Hello everyone yeah I'm not dead and neither is the story so uh i just eanted to say sorry for the huge break and hiatus between chapters I've never written fanfiction before but I'm starting to really love it so without further ado, chapter two.Oh god, I can hear them, every single one of them. All the screams from the people who died in the blast were horrible. It was like I was right next to them, all of them screaming inside my head.
I jolted up in bed, my breathing as ragged as could be and sweating everywhere. That….that was horrible, but it looked like it was just some kind of dream. At least that's what I thought until I turned and noticed that the walls were white and this….this was not my bed "Fuck….oh fuck."
It was all real, the blast waking up in a video game with no way of getting home to see my family getting across that bridge getting struck by Cole's lightning. Getting knocked out….wait if I was knocked out who brought me here.
I made sure to look around again to make sure no one was in there with me. There wasn't anyone here that's weird maybe there's someone around here I could ask? I began to get up from off the bed. That's when I felt some kind of feeling go up my arm and just the upper portion of my body I looked down and was greeted by neon covering up my arms and chest.
That's when I began shaking my arms trying to get the weird powers to go away or just glow less or something all I could do was somehow manage to get the iv needle to fly out my arm. It had hurt for about a split second before it seemed to go away kinda reminded me of a bandage. "Oh." I noticed that the glowing on my arms had lessened; they were still there but it was less intense.
"Okay, okay I need to get back on track and try to find out where I am and who brought me here." With that, I got up from where I was sorta half leaning half laying on the wall and started towards the door. When I heard the voices they seemed to be getting closer?
"I'm telling you Sir, there's no way they should be awake right now. "Yeah but you said the same thing about Cole too and look what happened to him after four days of sleeping and boom he's up and walking around hell he's got superpowers with it too. "Yes I know what happened but Mr. McGrath was a fluke something extremely rare there's no way he should be awake especially with the difference in their wounds and body types." The voices were almost at the door now I needed to get back to the be-"Then look Mr. Dunbar completely…..awake."
I froze. I was halfway to the bed when the doctor opened the door making me freeze like a deer in headlights. I have a feeling I wasn't supposed to be awake yet even with the blast happening. "Hah, I knew it. I told you he'd be awake. Hey man, you were caught up in the same blast as Cole right?" That got a nod out of me "That means you got powers to right?" Another nod this time it seems Zeke got a bit happier if the oh yeah motion he made was anything to go by.
Alright, so I guess it's my time to ask for answers. "Who….who brought me here?" Hearing my question Zeke stopped doing….whatever that weird dance or pose thing was and went to answer my question "That was me and Trish we got both you and Cole from the bridge and brought you here oh yeah forgot to do this earlier my name's Zeke I'd show you Trish but she's at my place helping Cole." Huh, so I guess that's good now that I have some time to think I began to realize how bad it would be for me if I had talked to Cole about the butterfly effect and all that.
I was brought back to the world when I noticed a hand waving in front of my face. Man, I gotta stop getting lost, I thought that was happening way too much for the situation I'm in. "Ah sorry I was a bit lost in thought what did you say." This time it was the doctor that spoke up "I was saying that you're free to go if you're anything like McGrath then you should be in almost perfect condition. Unless you want to take a few tests just to be safe." ah yeah checkout time right "Yeah sure haven't really been a fan of big hospital rooms plus you guys probably need as much room as you get with that explosion."
The doctor looked a little downcast at that statement even Zeke seemed to flinch a little. I mean who can blame them hundreds were probably killed and here I was just saying that like it was nothing. The first one to break out of our little sadness circle was the doctor. "Well do you have anyone you wanna call to come pick you up family friends anyone would you rather just go by yourself?" Crap how am I gonna explain this? I'm a teenager stuck in a city with no family or friends anywhere um okay think of a make-up story "I arrived with my family on a vacation trip we took a ride on a boat to get here. I was with them when the blast happened….I didn't see any bodies around where I woke up." Now, this may sound like a dick move but I did my best to pour as much sadness into that sentence as I could. That and I began thinking that I don't have a way home so I doubt I actually will ever see my family again so I used that to help with talking about them like this.
