...LIGHTS REOPENS......
...VALOR - A PLACE OF FOX...
XAVIER: (Walks to a cave where a baby slept and dropped a wrapped box like a gift) Here you have it, your present
THELMA: (Appears from nowhere) You were given a mission to complete, weren't you?
XAVIER: (Startles) Ha! Thelma, you startled me
THELMA: Answer the question (rudely)
XAVIER: (Sighs) Yeah, I was
THELMA: Then, why is he here? (points at the sleeping baby)
XAVIER: We're still on this? Look, Thelma, you don't just get why I'm doing this and even if I try to explain, you won't still understand, so please just let me be (rudely)
THELMA: I see you've decided to fly on your own, Xavier. But you don't just know what's coming for you
XAVIER: Don't start Thelma, I'm warning you
THELMA: Who's the boss here? (smirks and leaves)
JOHN'S HOME...
GIDEON: (Knocks on the door)
ALEX: Coming! (rushes to answer as she opens the door. To her greatest surprise, it was Gideon, her older brother) Gideon, wow! What a wonderful surprise!
GIDEON: (Enters without permission with a look of frustration and shock)
ALEX: (Notices) Weird... (shuts the door and turns to Gideon who already sat down) So what'd you want? Your face's looking so grouchy and grumpy. Spill it
GIDEON: (Keeps silence for a while and begins) Oh, how do I say this?
ALEX: (Curious now) Say what?
GIDEON: Where's Kel?
ALEX: You mean my baby? He's asleep
GIDEON: Oh, thank God! He shouldn't be here to hear this. (Sighs) Alexa, please promise you won't do anything crazy
ALEXA:(Out of curiosity) Of course, I won't, I won't, I promise. Just spill it
GIDEON: You asked for it. John's dead.
ALEX: (Chuckles)
LIGHTS FADES SLOWLY...
LIGHTS SUDDENLY RESUMES...
ALEX: (Chuckles as it turns to laughter)
GIDEON: (Shocked) What? Why are you laughing? Alexa, I just said John is dead, so why are you laughing? This isn't a joke at all
ALEX: (Stops suddenly, but the vibes keeps coming in) Gideon, you haven't still lost your funny bones. Oh, I miss that
GIDEON: Alexa, I'm not bluffing! Oh, I see, you're crazy, aren't you? I said not to do anything crazy
ALEX: Gideon, I'm not crazy, I'm fine, okay? It's just that you said, John's dead. What makes you possibly say that?
GIDEON: Alex, I saw his head rip off his body! Is that enough points for me to convince you? Look sis, you just gotta face it. John, is toast
ALEX: But John just called not quite long before you arrived. He said he was gonna get something from the neighbourhood
GIDEON: And did he call back for feedback?
ALEX: No... John is not dead! My husband isn't dead!
GIDEON: I feel your pain, sis. But you just have to accept the fact that John's dead
ALEX: (Her phone starts ringing and it was no other than John) John's calling, could you excuse me please? I gotta take this (picks up)
Hey babe, you done yet?
JOHN: (From the phone) Yeah, already headed home. Should I get anything for you? But, fun fact, I'm already inside...
ALEX: (Turns to John who was just standing where no one's sight could reach)
GIDEON: (Confused) What? How? ho-how are you here? How're you still alive?
JOHN: What'd you mean? I was never dead
GIDEON: Lies! I saw your head rip off your body. You were covered with blood. Your own blood!
JOHN: I don't have such memory of that
GIDEON: (Sighs) Excuse me, I need some air (leaves)
...ST. RUFUS HOSPITAL......
DR. JACOB: (Checks his time and notices it was already closing period for them, except those that are on night shifts) Well, Heather didn't show up to work today. Maybe, I'll pay her a visit, but that'll be tomorrow. (Rounds up his work and prepares to leave, when a newspaper fell from his table)
DR. JACOB: (Picks it up and reads) Woman attacked by pre- labor and gave birth through surgery? Who published this? This happened in my hospital. I remember this patient's face. (Later, joins 2 and 2 of what Heather told him last night) But, come to think of it, Heather might be right for what she told me last night...
...LAST NIGHT......
...ST. RUFUS HOSPITAL, JACOB'S OFFICE...
DR. JACOB: Come in...
PROF. HEATHER: (Enters and sits)
DR. JACOB: Yes? May I help you, Heather?
PROF. HEATHER: Doctor, there's actually something you should know
DR. JACOB: Yes, go on
PROF. HEATHER: Our patient and her baby survived the surgery
DR. JACOB: Yeah, so what's wrong with that?
PROF. HEATHER: We both thought she was gonna end like Sarah, losing her baby and dying, but it was different, like something sustained the both of them
DR. JACOB: Heather, miracles happen
PROF. HEATHER: Not for me
DR. JACOB: That's cause you lack faith
PROF. HEATHER: Good you know... (sighs heavily and keeps on a worried look on her face)
Minutes later..
DR. JACOB: (Tries to focus on what he was doing, but just couldn't) You look like you're pacing inside of you. What's wrong?
PROF. HEATHER: Oh it's nothing, nothing actually... But there's something you might be really interested in, sir.
DR. JACOB: And what could that be?
PROF. HEATHER: It's about the woman that came in with the case of pre- labor.
DR. JACOB: Oh you mean the one who survived that surgery that you equally opposed that she wasn't supposed to?
PROF. HEATHER: I... (sighs heavily) fortunately.
DR. JACOB: Yeah what 'bout her? (folds arms)
PROF. HEATHER: She died, sir. She died during the surgery
DR. JACOB: (Confused look on his face)
...LIGHTS FADES SLOWLY......
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