“Hey gimme a piece of that!”

“No way, I called dibs on the muffins!’

“Is there a bathroom in here or anything?”

The loud chatter of several people fills the packed hospital room Ronnie Everst is residing in. He’s lying in the hospital bed while above it is a large banner reading ‘CONGRATS ON BEING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL!’ that has ‘almost’ written in sharpee in between ‘being’ & ‘out’.

THE MIRACLE CLINIC: END OF SEASON 1

“So uh, you really got everyone together huh?” Ronnie remarks as he lays in his hospital bed while his mom, Sally Everst is chatting with him.

“Of course, a lot of them were worried sick about you,” Sally Everst remarks, “So me and some of your friends decided to try and plan all this out.”

“Thanks mom,” Ronnie remarks.

“You’re welcome sweetie,” Sally says before adding, “Though you’re still grounded once you get out.”

“Yes mom,” Ronnie sighs.

Sally decides to give Ronnie some space as she chats with The Three Ts, all the while several of his classmates – Christopher Wrinkle, Crunch Backson, Suzy Dark, X Locke, Harry ‘Hamster’ Martin, Bennet the Hamster, Carli Kim, & Rebecca Jenksin – all made their way to him to chat.

“Ronnie! How have you been holding up?” Carli asks him, “When we heard you got into that car accident I didn’t know what to think!”

“I’m doing alright,” Ronnie admits.

“The gym’s never felt the same ever since you’ve been gone bro!” Christopher sobs, “We gotta break our maxes when you get better!”

“Aw thanks Christopher,” Ronnie remarks, “And yeah, let’s break all the records!”

“I wrote you a poem,” Suzy Dark remarks as she hands Ronnie the poem.

“Wow I- thank you so much,” Ronnie gasps flattered, “I’ll make sure to let you know my thoughts when I get out of here.”

“Speaking of when you get out,” Crunch remarks as he stretches, “I’ve been feeling bored lately, and I think I know just the thing I can do with you that’ll spark some fun back into my life.”

“O-oh Thanks Crunch but I don’t know if-” Ronnie begins to say however he’s interrupted when Bennet the hamster hops onto him.

As Ronnie pets Bennet, Hamster walks over with a blueberry muffin he made.

“I remember you said you liked these so I wanted to make one for you as a gift,” Hamster remarks, “I hope you like i-”

Ronnie quickly devours the muffin, with Bennet making sure he leaves no crumbs on the blanket.

“It’s still as perfect as when I first had it,” Ronnie moans.

“Ugh, at least swallow before you speak,” Rebecca grunts.

Ronnie, after swallowing the food, looks over to Rebecca, “I didn’t think you’d show up to be honest.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Rebecca remarks, “I’m just doing this out of obligation anyways.”

“I see, but still thanks Reb’,” Ronnie smiles.

As the conversation begins to die down as some of the people begin to leave, Ronnie takes a look at all of the gifts he’s been given the past few days. When Mesto & Garcia came to visit, they managed to sneak in a free burrito as well as a $12 gift card, though Garcia let it slip that Mesto’s kids – Landon & Avery – were having their birthday later in June, so now he needs to think of a good gift for them. Ivan Turnip & Professor Powell swung around with Selina to deliver a ton of books to keep him busy in the hospital. However the rest of the convo between them after that was Ronnie talking about what Starlight High is like to the curious Selina while Ivan & Sally reminisced about their teenage years together a bit. His godfather, Ronald Sampson, also swung by with Terry Boats & Santiago Hernandez where they gifted him a bunch of soon to release clothes from the MSA’s 2014 Summer Collection.

However, his mind wandered elsewhere whenever his Uncle, Ryan Everst, came to visit. Each day he showed up and each day they chatted like normal. Although, each time he did so, Ronnie couldn’t help but think about all he now knew about the MSA. How they profit off of several criminal organizations that run amuck across the city, all of what Jerry Pitt told him on that fateful night Club Azure came to an end, and how he met the leader of the original MSA; James Lewis. Though ultimately, Ronnie decided not to talk about it then but rather when he had the chance to, on his own terms.

“Well Ronnie,” Tim-Tom remarks causing Ronnie to snap back to the present, “It’s good to see you, but we need to get going.”

“Oh yeah, it was good seeing you,” Ronnie remarks after he realized he forgot they were even here.

