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Shattered

Chapter Three: Beginning Again

It was still dark. She looked out the hospital window. A tiny bit of light was making it's way across the sky. Her watch said it was 4:03. She looked over to her left. Benny was asleep in his chair and Luke hadn't moved since they layed him down. She looked to her right and nearly shouted with surprise. Two open blue eyes were watching her. There was no expression on his face with the exception of some confusion. They stared at each other for a few minutes. She didn't think it was real. He's supposed to be asleep for a few more hours.she thought. I'm dreaming.

"Kim?" he questioned. She nearly jumped out of her skin. She was still convincing herself she was dreaming. His voice was rough from sleep.

"Norman?" she asked. Still wondering wheather she was dreaming. More on the 'I am awake' side of thought though.

He raised his eyebrows,

"Yes." he said slowly.

"Sorry smart ass I thought I was sleeping." she replied in a snappy whisper.

"You need to settle down. The nurse may remove you if you react the way you did last time I saw you." he said.

"You need to whisper. Your son is over there sleeping. I'm only here because of him."

"Really? You were actually kind enough to bring him here?" he asked, still not whispering.

"Yes, I was. If you don't whisper I'll call the nurse to re-apply your sedative. I'm sure it was your pills that offset it."

"Actually, I don't know."

"Damn you Stan. Will you please whisper?"

"Fine." he whispered.

"Do you want more pain meds? I can call the nurse."

"I'm fine right now."

"Your back or ribs don't hurt?"

"They do but, I'm fine at the moment."

"Whatever Stan."

"Let's not argue at the moment. My head kinda hurts and I want to ask you something."

"What?"

"What the hell happened to me today?"

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She woke up because she was cold. She sat up and almost panicked, not immediatly remembering where she was. When she did realize it, hot tears began at the corners of her eyes. She had fallen asleep crying. She now remembered why. She slowly got up and walked back to his bedroom. She pulled the blankets back on his bed and layed down, pulling them over her. She reached out towards her right,

"Good night Leon."

She let her hand drop. And fell asleep. She didn't want to think.

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"You don't remember?"

"That would be why I asked. Fuck, Kim I thought you were brighter than this. That is how you always had snappy comebacks."

"Fuck you. I can't tell you shit, because I myself don't fully know what happened. You'll have to talk to Benny."

"Where is he?"

"Over there sleeping."

"Benny!" he shouted.

"Stan!" she finally shouted.

"What?" he shouted in reply.

"What's goin on?" asked Benny.

"You are such an inconsiderate bastard Stan." she told Norman.

Norman ignored her,

"Benny."

"Yeah?" he replied.

"What happened today?"

"You don't remember?"

"No."

"I'm gonna give an order here that I expect both of you to follow. Be quiet for the sake of Luke. He's tired. Let him sleep for Christ's sake." said Kim

"Okay." whispered Norman.

"Thank you." she replied

"Your welcome." he replied.

"What do you remember Stan?" asked Benny.

"I remember...Susan stitchin my arm after we took care of that scumbag Martinez. When Willie damn near got us in a shitload of trouble for shooting that four year old."

"Oh shit."

"What?"

"They told us you wouldn't remember some things but, that was at least a month ago. Wow."

"Anything important happen since then?"

"Dad?" said a groggy little voice from behind Benny. Luke walked around Benny and seeing his Dad was awake, ran over to his side. Norman and Luke shared a hug.

"Are you ok?" asked Luke.

"I think so. Are you ok?" replied Norman in a kinder tone than usual.

"Yeah. Mom said you were really hurt but that you'd be ok."

"I guess. I haven't talked to a doctor yet. I've been sleeping."

" I know."

Kim got up.

"Where are you going Mom?" asked Luke.

"To get a nurse. They need to know that your Dad is awake." she replied. With that she walked out of the room.

The early morning sunlight was now starting to light the room a little bit.

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The light that reached Norman's hospital room was also in Leon's bedroom. Mathilda never noticed. She slept on. The exhastion from all that had happened had finally overwhelmed her and she had no one to turn to. So she slept. Her subconscious hoping that when she awoke she'd find that all had been a dream. One long nightmare. She'd just been sleeping for a long time. Leon and her little brother drifted in and out of her dream. As well as Stansfield. She never did and never would get him out of her mind. When he was inches from her in that bathroom was enough to mentally scar her for life. She'd never get that out of her head. She'd never forget his cold blue eyes stuck on her emotions, the cold of his gun resting against her cheek, or the smell of his cologne. She knew after that was over that she wouldn't be able to stand in the same room with someone who was wearing that. That smell would forever be one of negativity to her. Even if it was Leon back from the dead wearing it, she knew she'd flip. She'd also always have problems with public bathrooms forever. She'd always be waiting for the worst to happen. One man in less than a month and only one face to face meeting had done that to her. Just like the new morning sunlight, he was in there as well and she couldn't make him leave. She involuntarily turned her head at his image. It went away and a moment with Leon continued her dream. So she slept on.

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"Awake then are we?" asked the nurse that had followed Kim back in the room.

"Apparently." replied Norman slamming his eyelids shut at the light she turned on.

"Sorry about the light but, I need to take a look at your back so stay on the side you're on."

"Okay."

She pulled the back of his hospital nightgown open to check on his healing back.

"I'm impressed. It looks like it's healing very well. What I am concerned about is why you've woken up so early and aren't screaming for pain medication. "

"No idea. Maybe I'm a leper."

"Actually, we found traces of something foreign in your blood. Mind telling me what it may have been Agent?"

"IBProfen?"

"Sure it was. I'd say in about two weeks, if you're still healing this well, you can go home. As long as someone will be there to help take care of you on a daily basis."

"Fantasic."

"Actually it is. Now, whether you want to or not you're going back to sleep." she pulled a syringe from one of her pockets and put it in Norman's IV tube.

"That should do it. You guys won't have to be as quiet this time. He'll be in a deep sleep for a while in about 10 seconds." she finished.

Norman opened his mouth to say something but his eyelids started drooping and a second after that they heard light weezy snoring coming from him.

"Miss?" asked Benny

"Yes?" replied the nurse.

"What's going on with this memory loss?"

"Oh. He will remember everything. You just have to give it time. And really, I believe it's much healthier if you let him remember it on his own instead of flatly telling him everything. Unless there was a tragedy. Like the death of a family member or something, let him remember himself."

"Alright. Thank you."

She left.
"I'm gonna go take a real nap." said Kim. She walked over to the bed that Luke recently occupied. She layed down and fell asleep herself. Benny stayed where he was and after a while drifted back off. Luke grabbed the softest chair in the room and dragged it until it was right across from Norman's face. When it was where he wanted it, he plopped himself in it, curled up, and fell asleep again.