Fragments Of Memories

           He was welcomed by a lab full of medical professionals; for years, the institution had been looking into both an alternative and original solution for the "Black Virus". The GMVI facility was producing "Stimulous" serums, which were harmless and only needed when someone was bitten by a berserk. Once taken by a bite victim, the infection will be halted for further years. But Stimulous wasn't a cure; it was only just an alternative treatment for bites.

          For years, the GMVI produced "Stimulous," but without Rembrandt, the manufacture of the remedy cannot continue. The world's institutes began collaborating with GMVI fifty years ago after the company produced an alternative treatment for Berserk bite victims known as "Stimulous". As a result, numerous medical facilities, including Titron Inc., Medlab, the Apollo Institute, the Global Healthcare Foundation, and Lion Intel, emerged up across the globe making their own alternative medicine for Berserk victims.

Jessica entered the lab and turned to face Rembrandt. "We've been developing an alternate treatment called "Stimulous," but this will only stop the virus within the human body. We can't continue the study into the cure without you, Doctor," she said.

Rembrandt took the research papers from Ryle a hundred years ago after Jessica's assistant gave it to him "Seems like, Doctor. Ryle made a great job here" he replied.

       Jessica gave him with an odd smile after she heard those from Rembrandt, he seems to be he really forgot everything about her teacher.

A voice calling out to her from a distance said, "Jes..." "Jessic.." "Jessica...?" "Jessica? Are you okay?" was questioned out of the blue by Rembrandt, who appeared to have been asking her all along while she was barely aware at the time.

She said, "I'm sorry, I just spaced out."

Rembrandt put his hand on her head to check her temperature, but it didn't appear that she had any feverish symptoms. "Seems like you're alright, are you sure you're okay?" he worriedly enquired.

She answered in a flowery tone, "I... I'm Fine."

"That's fantastic then, don't stress yourself okay?" Rembrandt ordered, letting out a breath of relief.

      Jessica gave him a crooked smile as she bowed down before heading straight to her desk to begin to work. Rembrandt was still considering his next move; all he needed to do was carry on with his investigation, but his recollections were still hazy and fuzzy in his mind.

He went to his designated desk and sat down, reviewing the stack of documents outlining the Black Virus investigation. As his head began to ache, he read everything. Rembrandt started to remember recollections of him from the past and promptly placed his face into his hand while gasping for air.

     As he studied the records, memories from the past and all of his and his subordinates' research on the Black Virus became clear. The Black Virus was heavily militarized, which made it difficult for the employees to produce the remedy right away.

Rembrandt got to his feet and requested Jessica for the files of his colleagues a century ago. "Jessica, may I have the files of my former colleagues and our pictures?" he said. Jessica responded, "Sure I can give you those, but what are you going to do with them?" as she gave him a confused expression. Rembrandt just took her by the shoulders and begged her to do it without any questions, "Please, I need them right away."

      Jessica escorted Rembrandt to the archives and handed him a metal box with information on the previous physicians, saying, "Here are the documents archives about them and how they are related to you".

     Rembrandt immediately opened the metal box and scanned everything inside, their pictures, their documents and informations about them, until he took the picture of Ryle and him on their own desk studying together, Rembrandt trembled while staring at it until he fell down on the floor and starts gasping for air.

Rembrandt was struggling for breath as Jessica caressed his back and yelled, "Doctor!" "Doctor, are you okay?!" she asked.

While struggling to breathe, Rembrandt nodded and clutched his palm on his chest, responding, "Yeah... ack- I... I'm alright."

Jessica exhaled a sigh of relief as she summoned the woman with an expressionless face, "Ichika! Can you please give me a glass of water?" she ordered.

     With a glass of water in hand, Ichika hurried to the archives and assisted Rembrandt to drink the water slowly, she advised in a cautious but toneless voice, "Drink it slowly, Doctor."

      He slowly stood up as soon he calmed down while his vision was still fuzzy, the two immediately supported his back just in case he fell down. Rembrandt fell unconscious as the others came to put him back to his room.

     Everyone inside the facility was worried to Rembrandt's health, while some of others are troubled and annoyed by his actions.

Hours later, Rembrandt woke up inside his room and looks around, "Seems like I collapsed again..." he sighed. "Are you okay, Doctor?" Jessica inquired as she and Ichika entered his room shortly after he woke up. Rembrandt smiled at her and looked down, embarrassed by what he had done. "I'm sorry for forcing you to give those documents, I caused you another trouble," he apologized.

       Ichika chuckled and patted his head, "It's okay, Doctor. Rem... it's natural that you wanted to know those forgotten memories of yours," she replied with a cheerful tone of voice.

      "Don't spoil the Doctor too much, Ichika! Doctor. Rembrandt from now on you will only know those memories once you have recovered, and you might die as a result because of your stubbornness!" Jessica snarled as she sighed and placed her palm to her head in disappointment.

Ichika stomped her foot in rage, yelling, "Woi! Don't yell at Doctor. Rem! Idiot!"

When Ichika labeled Jessica an idiot, Jessica winced "What?! I'm only warning the Doctor that he shouldn't do things that could affect his health!" she berated.

    Seems like Rembrandt is confused of what is happening and just waited for the two to calm down. "I believe it could be best if I will wait for my health and recollect my memories than rushing it," he groaned. The two just stopped arguing after they heard that from Rembrandt and looked at him with their sympathetic eyes, "Yeah you should, Doctor. It might be bad if you would rush it" Jessica agreed with a smile.

"Hoh~ seems like Jessica-chan ish now goodie~!" Ichika teased Jessica in a childish manner, Jessica glared at her while cracking her knuckles and immediately pounced on her, punishing her by rubbing her knuckles on her head roughly. "You, childish freak!"

    Rembrandt gently laughed as he closely observed them as they argued in front of him, "I wonder what the future has planned for me", he murmured.

-To be continued

Information about the serum named known as "Stimulous": A medication created by GMVI called Stimulous is used to cure infections brought on by the bites of infected people momentarily. In short, Stimulous is not a vaccine (yet), as it is merely a medication intended to lessen the severity of an infection caused by a Berserk. GMVI also advised everyone to use the therapy repeatedly since studies have shown that using Stimulous every five years has no negative effects on the human body. However, if the patient uses the serum every month or for a shorter period of time, lesser than five years to be exact, they might experience severe fatigue, discomfort, fever, and hallucinations, or even death.

For potential approaches to create a cure for Black Virus, the Stimulous is being studied by the GMVI until now.

      Stimulous was found by a researcher named Doctor. Ryle Davidson and his assistant ***** *****. (The identity of his assistant remains a mystery.)

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