Doctor Awesome (Not Really) / The SRC

It was Spring Break, 2006. It was cold, with wind rustling through the nearby tree branches. The ground was wet; it rained the night before. Elizabeth comes running out the door with a leash tied to her hand, Tiberius’ leash. Elizabeth and the Papillion run across the street and knock on the door, answered by Nathan. He calls Haylee and Elijah, and the four of them walk to the dirt hill. The four children start digging in the dirt and play various games. Someone yells from across the field, and the four of them go back to their houses.

 

 

The scene shifts.  It’s Summer, 2006. They are now sitting in the Hawks’ backyard along with their old friend, Angelica. Angelica pulls out a bottle, and Haylee, Elizabeth, Angelica, and Elijah are playing Spin The Bottle. A few minutes into the game, Haylee stands up abruptly and leaves. Angelica spins the bottle once more, and lands on Elizabeth. “Truth,” requests Elizabeth.

 

 

The scene shifts again.  It’s Summer 2007. Elijah and Nathan are playing on their Nintendo Wii, playing baseball while Elizabeth and Haylee are talking in the other room.  Elizabeth stands up, followed by Haylee, and the girls walk into the TV room where the boys were playing videogames. The boys ignore the girls.

 

 

The scene shifts once more.  Summer 2008. The kids are in the family room once again, talking. Elizabeth suggests the idea to build forts, and the kids split into teams: Boys vs. Girls. The girls go to work hard, making the fort last the whole width of the room. After checking and finishing, the girls win, and the boys tear down their fort and extend and help the girls’ fort. Their mother, who was doing laundry, announces that she’s going to Wal-Mart. To keep them at bay, she pops in a movie for the kids to watch. During the movie, every time the killer is sighted, the kids would act like meercats, and whimper and hide in their fort. The game lasted for hours, until it was 10 minutes before five. They quickly tore down the forts and went outside.

 

 

Winter 2008, with snow barely scratching the ground. Chilly breezes freeze the earth more. The kids are in the field beside Elizabeth’s grandfather’s studio, trying to keep warm. They lay in the frozen grass and talk. Angelica comes out. Elizabeth, seeing Angelica, gets up and runs home.

 

 

Summer, 2009. Elizabeth sees a new car in the Hawks’ driveway, so she goes to knock on their door to get them out. A friendly older guy, with grey hair and bottle cap glasses, answers the door and introduces himself as Elijah’s grandfather. Soon after they introduce each other, Haylee, followed closely by Elijah and Nathan, run outside, forgetting their shoes.

 

 

She wakes up.

 

 

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“She’s unconscious. Stabbed in the back by a silver knife. Tons of blood loss.” This was the worst possible time to gain consciousness. The worst possible time.

 

 

“Wha-“ I start, but I get cut off by a doctor.

 

 

“Never mind about being unconscious,” the doctor says to the others as the reel me into the hospital ER. “Don’t try to talk, Elizabeth. I’m Doctor Fred Tonks. You’re safe now.”

 

 

Oh, yeah. I’m safe in the hands of some really badly trained doctors in Arkansas. Really, when can I take a plane to Houston and deal with their medicine, closer to home? Besides, the MD center in Houston is the top in the country, not some little hospital placed in a small town.

 

 

“Elizabeth, I’m going ask you questions. For yes, blink once. For no, blink twice. Okay?” I blinked.

 

“Are you allergic to any medicine?”

Twice.

 

“Do you know who stabbed you?”

 

Once.

 

“I’m going to start spelling the alphabet. Blink when it’s the letter. A” I blink. “Okay, good. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L.” I blinked again.

 

 “Okay, so it’s AL so far, correct?” I blink. “A. B. C. D. E.” I blinked again.

 

The doctor writes down Ale, then looks up at me. “Is it Alex?” I blinked again.

 

“Okay. Blink once if it’s a boy. Twice if a girl.” I blinked once.

 

“Good, you’re doing good.” The not-very-well-educated doctor told me. “Now, I’m going to start it again. This time, his last name, please. A. B. C.” he starts his count off until I had spelled out PAINE.

 

The doctor left as soon as I gave him Alex’s name. Soon after, another doctor came in and gave me some painkillers, and I fell fast asleep.

 

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They finally left when the doorbell rang. Once they were out of earshot, I cracked open the bathroom door to make sure that no one was staying. I checked the whole room for Nathan, under the bed, inside the nightstand, (even though he’d probably never be able to fit in) the closet, everything. There wasn’t any sign of Nathan so I searched the room across the hall, but still found no sign of him, nor his kidnappers.

 

I then went down the stairs to see who had come, and saw my own sister at the door. She saw me. Afraid that she’d say something, I shook my head, then ran away to find some way out. That’s when I’d spotted the backyard door. I slowly, afraid that it would creek, opened the door and snuck out. Thankfully, their backyard isn’t fenced. I ran down the hill, nearly tripping on dozens of leaves, branches, and holes along the way. As soon as I got down the hill, I ran around to the front yard of the mansion to pick up Haylee and leave to find Elizabeth. At least, that’s what I hoped to do.

 

When Haylee saw me, she left hurriedly and ran towards me. “Come on!” She yelled at me. “We have to go to the hospital!”

 

“What? Why?” I asked.

 

“Because your crush is there, you daft idiot!” she yelled.

 

“My-what? Who’s at the hospital?” I yelled over the car noise around us. She was riding her bike and I was running. “Tell me, Haylee, NOW!”

 

“Elizabeth, you dumb idiot!” she yelled.

