedroom, the click of her heels and the shine of her PVC dress identifying her as one of the nurses. The woman pressed her keycard to the control panel inside the room and the door slid shut behind her with a hiss.
Reagan lay quickly back on the bed, half closing her eyes as the nurse turned to face them. Her heart was suddenly racing, her instincts telling her that something about this was wrong. She watched the nurse, little more than a shadowy blob in the darkness of the room as she approached the bed. Reagan could see a stun baton hanging from her waist, lightning crackling across the head as the nurse carefully slid it from its holster and raised it over her head.
Her instincts took over and Reagan lunged at the nurse with an angry cry. The woman recoiled in surprise as Reagan tackled her to the floor, losing her grip on her weapon as they fell in a tangle of limbs.
"Reagan?" Milly shouted, sitting suddenly upright.
"Milly!" she called back through gritted teeth. "Grab the baton!"
The nurse thrashed beneath her as Reagan pinned her to the floor. Gritting her teeth as she heard Milly tumble out of bed and scoop up the baton.
"What do I do?" Milly cried.
"Hit her with it!" Reagan yelled, wincing as the nurse landed a glancing blow on her side with her boot.
Milly lunged forward and pressed the head of the baton into the woman's shoulder. Reagan watched as the nurse's eyes widened and her body went rigid beneath her as waves of electricity coursed through her limbs. She rolled off the woman as she went limp, closing her eyes and taking a moment to catch her breath as she heard Milly drop the baton with a panicked whimper.
"Oh fuck!" she cried. "Is she dead?"
Reagan sat up and looked at nurse. "No," she said as she saw her chest rise and fall. "You just stunned her."
"Fuck!" Milly hissed again. "What the hell was that, Reagan? What were you thinking?"
"Me?" Reagan shot back. "She was about to attack me, Milly! I wasn't going to just lie there and let her shock me"
"Ok, ok!" Milly replied, holding up her hands apologetically. "What do we do now though? She'll wake up in a minute!"
Reagan licked her lips, her mind racing once again as she looked around the room. "Pass me the sheets," she said.
Milly frowned as she tugged the sheets off the bed and handed them to Reagan who began to twist them into a knot. She rolled the nurse onto her back and began to clumsily bind the woman's hands and ankles in a hogtie.
"Give me a pillowcase," she said.
Milly stripped one of the pillows and handed it to Reagan who tied the case into a knot before pushing it into the nurse's mouth to act as a gag.
"That should hold her," Reagan muttered.
"Great!" Milly hissed sarcastically. "Now what though? Someone is still going to find her!"
Reagan rubbed her face as she tried to think. Milly was right, of course. They wouldn't get away with this but that didn't mean they couldn't use it to their advantage. She fumbled at the nurse's waist, finally managing to unhook the keycard from her belt int he darkness.
"Come on," she said. "Let's go have a look around."
"Are you joking?" Milly hissed. "We'll get caught!"