“Your vitals seems okay. Blood pressure is normal as well.” The doctor concluded while I was laying in bed.
“Great.” I said as I propped himself up on one arm.
“Lie down, Nat.” Trei scolded me and gently pushed me back down.
I swatted his hand away with a frown. “I have been lying here for who knows how long. I am tired and bored of staying here and doing nothing.” I stubbornly sat on the bed and rubbed my neck.
“But-” Trei started to speak but the doctor that was running the test on me placed a hand on his shoulder with a shake of her head.
“Sir Trei, she has fully recovered already. I think it would be more than fine for her to leave.” She says.
“Awesome.” I got down from my bed until I noticed the cold feeling under my bare feet. I looked back up at the two and offering a small smile at them. “I don’t suppose that there’s something that I can wear in this place? Preferably something other than this hospital gown? And some shoes.” I added.
The doctor snickered in amusement while Trei crosses his arms with a sigh. “Fine. I’ll go get you a change of clothing. Just wait here.” He gave me a stern look.
“Aye.” I saluted before sitting back down on my bed. “Not like I can even go anywhere, to be honest.” I grumbled at the same time as my stomach. I blushed.
It’s not my fault that I haven’t eaten in a while!
The female doctor laughed before getting a radio phone from her lab coat pocket. “Hello? This is Doctor Benz. Can I have someone deliver miss Nathalia’s lunch? Yes, room 402. Thank you.”
“I’ll be leaving her in your care for a bit, doc.” Trei says before leaving the room.
As soon as the door closed, the doctor turned her attention to me and smiled. “It’s great seeing you, miss Nathalia. I have always wanted to meet you.”
I was baffled at her words. “Sorry but, do you know me?” I asked.
“I have heard of you. You were the only demigod that we can keep our tab on. Oh, and I am not trying to be rude when I say this. I’m sorry.” She quickly added.
“No. It’s fine. Trei already told us about it.” I’m not gonna lie. It still bothered me a bit that they were keeping tabs on me and my growth since I was a kid. It was disturbing and I could not help but wonder how much privacy do I actually have before I came to Atlantis.
There was a short knock on the door before a nurse entered carrying my tray of food in his hands.
“Well, I guess that’s my cue to leave. I do hope that I get you meet you again, miss Nathalia. But under different circumstances. One where you’re healthy and well.” She says before leaving the room to allow me to have my meal in peace.
The nurse was very quick to drag a nearby table and set my food in front of me before leaving. As I was sitting there and enjoying my meal, I heard people screaming outside. I raised an eyebrow and tried to listen as I ate. Judging from the yells and screams of profanity, I could tell that it wasn’t a life-threatening situation.
Maybe they were just having an emergency or something.
And then I heard a very familiar voice outside and paired with a couple of yells from Trei.
The door suddenly burst open and Byron entered the room, dragging Trei along with him.
“Nathalia!” He yelled and attempted to tackle me, but Trei managed to find the last bit of strength to pull him back just in time before we would collide.
Byron gave him an annoyed look. “Hey! What’s the big idea? Not only did you keep the fact that she was already conscious, but now you don’t want me to approach her? She’s my sister!”
“Lord Byron,” Trei was giving him a plastic smile while his eyebrow twitched. “The reason that I did not tell you is that I know that you would do this. Let your sister recover.”
Byron pouted and pointed a finger at me while I slowly and calmly finished my soup. “Hey, Byron.” I greeted him with a wave of my hand.
“She’s recovered already.” Byron looked at me. “Isn’t that right?”
Since I still have food in my mouth, I merely nodded in confirmation.
Byron whipped his head back to Trei. “See?”
“She’s still eating. Give your sister some space.”
“It’s not fair that you are the only one who gets to see her. What? Do you want to monopolize her? Because I assure you that I won’t allow that.”
“I-I don’t! I was going to bring her a change of clothes first before we come and see all of you.” Trei gestured at the folded clothes in his hands and the pair of shoes dangling on his arm.
“Great!” I extended my arm eagerly at Trei. “Give it here so I can change.”
Trei came forward and handed me my clothes. “What? Not even a thank you?”
“I was going to!” I pouted. “Anyway, thanks, Trei. But now, can you both leave the room for a second? I want to change my clothes if you two don’t mind.”
“As you wish, princess.” Trei faked a bow before dragging a protesting demigod behind him.
I glance at the change of clothes. They weren’t the same jumpsuit that I used to wear back in Atlantis. It was more of a human clothing. Jeans and a plain T-shirt. It was similar to what Byron was wearing.
I guess I was back to my own norm of clothing.
I started to change and could not help but feel strange. Before, I would have found this very comforting, but now, I find it a bit constricting. I have to admit that the jumpsuit was by far the most comfortable clothing that I wore in my entire life. But now I know that it was impossible for me to get one of those again.
I started to make my way towards the door and found Trei and Byron both waiting for me outside.
“Hey.” I waved at them. My rubber shoes making some annoying squeaks on the tiled floor making me wince.
Byron didn’t say anything. He just went for me and pulled me into an embrace. I was stunned at first before I moved to return the gesture. “Glad to see that you’re doing fine, Byron.”
Byron pulled back with a frown. “Hey. It’s ‘bro’ to you.” He corrected me.
I chuckled. “Sorry. I’ll make sure to call you that next time.”
Satisfied, Byron grinned and moved back to allow me to see Trei. He was leaning back on the wall while waiting for us to finish. “Are you sure that you’re good to walk now?”
“Trei, the doctor said that I have already recovered. What more do you need? Want me to show you my leg? It’s already healed and there isn’t even a scar!” I crossed my arms over my chest as I glowered at him.
“One of the benefits of being an Atlantean and a demigod.” Byron inserted while placing an arm over my shoulders. “It’s a trade secret.”
