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Chapter 3: Memory

One Month later, at Night

Matt was sleeping enveloped in a dream, tossing and turning as the dream slowly twisted its way to a nightmare, a memory of the past.

Dream/Flashback

Matt was walking down, a dark deserted hallway, the house he was in seemed eerily familiar, but he could not put is finger on it. As he walked down the hall he noticed, when he passed a mirror he was getting younger the farther he went.

He still continued being drawn by something, he turned into a room with only an oversized chair in the center, and all was quiet until.

"You stupid, worthless brat," suddenly came a voice from the chair as a large man stood up, and a bottle dropped to the floor shattering on impact.

Matt was scared but didn't move, even though he wanted to, the man walked over to him, and that was when he knew where he was and who the man in front of him was.

He was home, back in the old house, and the man walking towards him, now standing right in front of him was his father.

"You worthless bastard, everything is your fault" his father said as he raised his hand and backhanded, young Matt hard across the face, knocking him off balance.

"Daddy," young Matt said tears forming in his eyes holding his red hurt face, "why did you do that, daddy?" he asks as his father walks up to him again.

"Why, why did I hit you?" his father repeats mockingly hitting Matt even harder with his other hand sending him to the ground "I did it because you are a worthless waste of flesh, because everything bad that happens around here is your fault, and I am going to punish you for each problem you have caused."

Matt was on the ground holding his face trying to get up, tears falling down his face as his father stood near him and kicked him without warning in the chest a few times. Matt tried to defend himself but he was too small and weak to do anything to stop his father, when his father stopped kicking him he left Matt on the floor rolled into a ball holding his hurting stomach and chest crying and trying to understand what had just happened.

End Dream/Flashback

Matt woke up screaming and crying more than he had done in a long time, he was back in the hotel, in his bed alone in his room. It was only a dream, but it felt so real Matt thought as he looked around his dark room, it was still raining outside as he saw the rain hitting the window.

Just then his door opened and his mom came in, she was worried when she hear the screaming, looking at her son sitting in his bed unfazed by her entry, tears slowly falling down his cheeks, and his facing looking very red like someone had hit him. She sat down next to him.

"Honey is everything alright?" she asked trying to comfort son, "did you have a bad dream?"

"Yeah, i-it w-was dad, at the old house" Matt replied crying softly "he was h-h-hitting me, it was like it was starting all over again"

"Its okay, honey, it was only a dream, they can't hurt you" she said, holding him close to her as he still cried softly "you are a strong boy, if anyone can get through this, it's you, and you have new friends you can help you if you need it."

This was a refreshing voice to Matt and he knew everything she said was right. Soon it would be time for him to tell Zack and Cody about what had happened to him and to see if they still wanted to be his friends.

He soon fell back to sleep, the nightmare was gone, and only pleasant dreams were in his mind from then on.

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Later that morning

Matt woke up still thinking of his nightmare, he got up and dressed as slowly as he could. He knew he would have to tell Zack and Cody the truth and that one of them would ask about the scar.

He walked out of his room and into the kitchen where Jen was cooking breakfast. He could smell her famous omelets, he knew she only cooked that breakfast when she wanted to make him feel better or she had a talk for him.

"Hey honey, did you sleep any better?" Jen asked still keeping her attention on the omelets that were almost done.

"Yeah, I did, thanks for asking, I feel a lot better now, and the omelets smell great by the way" Matt said sitting down at the already made table.

"I knew you would like it," she said carrying over the finished omelets to the table and give Matt his. "So what do you have planned for today," Jen said staring on her omelet looking at Matt as he started his looking a little distracted.

Matt looked up after taking a bit, and waiting to finish chewing then replying "I was going to go hang out with Zack and Cody, I also have a feeling that the truth will be told today." His mom nodded knowing it was better not to meddle when he had made up his mind and he knew things she didn't.

