Pov. Dominic
Three days.
Three goddamn days trapped in that room like lab rat.
I'm fed up already.
The only good part has been playing with the dog I saved, it's much better than when I found it, I haven't thought of a name yet, but I'd like to put some great name on it. I hear a knock at the door and see the general enter right after, I just turn my attention to the dog playing with some teddy bears that this Hunter had left here earlier. Speaking of which, he even looks nice, is trying hard not to push the envelope, but I always notice him with that wistful look directed at me and it makes me uncomfortable.
- How it is ? - she asks looking at the dog and I'm silent. - I'm talking to you even though I'm looking at the dog. - she says looking at me.
- He let three days go by just to come here to ask me if I'm okay, how considerate you are. - I mock and she stares at me.
- So you missed me to the point of counting the days and being rude to me because I'm too busy to be drooling the princess's egg with amnesia every day ? - returns the mockery.
- Your presence doesn't mean anything to me, I don't know you, there's no way to miss someone I don't know, even more a grumpy and thick woman like you who goes around throwing knives at unarmed people, she even looks like a madwoman who's over of running away from the circus. - I say and she smiles sideways without showing her teeth.
-Then why did she pay too much attention to me in just a single conversation we had ? - she asks and I roll my eyes.
- I didn't pay attention to you, I know you're grumpy and rude, because your sister talks about you all the time when she comes here. - I answer and she is silent for a few seconds.
Actually it wasn't quite like that, she spoke about her sister willingly, but only after I asked who the woman was who threw the knife at me, after all I was curious to know about the woman who saved me and then even bothered I came to visit me, even without knowing me.
The rest was Madison's profit.
I loved the stories she told.
- I think I'll have to talk seriously with Madson. - she says quietly looking annoyed.
I hear a knock on the door and then it is opened by the doctor who I never remember the name.
- General, what an honor to have you again in our ward, I believe that the girl there must be very important to you. - says the doctor and I quickly look at the woman next to me seeing she does not outline any reaction.
- Routine visit ? - asks the woman and the doctor nods.
- Yes it is no, I came to do some tests with Miss Harris. - he answers and I look at him. - Don't worry, they're just tests to help you exercise her mind, it's with luck who knows how to remember something. - completes and I nod sitting on the bed.
I see Akira sit in the armchair and pick up the dog and put it on her lap petting him, the doctor takes his cell phone and then types something.
- What comes to your mind when you see this image ? - he asks showing me pictures of soldiers.
- Nothing. - I say straight.
- Do you remember something or have you seen images in your head that you don't recognize ? - he asks and I remember that I had seen something like that, where I was called General by a man I couldn't see his face.
- No. - I lie and feel the eyes of the woman sitting in the armchair towards me.
- Your brother sent me this photo now through whatsapp, it may be that it will help you to remember something. - says showing a picture of me beside Hunter.
He was dressed in formal army attire worn at award ceremonies or military events and I was no different, the two of us smiling hugging each other holding medals. I try to force my mind back to that day, but all I feel is the headache and that ringing in my ears, my vision blurs and I bring my hands up to my head.
- Miss Harris, is everything all right ? - I hear the doctor ask and then that voice comes back to my head.
* Flashback On
- General, how are you feeling ? - asks the man in the white coat.
- What happened ? - I ask confused, adjusting myself in bed.
- You had a drop in pressure, but now everything is fine. - he answers and I look at him seeing only smudges.
- I need water. - I say and he takes a bottle of water and hands it to me.
- We need to do some tests on you to know if everything is ok. - says leaving me confused.
- And why wouldn't I be ? - I ask suspiciously.
- I'll call the nurses to take you to the testing ward. - he answers and I sit on the bed.
- I'm not going anywhere until I talk to my brother and my superiors. - I say and he shakes his head.
- You'll talk to them, but after the tests. - he says as the nurses enter, one of them was carrying a syringe.
Without thinking twice I pull the needle from the IV in my vein and stick the needle in the nurse's neck with the syringe, the other tries to hold me longer I hit the punch right in the throat seeing him spit blood, I get confused and look at my hands without understanding where so much strength came from, after all I had no intention of killing him, just leaving him out of action. I look at the doctor and all I can see clearly is his smile, admiring smile, he seemed happy with my aggressive reaction. This makes me even more confused, I see the doctor press a button on the wall and then an alarm goes off.
Why did he set the alarm ?
