"Oh my god, I don't feel well. My brain is melting." When I woke up my brain felt like burning lava was trying to roast me alive. My body felt hot and heavier than when I was in Alphy's space. "If this is going to happen every time I travel to other worlds now that my soul is weak, I would rather have more benefits.This is horrible ... "
-Alphy, are... you... there?
[Host, congratulations on getting here. Your first world and hopefully not the last.]
"It's hard... for me to talk, and I... can hardly think... coherently."
[Host, Try to reach the button on the bedside table. I can't help you. I don't have a physical body so I can't touch it for you. This button will activate an alarm that will reach the workers of the house. They will help you.]
-Okay... I will try… - I said with a dry and hoarse voice.
[While the medications take effect, I will pass on the memory of our client and also the general history of the world. When you wake up you can analyze everything. Although your temperature is 39ºC and as this fever is caused by your arrival and rejection of the body, you are assured that you will not die or receive any brain damage from the temperature.]
I tried to move my hand, it seemed that I was trying to move a mechanical arm with mechanical failures. Finally and with a lot of effort, I managed to reach the damn button. Touching it was relatively easier.
After waiting about five minutes, a woman in her 40s or older opened the door of the room I was in. Blonde, chubby and with a kind smile. She had a nice and happy mom image. After seeing me lying down, blushing and breathing hard, the lady who appeared approached my bed in dismay.
-Miss, I don't see you well. You have a fever? - She immediately touched my forehead and quickly removed it from there. - Miss, you have a terribly high fever. Do not worry. I'm going to look for the thermometer and call the doctor. Wait for me.
She didn't even wait for me to say anything. She hurried out to do what she had said she was going to do. While I was waiting for her, my mind and body not only kept making me agonize but my mind began to hallucinate.
[Host, rest. Do not worry. You will soon recover.]
"Thank you ... Although I didn't know ... that the martians were purple ... and that they talked like me ..."
[Sleep. Leave the rest to me.]
"OK". - And my mind went black quickly.
***
Amelie, one of the employees of the Daract village, ran out of her employers' daughter's room. The small and spoiled Mirelle had a fairly dangerous fever and she needed quick a treatment.
-What did Miss want? - Alizee asked. Another housekeeper younger than Amelie.
-Now it's not time to gossip. Go find a cold compress and put it on the forehead of the miss. Marille have a high fever. We need something to cool it down.
-I understand - And she ran away.
Amelie kept walking hurriedly until she reached the kitchen. She picked up the phone and called the personal doctor of the Daract family. When he finally picked it up, Amelie quickly made sure he knew everything.
-Dr. Chandler, Mirelle has a fairly high fever. I think you should come. I still have not been able to put the thermometer but I think it is over 39 degrees.
-I'm going over there. Try to lower the temperature with cold packs and also try to give her some water. And if you haven't called Jean Paul, Lorraine and Jerome yet, make sure you call them.
-Okay. - After hanging up, she then called her employers and explained the situation. Alarmed because Marielle almost never gets sick, they told her they would arrive soon.
-Call Jerome if you haven't called him yet. We will meet right away. Take care of our little girl.- Jean Paul said.
Amelie hung up again and had the same conversation as before. When the call was over she took the thermometer and a glass of water and returned to the small room of Marielle.
She was sleeping and breathing hard. She felt tired and heated. It seemed that the cold compress hadn't done much.
-Miss Marielle wake up. You need to hydrate. - Amelie said as she shook her slightly.
-Mmm… - Marielle seemed to hear what Amelie said and she slowly opened her eyes. Marielle tried to get up a little but she could only do it with Amelie's help. She drank a few sips and lay down again.
20 minutes later the doctor as well as her parents appeared in the room. The houseworker Amelie told them the temperature she had and Dr. Chandler hurried to look for a vein to put an intravenous line. He needed to hydrate her quickly and this was an efficient way to do it. Once he finished he would give her some antipyretics and then they only had to wait. If that did not solve her feverish state, they would send her to the nearest hospital.
After waiting by the bed for about two hours, little Marielle's body temperature began to drop. Everyone sighed in relief but still wanted to watch her all night so that a surprise like that would not happen again.
Jean Paul and Lorraine brought two chairs for them while Jerome knelt at the foot of the bed. His little sister had never given them such a big scare. Today he was not going to take his eyes off her sleepy face. Chandler simply stood with his back against the wall. He knew that none would leave that room until they knew for sure that the fever would not return. After more than ten years working for the family, he knew very well how overprotective Jean Paul and Lorraine could be. They had been like this since the birth of their eldest son and they were not going to change that habit for their youngest daughter.
