Destiny

[jammi]

I slept again through the night, with the staff choosing to dope me again, lest I fall back into the nightmares that had plagued me previously. The peaceful black oblivion had again rolled over me, calming and gentle.

Time seemed to blur and warp and then I was awake again. There was a dull throbbing pain in my arm, so I opened one eye to see a faint mark where a syringe had been inserted. I assumed it was the blood test. As I listened carefully, I could hear two doctors talking in hushed tones outside my door, their silhouettes being cast onto the blinds. They obviously thought I was still asleep.

Look, there is something wrong with him. You cant discharge him! You recited the Hippocratic Oath just like the rest of us, and if you let him go, something will happen and that will be a breach of your oath if you could have stopped it. Please, just let us keep him here for a little longer!

I cant. Hes had the discharge paper signed already. Luke, Im sorry, but as of now we cant see anything wrong with him so legally theres no reason why we can hold him.

Oh please! You saw the brain activity readouts! They were through the roof! He should have been a vegetable! There is, something, going on in that kid's head, we have to keep him.

There was an uncomfortable pause as both parties squared up to each other, before the second speaker seemed to sag and give in.

Ill get you an extra day to run tests. No more.

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