“Mmph.” Zak slowly got up while observing his surroundings.
It was the same as a while ago: the medical room.
“What happened?” “Ah, right.
For acting rowdy they put me to sleep.
Well, it’s understandable, especially if there are sensitive people nearby.” “People?
No… what the hell?
How is someone with two damn antennas on their head supposed to be people?” Zak began to regain his common sense, but he also took a deep breath and sighed, forcing himself to keep his composure if he didn’t want to end up asleep again.
“Let’s think… I can’t think of anything when my head is like this!” Zak looked at himself and noticed that now he was wearing green clothes with a comfortable cap, probably the attire of a normal patient.
He got up from the stretcher and headed to the window; he had to confirm if everyone really had those antennas.
The light of the sunset hit him like a bolt while he finally observed.
An ordinary city, but with neon signs… it seemed like a normal city.
He shifted his gaze toward the pedestrians walking and confirmed his horror: everyone had antennas on their heads.
Children, elderly, adults, and teenagers.
Zak was paralyzed by such a thing.
The sound of the door opening resonated while a familiar voice sounded: “Hello!
You’re awake and it seems like you want to go out, from what I see.” “Eh?” he turned to look at her.
“You like saying ‘Eh’ from what I see” the girl added.
“How not?
If in these last few days I’ve been living like a protagonist in an apocalyptic world before falling here.
The worst was seeing those people being dismembered and devoured while still alive… that’s going to stay with me for life.” “I regret to inform you that you won’t be able to leave here for two reasons.
One, even though you don’t have an arm now, we still treated you according to the procedure and you have to rest more for it to heal.” “And two?” he asked.
The girl gave a sigh before speaking: “A descent was happening.” Zak, upon hearing the word “descent”, froze.
Only that word echoed in his head and his heart seemed to stop.
“What?
How is it a descent?
Are you messing with me…?
I can’t leave here because of my arm and because in this strange place there are also the damn descents.” “What a headache thinking about this gives me.
Will I survive?
I don’t have my damn left arm… well, I still have the right one… haha… laugh so you don’t cry.” “Calm down.
Public security is already taking care of protecting the hospital, so don’t be alarmed” commented the girl.
“Oh, that sounds good…” he thought.
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It meant that in this place it worked almost the same, more because of the fact that they first protect places where there are more defenseless people, like hospitals or nursing homes.
“You should rest, you must still be weak” mentioned the girl while typing something on the panel.
Zak got closer and observed the panel, a bit confused and curious, since the girl didn’t stop using it.
The panel said: Cardiac Status: 71/100 Pulse Status: 81/100 Current Status: Awake and a bit weak “You are fine, but it indicates that you are still weak” she mentioned.
“Interesting” Zak spoke.
This kind of technology would undoubtedly be very useful in his city, and the best thing is that here they help without needing to have insurance or something similar.
Out of nowhere, an alarm and the sound of metal moving resonated throughout the whole hospital while some… yes, gates were closing everywhere, even on the window, while the emergency lights turned on.
“It already started…” the girl murmured.
“Can I go out?” Zak asked.
“Sure, but avoid making too much noise.” “Alright…” he felt a bit embarrassed for having acted like a madman a while ago.
But how not… Both went out while Zak looked around the hospital a lot as if he were a prisoner trying to escape.
While the girl and Zak walked through the hallways, Zak noticed how people looked at him a lot.
“I guess it will be because I’m the only one who doesn’t have those supposed ears and I have them where they should really be.” “Hey, right, you didn’t tell me your name” the girl asked.
“My name is Zak.” “Oh, a very interesting name, more because of the way it’s pronounced and written.
It’s very… direct.” “Oh, yes…” “Well, my name is Anna.” “A simple name” Zak thought.
While they walked, a doctor approached who came with some papers and photos of what seemed to be an x-ray.
“Hello, Miss Anna.
Here I have the reports of the new…” the doctor shifted his gaze toward Zak, observing him.
“Is something wrong?” Zak asked.
