The Sun in the Shadow

Chapter 16

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Nico was gone when Will woke up again. He couldn't quite remember what happened, but it seemed like Nico had finally stopped crying and then done something that completely knocked Will out. And when he awoke, Nico was gone.

"Hello?" Will called out, hoping no one would answer and he could sneak out of the hospital. He was a doctor and knew he should be under surveillance, but he was also a doctor who knew when they were healthy. But of course someone answered him and rushed into the room.

"Oh thank the gods, Will," a short girl in doctors scrubs said as she ran to his bedside. "We were afraid you had slipped into a coma. You woke up and then half an hour later you were asleep again, but all your vitals were slow, almost like you were dead!" She quickly checked all the machines and took notes on what they recorded.

"I'm fine, Shelia. I just want to leave," Will replied, starting to disconnect wires and needles from his body which made the monitors squeal in protest. Shelia squealed with them and grabbed his hands, dropping her clipboard on the bed in doing so.

"You know you can't do that, Will! You could have died! We need to know your healthy!" Shelia protested. Will sighed and looked down, his eyes resting on the clipboard. It read, "PATIENT: SOLACE, WILL - DATE: JULY 14-"

Will stopped and read it again.

"No. No, no, no, no, no. Today is not the fourteenth. Today can't be the fourteenth." He started panicking, trying to pull himself away from Sheila and push himself out of bed at the same time.

"Will! Stop!" Shelia squeaked while struggling to maintain her grip. "You have to stay here!"

"Shelia! Today is my mothers wedding! I really have to go!" He pulled himself free and the jumped all the way to the doorway. He turned and asked, "What time is it?" frantically.

Shelia looked like she couldn't decide whether to answer Will or try catch him again. She went with the wise choice, "Two thirty."

Will muttered a curse under his breath but was able to say, "Thanks, Sheila. I hope the big man won't blame you, but I really do need to leave."

Shelia smiled and placed her hands on her hips. "Will, go if you have to. I don't want to get between you and your mothers big day. But I need you back here tomorrow, we still need to check for the cause of the temporary coma."

Will nodded and grinned, running through the halls of the infirmary and then out and across to the cabins. He zipped into his own, slammed open his closet, and the grabbed the newly pressed tux.

He dressed quickly, but found it really hard to put on. The many layers seemed too hot for a wedding in the summer, but Will managed. He grabbed the invitation, scanned I quickly and groaned.

His mom had filled out his invitation already, including the box that asked "Plus one?" It was marked yes. And next to it in his mothers curly handwriting was the words;

"You better bring a friend, I don't need it to be a girlfriend. I just need proof you've actually made friends in your camp. So bring one, preferably your closest."

"Mother, where in the name of Olympus do you think I'm going to find a friend who has formal wear on hand?" Will groaned aloud. He checked the medical clock on the wall which had little syringes and scalpels instead of second and hour hands. 2:58.

His mothers wedding started at four and was forty five minutes away.

Better start looking now.