Chapter 11

Medium: The Origins finds a young man setting out to avenge the death of a beloved family member and to recover forgotten memories, only to find himself with a new case and a unknown assailant on him.

Chapter 11

 

          I could only see a blur when trying to open my eyes. A few seconds later, the blurs start to clear up. The room is dark, with enough light coming from the night sky through the window. I was on something that feels like a bed, with a bandage strapped on to my elbow. I get up to turn around. I was right, I was on a bed with some sort of bandage strapped on my elbow. It turns out to have a needle inside my veins with the wire being connected to some water bag on a stand. Wait, could it be? I look down to find my clothes have changed into a blue robe, only a blue robe. It makes sense, I’m in recovery.

          I hear the sound of the door opening. I turn around to find a doctor coming inside.

          “Chester Raxton, how are you feeling?”

“I’m alright.”

“I’m glad to hear that. I try to find ways to contact your parents but you don’t seem to have a cell phone. Why don’t you make a phone call and have someone come over to pick you up.” I take the phone from the doctor’s hand. I press a couple of buttons, and wait for the receiver. I’m wasting the doctor’s time though. I don’t have anyone to reach.

“I can’t seem to reach them.” I give the phone back to him.

“Do you know someone else that you could reach?”

“I don’t know much people. I don’t seem to feel all that bad, is it alright if I walk home?”

“Well, so far your burns are quite minor, didn’t make much contact with the fire. We’ve assessed and eased the burns so you should take a little rest and then you’ll be free to go.”

“Yes, alright.”

“Now I normally would get back to work, but I have to ask, what were you doing at that house? You do know it’s cursed.”

“I entered inside the house once to see what it was like, and I took something a part of the house with me. The curse started acting up, and it all started when I brought the item with me. I tried to go and put it back where it was, but the ghost reacted faster when it sensed I was here.” You didn’t think I was going to tell the doctor everything, did you?

“Do you even know the history of that house?”

“It’s about this Marlene girl, right?”

“Marlene woman, not girl, she’s a grown woman.”

“Yeah, well her husband was working on an invention, but it wasn’t working well, and his first test was on his wife. The ambulance were called in but by the time they arrived, she already died.”

“I see.” The doctor seems to know more than let on. I’ll have to ask.

“But there is one thing I don’t get. She was pregnant, what happened to her child?”

“Good question, some adults were never there when it happened.”

“And you know what really happened?”

“Well, not really, but Marlene was brought here as a patient. We were there on time and we managed to reduce the amount of electricity flowing in her blood. She was alive and well, she only had to wait a few weeks to recover from her pain. However, Marlene was pregnant at the time, and due to the accident, her child was born prematurely. The child inherited flowing electrons in its body.”

“its?”

“No one knew if it was a boy or a girl at the time. Anyways, there wasn’t any time to block all the electrons flowing through his or her body as diseases like this spread faster in babies, so doctors injected an electrical resistance compound into unaffected areas. We needed to know if it worked or not, so we set an appointment up with Marlene to come back and checkup on her child. Unfortunately, Marlene died one day after her recovery, and the whole family died during that week. We weren’t sure that if there is a little electricity flowing inside Marlene’s body. If there was, than that’s what would’ve killed her. Reports says. However, our treatment should’ve worked and she should’ve been fine.”

“What about her husband, her child?”

“She must’ve killed them when she came back as a ghost. At least that’s what people are saying. There wasn’t any clear explanation, all we know is that no one in the family attacked each other, the officers investigated the house further, but they were killed on the same day. Event after event builds up with that house and that is why no one ever dared going inside. It’s been years and people are still afraid. It was nice talking to you Chester, but I’m afraid I’m wasting my time. But our talk has let some time pass for you to recover, so you are free to go.”

“Yeah, thanks, there was a girl that was with me during the fire. I want to see her, which room is she in?”

“There wasn’t enough room in this hospital to bring her in. We had to contact another hospital close by to take her in.”

“Do you know which hospital is that?”

“Check with our front desk. The secretaries there are the ones that dealt with the matter.”

“Alright, thanks, I’ll gonna go now.”

“Be safe when you get home Chester.”

I walk down to the front desk, where a couple of secretaries are working behind computers. One of them looks at me.

“Did the doctor say you can go?”

“Yes, the doctor said my condition is only minor so I’m fully recovered.”

“Yeah, riiight. Well, I guess that’s good to hear.” The secretary act as though I was lying.

“Look, I was with a friend when I had the burns. A girl. The nurses took her in but had to transfer her to another hospital because there wasn’t any room.”

“You mean Ashley Andrews?”

“Yes, that’s her. I want to see her, see how she’s doing, do you know which hospital she is at?”

The secretary pressed a couple of buttons. “Ashley was transported to Milner Hospital.”

Milner Hospital huh? “Is it still open?”

“Kid, it’s a hospital, it’s open twenty-four seven. Though I think your girlfriend might be sleeping.”

Was this person trying to be funny? “Yeah, thanks, I’ll be on my way now.”

“Yeah…don’t bother coming back.” I heard that.

Author's Note

Medium: The Origins finds a young man setting out to avenge the death of a beloved family member and to recover forgotten memories. He shuns himself from having a normal social life for the sake of vengeance. Just when he thought he ran out of leads, he was involved in an incident which leads him to start a new case. This particular investigation changes him greatly while he is being hunted by an unknown assailant whose victims never got to see before they met their doom.

Note: This is my first book and I plan to write more. Criticism, praise, or any feedback of some sorts are welcome.