Fallout: The New Day

Part Six: The Begining of the End

i asked the doctor "how long do i have to stay in bed?" he looked at me with another blank stare. "well your bullet wound was not very 'life threatening' so if you wanted to, you could leave here today, but you can stay as late as Wednesday,, today being Monday and all." i thought for a moment. i could leave and look for a women who i dont think really loved me, or i could have a few more days with minimal worry. but i had to know. i had to know if she was still alive or dead. i had to know why she left Blake for me, or for her.

I looked at Blake, " Are you sure that she isn't coming back soon?" i asked. He thought for a moment, "i dont remember her saying anything about coming back..." my heart finally broke and my mind snapped. i was under too much stress trying to protect her and keep her alive and she left me without a word. "ok doctor," i said "i think im ready to leave." he nodded and walked to the door out in to the hallway "i need a nurse to room 101"

He came back in and started to push buttons on the machine next to me and a nurse walked in. she was short and skinny with blonde hair. she wore a white apron, white shoes, and red glasses. "hello sir, im guessing you are ready to leave?" she asked, "yes, he is" the doctor said hoping i didnt change my answer. she nodded and started writing things on her clipboard.

Once she was done, she looked up and said "did you have a good stay?" i looked at her with confusion while i was getting my clothes on "right" she said "this is a survey that i will ask you questions and answer with up to three words... so how was your stay?" i thought for a moment "i dont know" she nodded "how do you feel?" "i feel just fine." i said "were you treated fairly by the doctor?" and as she finished i could sense the doctor get tense.

He just stopped what he was doing while he was looking at the life support. I looked at him. he seemed like he was frozen. he looked down at me, "what?" he asked "why so tense?" i responded, "tense? whose tense? im not tense, you're tense!" he yelled. "whatd you do?" i yelled back, "all im going to say is that you may or may not have saved a life, but may or may not have ruined your own." "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!?" i yelled at him with a sense of urgency.

"Someone needed something, and you were the only match," he finally said. I jumped up, grabbed his shirt, broke the window, and held him out of it head fist. "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU TAKE!!?" i yelled at him. i suddenly felt a pain in my side. "go ask the man in room 234." he pleaded. i dropped him but caught him but his foot. "GIVE ME A REASON I SHOULDN'T DROP YOU!" he looked up at me while he was hanging. "well it was important to your life, you've got 15 days at best." i let my grip slip and he fell to the pavement 10 floors down.

"Im so sorry," the nurse said "if it makes you feel better, you just killed a jet addict that no one liked." I just starred at the ground. "Would you please come with me... i have a little boy with me and im going to go looking for her mother.... but just in case i dont make it, i want someone to finish my job." I looked up at her to look at the expression on her face. she looked like she was sorry.

"Dont feel like you need to, i wouldn't ask you to outside of this situation." i said. She chuckled a little then i heard her day "ya, ill go with you to take the kid back to his mother." i smiled. that is exactly what i wanted to hear. hopefully we will find Jess.