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'Sure,' Scarlet replied, reaching out a hand. With her other arm around her back, she managed to get her out of bed, almost falling over. Drat! she cursed herself. Its ok, I'm only pregnant, not ill, pregnant, not ill..... She steered her towards the door, quietly opening it and cautiously looking around in case a nurse or an orderly was there and tried to stop them.
'Now, you've got to remember, we dont want anyone to catch us, so be as quiet as you possible can, ok? Pretend...pretend we are a couple of thieves trying to sneak in unnoticed,' she said, lowering her voice and really getting into character as a sneaky thief. Quietly they made their way across the hall. Meanwhile, in the other room, soemthing was happening. Dick was very slowly starting to get out of his frozen phase. He looked a little like a prehistoric animal which had been suspended in animation and was starting to wake up. It took maybe a good 10 minutes. First he stirred for a while. Then, he finally opened his eyes, blinking into the light above him a couple of times.
'Where...where...am I?' he uttered in confusion.