{MCYT} •Mini Stories• <Book 2>

{Why Sam Wears A Mask}

Sam entered Foolish's home and saw others already there,"Hey, Sam! Glad you could make it, we have food and coffee!", Sam smiled, nodding as he put the trident down and walked over.

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Puffy watched as Tommy and Tubbo mess around as they ate, Sam was talking to Foolish and Hannah, though she was a little quiet more and became a shell of what she used to be.
Since Ponk let her out of the medical area, she had lost her wings and had burns all over her, she wore clothes that wouldn't upset the burns or the wounds on her back till they properly healed.
As the older adults spoke, none of them noticed Sam's gas mask fall off the table and be carried away by Michael who immediately looked in the reflection of the golden statue and tried to put it on.
"Papa, what's this??"
Tubbo was confused, then noticed Michael was picking at something in Sam's mask,"Oi, no.", Tubbo took it, making Michael sit on the ground and look up confused if he could play with it, but Tubbo then noticed inside the mask was. . . Another mask?
But it was a medical mask, an oxygen mask that is supposed to supplie the patient with extra air.
"Um, Sam? Why is this in your mask??", the adults and Tommy turned, Tubbo held it up and showed the inside and Sam sighed rubbing his eyes,"That. . . Uh, yeah. I am required to wear it at everyday.", Tubbo handed it to him, Tommy then leaned over beside Sam as he rested the mask on his lap,"Why?? Can you tell us??", Sam sighed, looking at Tommy but might well.
"Alright. Story Time."
"Yay!"
Tubbo sat Michael on his lap as he and Tommy got comfortable, even if it would be a sad story at least it would be something interesting.
"So, I think it was when I was 9. . . Or. . . Older, I dunno I was pretty short for my age."

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Because of my Creeper Genes, for some unknown reason it made me the height of a baby Creeper and had me grow up all over again.
-_-
Yeah, Tommy I was that short, shut up.
But my guardian began to notice there times I had trouble breathing, whether it be in the house, outside and after running around, so eventually he took me to the doctor to have it checked out.

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The doc stared at the boy, tapping his pen against his clipboard and Sam did his best to not look him in the eyes and fight the urge to cough.
"Alright, David. In here."
"Got it Doc."
They left Sam alone in the room, he stood up and wandered over to the wall that had the heights written on.

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The doctor pointed to the results,"As you can see, because of the experiments he had to go through and the genes of course, not only did his heart get a boost but his lungs did as well, making them more sensitive if the boy is doing something active like running, walking and so on.", David nods,"So, his lungs are more sensitive?", "Most definitely, there isn't much I can because I'm worried that if I were to do a surgery it could only make it worse, the only thing I can really do it is give him medication to ease the pain.", David nods again,"For the best, doing surgery on him is risky.", the doc opens the cabinet and goes through the medication.

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Coming out of the office, David saw Sam measuring himself,"Why am I so small. . .?", "I dunno, kiddo. But, let's get you home. You have some more medication to take.", Sam was picked up by David and they left, Sam coughed and used his scarf to not cough on David though David knew he wasn't doing it on purpose.

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"So, that was how I got by with my overpowered lungs, I took medication for many things and it worked out good, of course I couldn't do everything but I could play games with other kids or help around the town."
. . .
"Until, I was older. . . I was working with someone in a Redstone place, it was like an internship but it went wrong. Terribly wrong."

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"And that's how a Redstone Repeater works.", Sam nods, smiling even though he was annoyed that he was being told this like he was a 5 year old, he knew what was what and what not to mess with but he kept his mouth shut as the instructor continued on talking.
"Now, listen here Rookie, you'll be working with the basic Redstone Work and if you're lucky, you can climb your way up to the top.", Sam nods along, following him and looking at all the redstone around them.
"And you'll be working with-"
"Sir!"
A man came running over, the main guy walked over leaving Sam to stand by and look around.
"What? I'm touring the rookie around?"
"There's been an accident, the Redstone is becoming haywire!"
The boss was surprised, "Oi, Rookie come with me.", Sam followed him and the employee.

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From the box of the main controls, they could see the employees running around trying to not get electricaled by the redstone or the machine around, the boss was shocked,"How did this happen?!", "Our top employee screwed us over!", as they argued Sam looked at all the carnage below them, feeling a wave of nausea and deja vu from his earlier memories of life.
. . .
The Lab. . .
The Hybirds. . .
Blood. . .

"Rookie!"
Sam looked up at his boss, seeing he had now gone down to fix the problem,"Flip the red switch to your right!", Sam looked at the consel and did so as quick as he could,"Good, now I'm going to cut the blue wire and once I say I did I want you to turn off the main power.", Sam nods, he watched as the boss reached into the machine, Sam walked over to the machine switch and listened out for his boss.
"NOW!"
Sam flipped the switch, suddenly feeling a thousands volts shoot through him,"ROOKIE, POWER IS OFF!", "SHIT, BOSS!", the employee ran to Sam as he fell to the ground unconscious from the voltage going through his body.

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"I was immediately rushed to the hospital, my guardian was furious at the Boss and Employee because I wasn't suppose to handle something like that as my first job and they were arrested for nearly killing me."
"Nearly."

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Sam woke up in a room, not his bedroom but sitting up he knew he was in a hospital.
Sam felt something wrapped around his face, he then noticed the oxygen mask on him,"Don't take it off, kid.", he looked up and saw a doctor,"You got lucky you survived volts like that, but it damaged your lungs pretty badly. You're organs are now more sensitive especially your lungs.", Sam sighed in defeat, he really didn't want to be hooked up to a machine and in bed for the rest of his life.
"But your personal doctor and mechanic found a loop hole."
The doctor pulled out a Gas Mask,"They installed a oxygen mask in this mask, it can filter the air and allow you to do things that require more activity and movement, but to do more simple tasks will require you to take the medication you're taking at the moment.", Sam nods, he took the mask and took a deep breath before he took it off and replaced it with the gas mask like thing.
. . .
"Is it okay?"
Sam nods, feeling much better and found it a lot easier to breath.

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"And that was it, from the start it was just medication but after the Redstone Accident I had to um, take more precautions.", Tommy nods, Tubbo handed Sam his mask as Sam took a deep breath and put it on,"Thanks. . .", "So, you have to wear it all the time?", "Mostly when I'm doing something that requires more active work, I have my medication for activities that require less active stuff so not all the time but most of the time.", Michael hugged Sam, feeling bad for him though Foolish smiled,"Yeah, and you made it this far and you should be happy to beat the odds.", Sam nods, smiling under his mask and he pet Michael on the head,"Thanks bud, and uh. . . Sorry for kidnapping you.", Michael giggled,"At least you weren't like Mister Bandana and Goggle Guy.", Tubbo nods,"Yeah, sorry again for going so extreme Sam, both you and Eret had good intentions. But I still want an answer to the Ranboo thing.", Sam nods, looking at Michael but he decided it was best to explain,"What happened was, Ranboo was acting so weird two days before the Prison Break, so I locked him up to calm him down but when he was at a stand point and after I showed him the picture, I noticed he didn't have any tear wounds like he always had.", Tubbo looked up surprised,"He didn't?", "No. So, I panicked and. . . Well.", Foolish looked at Tubbo and Tommy, all of them confused on how Ranboo couldn't have made them disappear.