Missing Wit

13: Hospital

  The ambulance carrying Kurt had arrived at the hospital. The robot carrying Kurt on a stretcher jumped out of the car and started to carry Kurt towards the hospital. Kurt was looking around. He was in good condition; he didn't feel anything, he just had a headache. When he looked back for a while, he saw that another robot getting on the ambulance and moving away.

The robot brought Kurt into a corridor. The corridor was a corridor with a white wall and floor, illuminated by white lights from above, with a blue stripe in the middle. The stretcher was constantly shaking as robot was moving Kurt's stretcher on that blue strip. These tremors had irritated Kurt; it was obvious from his face.

Kurt was brought to an examination room. He waited here for a doctor for a few minutes. Then the doctor came and took care of Kurt. The doctor told Kurt that there was nothing to worry about and just a few radiological scans had to be made. If they were fine, he could go. Kurt was happy about this, but his mind was still on his sister. He lay on patient bed and waited for the examinations to be made.

The hospital's robots took Kurt to several places and gave him some examinations. Kurt waited for several hours, doing nothing until to the moment he got out of bed. Two hours later, the doctor said he could go after he had his last examination. Kurt jumped up from his bed and went to the reception, which he saw coming, in front of the building. He was not running, but walking at a fast pace. While walking, he felt dizzy for a moment and had to stop. He continued walking afterward, though his gait was slower. He stopped in front of the reception. There was a woman in her twenties at the reception.

"Lina Schütz," Kurt said simply, gasping for breath.

"Couldn't get it?" replied the woman. He was looking at Kurt in a somewhat strange way. Maybe the woman was frightened by Kurt's haste.

"Lina Schutz. My sister. Do you know which room he's staying in?" Kurt asked again.

The woman started typing something into the computer in front of her—probably Lina's first and last name—then she stopped. She didn't answer for a while. When Kurt asked again, the woman gestured to one near her to look at her own computer. The woman next to him looked at the screen and took out a small piece of paper and wrote something down. Then, handing the paper to Kurt, she said, "See the doctor on the paper."

Kurt took the paper in his hand, asked where he could find the doctor, and started walking to find the doctor. He went upstairs to his right. From there he turned right again and passed four of the rooms on the right along the corridor. There were five more rooms left, but the doctor's room was the fifth room. Kurt knocked on the door of this room and shouted "Enter!" He entered the room with his voice.

The doctor did not recognize Kurt who came. "Here you go, sir. Sit down, please," he said to Kurt.

Kurt calmly sat down in the chair the doctor had indicated, opposite the doctor's desk. "Hello, doctor," Kurt asked. "I am Lina Schütz's brother. How can I see her?"

"Unfortunately, you can't see him anymore," the doctor said, shaking his head in small movements.

"From where. I was told to see this doctor," Kurt said excitedly. He looked around as if he was searching for Lina.

"Sir!" said the doctor. He was trying to bring him back. "Unfortunately!"

Kurt did not want to accept what had happened. It couldn't be, she couldn't lose her brother in a way she never expected. He had no one but his sister. He would be very lonely from now on. What would the children do? What would be the effect on the children that their mothers were no longer present after their mother and father separated? Where would they go? Or will he stay with his fathers now? Kurt slid down from his seat. Seeing this, the doctor grabbed Kurt by the hand. However, Kurt pulled away his hand, stood up and left the room. He just wanted to go outside and get some fresh air.

Eric froze when he heard what Paul had said. But he knew what had happened beforehand; he couldn't understand why he was surprised. "How do you mean one of the rulers of Europe's robotics monopoly just died?"

"Do you live longer when you have a monopoly on Europe's robotics industry?" Paul asked sarcastically.

Eric thought for a while, looking down. Then, "Does R.M.I.E have any enemies?" he asked.

"Pretty much," Paul replied. "But you know the biggest of them all," he winked at Eric.

"Sander?" asked Eric.

"Yes. A man who hates his dark side, R.M.I.E, both as a company and his managers."

The subway slowed to a stop. Eric and Paul had arrived at the stop they wanted to get off at. They both got up and walked towards the door. As soon as the subway door opened, they got off the subway and started walking through the station.

"So, you suspect David Sanders," Eric said. Now was the worst time for Paul to shut up; this was the 'most exciting' part of the story, and Paul didn't seem to want to talk as he walked.

"I don't know of a better candidate."

"Where were you when this was happening?"

"I went to the hospital after I learned that Lina was hospitalized. But when I left, Lina was dead; Kurt was at the door. Paul continued to tell the story as he walked.

Kurt was sitting on a bench in front of the hospital, crying. However, he was hiding his eyes with his hand to cover his tears. At this time Paul came to her. He sat next to Kurt and waited for a while without speaking. He saw Kurt continue to cry and he got what happened. He took a deep breath and touched Kurt's shoulder. After a little pat on the back, he stood up again and began to pace pointlessly in front of Kurt. After spending some time like this, Paul noticed that the cops were approaching them. The cops ignored Paul and went straight to Kurt. The cops were asking questions one after another. Kurt was trying to answer all of them one by one. The cops first asked about Lina's enemies. Then they asked about recent events. Even if Kurt gave detailed answers to each of them, he didn't want to answer any more.

When the last question was asked, Kurt replied, "Enough is enough. It's like I'm..." and then, without completing his sentence, he started walking towards the hospital with fast and nervous steps to enter a toilet, inside the hospital.

Seeing Kurt in this state, Paul came to the police and, "Gentlemen. You see the condition of the man. Let's not ask any more questions, what do you say?" he asked.

The cops looked at each other first. A little later, "Okay. That's enough for today," they said. Then, one of the cops made a gesture to send his phone number to Paul's phone and said, "Call us if you learn or remember anything new," and they started walking back to their car.

After Paul finished talking to the cops, he went inside the hospital to find Kurt. Kurt was not in the toilet; he was standing in the hallway, his condition better than before. He went to Kurt and, "Go home if you want to. I'll take care of the rest," he said.

Kurt nodded in agreement and the two of them started walking out of the hospital together. Although Kurt looked a little tired, he could walk normally. Kurt was walking without Paul's support.