The Bryne Runaways (Updated)

Chapter 18

Today is another blood giveaway. It is an unexpected check up for me again. Uncle Ben isn't coming today due to the fact the he is already within the forest of our camp hunting with his squad. I currently read my comic and sit on a seat waiting for Dr. Meredith to come and pick me up. She finally does come for me and I had to put my comic away to prepare for my session. Once we had entered the room this guy catches my eyes in the corner looking very odd. Who's this guy? I've never seen him around. He has messy light brown hair that match with his eyes, he is slight tall as well. I look at him and he analyzes me. Once his smell catches my nose I desperately wanted the smell go away. It didn't smell bad nor good just very odd.

"Norman this is Harry" Dr. Meredith introduces to the man in front of me and I remember that name. Harry. Is this the guy from the night I fainted and banged my head?

"Hi" I say to him.

"How's it going?" He asks and I catch that he has an accent. He stretches his hand to me to shake. I look upon his hand where it has cuts and bruised knuckles. I force myself to shake it and I knew I had to clean my hand later on from this person.

"Don't worry I don't mean any harm lad" His accent is what I'm always noticing in his voice also the grin on his face.

"You're not from this camp are you?" I say to him and I take him by surprise. His eyes go over to Dr. Meredith for help. Don't look at her I'm talking to you.

"No, I'm not" He says and I knew it, he's an outsider. Dr. Meredith then interrupts us and she tells me to go sit down on the bed to begin my session with her and an outside intruder.

"Norman can you please lift your sleeve?" She says and what happened to everything else? Are we not doing my body checking and everything? 

"What happened to the rest of my check up?" I ask her as she gets the needle.

"I just need your blood today Norman" She says and we get this process going. I already have a needle in me with a stranger making me uncomfortable.

"And there we go" She tells me and I feel a bit lightheaded from the blood taken outta me. Why am I the only one getting more frequent check ups than the other kids?

"So you live out in the outside world?" I ask the man who talked to Dr. Meredith about how our world is messed up now.

"Yeah I do" Harry says.

"What's it like?" I ask as Dr. Meredith does whatever she does with my blood.

Harry struggles looking for the right words to say to me. "Let's just say it's not a world for boys like you. Be grateful for being here" He says with a smile and with that I feel my heart sink. Why? I thought I've been over this already.

"Okay Norman you are done for the day" Dr. Meredith turns to me where she is very happy like never before. What got to her in a change of mood?

"I need you to send this to Mr. Gordon" Dr. Meredith says and hands me a tube where it may or may not contain my blood.

I take into my hand and leave a very joyful Dr. Meredith and an outsider alone. I wonder why is Dr. Meredith so happy all of sudden? Did something inside her just tick or something. It's incredibly weird she is acting normal then poof happy as if she discovered water on a different planet. I guess it's good for her. Everyone needs to find their happiness and I think she found hers.

I begin to walk to the main hall that leads to Gordon's office. I grew nervously then all that disappeared topping it so quickly it's crazy. Right after someone has found their happiness there's always something or someone to ruin it. To crush then to purge. I then look at the window near me where it begins to shake uncontrollably.