AFW - Chapter 5: A New Face Jarica woke sometime later. She was lying under soft sheets, with an IV in her arm and a mask over her nose and mouth. Her body felt stiff as if her whole self had been bandaged. Her blurred vision still saw double. She had to close her eyes against the lights in the room that seemed twice as bright as they should have been. Where am I? What happened? Am I still alive? Is this a dream? Please someone tell me I'll wake up soon! But she knew the stinging pain she felt was real, and the clouded memories of the night before were more than a vision in her mind; She heard a beeping and knew it was the sound made by a machine to tell her that her h