The Destiny of Laura Calder

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I tried opening my eyes, but my head was pounding again, I kept them closed and laid my head back. I tried listening for where I was, I couldn’t tell. I could hear a beeping noise going on and off every second, I could hear the sound of people in a hall ways walking quickly, I could hear machines working away. Where was I? I tried opening my eyes again, then I knew where I was.

It was a hospital, or at least I think it was. I was in a room by myself lying in a bed with a white blanket on top of me. They had a heart meter attached to my arm, and my clothes gone, with only this robe they must have put on instead of my dirty clothes.

“Some fall you must have had.”

A man walked in to room and startled me; he was wearing a doctor’s uniform.

“From what I hear, they found you in the middle of the street with blood dripping from your nose. Some civilian found you as they walked by and called for us right after. Though it doesn’t look like you’re from around here, what’s your name?”

I didn’t speak, I couldn’t. I curled up in to my blankets and continued to stare.

“A quiet one. Well, you must be in shock from coming here; it seemed you must have been living on the streets. A Liberty girl, right? How would a Liberty girl manage to get all the way here?”

I tear rolled down my cheek as I thought back to the Hackers transport, how Kusari tried to arrest me for being on the transport. I didn’t know if they found my name, or knew who I was in the first place. This doctor sure didn’t, or he could just be lying. I needed to get out, I tried to get out of bed.

“Oh no you’re not going anywhere, you’re not well. And you haven’t told me your name yet.”

I could see my clothes at my end of the bed; they had been washed, my raven necklace sitting on top of them. I walked over to it slowly as the doctor moved up to the door so I couldn’t leave. I looked at it, just staring, and put it on and went back in to my bed.

“A Raven? You like ravens?”

I nodded, “Yes”.

“Ah! So you can speak. Well, stay here, I’m going to get you something to eat, alright?”

I couldn’t resist food, I nodded again. He came back no more then ten minutes later with a full tray of fruits and meats that I had never seen before, but it didn’t stop me. I ate them all so fast as if I hadn’t eaten for weeks, which I really hadn’t, or at least very little. The doctor was surprised by my appetite and went to get another tray while I finished my first one. He came back with something different, but it tasted so good, I ate until I felt like I was about to burst, and then he mentioned something to me.

“Oh, and just something to tell you, there’s someone people that wish to talk with you. They’re from the Kusari Naval Forces, they wish to have a word with you about how you got here.”

“Wh… What?”

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