Housecall: Met a Stranger 2.10
Posted by myg
“Oh my god!”
They say when you’re dying, hearing is the last of the senses to go. I figured Sable’s horrified cry would be my final memory of this life.
“Myg!” She gasped and I heard her stilettos trotting across my flat. But she was too late. I couldn’t move, I couldn’t even utter a fond farewell. She leaned over me and I let out a ragged breath.
Sable’s anxious fingers fumbled through my desk. “Doctor, doctor…” she muttered. “Myg, what’s the doctor’s name who you went to see for the fainting?” I couldn’t answer but I still call up the memory of his face.
“Altamura!” she must have found the unpaid bill from the Baji emergency room visit. No sooner had she found the doc’s name than she sent for him, because in under a minute I heard another voice. His.
“How long has she been like this?” The doctor’s tone was edgy, not real confidence inspiring.
“I don’t know,” Sable asked. “I just found her a couple of minutes ago.”
Dr. Altamura knelt over me and checked my pulse. Then he laid his head over my chest and I let out a long uneven breath. I heard a quick shuffle of feet and latches. They were silent as he worked.
“This isn’t going to be pretty,” he cautioned.
I never felt the sting of the needle, but the jolt of the medication sent bottlerockets to my skull. I went from numb to having intense pain everywhere I had damn nerve endings.
“Oooooooowwwwwwwwwarrrrrrrrrhggggghhhh!” All of Section 8 must have shuttered themselves in, fearing a rabid lost camper on the loose. The intense pain subsided after several minutes, but afterwards I still felt woozy and cold.
“Doctor Altamura,” I stammered, “I think I’m sick.”
“You’ve been contaminated. I need to get you to the hospital seclusion unit, now.”
“But…”
“And you need to be followed closely for at least a week to be sure you don’t relapse.”
“But…”
“It’s a public health issue. Sorry.” The hospital landmark appeared. “Hit teleport please.”
A public health issue? I was in no shape to argue. But then, I never did have an easy time disobeying Altamura’s orders.
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I didn’t do it, I swear!!! I’m a clean cat
wow, this is both mysterious and worrysome, i just hope its nothing serious, i wonder though she was contaminated with what and by what?
Lance: You’re going to give her an injection of adrenaline directly to her heart. But she’s got, uh, breastplates…
[taps Mia’s chest]
Lance: You’ve got to pierce through that. So what you have to do is, you have to bring the needle down in a stabbing motion.
[demonstrates]
Vincent: I-I gotta stab her three times?
Lance: No, you don’t gotta fucking stab her three times! You gotta stab her once, but it’s gotta be hard enough to break through her breastplate into her heart, and then once you do that, you press down on the plunger.
Vincent: What happens after that?
Lance: I’m kinda curious about that myself.
On a serious note, for a second I thought Myg said “the medication sent buttrockets to my skull”. :3
I like “pouty Myg” =)
a myg buttrocket is a deadly force, indeed.
and yeah, I’ve spent hours perfecting that pout!