Am I a danger ?
Why ?
I see armed men enter the room and one of them shoots my arm, I look at my arm seeing the blood, but I don't feel much pain, I'm pushed back by a male nurse and then more male nurses come and hold me while the armed men keep their guns pointed at me.
Flashback Off *
I feel hands on me and on impulse I stretch my hand to the nightstand and take the tray, I look at the person seeing his distorted face and then I hit his face with the tray, I try to get up but I'm stopped by someone else.
- Dominic ! - I hear Akira's voice. - It's me, Akira. - complete and I can see the features of his face.
I look to the side seeing the doctor lying on the floor unlit and then I look again at Akira feeling bad for having knocked the man out and she smiles at me.
- She got it right. - jokes releasing me.
- It was not my intention. - I say and she smiles even more is for a moment I think it's cute. - Can you call Hunter here ? I ask and she makes a confused face.
- Did you remember something ? - he asks and I deny it.
- No, I just want to ask him some questions. - I answer and she nods.
- Of course, but he can only come later, because he is training newcomers today. - he says and I nod. - Well, I think I'd better call someone to wake up Cinderella there and see if he's okay. - complete.
- Right. - I say and she leaves the room leaving me alone with the dead man on the floor.
I need answers.
Maybe he can give me some.
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Pov. Akira
After that incident in Hunter's sister's room, Dr. Hank is still alive, but he will have to take a few days off, that girl hit the man hard on the head. It was a strange situation, in a matter of seconds she freaked out and started squirming on the bed, Hank tried to help her and was knocked out, luckily I didn't go either, although I'm not stupid, I quickly grabbed her arms to prevent she could pick up another object and hit me.
- What are you thinking abou t ? - Mad asks sitting beside me on the bench in the main courtyard.
- Nothing specific. - I answer and she gives me a look of "you can't fool me". - Why do you think I have something specific in mind ? - I ask and she rolls her eyes.
- Because you have that old wrinkle on your forehead that indicates you are thinking non-stop about something. - she answers and I roll my eyes. - But be careful with what you say, because if you say you're thinking of going back with that traveling trash Drake, I'll punch you to death. - complete making me laugh.
- Never, Drake is a garbage that cannot be recycled. - I say and she laughs.
- I'm glad you're aware of that, because I didn't want to be orphaned by a sister. - she says and I shake my head. - Now spit it out soon. - asks and I sigh.
- No biggie, I was just thinking about how strange this story about Hunter's sister is. - I say and she watches me attentively. - I mean, as someone goes missing for two years, she is presumed dead and magically appears here. Like, she went missing in Russia on a mission and showed up here in Ohio with absolutely no memory of anything. I can't believe it. - complete and Mad makes a face.
- Why ? - she asks and I take a deep breath.
- Because there are only three options for this situation, first, she is lying when she says she doesn't remember anything at all, second she may be involved in something we can't even imagine, or third, she may have suffered at the hands of the Russians, passed by horrible things, then it might have somehow escaped or been dropped here by them on purpose to die at the zombies' hands and erase any clues that might lead to something important they're hiding. - I answer and she seems to think of something.
- Looking that way you're right, but I don't think she's lying when she says she doesn't remember anything. - she says and I sigh.
- Yes, but she remembers something, I feel like she's hiding something, maybe out of fear, for not understanding, I don't know why, but I'll find out. - I say and my sister laughs.
- Do you know what I think ? -she questions and I deny it. - That you're into her, that's why she's so interested in a common case of amnesia. - mocks and I roll my eyes.
- I don't like women, you know that very well. - I say and she laughs even more.
- For everything there is a first time Kira, who knows her great love is not a woman with no memory who is there in the medical ward. - mocks again and I punch her shoulder. - There, disgusting, accept the truth that it hurts less. - continues and I get up and walk away leaving her alone. - Accept that you're into it, you've been watching the girl from afar these past three days and Mason told me you asked for all the files the army has on her, if that's not a love interest, then tell me what it is. - questions following me and I take a deep breath and turn to look at her.
- Compassion for her and Hunter's situation, perhaps. - I say and Mad rolls her eyes.
- Okay, I won't insist anymore for today, but the time will come when this will be hammering in your head and you will have nowhere to run and I'll have the pleasure of telling you a gigantic "I told you so". - she says smiling and then walks away leaving me behind.
I love this girl, but there are times when I want to spank her.
Idiot I love.
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