Chapter 2: New Beginning
Everything was dark for the boy after he had heard someone say they were beginning some operation. It didn't last long. In what felt like a few minutes he was back to reality again.
He opened his eyes slowly, squinting a bit at the brightness of the light coming from a window and the lights above.
"Hey, Kid, you with us?"
He looked towards the voice. His vision was becoming clearer as he was able to make out the features of the man by his bed. He had bushy green hair and caramel eyes and was wearing an orange-ish brown suit with a lab coat over it.
The boy sat up quickly, feeling a little panicked not knowing the man let alone not knowing where he was.
"Hey, easy." The man said holding up hand to calm him down.
"W-Where...?"
"You're at Resurgam First Care, a hospital, I'm Dr. Gabriel Cunningham."
The boy still felt a little panicked glancing around the room.
"Hey, it's okay… just calm down, you've been through a lot today."
"W-What happened?"
"You were in a pretty bad accident, but you're okay. We had one of our best surgeons operate on you. How are you feeling right now?"
"Sore… Is that normal?"
"Yep, just recovering from everything."
"Oh… Um… Can I ask something?"
"Of course."
"... What's my name?"
Gabe blinked a few times before replying.
"You… don't know your name?"
The boy shook his head.
"No… I don't…Been trying to figure it out but nothing ever comes."
Gabe had concern in his eyes.
"That's not good… I need you to answer a few questions, answer them to the best of your ability, alright?"
"O-Okay…"
"What's today?"
The boy looked up thinking.
"Um… Tu- No Thursday."
"Okay, how old are you?"
"Um… 12. Yeah! That's it."
"What happened before you got in the car?"
"Um… Um…"
The boy started to panic again. Gabe touched his shoulder gently.
"Easy now… Like I said, answer the best you can."
"I… I don't remember."
"It's fine, and one last question. Do you know the state we're in?"
"Um… No… I'm sorry, but my head hurts a little… I can't remember"
"It's okay, that's all the questions I'm going to ask. I don't want to strain your head."
"O-Okay."
Gabe gave him a gentle squeeze on his shoulder.
"Get plenty of bed rest, oh, and one last thing. I do know your last name. It's Jameson."
"Jameson… You're not gonna call me that are you? Cause it sounds like a lame first name."
The doctor shook his head chuckling.
"No, but I will refer to you as such on your file, but as for conversation till I can get a hold of your name, I'll refer to you as Kid, good enough for you?"
"Yep, better than Jameson."
Gabe grinned.
"I need to go now, another doctor will be coming in a little bit to check on you… Don't be intimidated by the red eyes or the attire, he's a good guy."
The kid tilted his head.
"What's wrong with him?"
"Nothing, just saying."
"Oh come on… Is he a psychopath or some kind of murderer who's trying to make up for his ways?"
"... Let's just leave it at guessing, Kid."
"Okay… Also, Doctor?"
"Yeah?"
"Could you tell that guy over there hanging on the curtain thingy to get down? He might hurt himself with the balancing act he's doing."
Gabe looked up at the curtain thingy (curtain rod) and… saw no one there. He blinked back confusion and looked at the kid.
… Okay, just humor him, he hit his head, plus he's on medication.
"Hey, you up there, get down right now before you hurt yourself."
About a few seconds after Gabe said that he got a playful whack on the shoulder.
"Ow! What the-?"
He looked to the source of the hit but didn't see anything. The kid was busting up laughing.
"Guess he didn't like that."
"Yeah… I'll see you later kid."
Gabe quickly made his way out leaving the kid alone with the invisible person… Well invisible to Gabe. To the kid he could see the person perfectly.
He was a young boy maybe about 16 years of age. Had messy brown hair and pale blue eyes. He had a deep blue long sleeved shirt on and jeans with white sneaker. Around his neck was a small black choker.
"You can see me?" the older boy asked.
"Yeah. You came down from that curtain thingy so fast, almost like you flew!"
"Yeah, well since you can see me, my name's Hector."
"Nice to meet you Hector… I don't know my name."
"Well that's alright, I'll do what that doctor is doing, I'll call you Kid."
"Okay! So, how come he couldn't see you?"
Hector grinned.
"Cause he doesn't got the special eyes or ears, you do kid."
"Special eyes and ears?"
Hector nodded.
"Yeah not a lot of people have them, you do though but let's keep that to ourselves shall we?"
"Okay!"
"Good boy… hehe I see the start of something amazing."
"You think so?"
Hector gave another grin.
"I know so."