The Dark Secret Chapter 12

I woke up lying on a bench. I sat up and regretted it instantly. The world spun a little and I hurt all over. I say up straight getting a better look of my surroundings the sun was gone, it was replaced with dark clouds. It looked like it was going to rain; there were no cars in sight I looked to my left, all I could see was a long strip of road and trees. I looked back over my shoulder there was a gas station, and a pay phone.

I wondered how I got here. I looked down at my feet my shoes had holes in them; there were some red spots on the exposed skin. Come to think of it, my entire body was covered in red spots. Some small, some really big. I tried thinking back,

What the hell happened?

A man walked out of the gas station, a small bell chimed causing me to jump. I don't know why but my cautious streak was higher than ever. The man was short and bald. He had a tattoo of a snake on the side of his head. His brown eyes widened when he got sight of me, he slowly made his way.

I felt my body jerk upward the man put his hands up in surrender, he looked safe enough, but really didn't a lot of people?

"Look son, I'm not going to hurt you, I'm going to take you to a hospital"

His voice was gentle, like he was talking to an animal, I felt myself slowly stepping towards him. He put his arm around my shoulders I winced at a small pain it caused. His eyes should sympathy, he lead me to his car and helped me in. The ride to the hospital was a blur; the man didn't ask me any questions. When we got there he helped me out and brought me to the front desk.

The lady jumped up, she had bright blonde hair that was pulled back into a bun. She was wearing plain black jeans and a white t-shirt with the hospital logo on it.

"What happened?"
She called a doctor in while she asked. I saw the man who helped me looked over at me, he wanted to know too. I opened my mouth when a doctor came in; he looked about 20 with short brown hair and green eyes. He looked kind of looked plain, like a regular person.

"What happened son?" his eyes were fixed on me.

"I-I-"

What did happen to me?

The doctor shook his head then looked at the man with the snake tattoo.

"You his father? Brother? Best friend?" he sounded a little harsh, like he really couldn't care less.

"Uh no, I just found him on the streets and brought him here"

The doctor nodded, I guess his way of saying a thank you then started leading me away. He waved at me; I gave a small wave back before the doctor closed the store. He motioned me to sit on the bed.

He pulled out a clip board then a try full of sliver tools. None of them looked familiar to me. He sat down on a green chair across from me, he looked up and me and put some bulky glasses on.

"Okay, what's your name son?"

Ummmmmmmm

I couldn't even remember my own name. The doctor sighed then wrote something down on his clipboard. Then looked back at me

"Do you know if you have any family?"

I shook my head slightly.

"Where you were born and raised?"

Another head shake

"Friends?"

I shook my head again. The doctor sighed, I didn't get it, and I knew I had to have someone that I could trust! Was I an orphan? A kid who just traveled from town to town?

"Okay kid, I'm thinking that you've got amnesia. That is you're having memory problems, I'm guessing that it's come from whatever got a hold of you and beat you like this"

I gave a small nod; I felt my fist tighten together.

"I'm going to run some tests, see how bad the amnesia is then clean up and close off all your cuts. Got it kid?"

He ruffled my hair then started running closing and cleaning all my wounds. It was like magic; the red turned into a pink and was lined with a black thread. I didn't remember how they got there. It was like I fell asleep then woke up and there they were,

They cuts appeared and my memory disappeared. After a few hours of questions the doctor finally gave up then walked out. He came back in with two boys, one looked 16 or17 he had light blonde hair and brown eyes. They looked really happy he was wearing a red plain shirt and some low cut jeans. His feet were bare. Then man beside him was tall with broad shoulders and brown hair. His eyes were blazing blue,

The boy in the plaid ran over almost jumping on me, I took big steps back, the happy look in his eye vanished. He looked confused and hurt; the doctor whispered something in the man's ear. His eyes widened then returned to normal; he walked over to the boy then said the same thing.

"No! No I-I I don't believe it! Ponyboy don't you remember me? It's me Soda! I'm your brother!"

I almost felt bad when I shook my head.