After finishing breakfast he got up, said bye to his mom, and left to go to the twin's suite just down the hall. While walking he started to get a small headache, he didn't think much of it until he started to lose his balance and stopped and leaned against the nearest wall. I just needed to catch my breath, that nightmare took more out of me than I thought he said to himself feeling better and continuing on his walk to the suite.

As Matt neared the suite he began to feel better, when he arrived he heard noises but knocked anyway. The door was opened by Carey, who looked a little flustered.

"Oh, good morning Matt, come in" she finally said, letting him though the door and it, Matt saw Zack and Cody on the couch playing a video game, "Sorry Matt but I have a big show in a few minutes and have to get going."

"Its alright, I am sure Zack, Cody and I can think of something to do" Matt said with a voice of calming and confidence.

"Alright, boys I have to get going," she said giving each of them a kiss goodbye "I should be back in a few hours, love you be good" she said as she walked out of the door.

"So what are you guys playing?" Matt asked as he sat in the middle of the twins as usual, "hope it is something good."

"You bet it is," Zack said barely taking his eyes off the screen "its Goo Zombies 4, it's amazing and addicting." Even Cody had his eyes glued to the screen; the game was only a one player but equally fun to watch.

Zack was on a roll, Matt and Cody have never seen him play so focused before, after about 2 hours he was still going and doing well, but still dying a few times here and there.

Matt's headache from early suddenly came back without warning, but not very bad. He slowly raised and his head and rubbed it.

"You okay Matt?" Cody asked looking worried for a minute.

"No, I, I just need to use the bathroom," Matt said sounding out of breath as he got up and walked around the couch as to not disturb Zack, and entered the bathroom closing and halfway locking the door behind him.

In the bathroom he walked up to the mirror and looked in, he looked at the person staring back and his head started throbbing like never before. He clutched his head trying to sooth the pain and make in go away but, nothing was working, after about a minute of pure pain, he felt a sharp different pain on his face, he reached up and touched blood.

"No, this can't be happening," He said scared and still hurting, he looked in the mirror, his scar had begun to re-open, he couldn't believe his eyes, a small part of the scar in the corner had opened, but just then the pain returned stronger now, and he felt the whole scar rip open and the hot blood drip down his face. He screamed so loud his voice was heard in all the rooms around the suite and scared the hell out of Zack and Cody in the next room.

"Matt" Cody almost screamed, as he ran to the door, which wouldn't open "Matt open the door, say something" he was worried; he had never heard anyone scream as loud as that.

Zack left his game, not caring anymore, ran to their room and brought back a tool kit, "Move Cody, let me take care of this," he said working to open the door after pushing Cody out of the way, who was starting to cry, they had never faced this kind of crises, and for once he didn't know what to do.

After a few seconds Zack opened the door, they found Matt, out cold, on the floor of the bathroom blood everywhere, and Matt's face torn open. At first they were shocked then they did what they had to, Cody ran to Matt and held a towel on his face to try and stop the bleeding, he told Zack to call 911. Zack ran to the phone and dialed, while in the bathroom Cody was trying with little success to stop the bleeding, it wasn't a lot but it was enough, he noticed he was kneeling in a small pool of Matt's blood which stained his pants.

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In the lobby of the Tipton

Moseby was checking in some new guests, "Enjoy your stay at the Tipton" he said as the couple walked on. He started to hear sirens, but not thinking much of it he went on his daily business. But they didn't pass by like he expected, they stopped in front of the hotel, and three paramedics ran in caring a stretcher.

"What's going on here" Moseby asked one of the paramedics as they headed for the elevator.

"We got a 911 call from a suite on the 23rd floor, a young boy unconscious bleeding from a wound on the face, now excuse me we have to hurry" he finished as he entered the elevator and it rose the floors.

Moseby was shocked and thought, Zack, Cody and Matt are on that floor, I should tell their mothers as he ran off to tell Carey who was closer.

