Fear the Light

Recovering

I opened my eyes with my head throbbing in pain, I feel like I remember more, like memory that I couldn't see before

I sat up and tried to rub my head but then I realized I still had my helmet on

"Hey you're finally awake" a voice said beside me

I look over to see Nick who was in a one of the infirmary beds, I saw that he had what looked look a decently made cast on his leg

"Nick? What happened to you? Are you alright?" I said facing towards him

"Honestly I should be asking you that, but I am all right, just been stuck in here for like a day and a half"

"What happened to you're leg?"

"you where there you know.. oh you don't remember do you, well we ended up getting stuck in the woods and then I ended up getting stuck in this web of flesh? I'm not sure what else to call it and then I ended up messing up my leg really badly"

"O-ow sh*t, y-yeah I remember now"

I tried to get out over the bed to go closer to Nick but then he stop me

"Wow wow, what do you think you're doing" he said frantically waving his hands to me to stop

"I was going to come closer to you, why should I not?"

"I don't think that's the best idea Day you also have to recover you know"

"What do you mean I'm fine"

"It might seem that way but you were unconscious for like a day and a half, it would probably be in your best interest not to move around too much"

He had a point I shouldnt move too much I stopped and positioning myself back in the bed

"So what happened to you leg exactly?"

"Well I thought I broke it, but Dr Logan took a look at it and said it was just dislocated, but it also had a minor fracture, but since I have a good recovery system I should be good to walk in a couple of day or so"

"Well that's a good thing"

"Indeed it is" Nick said smiling to me

"...So why did you decide to come to site 19?" I said Nick since this would be nice since while we're in here we could have a conversation

"Oh let me think.. oh yeah there was a news broadcast in my area that said about the whole situation and said to come to site 19, so since I was stuck in an area with a decent amount of food and supplies I thought to make my day wear and then head over here"

"Oh where were you before?"

"I was working for a big fancy business that made clothing, and I was working on a project late that night I normally tend to be the one who stalks up the refrigerator so I was just doing that that night, and then the whole news broadcast came up and then I came here"

"Interesting" I said nodding my head a little

"Now it's my turn to ask a question, how did you end up in site-19?"

"Umm well I was originally in my apartment complex and then I was on my way over here regardless because I was assigned a mission, and then the attack broke out and eventually I believe I made my way over here, but it took me awhile because... Umm I can't remember"

"Oooooo so you worked for the SCP foundation?"

"Yeah I was one of the people that would go out on missions and secure contain protect"

"Wow that's cool! O-ow"

"You okay?"

"Yeah it's just my legs starting to hurt again, I guess the painkillers wore off"

"Did Dr Logan give them to you?"

"Well nooo. but I've been in medical condition before so I just thought I'd take him to ease the pain a bit"

"What happened before?"

"Just something not good, I prefer not to remember those kinds of things"

"O-oh okay I'm sorry for being it up"

"It's fine, it's just a time of my life that I prefer to forget"

The room went silent for a bit, until we heard someone opening the door

It was Dr Logan

"Hey Nick is everything all right, oh hello Day I see you finally woke up" she said walking over to Nick

"Yeah I'm doing all right, me and Day were just chatting"

"Well how's the leg?"

"It's been better, but right now it's fine" Nick said lyingly

"That's good, and how about you Day?"

"I-im doing alright, just a headache and all"

"Well then it's good, you two should probably both be out of here in about the day or two"

"Wait but why do I have to stay in here Nick's the one that is actually injured"

"Well because Incase you have forgotten you carried Nick as well as two backpacks off supplies back, as well as no stop ran for a couple miles, so not only is your energy depleted, we want to keep you here just in case anything does happen"

"O-okay, yeah that makes sense"

"Alright now you two should get some rest it's getting late" Dr. Logan said walking out the door

"H-hey Nick?"

"Hmm?" Nick said looking at me

"Why did you lie? Your leg was hurting and you said you were fine"

"Oh well I prefer people not to worry, I try to make people happy and not upset, so even if that means I have to lie to make it so that people don't have to worry about me.. I'm willing to do that"

"But that's not a good thing Nick, people are going to care and still worry, so please promise me that if something does go wrong whether that being you're just feeling upset or you got touched by the Sun, you'll tell me"

"*Sign* alright but only because you're my best friend" He said putting his pinky up in the air

And then since we couldn't leave the beds we did an air promise

"Alright well we better get to bed.. and Day thank you for everything that you have done for me"

"Like you said you're my best friend, and that means I'm not going to let anything happen to you"

"Hehe alright, but I do have a question, do you mind if when we get out of this room that, you could teach me how to fight? I want to be able to protect you too"

"O-oh sure, weird request but I'll try my best to teach you"

"Thanks" Nick said turning off the light that sat on the desk beside us

"Goodnight Day"

"Goodnight Nick."