"I'm very much aware of your fears, and believe me I don't really care. You took your oath to help the sick, I took an oath to defend this country, be it in and out of the border" Jacob proceeded to point at the unconscious Sora who is in his final stages of healing up.
"That there is an unknown entity, and until I'm I'm sure it holds no Ill will toward this country, I'm afraid the word 'custody' holds no power doctor" after listening to Lieutenant Jacob, Dr Dante realized there is nothing he could do but step aside.
Feeling ashamed of powerlessness, and understood the horrors the young man will face from now on, all he could do is wait for the young man's family and lie to them. revealing Sora's survival will not only ruin his career but he had to think of his loved ones and the people he will potentially save in the future as a medical specialist. He, along with all the other Doctor stood aside as the military personnel took the unconscious youth from operation table. When they saw his face gain complexion and about to regain conscious soon, they exchange the nutrients IV with one that will keep him sedated.
Moments after the military left, Sora's family came in soon after, with worried looks on their faces. "Well i guess it's my turn" Dr Dante parting the Doctors who where still taking in what just happened. Dr Dante felt every foot steep toward Sora's family getting heavier and heavier, feeling ashamed. But what can he do.
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The military ambulance just arrived at an undisclosed location. Jacob opened the doors to find his adoptive father waiting in the under group banker packing space with his hands behind his back. "Sir, the package has been delivered, the healing capabilities are so logic defying you'd think it is not the same person who got hit by a Bus this afternoon, Hell he looks like he never got sick a day of his life" Jacob debriefed with his posture standing in attention.
"Good Job securing the package, had you been there a moment late, it would have been a mess " Dr Hoiriken pattered Jacob's shoulder like a proud father would. "Now let's go meet our new resident, I'm sure when he wakes up he'll need someone to explain to him the wonders of our project and how he might be the new messier of the new would" said Dr Hoiriken as he followed the group who just off loaded a starcher with Sora from the ambulance
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"Doctor... Doctor!!!" A middle aged woman came basting in the hospital trying to get attention from the passing doctors. Everyone appeared to intentionally trying to get away from her like a plague. This woman is Celina Cagem Sora's mother. When she got the news that her son was met with an accident and from the looks of things, survival doesn't seem possible she felt as though her world came crashing down. She was a single mother, her husband died while at war trying to save his team from a group of rebels. Good news, he was able to safe his full squad but at a cost of his life. She was left as a single mother with 3 kids, 2 boys 1 girl, Sora was the middle child while the girl was the youngest.
"If non of you bother to tell me which room my son is at, I swear to God, you'll see your hospital name get dragged in the morning news" with fire in her eye, Celina went from a grieving mother to a dragon ready to raise hell in the hospital, for someone with a small stature, she could cast a huge shadow when she gets crossed.
" Sorry.. Are you Sora's mother?" a tall figure, with brown skin and a small but well build physique came after being attracted to the shouting. Relived to see someone has finally gave her attention, eyes that had bags underneath to show long stream of tears, had a bit of hope for the first time today.
"Yes Doctor, i am. you can call me Mrs Cagem" Celina shook the Doctor's hand. "I'm Dr Dante, can you follow me to my office" As this conversation was going on Celina couldn't help but see the Doctors who acted like they couldn't see her earlier keep checking her along with Dr Dante, she couldn't help and feel a bit worried feeling the worst has really happened.
"Dr there's no need to go to your office, all I just want is to see my Son and see if he's Ok, today's event must have been a bit traumatic for him and he needs his mother's face the moment he wakes up in order to feel safe" with every word she said, you could feel and hear desperation in her voice, she was thinking maybe talking as if her Son is alive just might increase the chances of him actually being alive, along with a bit of hope that the Doctor would agree and take her to her son's room.
Seeing the grieving mother and the hope in her eye made the world 10 times heavier for Dr Dante. 'This might as well be the worst day in my life, why did I even take an oath if the first sign for me to defend it, I cower like a spineless chicken. I got in to this line if work hoping the world has one less misery with every life I save, but today here I am about to lie through my teeth to a mother who thinks her son is hurt or worse, while i know damn well what happened to him' Dr Dante thought about the earlier situation and steeled himself, ready to give the biggest performance of his life.
"Mam, I'm sorry to inform you, Your son has passed away on sight, the collision with the Bus was so bad that I don't think he even suffered when it happened" Dr Dante had a gloomy expression on his face, almost as if he was the one who lost a Son in this scenario. The onlookers felt bad for him and moved by his compassion. Doctors have seen so much death every day that they have become desensitized to it, so seeing him have so much care and compassion for the grieving mother, the onlookers' emotions were swept off the floor.
" Can I see him" The moment Celina spat those words, the room got frozen and every stuff member who were present when the army came and took Sora away felt like they have been Zapped by jolt of electricity.
The change of the atmosphere was sensed bythe onlookers there, Sora's mother included. "What's wrong why is everyone act like I just said something Taboo?". After Celina' presented the question, Dr Dante quickly got his head working again." Ahem, no, it's not that... just that, can you come to my office, this is something I wanted to talk to you about before. The conversation we are about to discuss is a bit graphic and seeing as we are in the hospital reception space. I'm afraid our topic might upset everyone. You included" Dr Dante said he finally got Celina following him.
As she followed behind the Doctor, Celina felt as though every step she took was being dragged in very dense mud, battling with every foot steps taking a lot out of her.They soon made it to the doctor's office. There was nothing special about it.
"Mam, there's no good way to say this, but the kind of accident your son was met with was so gruesome that, I'm afraid you won't be able to recognize which part from which. I can't in my good conscious let you see the body without first having a specialist with you to walk you through the processes." when she heard the words coming out of the man behind the desk, she felt as though the whole room's walls just fell off from existence and only nothingness was left. Her body went from sluggish to definite stone. " Doctor what are you trying to tell me, are you saying my son experience such a horrific moment that nothing of him is recognizable, aren't you supposed to be healer? HEAL MY SON THEN!!!" pure rage spore from her heart totally taking over her entire being, before long security had to quickly come in to hold her down before she harms anyone else, herself included.
Dr Dante was in an even shitter mood, not because of the out bust of the woman, but the hurt and pain he is causing an innocent mother, and family included. What really made this experience that much harder to swallow is knowing full well, what happened to their supposed dead family member
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Sir the sedatives has worn off, we can expect the subject to regain conscious anytime soon" One of the researchers put into this case informed Dr Hoiriken. " Have the everything ready by the time he wakes up, this is of the outmost impotence, I need standard test on the subject's health be done and a full report be put on my desk by the end of the day.