Sitting up, Martin looked at the doctor with suspicion in his eyes.....the man was too excited to see him awake.
"Hold on, I'll get a nurse to come check your vitals. I'm Doctor Stein by the way", the doctor said, a spring in his steps as he left the hall, leaving a stunned Martin behind.
'That was strange. Tess, do you know what's going on??', Martin asked....he didn't like surprises.
'Hmmm....Can't say for sure, but he doesn't have any evil thoughts towards you', Tess replied.
Still lost in thought, Martin was already on the verge of paranoia when a Nurse came in, smiling at him.
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At the Doctor's Office.....
"Yeah, he's awake", Doctor Stein spoke to the person on the other end of the phone, a fawning tone apparent in his voice.
~Alright, keep him there....we are on the way~, the voice on the other side, female, replied succinctly.
Hanging up the phone, Dr Stein wiped off the sweat that had unknowingly gathered on his brows....that lady was scary.
It was just 3 days ago, when the Martin kid was brought in, all bloodied; a bullet had gone
through his chest, piercing his heart.
He was supposed to be dead, but surprisingly, he was still breathing, although barely, when he was brought in.
After a successful surgery, he had expected the kid to be out cold for a few months at least, but, just hours after the surgery, the wound was gone!. Martin's vitals had stabilized so quickly, he was shocked out of his wits.
He was still processing what had happened when a group of people in black entered his office. After finding out they were from a Top Secret Government Agency, he had been really subservient; his experiences throughout the years told him it was never a good thing to get on their bad side.
Soon enough though, he found out what they came for; they had somehow found out about the boy that healed from a bullet wound within a few hours. From then, he had been told to keep an eye on him and notify them whenever Martin came to.
So, his joy when Martin finally came to could be understood; he couldn't wait to get those people off his back.
When the thought that the kid might be taken to a secret facility somewhere and experimented on appeared in his mind, he pushed it down immediately as he was gripped with a pang of guilt; there was nothing he could do....He couldn't possibly face off against the government, could he??. He could only pray the kid's luck would fall in the right place.
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"So, your vitals are normal, you are as healthy as you can possibly be. You should be free to go today", the kind nurse said, patting Martin's head in a fond manner.
"Thank you", Martin smiled back at the nurse, a weird feeling bubbling up inside him; it had been a long time since he felt this way....since his mum died.
"You're welcome Darling", the nurse sweetly replied as she packed up the medical tools, about to leave.
"Wait!, err....a..about the hospital bill, I...", Martin was about to ask about the hospital bill when the nurse shook her head.
"Don't worry about it Darling, it's been taken care of".
Watching as the Nurse strode off, Martin wondered who could have possibly paid off the hospital bill; It definitely couldn't be his uncle, and it couldn't be Christine either, the money required would be too astronomical for Christine to settle.
'I wonder who paid off the bill. Wait!, I was shot, but I can't even feel anything', Martin suddenly realised as he touched his chest; there was not even a single wound scar on his chest.
'Of course, the System healed any and all illness you had, including the bullet wound', Tess said matter of factly, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
'Sh*t!. What would people think?!, I was shot and the bullet wound disappeared and I was back to full health in a few days!, they would think I'm a freak!', Martin was going crazy in his head, the consequences of the System cleansing dawning on him.
'Huh, That should be why they were here', Tess softly said.
'Should be why "Who" were here??', Martin asked, suddenly getting an ominous feeling.
'When you were in a comatose state, some people in black came and were snooping all around you, even taking a few blood samples', Tess said innocently.
'What?!', you couldn't think of telling me that earlier??', Martin said, a sudden wave of dizziness washing over him.....there was no doubt; he was going to develop apoplexy soon enough!. Some guys in black??, what if they were some Top Secret Government Agency?? and what if they heard about his extraordinary healing miracle and were just waiting for him to wake so they could experiment on him.
'Tsk, don't be so negative, they seem like nice people', Tess quipped.
'Quick, I have to get out of here', Martin said as he stood up, the sudden change in momentum sending his head reeling for a few seconds.
'They must have been the ones that paid the hospital bill, and that must have been why Doctor Stein was happy to see me awake, tsk', Martin thought as he quickly dashed into the bathroom, changing into the clean clothes he found.
Stepping out of the bathroom, Martin froze as he looked in front of him.
"Going somewhere, Mr Martin??", a female dressed in all black, complete with dark hair stood in front of him with a smile.
"I'm agent Rose from the Bureau of Paranormal Activity", the lady said as she showed him an ID.