AN: I wasn't planning on continuing this, but maybe I will. I don't really know. XD
Six years prior…
He wasn't sure how it happened. Perhaps someone took a piece of broccoli, not knowing it was vital to the structure of the mines. Or maybe it happened of its own accord. Either was Eeballaw was now laying on the rather uncomfortable emergency room bed. A cave in. That's what it was. That's what brought Eeballaw to his knees.
His now dull emerald eyes scanned the large room filled with patients. Each had a flimsy privacy screen, a simple white curtain. Some open, some closed. How did he even get here? He didn't remember. He did know one thing though, he was more than glad that when children first started to take on jobs the hospital was still run by adults. He would rather not be bandaged up with leaves and old shirts.
One such adult walked to Eeballaw, a deck of cards in his hands. "Hey there kiddo. You had a bit of a tumble, but the doctors are coming soon." The man spoke. He must have been a nurse.
Eeballaw wanted to yell, to scream "Well tell them to hurry up!" but the pain and exhaustion refused to let him.
"In the meantime I can show you a magic trick." The nurse smiled. "Would you like that sport?"
No. No he would not like that. Not that he could even speak to say otherwise. The large gash on his cheek hastily stitched up in preparation for real stitches stung so bad he could hardly move his mouth.
"Ok then, see? All of the cards are different" The nurse showed a few cards and shuffled, then fanned them out and brought them closer to Eeballaw so that he coult touch them. "Now choose a card."
With his uninjured arm, Eeballaw lightly tapped one. The cards left of the middle. The nurse covered his eyes and showed the card to Eeballaw before shuffling the cards again, tossing a few in the air and basically wasting time and showing off until the doctors got there. Finally, he put the cards in a neat stack and took the one from the top. "Now, is this your card?" He asked, showing Eeballaw the card. The four of hearts.
Eeballaw nodded. The nurse handed the card to him. "Here kiddo, it's your lucky charm now. Now I'll be honest, this surgery is gunna be rough. But this card'll keep you strong. So keep fighting, alright?" The pain medicine started to kick in and the room started to spin. With that the young child was swarmed by doctors and taken away, his bed moving with him. The lights hummed and there was a dull roar of the hospital. A few words were exchanged between doctors. And then everything went black.