Science Fiction: Welcome to my Worlds

The old woman was speaking. “What kind of doctor are you anyway.” Then to Anna, “What has he been taking?”

He could feel Anna shaking his shoulder. That was good. He needed to get out of this fog and get over there. But he couldn’t seem to move. One of the men was pulling a knife! He saw Anna’s hand waving in front of his face. Okay… he’d gotten the warning. Now he needed to get out of this and get to his house!

Through the fog he could see the concern etched on her angular but finely-molded features, only inches from his. He felt her shake him again. Much harder. He didn’t know if it was the shake or another surge of the ‘warm fuzzy’ but suddenly something gave and he could feel his muscles spasm and lock. Something slammed into the pill bay and bottles and pills flew into the air. Anna jumped, loosening her grip. He gasped for air, now back in the pharmacy. He saw the old woman try to slam the door on her way out, but the closer prevented it from being effective.

“Rajiid!”

“Missy. Something wrong. Must go.” His words sounded mumbled, even to himself, but he didn’t have time to make it any clearer. He knew Missy was in danger. It was not his imagination. Something else was trying to nag at him too, but he didn’t have time for it now.

Rajiid ran