A Wish

A story by: Infinity Warrior and infinity_formlesstree4

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Chapter: 4

When I first opened my eyes, I was blinded by an extremely bright, white light that was shining right into my eyes. After a few seconds, I recognized, somewhat, where I was. I was in a hospital, lying on a bed and my head was throbbing. "Ow…" I moaned slightly.

I tried to sit up but a bolt of pain shot through my chest, forcing me to lay back down. I hissed in pain and instinctively moved my hands over my chest, further adding to the pain that was happening to me. There was a beeping noise and a flurry of activity as a doctor came racing in. "Mr. Salvatore! You're awake now!" He exclaimed, walking over to me. He quickly removed my arm from my chest and adjusted the bed, allowing me to comfortably sit upright and get a better look at my surroundings.

It was a generic looking hospital room, very sterile looking and very bland. "How are you feeling?" He questioned me, flashing a flashlight into my eyes. I squinted and tried to look away. "Just peachy doc. Why am I here?" I asked him, trying to get him to stop waving the flashlight in my face. "Your butler found you collapsed upstairs in the guest bedroom. He called 9-1-1 and you were rushed here immediately, with internal bleeding and a couple of cracked ribs might I add." He put the flashlight back in his pocket, thank god, and walked over to a drawer.

"He did…?" I tried to think back to what had happened. It hit me that the reason I was here was because of that alien-looking girl I had found. What a thanks that was! 'Hey… Don't talk about me to him…' A voice told me in my head. I was startled slightly and jumped, looking around. The doctor heard my movements and glanced back.

"Are you ok Mr. Salvatore?" He asked. I shook my head, declining his gesture and continued to look around. "I thought I heard something, that's all." I told him. The doctor shrugged and pulled out a small needle. "It might be some ringing in your ears. You did have a minor concussion but it appears to have taken care of itself since you came in. Rather baffling but it happens sometimes." He stuck the needle into me and pushed whatever substance it was into me.

The dull throbbing in my head almost instantly disappeared. "Ah, thanks for that." I thanked. The doctor nodded and threw the needle into a hazardous waste container and walked out. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, trying to concentrate on remembering what all happened. I didn't even know the day or time right now so I was a bit out of it as for referencing times.

'It is the morning of the next day.' I heard the voice in my head again. 'Are you…the alien I found last night?' I thought; if she could read thoughts, then she should understand that. 'Well, i'm what you would consider an alien. But…I…I want to give you a chance. If what you say is true…' her voice trailed off. 'That humans are different? It is true!' I exclaimed in my thoughts.

Why was I so willing to prove it to her? Was it the fact that she was the first alien contact humans had ever had? Probably, but I couldn't put my finger on it exactly. Something was different about this. 'Ok…I'll help heal you but…if you are wrong, what happened last night is nothing compared to what I'll do to you.' the voice said with a slight growl. I understand.

'Now help me heal up so I can get out of here and show you.' I thought, hoping that it would help. The moment I finished the thought I felt myself surrounded in what felt like pure bliss. It was honestly a wonderful feeling; the energy surrounding me was so think you could see my body glowing as it surrounded me and I began to feel my injured body return to normal.

My heart began to race as the energy worked its way through my veins, completely filling my entire body until the point where it felt like I was bursting with its energy. The heart monitor went haywire as my pulse quickened to a slightly dangerous level until, faster than I could blink, it was over. The glowing of my body disappeared and the blissful feeling faded with it. In its place, I felt a renewed energy that which I had never felt before.

I lightly pressed my chest and found that it no longer hurt. Excited, I shuffled along the bed and realized that where I used to have pain, I didn't have it any longer. "I feel…so much better." I whispered in amazement. "You should." I heard a female voice say to me. From next to the bed, the same female alien appeared. "Wah!" I shouted in surprise. "What are you doing in here? You could get caught!" She shrugged and closed her eyes for a few seconds.

"Nobody can hear us right now so don't worry about it." She told me, attempting to sit down at the foot of my bed. "How are you going to show me?" The question took me by surprise. "Well I... I honestly don't know." I replied. "Don't bother, I'm assuming you'll show me over time somehow." She said, standing back up. "I can read your mind, it's rather blank. Is that how you always are?" It was an innocent sounding question, like one that a child would ask. "And no, I'm not a child." She commented, turning towards me.

Jesus this was going to get either rather old really fast or rather funny really fast. "I'm hoping for funny." She said, looking around at the room. "It's a wonder humans require such primitive medication to heal their bodies… Why can't you just focus energy and heal it on their own?" she asked. "I don't know; why do you look into my mind and violate my privacy?" I retorted, sticking my tongue out. Ha, let's see her get a comeback at that one.

"Because I can only partially control it; I can filter out most people but for some reason your thoughts just like to work their way into my brain and shout at me until I read them." She said, looking back at me. Footsteps echoed out from the halls and, with a small flash, she disappeared into thin air. 'I'm watching you.' I heard in my mind. "Ok." I replied.

The door opened with Jack, bearing a concerned face and the doctor in with a confused look. "Hello?" I asked. Jack spoke up, "How do you feel Leonardo?" "Really good; hey, is there any chance I can get out of here, I don't know, like now?" I questioned. "Not exactly. Unless you sign a few release forms and your friend here brings you home." he told me.

He walks over to me and hands me a few forms with a pen, while he checks for a defect in the heart rate monitor. "Mr. Salvatore, did you feel any, shortness of breath, or excessive heart rate in the last two minutes?" he asked me. "No, not really." I replied, giving him a puzzling look. "In fact, I feel a lot better." I told him.

I quickly sign the papers; then the doctor unhooked my from the heart monitor, for safety; then he checked the machine for any sign of a fault.

The last paper was a check box. The question was:

How would you like to pay for the fee?

'Typical.' I thought.

Lump Sum? [ ]

Pay fees over 4 months? [ ]

Pay fees over 1 year? [ ]

I decided to pay for it over a period of 4 months, because I didn't feel like paying it all at once; so I checked that box. "Here." I said aloud, for the doctor to notice. He looked up from his machine and saw me holding out the clipboard. He then wiped his hands on his coat and proceeded to walk over to me, but walked into something that wasn't there. He fell to the floor and looked up.

"What the hell?" he asked as he rubbed his forehead. He then covered his mouth then told me, "I'm sorry for my language." "It's ok, we all lose it sometimes." I replied with a smile. I hand him the forms and he checks them over. "Everything seems to be in order, hold on a moment as I go get your wheelchair." he tells me. "That won't be necessary." I replied. "Well, it is the hospital policy, so I must." he added. "Alright then." I threw back.

Jack left with the doctor as I slowly got up, to see my clothes on a nearby chair. I walked over to them as the voice reappears, "That was too close." I reply, "I know, keep an eye out next time if you want to be a secret. Ok?" I ask her. I turn around to see her nod. "I'll be right back, once I get done changing, so you may want to go invisible again, or something." I tell her. As soon as I said that, she disappears.

I walk into the bathroom and quickly change into my more casual clothes, as I put my jeans, green collared shirt, and shoes on. "Aye. This is going to be crazy." I tell myself. Well at least it would be interesting. 'I sure hope so.' I hear as I exit the bathroom.

:D Special thanks again to ShinyJirachi!