“No, nothing…” The doctor handed the x-ray photos to the girl along with the report while he glanced at it quickly.
After reading it, his expression seemed to change while he looked at Zak out of the corner of his eye and then addressed him: “Do you have any birth deformity?” he asked.
“What??” Zak was confused.
“Yes, probably it’s because they noticed that my ears are 100% real from my body.” “How do you hear?
I just realized” the girl asked.
“Mmph, I have ears, right?
Both doctors looked at each other, frozen by the revelation.
“Do you hear through… those holes?” the doctor asked.
“Yes… it’s a long story.” Before he could keep talking, explosions and many voices started to be heard outside the hospital.
A big man with a red uniform arrived and ordered, raising his hand in a signal: “Come on, follow me everyone!” Everyone started to follow him while Zak stayed thinking about who he was.
“Probably a soldier from this world, it’s just that they use the color red and a clothing model kind of flowery.” “Zak!” Anna shouted.
“Eh?
What happened?” he asked exalted.
“Come on, I’ve been talking to you three times already!” “Oh, sorry.” “Probably when thinking I didn’t hear when Anna was talking to me.” He followed her while more people also followed the path where the soldier was moving.
They arrived at a wide room where everything was very armored, with supplies and medical equipment in case something happened.
The entrance was big while he noticed how outside the room many of these soldiers moved around, making sure no one slipped in probably.
He sat in a corner while thinking about everything that was happening, plus the looks of children and elderly people on him.
“Oh, look at that mistake.” “Ah yes, sure, a mistake just for having the ears where I should.
I think I’ve already thought it like two times.” The important thing now was to find a way to get back home.
He didn’t know how or how he got here.
The only thing he knew was that he got here through what seemed to be an interdimensional rift, like those science fiction movies.
But he doubted it had opened for him just like that; otherwise, all those unfortunate people would have also had one open for them.
“Okay, let’s think…” “Oh, the microchip.
When I took it with my left arm and that creature ripped it off… the arm.
I think that based on it being destroyed this created a rift that let me escape.” It sounded logical, because also the time in the bar he saw how it fused with the wall while leaving a strange symbol.
It meant that if he was in another world… Wait… Zak looked at his left arm and untied the bandage slightly while he already saw how the wound was healing.
But what interested him was seeing that symbol in the middle of everything, glowing with a purple light and similar to a rune.
So… if he looked for a way to activate that again, probably… he would get back home!
Zak got excited at the idea while he bandaged the wound again.
“Are you okay?
I notice you are very excited” Anna asked.
Zak got startled slightly upon noticing that she was still there.
“Oh, are you still here?” he asked.
“Yep.
After all you are the patient assigned to me and it’s my duty… ” she paused.
“To take care of you.” Anna said while she noticed the half-unbandaged wound and bandaged it again.
“Understandable” Zak thought.
Out of nowhere, a television turned on in the room that announced the news about the descent and about how the soldiers were already neutralizing the vandals, but… “[Also announce to be careful because of the Wistrep Zone!
Many strange sightings have already been detected and we recommend citizens to be careful!]” “Mmmm, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry anymore.
This seems exactly the same as what happened in my world.” “I hope this government, which seems more organized, can deal with that organization.
But why the purpose of opening a portal where people fall and are massacred by creatures straight out of hell?” “I don’t know, but this is really weird,” Zak thought, remembering that day he was paranoid because of all that.
“How do you feel?” Anna asked.
“Fine…” “Then it means the special cream I put on you is working to close that arm.” “Thanks, by the way.” “Relax, my duty is to help, no matter what kind of person you are, especially if you have your ears on each side of your head…” “Ha” Zak laughed lightly.
Speaking better, it seems that in the end thanks to that supposed cream my arm is closing quickly.
This would be very useful in my world if it weren’t for the bleeding… Before he kept thinking, the sound of a door opening was heard throughout the hospital.
The gates opened and the light of sunset hit the hallways, lighting them up.
“What happens now…?”