“Not really a secret when everyone here knows who you two really are.” Trei pointed out.
My eyes started to wander around the room. “Where’s...Skyr?” I asked.
At the mention of his name, Byron gasped. “Oh shit. I was supposed to meet him at the cafeteria. But then I saw him carrying your clothes that I just had to go!” He sighed. “General, wherever you are. I hope that you can forgive me.” He says dramatically.
I pinched Byron’s side. “Stop making it sound like he’s dead.” I told him as soon as he sly away from me. “You said it yourself, he’s in the cafeteria. Have you not eaten?”
At my question, Byron’s stomach started to rumble. He laughed. “Does that answer your question?” He chuckled. “How about it? Do you want to come with me and meet up with Skyr? I bet he would love to see you as well.”
I smiled up at him. “Sure.”
The cafeteria here is such chaos. Not only was it full, but it was a bit small compared to the one in Atlantis.“Isn’t it great?” Byron asked me as we squeezed our way into the crowd.“Great?” I questioned him. “Byron, what is so great about crowded places?!” I demanded as I squeezed myself through the gaps of people. I looked back to see that Trei was looking at us amusedly. “What are you standing there for?”“Nothing.” He grinned while trying to fight off a smile.“Geez. If there are so many people here, why can’t they make a bigger cafeteria?” I squirmed.“What are you talking about, Nat? This is great. This way we c
“Meet him.” I repeated. “Meet him where?” I asked nervously as I shot Byron a glance. My apparent twin had a fork in his mouth as he simply waited for Trei’s response. Skyr was trying to busy himself by eating, but you could tell that he was listening as well.I mean, hearing the leader of the sea people, a race that was once thought of to be extinct is kind of……Let’s just say that even though we were trying to act normal, we are still trying to adjust to the fact that we are in a cafeteria full of them.And it wasn’t easy to stop ourselves from staring at them.“I’ll take you both there when you finish eating.” He assured us. “And as for the general, it might be difficult since it will be i
‘Who has the gift to talk to the sea creatures?’ The Sea king continued to ask. When I looked at the others, it seems to appear that only Trei and I were able to understand him.‘I do.’ I responded with my mind.‘Ah, the female. A pleasure to meet you, my lord. My name is Grukren. And in your past life, we were acquainted.’ He says.I met Byron’s gaze and saw that he was looking at me in confusion. He has probably guessed by now that I was communicating with the leader of the sea people.I raised a hand to Byron and gestured for him to wait. ‘Grukren, was it? Is there a way for Byron to hear your thoughts as well? If it is something that you need to tell me, then it is only right that my brother gets to hear it as well. Aft
“Nat? Do you think that they are looking at us?” Byron whispered to me.“Wow, Byron. I wonder what gave that away. Surely it’s not because of the crowd gathering around us, right?” I asked in a deadpanned tone.Byron turned to look at me with a fascinated look. “How did you know!?”I blew air out of my lips in exasperation. Byron and I stood awkwardly at the sea of crowd that was forming around us. News that we were demigods spread around the district and people were curious about us. To Byron, it might be normal for him, but for me, it was a new and foreign feeling.I bit the inside of my cheeks as I played with the hem of my shirt. Again, I kind of miss the jumpsuit that I wore back when we were in Atlantis. It was way mo
The door lets out a bang as I kicked it open. Several people, who were just passing by, jumped when they saw me leaving the training room with a very red face.I was furious and embarrassed. But more than that, I was disappointed with myself.As I continued to walk aimlessly in the hallway, I could not help but remember the instant that my body suddenly moved on its own as if it was on autopilot.I was pretty certain that it wasn’t the first time that this ever happened. I remember a few times that it happened when I was back in Atlantis.And most of the time, it usually happens when I become emotional or just in a pinch.I flinch the longer I walked that I started to become more aware of the state that I was in.
Trei led us to some sort of back garage. How do I know? Because of all the snowmobile lined all around us.As we entered, Trei gestured for us to follow to one side of the room to get some thick coats for us to wear. He handed us some gloves, snow boots, and some googles.“I thought that as Atlanteans, we can hardly feel the cold?” I asked him but still wore the gear anyway.“True,” Trei says. “But for safety precautions, just wear it. We are immune to the feeling of cold, but that doesn’t mean that our bodies won’t get sick in the process.”“But you made us take a dive ice-cold water to meet your great grandfather,” Byron says as he struggled to pull the thick coat over his head. “Um...Nat? Help?” He says as his arms got stuck in t
Later that day, Trei tried to ask permission to see his grandfather, but unfortunately, Grukren couldn’t talk at the moment because there were matters that he needed to attend to. I told the others about what I saw. About SIlisk and how it must be connected to the prophecy that Grukren told and warned us about.He was conscious. And he was waking up.Honestly, I was still a bit shaken up that I was afraid to even think about it. And so, while Trei was trying to fix me with a schedule with his grandfather, Sky and Byron decided to give me a tour of the facility.But it was mostly Skyr who was doing all the work while Byron was simply tagging along. The facility wasn’t that huge like Atlantis, but it was big nonetheless. It can cater to at least half a thousand people. From what I heard, there are ot
Trei led us to another part of the facility. Somewhere deep and cold. The place was similar to the entrance of Grukren’s cave, but this cave is made up entirely of ice. But it wasn’t even dark. More like the ice was glowing. It’s like a sort of light was trapped inside of it.We followed him all through the cave and as we did, we arrived at a dead end. Well, not really.In front of us was still water and the only land that we could find was the one that we were currently on and the other one was at the center. There was no other opening in the cave except the one where we just came from.“Okay…” I said while backing away to avoid slipping and falling into the water. “Trei, please tell me that we are not going to swim. I mean, look at us.” I gestured to Byr