I groaned and started to massage my forehead as a killer of a headache was already causing chaos in my head. I didn't want to move or even breath, anything that would help ease this pain even a little bit would be worth it.

"Thank god he's awake!" Someone said with a sigh and like a switch other sounds became apparent. I heard beeping from what sounded like a machine while I could feel something in my arm that reminded me of having an IV..... Was I in the hospital? I thought about opening my eyes but as soon as I did, I felt a warm hand cover them.

"Don't open your eyes sweetie. Like I said before it would only make things worse."

"J-Jasmine?" I forced out through what felt like a gravel tunnel. I needed a drink and badly.

"Yes honey, it's me. The guild sent out for us as soon as possible after you ate the otherworld food and had a reaction to the over stimulation of your bodies awakening.... I'm so sorry honey, I didn't think Alice was going to be so nonchalant with your first meal and risk your life this badly." One of her hands was still over my eyes that I could now feel had something like cloth over them that wrapped around my head. I'm guessing some kind of gauze?

"Where....Hector? Julie?" I forced the question out before I started coughing which just led to more pain throughout my whole body. Something had gone horribly wrong to end me up in the hospital and in this much pain.

"They are here baby. They are just in the lobby right now since Julie was having a hard time seeing you like this. Do you want me to go and get them now that you're awake?"

I nodded and smiled at the direction her voice was coming from. I heard as she left the room and everything was silent for a minute before the door opened again but this time it was a doctor.

"Well, well, I didn't really expect to see you again so soon Mr. Frough. But I'm glad you're awake. How are you feeling?" The voice sounded familiar and a couple seconds later I realized why. That's because just a couple days ago she was the one that had given me my psych eval and treatment to become a Gifted!

I decided not to speak again until I could get a drink and just nodded my head.

"Good. I saw your mother.. I mean adoptive mother leaving the room and assumed you would be awake. Is there any pain?"

I nodded again as I waved a hand all over my body.

"Gotcha, that sounds about right with cases involving Overloads. What about your system? Have your tried checking it yet?"

I shook my head as I pointed to the bandage around my eyes. with a gesture that I meant to show, Fucking how?

"Haha, I understand but Gifted do not have to open their eyes to see their system, if you concentrate you can view it with your eyes closed. Just imagine your system window appearing and it should appear in a few moments."

I sighed but did as she asked, It took a minute to concentrate on anything but the massive death rumbling that was pounding through my brain but just like she said poof there it was.

The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.

[James Frough]

[Rank D - Tamer]

[Gained new ability - Apprentice Farmer (0/10)]

I gasped as the flashing green letters of new ability and Apprentice Farmer lit up infront of me. I raised my fist up into the air and smiled which made the doc chuckle.

"I see it worked and I'm guessing you gained something new? That would be the upside to surviving through an overload. The Gifted always stumbles away with a new ability. You just have to get through the hell first."

About that time I heard the door open again and I heard as the voice of an angel quivered as she spoke out and I felt as her little hand grabbed onto mine.

"Jimmy.... 'Sniff' Are you ok?"

I turned my head to the side where her voice came from and smiled real big as I nodded and squeezed her hand slightly aswell.

"He can't talk right now dear, he hasn't had anything to drink in a while and his body went through something that shouldn't have happened. But good news is that your big brother came out the otherside with a stronger body and even a new ability." The doctor said as I heard her voice shift from one side of the room to the other.

"I still want him to stay in the hospital for a few days just to be on the safe side but after that he should be perfectly fine to go back home and start his new life as a Gifted."

Hector grabbed my hand that was still being vice gripped by Julie. "Did ya hear that son, a few days being pampered by cute nurses and then back to the grindstone. You'd better enjoy it while you can." Hector said with a chuckle that only earned him a slap from Jasmine.

"When does his eye cover come off Doctor? Will there be any permanent damage? I've never seen an overload close up before so I don't know if that is something we should worry about."

"That's understandable but no ma'am there won't be any permanent damage, we only keep the eye cover on because right now his brain is still basically undergoing a reboot. We cover the eyes to help clear up the processing power so to speak. The less senses the brain has to register the faster it can boot back up to working condition."

That sounded plausible because even now I was feeling the headache slowly lessen the more I was staying awake. Before when I first woke up it was excrutiating but now its little more than a nuisance.

"Unfortunately it is about time for visiting hours to end. One of you can stay up here if you would like but it is limited to only one person." The doc spoke up after I heard a few beeps from a machine being messed with.

"Hmm, do you want to stay up here hon while I take Julie home for the night then we can switch tomorrow? I already told the guild I was going to take a few days off from jumping in so I have the time?" Hector said towards Jasmine but I grunted towards them and waved my hand back and forth before patting Julies hand and waving towards the door.

"I'll.... Be.... fine.... Alone." I grumbled out.

"Are you sure Jimmy? We could stay with you incase you need something or if an emergency happens?" Jasmine asked with worry as her natural tone through this whole thing but I just smiled as I waved her off.

"I'm.... Gifted.... Now." I thumped my chest with each word. They all chuckled at me before saying fine and giving their goodbyes and after the doc checked a few things and making sure the call button for a nurse was in reach she led the others out of the room. The silence that followed was a bit unnerving as the beep of the medical machine slowly faded into the background and I was left with my thoughts that soon turned to the new ability as a sense of excitement rushed through me. Yea it was just an auxiliary skill but to get an extra ability without fighting badass monsters? Oh yea, I'm super stoked.

[Apprentice Farmer (0/10) - The Gifted is able to grow anything they want with an increased speed of maturation. Only applicable in worlds with abundant energy atmosphere. Conditions for ability upgrade - 10 different objects harvested.}

Not a whole lot to glean from this as the description was short... that was until I noticed a few things that got me even more excited. The first was the description said I could grow ANYTHING... I would only be able to test this out once I get back across the IDP since it said I could only use it in worlds with abundant energy and I don't think Earth has that just yet. But another thing was the conditions for the ability upgrade! I have only heard of this type of ability a few times and those people are tippy top of todays society! Like for instance there was one guy who started off with an ability that let him talk to objects. But what he did was used that ability in addition to crafting skills like blacksmithing and carpentry, and before long he was now the worlds most renowned crafter of any specialty!

Come to think of it? The other abilities that grow stronger like this are all Auxiliary? I've heard of the above mentioned guy aswell as another couple of people that had abilities related to everyday life. But I haven't heard of any growth type abilities that related to helping with fighting against the monsters of the IDP.... I wonder why?

But shaking that thought out of my head I turned towards the conditions for upgrade. I just had to harvest 10 'objects' to upgrade... I would have thought since the ability is called farmer maybe it would strictly be about crops and stuff? I sighed as yet another thing for me to only be able to find out once I'm healthy again.... But I smiled as wild images of growing crazy things like the limited and extremely rare stuff like Ability books that disappear upon use or growing weapons of crazy power flowed through my head... Hahaha, man that would be crazy if it could happen.

I tried to calm my heart down as I rolled over and tried to relax enough to go back to sleep..... I can't wait to go back through.