I opened my eyes. I saw the sky. I felt the cold and hard ground on my back. There was a taste of blood in my mouth. My vision was blurry. There was a deafening sound ringing in both of my ears.
The right side of my body felt numb. I can't move. My body felt weak. I looked to the left and right. I saw dust and smoke everywhere. I saw Mark and Jean approaching me. Their face looked terrified.
'Faust....!Faust....!Faust.....!'
Jean slapped my face multiple times. She had teary eyes. Mark looked concerned. Evelyn was unleashing her Artifact on the thing. Alex ran up to me. He looked sad. There were tears rolling down his cheeks.
'Sir please....! Please! Stay alive!' Alex wiped his snot while sniffing and crying his eyes out.
'Faust! I need you to stay awake Faust! Keep your eyes open! Don't fall asleep! Farik will be here in just a moment!' Jean kept on slapping my face trying to kept me awake.
My consciousness constantly fading and returning back. I could feel my breathe turning ragged. Jane looked like she would suddenly cry. I lifted my right hand to touch her face.
I could see my charred hand caressing Jane left cheek. I tried to speak but my voice couldn't come out. I forced it out.
"Don't worry Jean. I'll be fine. I'll be alive" I said as I smile to her. I saw Alex still crying while saying ' I'm sorry' multiple times like a broken record. Evelyn finished the thing with her breath.
I turned my head to the left and saw Mark frantically rummaging through the backpack searching for something.
'There must be something here. There must be something to stop the bleeding!' he shouted while throwing items out of the bag.
I felt warm on my back but it was also cold. Am I dying? Yeah it must be. Is this how I'm going to die? No. I can not die here. I promised 'her' that I'll be alive to see her dream realized.
I slowly closed my eyes as I heard shouts from my right saying I need to stay awake. Don't worry Jean. I'm still awake.
'Will you take my hand this time?'
The voice of my inner demon echoing in my head. No. I don't need your help. I manipulated my last bit of Vestia and bring it to the hole in the middle of my body. I don't know if this will work but this is my only chance.
I swirled around my Vestia on my injury. I need to stop the bleeding and accelerated the healing factor. Faster! Faster! Behind my closed eyes, I could tell a bright light was illuminating around me.
'Wha- Wha- What is happening?! Why is his body glowing?!' I could hear Jean shouting on my right side. After that I lost my consciousness.
When I opened back my eyes, the image of a white ceiling slowly came to view. Where is this? What happen? Am I dead?
"It looks like you are awake." A familiar voice came from my left side. I slowly turned my head and saw Farik peeling an apple beside me while sitting on a chair.
"Is that you Farik?" a hoarse voice came out of my mouth.
"Yes it's me. Wait a second. Don't try to get up and talk yet. The doctor will come in a bit to check you." he said as he cut the apple. Doctors? Am I in the medical room? I'm alive. I'm still alive. Thank godddd.
With the sound of the door being swung open a group of people surrounded my bed. I could see Alex, Mark, Jean, Evelyn and the doctor. After that the doctor made a few check on me.
"Hmmm, your condition has stabilize Mr. Faust but your body is still weak. There are no any complications or after effects for now but I recommend you to stay here for a few more days for a daily check up." the doctor said to me with a smile.
"Drink plentiful of water and eat an easy to digest food for these few days. If anything happen immediately call for me." he said as he pat my shoulder.
"Thank you doc." I said as the doctor walked away. I could feel eyes on me. Evelyn was scratching her head and looking down glancing at me a few times. Mark was smiling awkwardly at me. Jean was fiddling her thumbs while looking up and Alex has a relief look on his face.
*Clears throat* " So Faust? What happen actually there? What did you encounter for you to end up like..... this?" Farik pointed his chin at me. I looked to my team. They all smiled sheepishly and scratching their heads.
"You guys didn't tell him anything?"
"N-No. We decided to wait you to wake up first. We thought it's better for you to recount what happen to Farik" Mark said to me stuttering along the way.
"Yeah, I suggested to them to wait for you because you are the one who knows what actually happen. Sorry." Jean told me while twiddling her thumbs faster.
"It's ok Jane. And you're right." I turned to face Farik. He has already stopped peeling and cutting the fruits.
"Before I start my recount, I want to ask how long has I been asleep?" I asked.
"A week." Evelyn said.
"So it has been a week since that huh." I opened my patient gown on the chest to see if there is still a hole there but it is gone. I touched and rubbed my right side of the face. My face was like before. My right arm also didn't has any burn scars.
"I am completely heal? In a week? This is weird. Don't you guys also think this is weird?" I turned to look at them.
"We also think that is weird but we don't know what actually happen so we need to hear the recount." Farik said while crossing his arm.
"Alright. This happen 5 days after we begin the exploration but to see the whole picture I must recount from the first day we begin." I started my recount of the incident.