19 Recovery (1/2)
”Die already, die...!”
”S... somebody... h... help me.”
”Die!”
”No...”
”DIE!”
***
Morning...
Sunlight entered through the window...
”Hey, look he's waking up.”, a voice said.
Allen slowly opened his eyes, at first his eyesight was blurry, but it immediately got used to the light. There, he saw Drake calling out to him.
”Allen? Allen? Hey, can you see me clearly?”, Drake asked while waving his hands to catch Allen's attention.
”Yes.”, Allen weakly answered.
”He's awake?”, Mr. Sanchez entered the room with Kate.
”Yep.”, Drake nodded.
Allen slowly turned his head, and suddenly felt pain on the back of his head.
”Hiss...”, Allen hissed in pain. He tried to move other parts of his body, but he couldn't. ”Why can't I move?”
”It's because you're permanently paralyzed.”, Kate replied.
”W... what?”
”She's joking, you're not permanently paralyzed.”, Drake reassured.
Allen heaved a sigh of relief and asked, ”What happened?”
”You don't know?”, Mr. Sanchez asked.
”No, I don't.”
”Answer these questions first. What's your full name? What's your father's name? What's your mother's name? What's your brother's name? What town do you live in?”, Mr. Sanchez asked.
”Allen Morgan, Marco Morgan, I don't know anything about my mother, William Morgan, Crescent Town.”, Allen answered.
”Well, you didn't get any partial amnesia.”, Mr. Sanchez nodded in satisfaction.
”When can I move again?”, Allen asked.
”In a few days, or a week.”, Mr. Sanchez answered.
”Oh, can somebody tell me what happened?”, Allen asked.
”After you stabbed that barbarian on the heart, he grabbed you on the head and threw you to the wall, then the barbarian died afterwards.”, Kate said.
After a pause, she continued, ”When I reached you, you were bleeding on the back of your head and quickly losing a lot of blood, even a pool of blood formed under you. That's when Drake arrived, and so we took you away back to the underground tunnel so Mr. Sanchez could take care of your injury.”
Mr. Sanchez then interjected, ”To be honest, you should've died with that kind of injury, your whole body was already pale at that time, luckily, you didn't and my healing was a success.”
”Thanks, I remember it now.”, Allen said. ”But then, where are we now?”
”In Levine's private villa.”
”How long have I been sleeping?”
”Two days, actually Levine visited to check on our condition, without him, you would've probably awaken up by next week.”, Mr. Sanchez said.
”Oh.”, Allen also noticed that his blackeye wasn't painful anymore, meaning that it has been fully healed.
”Kate, Drake, you can go outside, I need to speak with Allen alone.”, Mr. Sanchez said.
”Mhm.”, Kate and Drake left the room.
Mr. Sanchez then closed the curtains on the window, blocking out most of the sunlight, he took a look at Allen and asked, ”You made a deal with that devil, didn't you?”
”I did.”, Allen said.
”What did you used as a bargaining chip?”, Mr. Sanchez asked.
”The barbarian's blood. He said that he wanted that blood.”, Allen said.
”Hais, don't always make a deal with devils, alright?”, Mr. Sanchez said.
”I had to, I had no choice, me and Kate... and probably Drake would've died if I didn't do it.”, Allen said.
”Well then... thank you for saving my apprentices.”, Mr. Sanchez softly said.
Allen was stunned when he heard what Mr. Sanchez said. He was thanked for the first time by the tavern owner, and even heard a different tone of his voice.
”You're welcome.”, Allen composed himself.
”So, did you use that dagger?”, Mr. Sanchez asked. Of course, the dagger he was referring to was none other than the (Erchian Dagger).
”Yes.”
”What did you feel when you used it?”
”I... I felt like... I could do anything... I... that boundless power... it was like I can do everything I want...!”, Allen panted faster at each paused he made.
”Hey! Hey! Snap out of it.”, Mr. Sanchez said.
”Oh... what?!”, Allen stopped talking like a maniac and his forehead crazily let out sweat.
”So it's that intoxicating.”, Mr. Sanchez sighed.
After which, he continued with a solemn look, ”Kid, don't get lost with all that power, alright?”
”Alright.”
”Good, get a rest, you deserve it.”, Mr. Sanchez walked out of the room.
***
Three days swiftly passed by and Allen could walk again, but slowly.
During a cloudy day...
Allen was walking down the stairs with Drake's support.