Chapter 7:How Do You Know?

"Quick! My friend here got a burning…uh…"Ron knew he couldn't say 'hand'. No one would believe him! "She got punched in the stomach with something very hot!"

"Well, bring her in!" the desk clerk said and she smiled again one of those fake smiles. She led him to a room. "Doctor Homesly, we have a girl here who apparently got hit in the abdomen with a materialistic object that was rather hot!"

"I'll be right there," said a calm, friendly voice. Ron saw a middle-aged man walk out and put glasses on. "Why don't I give her a check-up?"

"That would be great, Mr. Obvious!" Ron said a little impatiently.

For some odd reason, Dr. Homesly smiled. "I understand how you feel, son. Let me guess, you want to stay by her side while I check how she's doing"

Ron nodded and turned red. "Yah…how did you know?" he asked.

"Trust me, I was like you when I was a kid!" Dr. Homesly said and picked up Kim. He was surprisingly strong. Ron followed him into an office.

"Sit down, son. Tell me, what exactly happened in the incident?"

"Well…um…"Ron didn't know what to say.

"I'm just kidding! You probably feel uncomfortable talking about what happened, ey? You think no one is going to believe you" said Dr. Homesly, a sparkle in his eye.

"How did you know?" Ron asked.

"Trust me, son. I know everything" Ron was still puzzled. Who was this guy? How did he know what Ron was feeling? Did he know what happened to Kim?

"Well, for your first two questions, I can not disclose that information. As for your third," Dr. Homesly smiled. "I do know what happened to your friend here!"

"Okay, now you're just freaking me out!" Ron stood up.

"Calm down, kid. You can trust me! I will explain everything later" Dr. Homesly put Kim on a bed. He pulled Wade's mom's top up just above the belly button. "Ouch! She seems to have 3rd degree burn. Of course, I know how to treat it very well!"

Ron didn't hear him. He just looked at Kim with tears filling his eyes. Her stomach was black, and she looked dead with her emotionless face. Ron held her hand tightly. He didn't even notice Dr. Homesly walking out of the room to a rather small one. Thoughts drove through his mind like a racecar. Is Kim dead? How does that doctor know everything? What's going to happen? Ron was confused. He didn't know what to think first. He never was an organized person; Kim always helped him with a hard decision. Kim…

"I'm back!" Dr. Homesly came into the room holding a bluish-greyish bottle with some sort of liquid goop inside. "Ron? Put this on Kim's burn every half hour. It's a special remedy I made myself" Dr. Homesly lifted his chin proudly.

"I'm not even going to ask" Ron said, referring to how the doctor knew his name.

"Here, put some on her now, she'll get better sooner. Gently, now. Oh, and make sure you put it on gently the first 3 times. When the burn starts to fade, you can put more on, but not too much. It'll affect her burn too intensely and make it worse."

"Yes, Dr. Homesly" That puts Kim's death out of the way! Ron said as he squirted some goop on Kim. He kept glancing at Kim's face in case she woke up.

"Now, Ron, I'm sure you have many questions for me to answer, right?" Dr. Homesly said, making himself some espresso from the espresso machine.

"Yes, that's right" Ron said.

"All right, shoot"

"Well, first off, who are you and how do you know who I am?" Ron asked.

"To answer both those questions, I'll show you" Dr. Homesly said. He poured some water over his face and took off his wig.

Ron gasped.

A/N: Mwahahahahahahaha! I have left you with another cliffhanger! Aren't I the evily-evily-evilist person? But thank you all for the reviews! Especially you, Juli-uh I mean Mysterioso1!