-Chandler, I'm so sorry, I was so focused on my little girl that I forgot to ask for a chair. - Lorraine after saying this ashamed turned to her employee. - Bring another chair for the doctor.
Without waiting another second, Alizee left in search of the designated object.
"It wasn't necessary, Lorraine." - Chandler told her.
-Why do you say that?! You are almost family. Excuse us, whenever something happens to one of our children we forget everything that happens around us.- Jean Paul apologized.
-Sorry doc.- Jerome expressed without taking his eyes off Marielle.
Chandler sighed.
-Hey Doc, Marielle almost never gets sick and I've never seen her this bad, could this be for something more serious?
-I'm not going to lie to you but yes. Tomorrow we will take her to the hospital to do a lot of medical tests to make sure that something more serious is not wreaking havoc on her body.
-Thanks doc. Marielle, you'll be fine. Nothing bad will happen to you. We are all here protecting you, so rest. - Jerome said, he rose a little and kissed her little sister forehead. Then he returned to his place on the ground.
Everything went silent. Everyone was paying attention to the person in bed.
***
5 am.
"What a bad night."
[Host, don't open your eyes yet. Yesterday I sent you both the memories of our client and the trajectory of the world. Before waking up you should assimilate all the information. Many of the client's acquaintances or relatives are with you right now.]
"Okay ... but I think I've assimilated enough. It has been like living it in my own flesh. Poor Marielle."
[To make sure there is no transmission failure tell me everything you received about this world.]
"Then I will start with the trajectory of the world. The one who seems to be the world's favorite is a bright young girl from high school. She is the daughter of the Allamand family, whose name is Fleur. She goes to the Cergy-Pontoise Institute with other rich families. She becomes the best friend of another girl who has an amazing resemblance to her. "
"But the misfortune was about to knock on her door. Her parents apparently had provoked someone whom they shouldn't provoke.That person sabotages their company's projects and get them to file bankruptcy. Fleur not being able to afford the year should have gone out from school but her best friend begged her parents to pay it for her. "
"Happy to continue with her expensive studies, she insists on getting good grades. Fleur also alway joked with her friend that being they so similar they could have be twins. After talking about that so many times finally she convinces her to change her hairstyle, her way of dressing and even her gestures. After the transformation, they both seem to have come out of the same mold. "
"The humour of this does not last long because the villain, who left Fleur's parents bankrupt, finds out that her parents are partnering with other acquaintances to harm him and decides to take his anger with on daughter. That would make it clearer to that fool's duo who he was and why provoking him was not a good idea. "
"The people he hired for the job meet their goal and to their surprise there were two people that could be the girl in the photo that their employer sent. Since they didn't have much time and wanted the money they decided to kidnap them both. They tied them, blinded them with a strip of cloth, gagged their mouth and they were taken to a large storage room outside the city where they were thrown to the ground. "
"Wanting to know who it really was the girl they had to hurt, they removed both the blindfold and the mouth bandage from Fleur who, when asked about her identity, said trembling in fear that she was her best friend. And that the other person that was with her was Fleur Allamand. That she had nothing to do with it and that her family had never done anything wrong. "
"After finally 'knowing' who their victim was, the leader sent one of the thugs to take her somewhere in the city and leave her there. Then the rest did their job with the other girl and left. By the time the police arrived, the damage was already done and they sent her 'friend' to the hospital and after her recovery her family sent her to various psychologist where instead of improving she got worse and in the end she went crazy. "
"Fleur was the one who called the police. The thug had left her surprisingly close to a police station. in there, there was a very handsome young man and to her surprise he turned out to be a senior police officer. They both finally discovered the place where she left her 'friend' and when she saw the damage they did to her, she cried inconsolably in the police arms. She never told him that she was the one who lied about her identity to the thugs, she simply said that they had confused her with her 'friend' since they looked like twins. "
"After the misfortune, the parents of her 'friend' did not want to pay her the school year but the handsome police officer paid it for her. Finally the story ends with a villain in jail thanks to the collaboration of these two people. The family of her 'friend' in bankruptcy since they had tried to take revenge on Fleur but the young man's family prevented them for doing any harm. And with Fleur graduating from college and marrying him. "