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Loss and hope?

"Including your eyes"

'Wait what happened to the cloth that i thought was on my face? What does he mean including my eyes?' "wh..What do you mean by including my eyes?" I stutter not really wanting to know the answer but needing to all the same.

"Well with the damage your eyes took from both the glass along with the fire your eyes suffered too much damage and were not able keep up function. Other than your eyes your body has also suffered extremely from the fire and glass. Your nerves from the neck down have also been damaged from the fire, while some were also completely severed because of all the glass. That is why you are no longer able to move, see or feel." David explains to me in that annoying monotone voice of his that i think of as his professional voice.

I don't really know what happened after that because I could not really process what he had told me. For a while I just laid there with ‘nerves in the body..... Severed.... fire.... glass... can't move... eyes.... nerves' running through my brain over and over again. After a while my brain finally shuts down and i fall asleep.

When I woke up I was depressed. I mean who wouldn't be in my situation? i decided i needed to talk to someone because the only thing i could do right now was think since i could not move or see, the only problem was i didn't want to think right now because i could only think of what i lost and that was just too depressing.

"Can anyone here me?" i holler out as loud as i can which does not amount to much. Even though David said i had been in the hospital for four months in a coma like state... at least that is what i think i was in, he did not say either way on that matter. I try a few more times when i got no answer but it was no use no one could hear me and all i accomplished was tiring myself out.

After around five minutes i heard someone open what i thought was the door to the room and walk in. i start to say "Is that you Dav..."

"You scared the bageebees out of me, i thought you were in a coma!" a feminine voice with a slight ring to it  hollers.

'Guess the good doc forgot to tell anyone i was awake or update my chart' i think while saying with a slight mischievous smile "Oh I'm sorry i did not mean to scare you, did David not tell anyone i was awake?"

"No that blasted idiot did not!" the feminine voice said with a little bit more anger in her voice "Oh and Mr. Jackson My name is Millie and I'm a nurse with the hospital."

'who knew the doctor was an air head huh' i think to myself then say "by the way do you know where Dr. Lee is?"

She smiles at me and says "Oh he’s probably in his office right now would you like me to get him for you?"

"If you would please" i say while thinking about how i wanted to talk to someone five minutes ago because i didn't want to dwell on what happened to me, but now i want to know where i go from here.

"No problems just give me a second I'll be right back OK" she tells me and i can just here the smile in her voice. After a while I hear the door open again and two people walking in.

“Thanks Millie and hay David good to hear you again.” I say as I smile while trying to cheer myself up for what’s to come.

“Hay Joseph you’re up quite early you know. You could have slept a little longer if you wanted. It’s only two in the morn you know” David says easily like he has known me for months on end.

Then I realize he has known me for months now just not the other way around as I think this I start smiling while saying sarcastically “I’m sorry doc no I did not know it was two in the morning, it’s a little hard for me to check the time you know”

“Heh I guess I deserved that one right” he says while chuckling. “Now Joseph I hear you want to know where we go from here right”

I say “Yes please because I don’t see how I can live like this so I want to know what options I have” with a sad little smile.

“Well this is how it is right now. If the damage was not as extensive as it is I would have recommended surgery, but it would be pointless right now because the most you would be able to hope for is just being able to twitch a finger, but that’s even a maybe in of itself because we don’t know if your body could even handle the surgery right now and the longer we wait for your body to be able to withstand it the worse the outcome would be.”

“So what you’re saying is I will be stuck in this bed for the rest of my life” I say in a quiet voice.

“Not exactly, you see when Nebula corp. heard about what happened to you they sent someone over to the general hospital that you were first taken to. They had you transferred over here and paid for everything along with leaving us with a proposal for you.” David said in an exited voice. “They want to help you because technically it was there machine that caused you to get hurt in the first place. they are building you a special tank right now that will let you play there new game. You will not have to worry about giving your real body food or anything because the tank will give you all the nutrients it will need. They are even willing to scrap the monthly fee for the game for you too as long as you’re willing to do them one tiny favor”

“Wait first they admit that it is there fault that I ended up like this, and then they ask me to do them a favor… why should I help them out anyways. I should be suing them for all there worth right now instead of sitting here listing to this bull crap.” I say heatedly

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“Well Mr. Jackson that is your right but if I were you I would take any deal they are willing to give you because they are willing to give you a new body and everything else that is included in there game. I hear that it is the most popular game right now anyways.” David says with so much anger in it that I am stunned for a bit and then he continued out the door while saying “I’ll be back to check on you at breakfast. Think about what I said though because you need a new body right now more than all the money in the world Mr. Jackson.”