“Stay in school Ronnie!” Tim states as he begins to leave the room.

“Listen to your mom!” Tom remarks as he begins to leave the room.

“And hey, don’t forget about what I said to you earlier,” Tim-Tom says.

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As The Three Ts do leave however, Ronnie notices something about Tim-Tom. Despite his best efforts trying to mask it, Ronnie could feel a rageful presence festering up inside of Tim-Tom. A presence directed at one source, but to who Ronnie was unsure of.

Eventually, with the sun starting to set and with Sally heading back to her home for the first time and a while to clean it up for Ronnie’s return, Ronnie sits in the hospital by himself when he hears a knock come from the door. He looks to see that Marcus, Elizabeth, & Alex have come to pay him a visit.

“Hey bub, how you’ve been holding up?” Alex asks.

“I’m doing good, always nice to see the three of you come and visit,” Ronnie remarks.

“About that,” Elizabeth begins to say, “There’s actually four of us this time.”

Ronnie is curious for a moment until he sees the fourth person enter the room, Hunter Huntingson.

“Hunter,” Ronnie grits his teeth, “What are you doing here?”

“Just figured I’d swing by,” Hunter remarks, “You sure look like shit.”

“Yeah, though I don’t always look as bad. Unlike someone else I know,” Ronnie retorts.

“Fair enough,” Hunter says before turning around, “Get better soon.”

“Uh, thanks?” Ronnie remarks as Hunter exits the room before remarking, “I… didn’t expect that from him.”

“Yeah, he’s pretty different from when we were in middle school…somewhat,” Marcus remarks.

“Yeah at least he is changing,” Ronnie remarks before switching topics, “And speaking of changing, what the hell happened to you while I was out?! You were homeless?!”

“Oh, yeah- kinda,” Marcus remarks, “Sorry if I made you worry, but I’m doing much better now!”

“If you say so,” Ronnie laments.

As the group stands there, Elizabeth looks over to see several sheets of completed homework.

“Woah, you managed to do all this?” Elizabeth remarks as she glances at all of the pages.

“Yeah, I didn’t really have much going on and was told to stay in bed for most of the days I first got up. So a bunch of teachers came by every day to give me some homework that I missed out on when I was ‘taking a nap’,” Ronnie explains.

“Well that’s one way of putting ‘being in a coma’,” Alex groans, “And which ones?”

“Oh there was Mister Penningberg – he gave a ton of detailed notes and study guides –, Miss Champion – she always gave some homemade food she baked when she visited –, Mister Jefferson who was really grumpy, Ray did so too and he even slipped in a few answer sheets, & even Amnestor delivered some even if he kept saying to take it easy and focus on recovering instead.”

“That’s sweet of Amnestor,” Elizabeth remarks, “And yeah you’re getting discharged from here tomorrow morning?”

“Yep, I can’t wait!” Ronnie remarks excitedly, “It’ll be nice to see everyone outside of this room again, and you guys, and Cam-”

Ronnie stops himself as he recalls the letter he was sent from Cameron.

‘Dear Ronnie,

Hey! It’s me, Cameron. I’m so glad to hear you’re awake again! I’m sorry that I couldn’t visit you and have to write you this later but I hope you’re doing well. After I got home that night, my parents and I figured it was best if I went to rehab to recover. I don’t know how long it’ll take until I’m all ready to head back out. But I promise it won’t be too long until I get to see you and the others again.

Take Care,

Cameron Dots’

“Cameron,” Ronnie mumbles.

“He’ll be okay,” Alex insists.

“Yeah,” Ronnie agrees, “Hopefully it won’t be long until-”

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

“Can I come in?” a person from the other side of the door remarks.

“S-sure!” Ronnie says, feeling as if he’s heard that voice before.

It’s only when the person does enter the room does Ronnie and the other Miracle Clinic members recognize who he is. The Second in Command of Dirty Fang, Andy Nibble. Currently he’s wearing an all black bucket hat that covers his eyes, a black t-shirt, gray ripped jeans, & white slides. In one of his hands is a cell phone and the other is a bag.

“Wh-what are you doing here?” Ronnie remarks.

“A few reasons, but the main one being I needed to deliver some gifts,” Andy remarks as he sets the bag down on the counter.

Andy lifts the first gift out of the bag; a 480-piece puzzle.

“This one’s from me,” Andy remarks.

