Beep... beep...

--Gatix--

-- POP --

I felt something against my back, or... maybe... maybe there was something there... I don't know... I think... thinking... difficult through the pain...

Head… hurts…

My arm... why couldn't I move my arm... and... pain... why was there... so much... pain?

“...ix?” Did I hear something? Maybe, not sure. It sounded far away. Muffled, distant. I turned my head... think I did, but... my eyes... something was wrong with my eyes. Only stars, drifting... in and out, flickering before they died.

“...ti... are yo... ve?”

Pain…

“...ax! Wh... ng on...”

“I don... tic... jur...”

“Ge... ut of... re...!”

Help…

***

Relax, Gatix. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread...

***

Beep... beep... beep... beep...

“Scalpel! Give it t-”

“Here.”

“Staple. Here, here, and here. Now, forceps...”

Beep, beep, beep, beep...

“Forceps, now!”

“Here!”

Beep-beep-beep-beep...

“Quicker! He's getting away from us!'

“Doctor! He's awake!”

“What?!”

“Look! His eyes are open!”

Beep-beep-beep-beep...

“Shit! Will somebody please knock him out?!”

“We already use-”

“I don't care if you need to use the hammer! Knock him out!”

Beep-beep-beep-beep...

“Increasing anesthesia.”

“C'mon... c'mon...”

“His eyes have closed.”

`Finally.”

Beep, beep, beep, beep...

“One of you is getting fired for this...”

Beep... beep... beep... beep...

***

Don't know what you did to make the Reaper scared of you...

***

Something was beeping. I knew the sound. I knew the device that made it... but I couldn't name it. I... I couldn't name any of the pictures in my head.

What... what was going on? I tried to move my mouth, tried to ask the questions my head refused to answer, but nothing happened. Nothing moved, no sound came out.

Nothing.

Opening my eyes didn't do anything. I could only see darkness.

And why was my head thicker than usual?

At least I could move my arm. Arms. Slower than before, but it was something. I aimed for my head, touching...something. It wasn't skin. What was this? Why was it coarse?

The beeping increased.

What was going on here?!

“Mmph!”

“No, Agent...” The voice was muffled but familiar. I still couldn't place it. Something pricked my right arm, but I did not know what. “Now is not yet the time.”

Oh... okay...

***

Don't keep me waiting at the end...