For the longest time I just thought on what he had told me about needing a new body over money right now. I realized that he was right and this would be the best opportunity that I would have to get one at that. ‘Am I so willing to throw this opportunity away just for my pride’ I ask myself. ‘No, no I am not this is the best I can hope for and I was wanting to play it anyways, but I will have to negotiate on one thing though’

After I made up my mind on what I was going to do i just laid in bed listing to all the people walking past my door wondering who they were and what they looked like, what were they doing and all that. After a while I heard a cart being pushed down the hall and through my door. ‘Guess its breakfast time’ I thought to myself knowing full well that Dr. Lee would be coming shortly.

When the cart got in here i heard Millie ask “Hay Mr. Jackson would you care for some food?”

“hmmm I don’t think I can eat it though” I say while trying not to smile.

“why would you not be able to eat?” Millie asks confused.

“well I can’t move or anything… that will make it very hard for me to hold a fork don’t you think?” I say teasing her just a bit because I’m in a pretty good mood after making up my mind to take Nebula corps offer on the new body.

She just starts laughing while saying “well looks like someone is in a better mood now. So I’m guessing you’ve made up your mind on your little dilemma right?”

“yes I have, I would rather have a body then not and I realized all it was my pride getting in the way.” I say to her while listening for the door to open. “David did say he was coming at lunch right?” I ask Mille confused.

“yes he told me to get some lunch for him too when I grab yours from the cafeteria.” She replies “he is just running a little bit late is all. For him that is common though so I wouldn’t worry too much ok.”

“OK thanks Millie for the food by the way.” I say to her meaning. She has been nothing but nice to me since I got here… well everyone has been that way to though.

“no problem dear now let me just sit you up so you can eat.” She says while getting up and doing just that. “there we go is that Too high or low?”

“no its ok Millie thanks for helping me.” I say a little embarrassed.

“well how else are you going to eat and I would rather do it then leave it to that idiot to do because he would probably just forget about your lunch entirely.” Millie says while putting the fork against my lips.

“now, now is that any way to speak of your boss Millie?”

It was David, somehow he had snuck in to the room without me hearing him. I just keep on eating while Millie says “not really considering you’re not my boss” she says with mirth.

“well true enough I guess just don’t go filling his head with things like that ok” he says to her. The only response he gets in turn is just a simple “mmmhm.”

After that the doctor sat down with us and started to eat his with us. After we were done eating he asked me if I had thought of what he had said and I say “Yes David I have and I owe you an apology.. it was just my pride talking. I have decided to take them up on there offer but I want one thing and one thing only with it”

“oh and what would that be Joseph?” David asks me wondering what it could be.

“well since I will not be able to see, hear, or feel in this body I wanted to have my own virtual space or house outside the game. That way I can still be able to hang out with friends that I invite there. Heck I even want to be able to watch TV or even read if I want to, you know like anyone can do outside of the game… doing it this way will make it so I don’t have to always be in the game if I don’t want to but I don’t have to go back to my body either. That way instead of logging out and coming here I would go there instead where I can have all my senses too.” I say almost pleading for him to understand.

“hmmm that does not sound too bad. I’ll tell you what I will give them a call and see if someone can come down to talk to you about it and also let them know that you want to change a small thing also.” He says thoughtfully.

“ok thanks David” I replied.

“no problem, I’ll be bringing them right in when they get here ok.” He adds while getting up

I say ok and then he tells me to get some more sleep that way I won’t get tired while the person from Nebula is here. So after Millie picks everything up and tells me to sleep well I do just that.

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Well thats chapter 1 guys and thanks for the comment xipzo ill try to make them as good as i can.. i have not written anything for quite sometime now so it might take a while for me to get use to it again.

Val