Nova woke up, finding herself staring up at a tile ceiling. When she sat up, she realized she was in bed. Her mind is trying to cope with her surroundings.
"Did I… Did I pass out again?" She mutters to herself, rubbing the corner of her eye. The throbbing pain was still there.
"Oh thank God, you're awake!" May cried as she hugged her.
Nova was startled by the sudden impact. She looked around, confused. "What-what happened? Where am I? Wait… where is Peter?"
"You are at the hospital," said a doctor, as he pulled back the curtain that surrounds her. On the other side of the room, Peter was in a hospital bed and robe, looking blankly confused as well.
"Peter? What happened to you?" Asked Nova, also relieved to see her brother.
He shrugged, "I don't know. All I recall is being in school and suddenly," he paused for a moment, "Then I woke up here," He had a similar confused look on his face as well.
The doctor looked at his notes on his clipboard, "Apparently, you send two boys to the hospital as well. One is in the ER for a shattered hand."
"What!!!" All three Parkers gasped.
May shot a glare at Nova, "What did you do?"
The confused girl started to hypervalent. It was all coming back now. "I-I-I don't know," she looked at her hands, now clean and still unscathed. "I… I was at my locker. Then I heard them talking and," she looked over at her cousin, who still had that puzzled look on his face. "Peter flipped Kong in the air."
May turned her attention over to her nephew, "You did what?!"
Now Peter had the spotlight on him, "I did?" disbelief in his voice. Nova nodded, remembering the incident. It all felt like a dream, but it did happen.
"Okay everyone, calm down," said the doctor calmly, "I need to take some tests and see if you're both are taking drugs or anything,"
"What?!" May got defensive, "These children are good students!! I would know if they are taking drugs," she snapped her fingers, "The Spider, they were both bitten by a spider yesterday from a laboratory. Could it cause these side effects?"
"Not usually, but we will check it out immediately," he turns his attention to a woman in teal scrubs, "Nurse, can you handle the blood work on the girl first?"
Nova's heart raced at the sight of the needles, "Nope, no-no way!!" She struggled to get out of the bed, "You are not going to stick me with that thing!!"
May tries to hold her back by the shoulder, "Nova, calm down! They just need to see what's wrong with you!"
"No, really I feel fine!" She yelled. She hated needles and was highly afraid of them.
The nurse came up to her right side. Giving her a soft friendly smile, "It's going to be okay," she strapped the blue rubber strapped around her noodle bicep before tapping her elbow pit, causing Nova to flinch or pull away with every feeling. "Stay still or else you'll send us both to the ER," she was about to put the needle in.
Nova's eyes widened at the horrible image, "May!!" She cried. But the old lady kept holding her, covering the terrified teenager and keeping her head up.
May shot a glare at the nurse, "That was not helpful!" she gritted between her teeth.
The nurse rolled her eyes as she pushed the needle in while trying to hold the girl's wrist with one hand. But there was a slight struggle, "That's odd?" Said the nurse as she wiggled the needle into her skin. Nova could feel the uncomfortable feeling and started to squirm. The nurse moved the needle at an angle till it was able to slide beneath the skin and was able to withdraw blood, "There, was that hard?" She smiled.
Nova glared after May let go of her, "Yeah, painless," she said sarcastically, as the woman bandaged up her arm to stop the bleeding before going to Peter and doing the same thing.
"Do we need to hold you down as well?" She asked the teenage boy, who was holding up his arm.
"Na, I act my age," he shot a look at his cousin. Nova stuck her tongue at him.
I hope the needle snaps in yah, she thought to herself. Rubbing her arm.
The nurse got a fresh new needle and did the same process, "Uh, your skin is tough as well," she mumbled, having to angle the needles for him.
Peter watched with suspicion, "You could fool me," he said looking over at Nova, who had her head turned away. Not wanting to see him getting his blood withdrawn.
Once the nurse was done, she carried both trays out to the office window in the hallway. Unaware she was being watched around the corner.
"Hey, could you take this to the lab and have them do an express on these two," said the nurse, as she placed the try down, "The Parkers are waiting for their results right away,"
"Whatever," said a woman, who seemed to not pay attention with her back turned away from the drop-off window.
As the nurse walked away, a figure went to the window unnoticed. He grabbed two of the test tubes into his overcoat and quickly replaced two imposters as he walked off.