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Anthony eyes fluttered open. He looked around, but everything seemed to be a white blur and he couldn't make out anything. He felt a pain in his face and he touched the place where he felt the pain and pulled his hand away and saw blood on his hand. He looked down and saw he was still in uniform, but he couldn't be sure because his eyes were still in a blur. His eyes were getting better when he heard a familiar voice call to him in a calm, kind voice.
"Anthony," the voice called as Anthony weakly picked himself up turning to a strange orange blur coming towards him.
"Who are you?" Anthony asked the orange blur still coming towards him.
"Anthony," the voiced said as Anthony's eyes finally became clear and saw who it was. "I'm your brother."
Anthony couldn't believe his eyes as he saw Tim standing in front of him in his usual orange sweatshirt.
"Timothy?" Anthony asked amazed at what he saw. "I thought you were dead."
"Well, I am," Tim told his brother who looked back at him shocked.
"You mean this is…" Anthony started to say but was cut off by his brother.
"Not quite," Tim said looking into his brother's freakishly light blue eyes. "Currently, you're stuck between Earth and well… You know."
"Then why are you here, Tim?" Anthony asked his brother looking around and noticing that they were in a large pure white room.
"Well, I'm here to do two things. The first is to tell you not to blame yourself for my death. What I did was my own decision to save your life and I don't regret a thing about what I did. So don't you dare blame yourself because I already gave you a 'your welcome' gift, but don't worry about that now. I'm serious Anthony, if you even hint that it was your fault, so help me I'm gonna, well…" Tim said shaking his fist at Anthony.
"And the second thing, Tim?" Anthony asked after he shook his head understandingly at Tim.
"To help you get back, Anthony. I didn't give my life for you so you can die a few hours later." Tim explained to Anthony looking into his brother's eyes. "You're gonna hate me after you wake up, Anthony." Tim said chuckling as Anthony looked at Tim confused.
"So is this the last time I'm gonna be able to talk to you?" Anthony asked his brother dismissing what he said earlier and looked into Tim's eyes.
"We'll be able to talk to each other again, but it won't be until a long time from now. Just remember I will always be with you as long as you carry apart of me with you," Tim said holding out his dog tags for his brother to take.
Anthony took his brother's dog tags and nodded saying, "How can I ever repay you, Tim."
There's one thing you can do. Close your eyes, Anthony." Tim said as Anthony closed his eyes and he felt Tim's hand on his face. "Wake up."
Anthony slowly opened his eyes with a familiar blur in his eyes. He looked around hearing the beeping of a heartbeat monitor. He saw a blurry face over him as his eyes cleared.
"Well look at you," Victor said hovering over Anthony with a smile on his face. "I thought we had lost you, too. You were clinically dead for a minute but something amazing happened and your heart started beating again. Everyone here was astonished when they heard the heartbeat monitor beeping again."
"It was Timothy. I'm guessing while I was 'dead' me and Tim had a conversation about what happened to him and then he sent me back here." Anthony tried to explain to his even more astonished friend.
"Well, I don't care what happened. I'm just glad you're alive," Victor said who was looking intently at Anthony's face with a bit more fear that usual.
Anthony knew he had a scar on his face now but he didn't think it looked that bad. "What the eyes getting to you again Victor," Anthony said chuckling.
"You have no idea. You should take a look at the mirror, Anthony," Victor said with growing fear.
Anthony jumped up next to the closest mirror and took a leap back at what he saw. His eye were had somehow become way more light blue. "You got to be fucking kidding me, Timothy!" Anthony screamed looking up at the ceiling. He finally knew what his brother meant by a 'your welcome' gift. His eyes were now so blue that they glowed a dim light blue light.
"When the nurse saw your eyes, she screamed at the top of her lungs and ran out of here like a bat out of hell when she came in to check your pupil response," Victor said laughing. "Don't worry, I got you something," Victor said handing a pair of sunglasses to Anthony. "You should put those sunglasses on before I do the same."
The doctor walked in as Anthony put the sunglasses on.
"You were pretty lucky there," the doctor said to Anthony trying to look at Anthony's eyes and was relieved when he couldn't see them glaring into his own. "It looks like someone up there really likes you and decided to give you a 'you owe me' present as he sent you back down."
Anthony took of his sunglasses and watched the doctor freeze in what seemed to be fear. "How is anyone going to talk to me if they can't even look me in the eyes? I guess I'm gonna have to were these glasses all the time." Anthony said as he put his glasses back on.
"How does the scar feel, we took the stitches out this morning seeing as you've been sleeping for the past week," the doctor asked looking at Anthony's face.
"A week! I have to go!" Anthony jumped off the bed and dressed himself in his grey t-shirt and leather jacket. He saw his brother's dog tags as he remembered what his brother said and he grab them and put them around his neck. Thanks, Tim Anthony thought as he slipped Tim's dog tags into his shirt. Anthony went and opened the door. He turned back and said, "I quitting the Recovery Force by the way, I wanted to make it official before I left."
"So am I, because I've seen enough blood over the years. Where are you going, Anthony?" Victor said to Anthony who was still standing in the doorway.
"To see an old friend," Timothy said before closing the door behind him as he left.
