Chapter 18: Waking Up
Anni's view
I opened my eyes, seeing a bright light in front of me. As my eyes focused, I realized it was an electric light. I quickly sat up and looked around, realizing that I was in a hospital room. "Why am I...?", I asked before my head started hurting, causing me to grab it, "The last thing I remember was that Octoling using that weird liquid on me..." I continued to look around until I saw a mirror. In my reflection I saw that the lower part of my eyes had turned emerald green, and my hair had changed as well. "What... What happened to me?", I asked myself.
Just then, I heard the door open. "Anni?!", I heard a voice call out to me. "I turned to see Saero running up to me. "You are Anni, right?", he asked. "Y-Yeah.", I replied. "I thought so.", Saero said, "What happened to you?" "I... I don't remember.", I replied, grabbing my arm, "The last thing I remember was being in some kind of lab, and some weird green liquid being injected into my arm." "Green liquid?", Saero asked, putting his hand on his head.
Just then a nurse came into the room. "I see you're awake.", she said, "How are you feeling?" "I feel like something hit me in the head.", I replied. "S-Sorry about that.", Saero said, "You kind of tried to sneak up on me." "I did?", I asked, confused. "I think they did something to make you not remember who you were.", Saero told me, "But when I knocked you out, your memories must have come back." "Well, there doesn't seem to be any problems with your body.", the nurse said, "We can just give you some pain killers and you'll be free to go." "Th-Thanks.", I told the nurse.
Me and Saero walked out of the hospital, where Nira seemed to be waiting for us. Saero then walked up to her and began talking to her before both of them walked up to me. "Anni, can you come with us?", Nira asked me, "We need to tell you something, but not here." "I-I guess.", I said back to her. The two then led me to the sewer grate before jumping in. I wasn't sure of what to do, but I decided to continue following them.
*To be continued*