Chapter One- Death or Doctors?
I was sitting at the table finishing a list of supplies the doctor needed when I heard a commotion outside. I stood up and walked to the door and upon opening it a man blew past me into the building, all I saw was a flash of white before I was knocked on my ass. I was shocked and pulled myself up in time to see a few redcoats run down the road shouting about something, but I didn't care, I was extremely pissed off now and went to see if I could find what had knocked me down.
The back door was open and there were footprints leading to a well behind the doctors office, I slowly approached it and as soon as my hand touches the side, a person comes flying out of it and knocks me down again.
"What the hell man?" I yell at the person standing there.
"I apologize, are you alright?" I look up at the stranger and am greeted by a white hood, the man under it extends and arm to help me up and I accept.
"I'm fine, my pride not so much, what were you thinking running through the door like that? Are you some sort of psychopath?" I start to walk around and throw my hands in the air, "Is that blood?" I move to looked at his side and sure enough, there is a steady flow of blood leaving what looks to be a musket ball hole.
"I am fine." The stranger says as he backs away from me.
"No, you are not, come inside and I can patch you up." I grab the man's arm and he quickly jerks it out of my grasp. I raise an eyebrow and grab his arm again, this time the man pushes me away, "You know what? Fuck you, I am trying to help you AFTER you knocked me down twice and you want to be an asshole about it? Fine, go and die in a hole and see if I give a shit." With that I stomp back into the building and slam the door shut behind me.
The doctor walks out of a room and gives me a concerened look, "Are you alright?"
I give him a half smile, "I'll be fine, I"m going to the market now to get the supplies you requested." and with that, I push the strange man from my thoughts as I navigate the streets of Boston.
After wandering around for sometime I could hear a few of the other townsfolk gossiping, I made my way around a fruit stand to eavesdrop better.
"Did you see that strange man in the white hood today? He must be touched in the head to be climbing the buildings like that."
"I saw him kill a couple of redcoats too just before he dissapeared into the alleyway."
"He looked like a savage and sure behaved like one, I hear they kill commoners just for fun."
Ugh, I had heard enough of their incessant ramblings, I could never understand why people had hated the natives so much, I quickly banished the thoughts from my head before I started to get mad and walked back to the doctors office.
I took a few shortcuts down some alleyways when I saw a man lying on the ground, I assume he is drunk so I pay him no mind, as I walk past he grabs my ankle and I scream, dropping the bag of supplies I reach into my boot and grab my knife, I swing my hand towards the man only to notice the white hood, shit. I quickly put my knife away and grab the strangers wrist, reaching out to his neck to feel for a pulse, there is hardly a beat and I know this man is close to death, I look down and see that he is staring at me, "Why didn't you let me help you earlier? Now you are dying in a hole and making me care!" The hooded stranger looks at me with contempt, "Really? You are going to give me dirty looks? Fine, do what you want but I can't let you die out here, can you stand?" The man nods and I help him get to his feet, I put my arm around his back and grab the bag of supplies then head to the doctors.
When I get to the doctors I yell for help and the doctor comes running into the room, "What happened?" He reaches around the man's other side and takes his weight, "I'll explain later, just make sure he doesn't die!" The doctor and the hooded man make their way into an empty room and dissapear for hours, I hear the man screaming and it bothers me so I busy myself with simple tasks until the doctor walks out of the room, "How is he?" The doctor sighs and rubs the bridge of his nose pushing his glasses up, "He lost a substantial amount of blood and has a few broken ribs but I believe he will make a full recovery in time." I exhale and look at the doctors inquistive face,"I suppose you want to know what happened now?" He nods and I tell him about the stranger running through the office, what happened outside, and when I found him in an alleyway. The doctor looks at me with wise eyes, "I guess he is pretty lucky you found him in time." I scoff, "He is lucky I didn't kick his ass or shank him for being rude."
The doctor and I take turns watching over the injured man, I stare at him for what seems like hours, his face is very handsome with angular jaws, high cheekbones, and a square nose. His features are soft as he sleeps, when I reach out to touch his face I can feel the heat coming off of his body and quickly get water and some towels to help keep his fever down. After another two hours the man starts to stir, I reach over to grab the towel from his forehead as his eyes shoot open, he quickly grabs my wrist with a death grip, "Dude, easy!" He drops my wrist, "Jesus, what is your problem, I'm only trying to help you." He looks at me with curiosity, "I'm sorry, where am I?" he makes a move to sit up but winces and shouts out in pain, I push him down gently, "You are in the doctors office you so rudely invaded earlier today." He shoots me an apologetic look then quickly looks away, "Do you want to tell me what that was all about? Judging by the amount of weapons you had on you, I would say you are a murderer." The man tenses for a second and reflexively reaches down to his side, "Your weapons and clothes are over there but you are in no condition to get up, you have three broken ribs and a bullet hole, and you need to rest. Are you hungry?" The man doesn't seem to relax at my words and shakes his head, I shrug and get up to leave the room when a large hand grabs mine, "What is your name?" I look at his hand and then up to him, "Sarah." and leave the room.
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