Zero had been led by the doctor to a room that housed a fairly attractive woman laying down on the bed. She was a barely famous piano player who had been caught up in a home-invasion where the group of invaders not only stole for her but sadistically used a hammer to break every bone in her hand. Luckily her son which she raised as a single mother had been at kindergarten during the day.
Zero had heard the doctor's description of the story before entering the room so the sight of her badly mangled hands didn’t shock him too much but it did cause him to frown. The frown only lasted seconds before Zero returned to his normal expression and walked over to the woman. The woman looked at Zero with a slightly confused look as he walked over and picked up her medical chart.
As Zero read the chart the woman could no longer keep silent and asked, “Umm who are you? Are you a doctor here? You look too young so did you get the wrong room?”
Zero said nothing as he continued to read the chart and when he finally finished he said, “Well Mrs. Kimura it looks like the chances of you ever being able to use your hands again are non-existent. It also says here you have no emergency contacts meaning you have no one to help you deal with life after being discharged.”
The woman Mrs. Kimura had a pained and frustrated look on her face as she stared at her hands. After a while, she turned and angrily look at Zero before asking, “Why did you come to tell me something I already know?”
“I’m here to inform you that the payment for your treatment was declined so we can no longer treat you here. Please either provide a new form of payment or you shall be discharged tomorrow.” said Zero in a nonchalant manner
As Mrs. Kimura heard Zero’s words her face grew pale at the notion of being released in her current condition. The fear and pain from her hands clouded her judgment and didn’t allow her to see that no hospital could legally discharge her until her condition was deemed stable. Unaware of the fact her mind began to wander as she thought about how she could possibly provide for her son now that her career was over. As her mind kept going down the gloomy train of thought she suddenly heard Zero say, “But lucky for you I have a proposition.”
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Zero walked over and lightly traced her hand over the woman’s injured hands. A subtle white glow emanated from Zero’s hand and after passing over the woman’s hand the injuries magically healed within seconds. Mrs. Kimura’s eyes widened as she looked at her hand and slowly lifted them from the harness that kept them suspended to allow for optimal recovery. The woman looked at her hands in a daze as she moved them around and suddenly tears began to stream down her face. She clutched her face in her hands and began to cry for quite a bit of time until she calm down.
After she finished her crying the woman tried to mimic the finger movement for playing the piano and winced when she felt pain in her hands. The woman looked up at Zero causing him to chuckle and say, “Hold slow your horses. While I’ve healed your hands and nerves I didn’t remove the screws and other objects the doctor placed in your hand. If you want me to do that then first we need to make a deal.”
Zero watched as many different looks flashed across the woman's face until finally, it stopped on a desperate look as she asked, “What do you need from?”
“I’m glad that you’re quick on the uptake. It’s simple I need you to play the piano for me tonight and in exchange, I will fully heal you.” said Zero having returned to his nonchalant way of speaking
The woman tried to make a fist when she stopped abruptly as she winced in pain. Looking down at her hands the woman could do nothing else besides nod at Zero's request and say, “Okay I agree!”
“Great!” said Zero with a smile as he offered Mrs. Kimura his hands and she placed hers on top of his. Zero hands then turned into a pair of glowing purple etheral claws that phased thru her hand. When Zero’s hands finished phasing through Mrs. Kimura’s then returned to normal and within his palm laid a bunch of bloodied screws and other objects. Zero then walked over to the trashcan in the room and threw these objects away before returning to heal the rest of Mrs. Kimura’s hands.
Now fully healed Mrs. Kimura could move her hands as she pleased and could make fists without wincing in pain. Zero wasted no time as Mrs. Kimura kept playing with her hands and called the doctor who had been waiting outside to come in. When the doctor did Zero ordered the doctor to handle Mrs. Kimura’s release proceedures before grabbing Mrs. Kimura’s hand and teleporting them to his room in the hotel.
Mrs. Kimura was surprised by the sudden change in scenery and looked around in shock and awe. Zero paid her no attention and used his phone to call Hikaru over to his room. When she arrived and saw Mrs. Kimura she asked, “Who’s that?”
Zero looked at Mrs. Kimura and said, “That’s Mrs. Kimura a pianist. She’ll be playing the piano for Yoko’s birthday surprise. I need you to please clear the lobby at 8 pm and prepare a presentable outfit for her to wear.”
Zero’s words snapped her back to reality Mrs. Kimura bowed respectfully to Hikaru and they exchanged pleasantries before she followed Hikaru out of the room. Zero then took a shower and shifted his shadow to create a fancy black suit. Now fully dressed he sent Yoko a text for her to meet him at the lobby at 8:30 before teleporting to the kitchen.
Zero planned to cook Yoko a meal and enjoy each other's company as Mrs. Kimura played the piano. It was a simple birthday gift but he felt that something like this would serve best to make her happy.