Chapter One: Arrogance is Blinding
A young teen was laying in the hospital bed pale and sick, his mother was sitting next to him, hold his hand and then the curtain was pulled back to reveal Astra Sunflare, who was smiling at them, "Doctor. Is he going to be okay?" the mother asks her, she nods as she places the clipboard down, "He's fine, he blood sugar is just low. He's overwork, so give him some time off of work and make sure he eats a lot of nutrients and bedrest." she informs her.
The mother exhales with her hand on her chest, as the son slowly sat up, Astra walks over to his side and helps him sit up. "Thank you, doctor," he said to her, she smiles at him and nods, making sure everything was still working and then informs him that he still needs rest. She then walks out of the room, pulling the gloves off her hands and Christine ran up to her, "Ash, Ash!" She states as she grabs her arm. "What is it?" she asks her as she turned to her. "I need your help," she states and showed her the iPad. Astra looks down at it, took it and saw the photo. "Oh boy. We're going to need Stephen," she informs her and they ran down the hall. "You keep an eye on the man, I'll get Strange," she states, Christine nods at her and they both took off.
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In the surgery room, Doctor Strange was washing his hands while listening to Shining Stars by Earth Wind & Fire. He then dries his hands right off and then had the insurgent's dress pulled on, then pulls on his mask and then his gloves were placed on his hands.
He then was standing over the examination table, working on a patient as the song was playing, and he was tapping his phone to the tune. On the other side of the table, doctors were taking down notes, impressed with his work. "Challenge row, Billy," Stephen calls out and then Billy hits shuffle, changing the song. Soft rock plays and then Stephen lifted his head up, knowing what song it was. "Come on, Billy you've got to be messing with me." Stephen states and Billy shook his head as he chuckles "No, Doctor." he answers him and Steven looks at the nurse. "Feels so good, Chuck Mangione, 1977," he states as he went back to his work. "Honestly, Billy, you said that this one would be hard." Stephen reminds him. "Ha! It's 1987." Billy corrects him.
But Stephen just shook his head at him, "No, Billy. While Feel so Good may have been charted in 1978, the album is released in December 1977." he informs him as he puts down his tools and took the dilators from the nurse, "No, but Wikipedia says--" Billy states as he turns to him, "Check again." Stephen advises him. "Where do you store all this useless information?" Garrison asks him as he carefully reaches into the body "Useless? The man charted a top ten hit with a flugelhorn." he informs her. "Status, Billy?" he calls out to him, Billy sighs. "1977." he answers him and Strange was victories, "Oh please, I hate you," Garrison said as she pulled away. "Oh! Feels so good, doesn't it?" he asks her as he handed her the tools.
Then Astra walks up to the door and looks inside, Stephen notices her as she looks at him, "Oh, I got this, Stephen. You've done your bit. Go ahead, we'll close up." Garrison informs him, he nods at her and walks to the door as held that look in her eyes and nudge her head to the side.
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Stephen and Astra step out into the hall, "What is it?" he asks her, she exhales and brushed back a strained of her bangs. Then showed him the scan "Christine showed this to me, it's a GSW." she informs him and he looks down at it. "It's amazing that she's kept him alive," he states and she rolls her eyes at him. "Apneic failed the brain stem test and the apnea reflex test," he states as he went through the reviews and found a picture of a photographic human skull that had a bullet in the back. "I think I found the problem, Dr. Sunflare," he states. "A bullet in the back of the head close to the brain stem, I know," she answers him.
He then looks at her, "They left a bullet in his head." he informs her as he shows her the pic, "Okay, but it's impinging on the medulla. Christine came to me so I came to you, I believe Nik has diagnosed him brain dead because of that bullet." she informs him. Then it clicks in his head. "And you and I both know that this man is still alive," she informs him and he looks at her again. "We have to run." he tells her, "I'll take you to Christine," she informs her and they both ran down the hall.
