1. A special allergy?

Numbed down pain.

I

That’s all I feel when I find myself waking up, a low, drawled groan leaving my mouth as I slowly regain consciousness. My throat is scratchy, and it feels like something died in my mouth. Faintly, I hear a beeping sound coming next to me, and I slowly turn my head to see what it is.

A machine. A machine to measure my heartbeat, the kind you see in hospital rooms with serious patients.

Why was I a serious patient, then?

That’s when all the memories came back to me through the haze of my mind.

Stone and his goons. The beating in the cafeteria. Falling unconscious as soon as the security guards managed to get the attackers off me. Someone screaming the word ‘hospital’ while I faded to black.

Crap.

I use my tired eyes to look around the room. The walls are painted white with accents of light yellow, and there’s a window. It’s a private room, and there is even a TV mounted in the corner. All around me, there are various machines taking my reading there’s, and an IV poked into my hand dripping saline. There are wires hooked onto my chest. Many parts of my body are bandaged.

Just as I end up taking in the room, the door opens, and a nurse strides in. Upon seeing my open eyes, her face lights up, and she immediately presses a button on the side of the bed.

Greyson, I’m glad to see you’re awake,” the nurse greets me with a

throat and lips are too dry.

she instructed us to be ready. You are due another change of bandages as well, and we were waiting for you to wake up for it, rather

parched skin feel like heaven, and their moisture trickling down my arid throat finally loosens up my vocals enough to talk, “what happened? I remember the fight” I

had to get you into the ER immediately, of course. You were out cold and bleeding all over the place. One of your assailants used a brass knuckles weapon on you, bruising your ribs quite badly. You’re very lucky that they aren’t broken. Apart from that, your midriff was damaged, your left arm was sprained, and

to heal.”

wires hooked to me?” I question, confused because I haven’t seen assault victims with my injuries hooked to

with a painkiller we administered to you. Were you aware

brows lift

sent into anaphylactic shock as soon as the painkiller medicine was administered, and we had to operate on you to remove all sorts

why I feel like

honestly, “I didn’t

the side of my bed to move my

silver allergy and had to have

long do I have to stay here?” I

he will be arriving in a

based on my condition, how much

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