Lay Your Love

Chapter 13: Seriously? What's wrong with him?

Tom felt strange, thirteen minutes ago Yanov had injected Tom with something, and ever since he's felt all dizzy and fuzzy. Tom also felt heavy, now and then he'd open his eyes. To his chagrin, Tom noticed that Yanvo and other nurses were moving him around and carrying him on his bed through the hallway. White and blue ceiling tiles flew past him. It was unnerving how developed and futuristic everything was.

Tom thinks he even saw robots and machines roaming around.

At some point, he felt his robes being lifted and he tried to protest and curse the nurses off. But only a strained noise came out of him as his robe was lowered. Something cold and glutinous was placed and smeared on his chest and stomach. Tom tried to sit up but a hand stopped him and pushed him back down. When Tom opens his eyes again, he cringes as Yanov is standing above him, flashing a small light into his eyes and snapping his fingers near Tom's ears. Tom frowns and leans away, still dizzy. Yanov talks above him but nothing makes sense and everything sounds like Tom is under water. With a bitter realization, Tom knew he had to be drugged.

Tom opened his eyes a few more times and each time, Tom was somewhere else with his body getting probed or looked at by nurses or Yanov, who scribbled away in their clipboards.

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Tom woke up again and this time he was back in "his" room. He noticed the room was dimly lit, and he thanked any higher power above who dimmed it. Tom looked around, yupp, in the same room. Tom noticed the straps felt different, he looked over to see that the inside had some sort of fluff. It was so much softer, Tom tried to slip his arm through. But halted his attempts as the door opened with a soft click and Matt came in with a giddy smile. Tom felt a migraine rise, Matt gently grabbed a small stool and sat down beside Tom. Tom winced at the scratch the metal stool made against the tiled floor.

"Good morning, Tom. How are you feeling?" Matt started, Tom couldn't help but frown. How long had he been out for?. Why is this smug, smiling, narcissistic, idiot smiling and asking him bullshit?? Why the hell was Matt on the commie's side? Was he really that stupid to throw away their friendship? Tom glared.

"Dizzy." He answered, not even giving Matt the satisfaction of a glance. Matt gave a small "oh" and then shifted on his stool. "Erm, Tom, I have something for you" Matt started, waiting for some sort of reaction from his friend. Tom glanced over, Matt gently revealed Tomee bear in his hands. Tom went rigid and quiet as Matt placed the bear in Tom's lap. "I wanted to return him to you. I've been taking care of him ever since. . . ehm that's not important. He's finally with you again!" Matt smiled.

One thing Matt was happy about "joining" Tord was getting his memory back. He had learned a lot about himself, but he also felt like he got to learn and meet his friends all over again.

And one of those memories was how important Tomee bear was to Tom. Matt has clear and vivid memories of Tom always carrying the bear around until he just suddenly left it. Matt will make sure to ask about that. He remembers the day Tom just randomly disappeared from the army. He and Edd searched everywhere in their then-shared unit, asking their commanders only for them to find out weeks later that Tom was deported into another unit. It was weird, all the pictures, and Tom's personal stuff were left behind, Edd was devastated that Tom hadn't even told them anything. Edd couldn't accept the fact that Tom was suddenly gone. He had tried to convince Matt that something was wrong that the red army had taken him. The rest is hazy for Matt, he's still getting his memories back, without getting a headache.

But now! Tom and him were reunited and Matt could ask all the questions that had left him worried sick. All questions that would fill in the hazy gaps in his memories. Matt had a small lump of bitterness deep down, Tom had a lot of answering to do.