There was a minute of silence in the room, the doctor said nothing, neither did Lisa spew a word. The both stared at the boy in awe! 'this child must really be a blessing.
At the spot where there was supposed to be an injury, there were just scales. These scales couldn't be cut through by the surgical blades. They were extremely thick and hard. However, the most amazing fact about these scales were, they were smoking red like knives that had been put in fire for a short period of time. They were hot to the touch. This was what shocked the doctors and nurses. No kind of spirit soul could perform such. If one were to shift, one will have to shift completely. Take for instance, Lisa was a bear. That was her spirit soul, if she were to shift from human form to a bear, she will have to turn to a full bear. Her head cannot transform while her legs are still human, everything will have to turn. And at that point, one takes up the instincts of a bear. Moreover, if one were to have a pair of daggers, when these daggers appeared in the mutants hands during combat, this mutant began to think like a warrior who was heavily trained in battle and fighting techniques, that was how it worked.
Since the doctors hadn't seen this before, they had to wait for the child to wake up. So they could explain his conditions to him.
Lisa then walked up to the bed and sat on a stool beside the bed. She then leaned her head on the bed. Farming right now was totally out of the picture, infact it was a pipe dream for Bruce right now. He had lost his legs, broken some ribs. who knew how long it was going to take before he recovered. He had acted out of cowardice and ignorance, if only he knew how many people lacked spirit souls and yet did nothing about it, he wouldn't have jumped out of a window. Now he would have to sit on a wheel chair all his life, well at least even if he couldn't become a farmer he could further his education and work in the firm, she would still make a huge profit from the referral.
Though Lisa thought about all this, she was not ignorant of the fact that Bruce had lost his father. She was well aware of the the whole situation. The security guard of the firm had explained to her the case of the kid that come to look for her and had also explained the urgency of the matter, that was why she had to get to the chambers quickly.
It was already 12 noon of the next day since Bruce had tried to kill himself. Lisa didn't know she had slept in that position she took up till now. Bruce touched her lightly, before she woke up from her slumber. "shit! am late, hello little brother, the doctors will be here to see you, I need to get to work and will first have to apologize for missing a day, immediately am done, I will head here straight from work okay?" Bruce nodded in agreement.
Lisa then stood up and walked out of the room feeling happy with herself and also for Bruce, but what lingered in her mind was the sanctions she might receive for missing a day at work.
" he is awake, and I think he should be attended to right now, I am already late for work, I need to rush down, explain my reasons and seek permission if any other incident were to occur". Lisa told told the doctor, "no problem madam, we will do our best to ensure he is properly taken care of!" Lisa nodded and walked out of the hospital.
The doctor, accompanied by some nurses went to check on Bruce to see if there were any improvements or complications. On entering the room, Bruce was already up sitting on the bed and leaning against the backrest that was placed for him. He sorrowfully looked at the doctor and nurses that came to check on him. "doctor, will I be able to walk again? cause right now I can't feel my feet". The doctor looked at him pitifully and replied, "your spine was damaged really bad, even with our advancement in technology, the possibility of you walking again is pitifully slim at least two percent out of a hundred". "So in simple terms, that means I will not walk again?", the doctor first looked at all the nurses who were available, they all looked away without turning to look back at the doctor, this kind was news was usually difficult to live with. 'Why must it be always me who always breaks the news to patients?' the doctor thought to himself. "yes....." he told Bruce. "you will not be able to walk again", Bruce then turned his face and began sobbing again". 'what have I done? why must I get to live my life in regret? I couldn't unlock my spirit soul, I couldn't save dad, I tried to die but now ended up in this situation. Bruce had lost his will to live, he was already broken from inside and now his outside was also broken. At least dad had his hands and legs, he had a reason to live for, but what was Bruce reason to remain alive?? right now he felt he had become nature's pun.
"we will live you now, one of the nurses will bring you food and water, anything you need will be provided, sister Lisa has already paid for all your future expenses". Bruce was very much grateful to Lisa, although she had saved him from the inevitable, how was he supposed to live to pay her back for all she had done for him, he had lost his limbs and his strength as a man. If not for the advancement in technology, loosing one's limbs were equivalent to loosing one's life, at least Bruce understood this fact. He nodded at the doctor and said "thank you!". The doctors then exited the room with the nurses.
Few minutes later, a nurse walked into the room pushing a trolley that had a tray on it. She turned and closed the door after her, she looked at Bruce, with a smile colouring her face, she locked the door behind her. wait!! why had she locked the door? what was she trying to do? Bruce looked at her again, trying to recognise her face but had failed.
"Excuse me ma, i don't recognize you among the nurses that came in earlier with the doctor, don't you think you have entered the worng room?" Bruce asked calmly. The nurse replied quickly to Bruce's question with a smirk in her face, " don't worry child, it will be over quickly".
What did she just say? 'it will be over quickly?' what was this nurse talking about? didn't the doctor say he was sending someone to bring food for me? At this point, Bruce was somewhat confused, who exactly was this lady?
She calmly pushed the trolley towards the bed still smiling, about to open the plate, someone tried to open the door. Bruce then turned towards the door, still surprised, he asked the lady, "why did you lock the door?" The nurse's expression turned Grim. she quickly opened the plate on the tray and put her hand inside. Bruce was shocked at this point, wasn't she supposed to open the door? why was the plate empty? why had she put her hand in it, there was supposed to be food in the plate right??
The knock was consistent on the door. Outside the door was another nurse with a trolley that had a plate on it. she was supposed to be the nurse that brings food to the child, so why was the door locked? the patient was already crippled so even if he wanted the door locked he couldn't do it by himself. She left the door and headed for the doctor's office.
The nurse inside the room then brought out a dagger, it was very sharp blade from the looks it had on it, the aura around the blade was quite strong, although Bruce was young and not developed in combat, he could feel the aura from the blade. Inscribed on the blade was the symbol of a dragon, one of the reasons why the blade was so terrifying. She lifted the blade about to stab Bruce...........!