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My eyes flutter open as I yell “POMNI!”
but no one answers.. except for the one nurse in the room. I moved my head around quickly taking in every little thing around me.
I’m in a hospital room it has a large window the sun covered by baby blue curtains. The sound of beeping echoed in my room, and in the hall.
I looked at my hands and arms, rather than the purple gloved hands i was used, my hands were pale and skinny.
Was this another one of caines adventures? I looked up at the nurse who was still looking at me in confusion. “W-where am I?” My voice sounded raw, shaky and scared, the opposite of what I meant to do.
“Honey, you’re in the Hospital. You were found in an abandoned building, you were in a coma for 7 years.” The nurse responded.
What? 7 years.? Nono.. i know im 22 but that means i got into the coma at.. 15? I think? It’s been awhile since school.
After awhile a doctor came in, asked me stupid questions. Like the first one being-
“Do you remember your name?”
Taking that back, what.. is my name?
“No.. uhm.. Jax.?”
The doctor looked at his paper, at the nurse who had the same look on her face as he did. Then looked back at me.
“Alright, do you remember how old you are?”
“22.”
“Alright.. that’s good..”
NAILED ITTT
“Do you remember anything that happened before you woke up here?”
GOD DAMN IT.
“Uhm.. n-no. Not really..”
What did happen.. I know about the circus, that for sure. But I’m not telling them, I’d get sent to a psych ward or some shit.
The last thing I remember from there is Kinger getting into an argument with Caine. I think.. it was about-
“Hello? Felix? You there bud?”
Right still in the hospital.
“Sorry! I.. just zoned out..”
“That’s alright bud, It’s gonna happen after a coma. Your memories are most likely starting to come back. Just a few more questions and I’ll leave you alone.”
The doctor sounded like he’d done this before. How often is it that people wake up after 7 years in a coma are mostly fine?
The doctor asked some pretty standard questions after that, what was I doing in the abandoned building, do I know what year it is, blah blah blah.
When the doctor left I was back to my own thoughts all by myself.
What were Kinger and Caine arguing about.. RIGHT! Kinger wanted us out, he eventually got Caine to.. open up a portal out of anger. He said.. ‘if the real world is what you want. The real world you’ll get!’ We were in some.. office it had computers and things.
Kinger picked one up and sat on the floor with it. He started talking about how he was still one of the engineers of Caine and this place. How he could open the exit if he got enough time.
I don’t remember much after that, just being pulled into the portal with.. Her. Pomni.
I can still feel the pain in my arm of her clinging to me, she gripped on so tight I thought my arm would come off.
My thoughts were interrupted by the nurse handing me a paper,
“This is all the information you might need. Your name, age, where you where found, birthday.. all that stuff, you didn’t have emergency contacts but.. we were able to get numbers from your phone.”
I nodded a small thank you to the nurse and took the paper,
(Name: Felix Mateo
Age: 22
Birthday: April 20 2004
Found: Abandoned building
Emergency contacts:
Phone numbers: (000) 57/& - 57:&@
)
That phone number, it must be my moms..
I stood up and walked out slowly, a different nurse stopped me as soon as I left. This is bullshit.
“Hey Felix, I’m Naya. I’ll be your regular nurse for the next few days while you’re in here. Where are you trying to go?”
Bro. Where do you think I’m going nurse Ana or whatever your name is..
“I’m trying to call my mom.”
I mumbled to her, god I shouldn’t have stood up-
The doctor said earlier my memory’s might start coming back. my mom. I pushed her.
“M-my mom- Please. Please tell me my mom’s okay! Please!”
“Felix-“
“NO! MY MO-“
…
…god that was stupidly embarrassing.
I just screamed in front of an entire hospital. There were so many eyes looking at me.
I could feel myself sink further down into my bed as I thought about it.
The nurse, Naya. She’s still here. I feel bad. I tried to shove her I almost did the same thing I did to my mom, and Pomni.
My hand suddenly became very interesting to look at as I felt the words bubble up in my throat.
“I-I’m sorry.”
her head perked up,
“It’s okay, Felix. It’s hard to come out a coma and nobody you know is around. Especially for how long you’ve been under.”
Oh god. Here it comes.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“No.”
I didn’t mean to sound rude. But I spent so long building walls just for them to crumble down in my grip.
Luckily for me! They are right back up.
God I’m such an idiot.
“Okay.. Your mom is okay.”
I could feel my eyes light up as she said that, I prayed she couldn’t see it though.
“When she was called to come identify you she told us what had happened before. She’s in a wheelchair but. She’s okay.. she missed you Felix.”
She’s in a wheelchair? I did that too her? I didn’t want to do that.
But she’s missing me. Even after what I did. That’s not- that’s not how this is supposed to go.
A loud sing song voice echoed from outside as the doctor came in.
“Just got off the phone, your mom is on her way, Felix.”
I jumped up and.. Man this floor is comfy. I forgot I’d obviously have low Iron.
Too busy to think about that! Just as fast as I fell I was up, I looked at Naya and she nodded at me. The doctor held the door open for us as Naya eventually caught up and started to lead me.
The fluorescent lights blinded me for a moment after my energy wore out.
Naya lead me down to the first floor as we stood there together talking, every time the bell rung my head turned instinctively.
Eventually I didn’t hear one. Naya looked past me and smiled, she tapped my arm and pointed behind me. I felt my head tilt out of habit as I turned around.
Kayleigh Mateo, the girl in the wheelchair. My mom.
I could felt my eyes tear up but I refused to cry in front of all of these people.
Unfortunately some walls broke down and I ran towards her, finally returning the hug she gave to me so long ago, the one that had paralyzed her in the beginning.