italics = persons thoughts
"Speech marks" = person speaking
Bold = Japanese
Pain, so much pain.
It hurts
My head, it hurts
It's dark
I can't see
I can't think
It hurts
I'm scared
Voices, I hear voices
"She's going into shock!"
"We're losing her!"
"Come on kid, don't give up!"
The pain's going away
The darkness is fading
There's a light, its disappearing
No don't go
The light, its getting brighter
Gray? what?
It's bright
My head, it still hurts but not as bad as before
Moving her hand the girl placed it on her head and groaned. She could feel something there, it felt soft but slightly rough.
Bandages?
A gasp from her right drew her attention away from her aching head.
Removing her hand and turning her head slightly in the direction of the sound the girl saw a woman in a white gown holding a clipboard. Her eyes were wide and she wasn't moving, she appeared to be in shock.
Blinking the blurriness out of her vision the girl looked up at the woman who stared down at her.
The girl groaned again, closing her eyes and placing her hand back on her head, this seemed to snap the woman out of whatever trance she'd been in because she dropped the clipboard which clattered on the floor, slightly increasing the pain in the girls head, and ran out of the room.
The pain in the girls head died down a few minutes after the woman had left, only to reappear full force when the same woman and a man in a white coat burst into the room.
The man moved near the girl who was still clutching her head, clearly in pain.
Meanwhile the woman had picked the clipboard off the floor and was watching the girl with something akin to wonder and amazement.
Slowly the man reached his hand towards the girls arm to move it from her head but she flinched away centimeters before he touched her, despite still having her eyes closed.
The man tried again slowly so as not to frighten the girl and gently grabbed her wrist and lightly tugged the girls arm away from her head.
The girl opened her eyes and looked at the man.
"Amazing, you have no idea how lucky you are to still be alive, let alone conscious" the man whispered, shock written all over his face.
The girl blinked confused, it took her a moment to understand what the man had said.
"Can you hear me?" asked the man.
It took a few seconds for the girl to understand what the man said before giving him a small nod.
"And can you see me alright?"
The girl blinked before nodding again.
The man turned to face the woman and held out his hand, the woman immediately placed the clipboard into it.
Taking a pen out of his pocket the man started writing things down on the clipboard.
"Are you in any pain?" asked the man.
The girl nodded and moved her hand back to her head.
The mans eyes softened and he once again removed her hand. He hated seeing children in pain, it was one of the main reasons her became a doctor.
"My name is Samuel Clive, i'm the doctor in charge of this ward, can you tell me your name?" asked the man now identified as Samuel wanting to know if she could speak.
My name? What is my name?
Samuel could see the pain and confusion in the girls eyes but there was also something else, fear.
"Its okay if you can't" Samuel reassured her, instantly regaining the girls attention "instead could you tell me where you are?"
Where am I? That man, Samuel looks like a doctor, does that mean i'm in a hospital?
"A hospital?" whispered the girl before breaking out into a coughing fit.
The girls sight blurred for a moment and she shut her eyes as the pain in her head increased.
She could hear Samuel talking to her but she couldn't understand him anymore, she instinctively rolled onto her side and curled up into a ball with her hands on the back of her head and her forehead against her knees. She couldn't hear anything anymore, she couldn't feel anything anymore. Suddenly she was outside, there was a huge explosion people were shouting and screaming, lightning crashed through the sky, there was a girl running in her direction 'MIKOTO' she screamed before everything went white.
Gray? I'm back in the hospital room! My head, there's a dull ache but other than that it doesn't hurt
She sat up slowly and looked around, there wasn't anyone in the room and there was an orange hue shining through the curtains, moving back slightly she leaned against the wall and looked down at her hands resting on her lap.
What was that? Was it a dream? or was it a memory? Mikoto, that's what she called me. Mikoto, is that my name?
The door opened, causing Mikoto to look up as Samuel walked in, seeing her awake his eyes softened and he sighed in relief.
"You are quite the troublesome patient" he said walking towards her and sitting on a chair located next to her bed that wasn't there when she was awake before.
"Do you remember what happened?"
"Not really" Mikoto whispered.
Samuel nodded and wrote something down on his clipboard.
"You started coughing and then your head injury caused you to curl in on yourself, you weren't responding to what I was saying so we were forced to sedate you, you've been unconscious for 3 days" Samuel explained "how are you feeling now?"
"A lot better, my head doesn't hurt as much anymore" Mikoto responded.
"That's good" smiled Samuel.
Mikoto looked down at her hands before looking back at Samuel.
"Mikoto"
Samuel blinked confused.
"Before you asked for my name, it's Mikoto"
Samuel smiled "you remembered, do you remember anything else?"
Mikoto looked down at her hands again, "not really, no."
"That's alright, give it time, maybe you'll remember eventually"
Mikoto smiled slightly before her stomach growled causing her blush and look away.
Samuel laughed, "i'll go get you something to eat" he stood up and walked to the door "i'll be back in a few minutes" he said before exiting the room.
The dream/memory where was that?, what was happening?, was I fighting?, do I even know how to fight?, who was that girl?, why can't I remember?
The door opening snapped Mikoto out of her thoughts.
Samuel entered carrying a tray with a bowl of what looked like soup and some bread, there was a glass of water and a spoon.
Mikoto's stomach growled again causing her to blush and Samuel to smile.
"Here" said Samuel putting the tray on Mikoto's lap.
"Our chef made that especially for you" said Samuel sitting back down in the chair.
"Why?" asked Mikoto nibbling on the bread.
"You've become somewhat of a celebrity in the hospital, the girl everyone thought would die or at the very least be comatose has somehow made a miraculous recovery. You know when you were first brought in, you weren't conscious, you were bleeding heavily from your head and we could see part of your skull, we had to operate immediately, turns out your skull was severely cracked, at the time there was a very strong chance that you wouldn't make it and even if you did you could have potentially been comatose for the rest of your life." Samuel had a dark look in his eyes as he recalled the day Mikoto was rushed in.
Mikoto had stopped eating and was staring wide eyed at Samuel.
I had no idea my condition was that bad
"But that doesn't matter anymore, your alive, awake and on the road to recovery, that's what matters" Samuel smiled at her and gently patted her on the head.
Mikoto smiled back at him and went back to eating as Samuel watched in silence.
Finishing her meal, Mikoto let out a small yawn, covering her mouth with her hand.
Samuel stood up and removed the tray from Mikoto's lap.
"I just need to check your wound and then you're free to sleep for the night"
"OK" replied Mikoto as she closed her eyes and felt Samuel taking the bandage off.
The wound stung as it contacted the cold air causing Mikoto to hiss.
"Sorry" murmured Samuel as he checked the wound, seemingly happy with what he saw Samuel redressed the wound.
When he finished Mikoto opened her eyes.
"Everything looks fine, the wound is healing nicely and there's no sign of infection" Samuel told her as she lay down and put her head on her pillow.
Mikoto let out a sigh of relief at the news.
"I'll come back to check on you tomorrow" he said as he picked up the tray and headed to the door, the sun long since set.
"Good night, miracle girl" he muttered before left the room closing the door.
Mikoto closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep, wondering what awaits her in this world and if she'll ever get her memories back.
This story was inspired by Attack on Mikoto Misaka by venom rules all I recommend checking it out.
Review and let me know what you think all feedback is appreciated.
There aren't that many Shingeki No Kyojin and To Aru Majutsu No Index/Kagaku No Railgun crossovers and these are two anime/manga i really like so I thought i'd do 1.
I don't have an update schedule so whenever I finish a chapter i'll update it.
Till next time.