 

“Elizabeth?” I repeated. Shock overflowed me. “You’ve got to be kidding me. She can’t have been at the hospital. There’s no way.”

 

“Sorry, but face it. She’s there. Now, come on!” she yelled, again. “Let’s go! Hurry up!”

 

“Alright! What hospital are we talking about, now?” I asked.

 

“The only one in town, Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital.”

 

“Oh, right.”

 

When we got there, we rushed towards the desk. “We’re here to see a patient, if she’s ready, that is.” I said to the desk woman.

 

“I’m sorry, but you’ll have to tell me her name.”

 

“Elizabeth Jacks.”

 

“She’s in surgery. May I ask your relationship with this patient?”

 

Then Elizabeth’s Grandmother saw us. “They’re with me, ma’am.”

 

“Okay then. You may sit in the waiting room over there.” The lady motioned us towards this closed room with large bay windows and navy seats.

 

“Finally you two get here.” Mrs. Stephens said. “What took you so long?”

 

“We had…” Haylee started off, and then looked at me, “Difficulties to deal with.”

 

“May I ask you a couple of questions?” I asked her.

 

“Uh…” she looked around the room. “Sure. Shoot.”

 

I looked at Haylee, then, getting it, she got up and walked away. “Do you know anyone named Tana or Don?” I asked.

 

“Well there’s Patti Island’s daughter, Tana. Don or Dawn?” she said.

 

“Don, a man?” I replied.

 

“Ah, yes, there’s Don who runs the town’s museum. Not a friendly man.” She informed me.

 

“I see. Do you know of any reason why Elizabeth may dislike or hate either of them?”
 

“Tana, no. In fact, Tana and Elizabeth were almost best friends last year. Don, on the other hand, yes. Don is a greedy b*****d who’s got nothing but trash in his mind.”

 

“Thanks, that helps a lot.” I told her, then motioned for Haylee to come back in.

 

After half an hour passed, the doctor came out and said it was okay for us to visit Elizabeth. We let her grandmother to go first, alone. Then, after she left her room, we went.

 

“Hey. Did you find him?” she asked immediately after us closing the doors.

 

“Not yet. Who did this to you?”

 

“My deranged cousin, of course. Haylee found me quickly, thank God.”

 

“I was looking for you two. It was a good thing I decided to go to the library first before checking the Café.” Haylee rebounded.

 

“Now that Alex’s done this to me, he’s on the run. He’ll not be returning to Siloam as long as he lives. He’ll probably be going to Jail for life, at least.”

 

“I need to talk to you alone.” I said blandly.

 

“No you don’t,” Haylee said, “There’s no reason for you to. Remember? Use your minds!”

 

“Oh, yeah. I forgot we had that connection.” I exaggerated.

 

“She’s right, you know.” Elizabeth stated the obvious.

 

Fine!

 

What do you want to ask me?

 

Do you know anyone named Tana or Don?

 

Yes. Don is an evil prick. Do Not, under any circumstances, go talk to him. Tana is a sweet girl, about a year older than I, we’re good friends.

 

Okay, thanks.

 

Why do you want to know? Did something bad happen to them?

 

Not exactly. I was in the house, and those were two of the people inside it. The other was�"

 

Alex. I know. He went inside after he did this to me.

 

Okay. Thanks, you’ve no idea what help this is.

 

Actually, Elijah, I do. Besides, we are off the case now, okay? The feds are looking for Alex, Gertinald, Shelby, and Nathan. Apparently, Nathan is one of them.

 

‘One of them?’ What are you talking about?

 

They’re part of a group called Secret Ridders Club. They hunt down people like us. They’re the worst of our enemies, even worse than Gertinald. Alex and Nathan are part of this group anyways. Gertinald and Shelby are trying to kill every last member and their families off. That’s why they came after me, because Alex is my cousin, and he’s part of the group.

 

I don’t get it. How do you know all this stuff?

 

Because they told me this, you daft idiot!

 

Oh.

 

Oh, indeed.

Author's Note

"Oh dear. Aren't we in trouble?" I love Harry Potter. And yes, this is where I got part of the idea of this chapter from.... And "Rose thinks that The Scourge has something to do with this"... I love the Dead Is books! :D


So Elizabeth is in the hospital... How'd you like the memories? (i.e. the red?)

Ah, yes. Question are in order, don't you think?

1. Memories, what did they have in common?

2. How about Elijah's "Crush"?

3. And the questions?

4. Chapter in general?

5. Book in general?

6. What's your favorite part?

7. Who's your favorite character?

8. What song?

9. What movie?

10. What TV show?

Okay, okay. Confused? "I'd consider you a fool if you weren't." Harry Potter 3....

Alright, you've got 10 questions to answer, so get to it! :D

"He's been poisoned, you daft dimbo!"

Reviews

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

I think this was a good chapter. I don't like the term daft idiot though. I like the book in general. I'm hooked too it. I have nothing much to say, but Tana is okay now. I don't like Nathan anymore...and I will never like Alex. I can't wait to read on. Thanks for sharing.

[M Garcia]

I apologize for reading the chapters out of order, but I kind of like it that way! Great chapter. I liked the memories and can't way to see how it all ties in later on. Keep going!

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

This story is really moving. I think the plot is interesting and that keeps
me involved. I like Elizabeth. For one, I think its kind of odd that she doesnt
have a nickname, but its cool. Tiberius and her seem like one character to
me. Thats cool as well.

[brenda]

its getting really exciting keep on goign !:)