When Zeke and the Doctor heard what I had to say they seemed to look even sadder than before the first one to speak was the doctor "I'm so sorry…." Next was Zeke out of the two he looked the most upset, maybe he had something similar happen to him in the blast. "Damn I'm sorry man and I mean it to I've lost someone in the blast too…look since you don't have anywhere to go for the time being why don't you stay with me and Cole sure may not be the best place around but hey you'll have a roof under your head what do you say, brother."
Time seemed to freeze around me when I heard Zeke's question. Why well on one hand I could stay with them and have a place to stay and people to talk to but on the other hand I would make so many butterfly effects it wouldn't even be pretty so I'm in a bit of a crossroads I either take the easy way out and go live with Zeke and Cole or try and find my own place to stay while navigating this new city but that would also mean fewer butterfly effects. The choice was a bit too clear
"It's alright Zeke I'll try and find my own place to stay for a while." I watched as both Zeke and the doctor seemed to stop for a second as if my answer shocked them the first once again to move was Zeke "Alright man well if you need help with anything give me a holler." I watched Zeke smile then wave before walking out the door. It took me a second to realize that I... actually had no idea where Zeke lived. I know it's not that far from the giant statue that should be around here somewhere but that's about all I know about this city. I'm gonna have to get some type of map to get around or maybe a GPS?
"Ah yes I forgot you have to sign a few things before you leave and have a few tests to make sure you're fit to leave." Oh that's not what I was expecting here I thought I was just going to walk out of the place...wait don't I have to pay for this, oh God I wouldn't have had money before I came here let alone after.
"U-uh hey, Mr doctor person don't I have to pay for all this?" Oh jeez, this is not going to end well. What exactly do they do to people who don't have any money whatsoever? Do they throw them out or something? I had never been to a hospital without some sort of insurance before. "Ah don't worry about that someone has apparently paid all your medical bills a few hours after you were admitted. A strange man came in looking for you specifically paid for your bills then left."
That's….not what I expected at all I mean who would just pay for some random person's medical bills I severely doubt a random man would just walk into a hospital and specifically ask for me than pay for everything….wait how would anyone know my name to begin with. God this is all getting confusing. "Ah, we can go ahead and get started with those tests now if you want then we'll send you on your way."
"Alright let's just finish the tests so I can leave...no offense to you doctor it's just I don't really like staying in hospitals." I watch as the doctor nods and motions for me to follow them. That had worked a little better than I hoped. I guess they didn't have the space to keep everyone here if they didn't need to be.
Turns out by tests they just mean testing my reflexes some of which had improved like my eyesight I used to have to wear glasses but now it's all good perfect vision after a few more tests and some questions I was lead to the door by the same doctor who had been with Zeke "Well your free to go just a fair warning it's not as nice out there as it is in here and it doesn't look to be getting better so I would recommend trying to find somewhere to lie low and wait for this whole quarantine to be over." Right I still need to find a place to lie low, maybe there's a homeless shelter or something similar. I remember Cole and Zeke pretty much live on the roof of their building. Maybe I could find something like that but first I need something I can use to figure out how to get around the place. But how am I supposed to find my way around this place?
"Hey Ms. Doctor lady you guys wouldn't happen to have any maps of the city by any chance, would you? Maybe like a little pamphlet or something?" Hearing my voice the doctor turned from where she was about to walk away and nodded before setting off to go get what I presumed to be one of the maps. Leaving me with some time to think. Okay, so first things first I need to find somewhere to live maybe a homeless shelter or something similar. If I can't well worst comes to worst I'll have to find Zeke somehow. But I'd rather not be that close to two of the main people of this plot.
"Mr. Britt here sorry for the wait they had these moved for some reason." Grabbing the pamphlet I thanked the doctor and went towards the door okay moment of truth with those final thoughts I stepped through the doors and the world greeted me in a whole.
So funfact i actually had the majority of this second chapter written for a good few months but i had major writers block for the first time in my life so i wanted to say sorry and that chapter three is now in the works this is Writer B signing out ciao.