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I slowly opened my eyes. I shut them back again, the light in the room was too bright. I felt a cover on my body, and thats not how I was like in ALO. Maybe I'm not in ALO? Is this real life? Am I actually alive? Where is my sister?
I heard muffled voices, and my curiosity forced my eyes open. They stung, so I turned my head away from the light and saw a man in a neat white lab coat, dull facial features and dead-brown hair that matched his tie. He smiled, but it didn't seem to suit his own face. That too became dull. He came by and sat at the end of the bed, and the bed was as white as his lab coat, but the sheets were whiter. Like a typical doctor or whatever he was here for, he said, "How are you feeling?" I didn't know what to say. I thought I had just died, but I was actually on the brink of death. I had somehow talked and played with my sister as little children, maybe my memories of us. Then I had heard those muffled noises, and then someone sits here at the end of my bed. The last time of being outside of ALO, or at least what I could remember, was when Asuna had used a robot thing to virtually take me to school and my old house. I wonder what Asuna is doing now?
"Can you move?"
At hearing the question, I gently flexed my hands. They were ok, but felt really stiff. If I moved them more, I could go back to normal. Do I still have the virus?
"You can. Can you get up?" Now this was really testing me. I forced myself up. It was really hard, and I felt a sharp pain of 'pins and needles'. I managed to get up, and was sitting straight up. The strange man got up too, but he stood up. He nodded, and smiled.
"See you around, Yuuki." Was all he said, then parts of his body were being eaten up by the bright white polygons that had taken me too. I fidgeted in my position, then heard muffles of excitement. I heard the familiar sound of a door being opened, and the doctors that had been taking care of me appeared. The one at the front seemed excited with a face of hope, and the one behind had a face of worry and concern.
"Lie back down. Sudden movement isn't good for your bones." The one behind said. She was one of my doctors, so I did as she said. The other, however, didn't want to let it go.
"Are you feeling good or something? Usually patients don't want to move or it'd hurt" The one at the front, the man, said pleasantly.
It would have hurt to move alot ages ago, but now I dont understand how it doesn't hurt that much anymore. I flexed my hand again, and smiled. He knew what I meant, and nodded. He didn't look like he could contain his excitement, and started to not act like a doctor anymore.
"Sorry for asking this, but I really want to know, can you move?" No doubt he was thinking that I could be one of the few patients to survive the virus. It made me a little uneasy, but I was curious too.
He moved back a bit as I managed to work my legs in a horizontal arc to the other side of the bed. I was barefoot, but it didn't matter to me. I used my fresh strength to haul myself up, and I stood up. I hadn't stood up in a very long time, and it didn't feel comfortable. I felt pressure on a side of my body and made me wobble. The female doctor ushered me back down on the bed, but I resisted. Could I walk? I focused on moving my feet forwards, one by one, and tried to familiarise myself with the movements that I had not performed in real life for a long time. I wobbled a bit, but I focused on my balance. I got myself to the door, and rested by the door frame. They both looked at me hopefully, and I silently asked myself if I could meet everyone in Sleeping Knights again.