I'm writing another section of my story. My character, Janie, has just passed out after touching a glowing, purple orb on the beach in Hawaii. She is wearing a necklace (an ankh) that mimics the orb.  She is alone on the beach with the object, which was surrounded by people when she touched it. Please describe what happens when she wakes up. She is in a state of shock/disbelief and can't process what she is seeing. She thinks she is losing her mind. Please write two paragraphs, and have the second paragraph end with: "How long had she been lying here, and where were all the people?"
When Janie awoke, she was lying on the beach in front of the orb. Her head hurt, and her mouth felt very dry. The orb continued to pulsate, and it was making a rhythmic noise that sounded disturbingly similar to breathing. She reached for her necklace, and she could feel its heat and weight. The necklace was pulsating in time with the orb, emitting the same purplish glow. Janie was stunned and also scared. She could not believe this was happening and decided it must be a dream. Or could it be some type of hallucination? Janie felt frozen, her mind racing as she tried to make sense of what was happening. She stared at the glowing orb and then at her necklace. She blinked, rubbed her eyes, and looked again, but nothing had changed. Her mind was reeling, and she could not comprehend what she was seeing. Janie felt like she was going crazy; she was losing her grip on reality. But of course, this couldn't be real. None of this was possible. 

It was then that Janie realized she was completely alone on the beach with the strange object. She tried to remember what had happened, and she knew that she had reached out to touch the orb and then lost consciousness. But it had been surrounded by people, and Janie remembered hearing one woman warning her not to touch it, that it would “zap” her.  When had that happened? How long had she been lying here, and where were all the people? 