Another World

CHAPTER 11

Chapter 11

''Hey Isabelle! I'm here to fix your neck. My mother learned me how to remove a bullet and clean a wound. Don't worry about pain. We'll kill the sense around it. And you have a lot of morphine in your system." Quinton says.

''You're sure you can do it? And how on earth did you vanquish all those hybrids?"

''Yes I can do it! And that gun was called a 'baeronis'.''

''Okay, just don't hurt me! How does it happen that the 'baeronis' let all those 'things' just disappear?"

Quinton stands in front of me and sanitizes the scalpel and the needle. I feel so weak, also because I'm so small against Quinton standing in front of me. I'm scared that I'll always feel sick and tired of being helpless. And small. Quinton touches my shoulder so gently and quickly injects a little vial of serum .Then he says, ''Well, it works like this: she enters the room, presses a red button and the gun releases a kind of vapor. She presses the green button , the vapor reacts to their skin and all of the hybrids are teleported back to their kingdom. Ta da!''

That is very unrealistic but is any of this realistic?

I touch my bullet wound but I can't feel anything at all. I see him picking up the scalpel and I close my eyes. Actually clamping them closed. I feel how the blade slices through my skin and how the tip of the scalpel reaches the bullet. But I feel no pain at all.

''Aha! There you are." Quinton says and kind of digs the bullet out. Then again I feel how it's removed. A feeling that calms me and relieves me!

''I did it!" Quinton says and shows me the bullet lying in the middle of his hand. It's white with black dots!

''What exactly does this one do?" I ask.

"It's a tranquilizer. They wanted to steal the roses.''

''Why did they tranquilize us instead of killing us?''

''They want you alive. They'll need us to help them get the roses.''

''Help them? Their asses! ''

Quinton laughs at me and says, ''I wonder why they didn't kill Jake? Because they clearly hate him!''

''Jake! Where is he? I need to go see him right now!'' I try to jump out the bed but Quinton stops me from doing it.

''Isabelle! He's still out. We're struggling to remove the bullet. It's between the kneecap and the muscle tissue. If we accidentally cut the muscle tissue, he won't be able to walk for a very long time.''

''Oh gosh! Please be careful!''

''They are careful! We have the best doctors in like... forever!''

''Okay, okay! So... how's Auriella?'' A little smile creeps upon his face.

''She's nice.'' He pouts and closes his eyes.

''Just nice?" I ask sarcastically.

''Well, yes. She's nice. And she has a boyfriend.''

I choke while laughing at him! He probably didn't see that coming! Neither did I.

''A boyfriend ? Who is he? I ask.

''He's the manager of security around here. I think his name is Tom. Yeah."

"What a let down ! Well, at least you tried!''

''Yeah. Well you know, some things aren't meant to be. I see you and Jake are enjoying each other!'' I smile and agree.

I decide to lay down for a hour or so.