The second gift he takes out are several ‘Free Purchase On Any Meal’ Coupons for The Deck’s Bodega.

“These are from Blanko.”

The third gift he pulls out is a bunch of school supplies.

“These are from Graham.”

And the final gift is of some t-shirts in Ronnie’s size from The East Side Express.

“And lastly, these are from Vanessa,” Andy remarks.

“Th-thanks but how come they aren’t here to give them?” Ronnie remarks.

“Vanessa & Blanko have finals while Graham is occupied with our head,” Andy states, “So I ended up as just the mailman.”

“Is that all you came here to do?” Elizabeth questions.

“Yep,” Andy remarks as he begins to make his way to the door however he stops before adding, “Although, you might want to check my gift more closely. I may have added in an extra puzzle piece.”

With Andy now gone, the four all take a look at the puzzle he gifted Ronnie, and when they open the box to see what’s inside they not only see all of the puzzle pieces for the puzzle…

But an old rusty key.

“Just what is this?” Ronnie questions.

“Uh, a key,” Marcus correctly guesses.

“Yeah but, why would Dirty Fang give this to us?” Ronnie questions.

However, he can’t ponder that thought for long as the door opens and Sally Everst has returned alongside Uncle Ryan. Ronnie instinctively hides the key in his pocket as the conversation quickly shifts back to the regular ones they were having. All of them there celebrating Ronnie’s last night in the hospital.

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The next day at school, Ronnie is walking down the halls towards an all too familiar classroom. As he walks down the halls, he overhears some chatter.

“Hey, school’s almost over, crazy how it went by so fast?”

“Maybe for you! This whole school year took forever to end.”

“I’m just glad I don’t have any more math homework.”

Ronnie continues down the hall as he thinks to himself just how much things have changed since the start of the year. From agreeing to join the club Marcus wanted to form to having the person he fought with become a member to getting their fourth member after much convincing to now, so much happened this year.

Ronnie smiles to himself as he reaches the door to Mr. Amnestor’s classroom, he opens the door and says, “Hope I didn’t keep you all waiting too long for the club meeting!”

In the classroom are fellow members of the miracle clinic; Alex Smith, Elizabeth Moore, and Marcus Veridan. Additionally in the class is Aken Amnestor, who’s sipping coffee from behind his desk, and X Locke, who’s trying to finish up a test.

“It’s fine, I’m glad you’re here!” Marcus says.

Elizabeth nods in agreement while Alex says, “Hasn’t been the same without you.”

“Thanks, guys, though do we have any plans for what we’re doing today?” Ronnie asks.

“Well, there is something you need to do Ronnie,” Amnestor remarks.

Ronnie is confused as Amnestor hands him a form regarding Ronnie attending summer school.

“What is this?!” Ronnie asks.

“It’s me letting you know you’re going to summer school,” Amnestor remarks as he sips his coffee, “You missed a ton of days while you were gone and while I was going to get them excused, your mother told me to have you go to summer school so you don’t miss out on your education.”

“But I’m already grounded!” Ronnie sighs.

Hearing Ronnie’s plight, the other three members get a bright idea.

“Hey Ronnie, sounds like you’re in a lot of trouble,” Marcus remarks.

“You think?” Ronnie questions.

“Yeah, it’ll take a miracle for you to not have to do all of that,” Alex jokes.

Catching onto their joke Ronnie groans, “Please don’t.”

However Elizabeth continues the joke as she adds, “Well you’re in luck! Because if you want to see a miracle happen, you’ve come to the right place!”

“Not you too Elizabeth,” Ronnie sighs.

“Here we make the impossible possible, we make dreams come true because we’re…” Alex starts to say.

“The Miracle Clinic!” Marcus says.

“Well if you guys want to say that, then I take it you’ll be there with me at summer school,” Ronnie suggests causing the three to stop giggling, “After all, if I’m with you guys, then everything will turn out okay.”

“Not a bad idea,” Amnestor says, “I’ll let the principal know all four of you are going into summer school.”

Regretting their teasing, Alex says, “You don’t want us with you at summer school.”

“Uh huh that would make it worse for you,” Elizabeth agrees.

“C’mon, you aren’t serious Ronnie, right?” Marcus asks.

“We’re a club, we should stick together,” Ronnie teases back at them, “But not just any club, we’re The Miracle Clinic!”

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