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In the Martin's suite

"Matt, come on wake up," Cody said still holding a towel to his face, it had been about 5 minutes, since Zack had called 911, and Matt was still bleeding slowly, but the majority of it had stopped.

Zack was pacing around in the main room, walking in to check on Matt and Cody every few seconds, "Where could they be" Zack asked himself, why the ambulance was taking so long, Matt could be dying for all they knew.

Suddenly the door was opened with force, and three paramedics ran in and saw Zack, "Who called 911 and what's wrong?" the lead medic said.

"I called 911 and my friend he is bleeding badly in the bathroom," Zack managed to say, still scared, as he lead them to Cody and Matt in the bathroom, there was a lot of blood on the floor, and all over Cody's pants and shirt, from helping Matt.

The paramedics told them both to leave and they moved the towel to find Matt, still unconscious and breathing but his face was covered in blood, both fresh and dried, "We need to move him quickly, and get him help."

They moved him to the stretcher and radioed down to the ambulance to let the hospital know. As they moved quickly down the hall to the elevator Zack and Cody followed, Cody felt disgusting being covered in his friends blood, he was also feeling ill as he followed his brother down the hall.

They rode down in the same elevator, and when the reached the lobby, a mass of people had gathered already, waiting to see what was going on. Zack and Cody saw their mom as she pushed her way through the crowd to her boys followed closely by Jen.

"Oh my God, boys are you alright," she asked as she looked over them both, and almost fainting when seeing Cody.

"I am fine mom, it was Matt who was bleeding" Cody said, looking at his mom then his brother, he felt a bit dizzy suddenly, "we need to go with him, he, he might nee…."

Suddenly Cody threw up on the floor and collapsed in front of his mother, who screamed his name and knelt next to him.

One of the paramedics ran over to him and tried to help Cody, Zack was in shock, unable to move or speak, the medic looked up "He is going to be ok, but I would get him to the hospital to be sure, ok."

Carey nodded and picked Cody up with the help of Zack who was responsive now and they took him to Carey's car.

The paramedics were busy taking Matt to the ambulance and Jen ran up to him "honey are you alright," she asked expecting a response but getting none "honey say something, what's wrong with my boy?"

"He is unconscious, but still breathing, he lost a lot of blood we need to get him to the hospital" on of the medics said.

"Can I come with, I am his mother," she asked as they loaded Matt into the ambulance, the paramedic nodded and the doors closed behind her and the ambulance speed off to the hospital.

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Few minutes later at the hospital

The moment they had arrived at the hospital, Matt was rushed off somewhere, Jen had no idea what was wrong, or what was going on as she sat in the waiting room. From a door behind her, the Martin family walked out, with Cody who was awake, but pale.

"Jen," Carey said as he walked over to Jen sitting next to her as Zack and Cody, sat on the other side. "Jen how is it going? Is Matt alright? Where did they take him?" Carey asked trying to get some answers.

"I don't know, no one has told me anything since we arrived" Jen said looking up at Carey, then down at Zack and Cody "What happened up there with you guys?" she asked, not sounding as made as the twins suspected.

"We were just playing video games," Zack said.

"Matt got up and said he had to use the bathroom" Cody continued, still covered with blood, sounding a little weak and out of breath but healthy none the less.

"Then we heard a scream, and ran to the bathroom but it was locked" Zack continued, "we tried to open it, but it took a while."

"When we finally got it open and he was lying on the floor bleeding" Cody said, "I told Zack to call 911, and I tried to stop the bleeding, by holding a towel to Matt's face."

"Well I hope Matt's okay," Carey said looking at the boys, and at Jen who was still freaking out, but beginning to calm down.

A nurse came out of a door in the back and walked over to look at Cody. She had been told to look out for them. She bent down and looked at him, she then reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a small pill bottle opened it and gave one to Cody. She told him to take it and he should feel better. He took the pill and the nurse walked away saying she would be back to check on him later.

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