breathing through it , he dragged himself backwards , sloshing his hips through the water . i thought i 'd lost her forever when she ran off . in the distance , she saw a person dressed in white walking toward her . their sharp claws made shredding noises as they tore large chunks of bark from the poor bleeding tree . their leader was trying to make some kind of bizarre point to a teenager , forcing him to decide whether i lived or died . besides ... why did i become a nurse if not to help people ? 