When I woke up a man in white stood by my side, his eyes calm and welcoming, same goes for his expression and body language. He looked almost the same but his skin was covered in thousands of wrinkles, not to mention the gray hairs on his scalp. The years have been good to him from what i’m getting, i’m actually surprised he’s still working, he should be in his 60s by now!
“Doctor Regimen...” I utter weakly as I began to smile, “How ironic...”
He smiled seeing that I still remember him despite the long gap in years, “Afternoon.” he greeted simply, “And what have you gotten yourself into now?” he wondered with a sarcastic smirk, “Last time I ever saw you you were just a mere child and now look at you! On deaths row!” he cried before chuckling, “It’s good to see you’ve pulled through...” his face softened a bit but his smirk was now a smile, “My my...Such time has passed young lad, so much has changed. I see you made a very interesting friend during your time.” he looked up and motioned for someone to come up.
I heard her hooves to the left, I turned my head to face her, “Fluttershy...” I say weakly but with great joy, “You’re here!” She was blurry in the distance but as she came closer I noticed she was in plain sight, “Where...Where’s your hoodie?” I remember explaining to her that she couldn’t be seen in public without a hoodie. My heart began to face as I realized Doctor Regimen was here and Fluttershy wasn’t concealed.
“You’re surprised aren’t you?” she wondered, making my mind freeze up and listen to her last possible words, “...I’m sorry.” she muttered quietly as tears trailed down her face, “I wish I could’ve done something, I just watched them tear you apart...” Doctor Regimen came to her aid and knelt down before whispering something to her ear. Fluttershy nodded and quickly settled down before speaking, “I’m glad you’re still alive though, “ she said with immense relief in her eyes, “because if I lost you...I don’t know what I’d do with myself.” she leaned in and kissed my forehead, “Thank you for protecting me...” she said lastly as she pulled away.
I wasn’t sure how to feel anymore, one minute I was scared beyond belief but now...Now I feel warm and relieved, my body was still in a world of pain but her words touched me deeply. I began to smile now but as I was about to speak lightening boomed in the background, causing both Fluttershy and I to jump while Doctor Regimen only laughed.
“Talk about a mood breaker.” he said jokingly, “Why don’t you explain what happened Miss Shy.” he insisted, “I’m sure he needs an explanation on why you’re not hiding.” he grabbed a chart and went to the back side of the room to give us some privacy.
Fluttershy and I watched him for a moment before speaking, “He’s a nice man.” said Fluttershy, “If he didn’t recognize you you might’ve not made it...”
“What happened?” I thought to myself as I couldn’t for the life of me and even to this day not remember a thing, all I could get was screams of horror. I groaned quietly not being able to remember, “Can you tell me what happened?” I asked Fluttershy kindly, “Why am I here?”
Fluttershy seemed surprised but that expression showed more sorrow than shock, “We were attacked,” she began to explain, “by 7 wolves if I remember correctly, it all happened so fast so I might be off but 7 sounds about right. You managed to kill them all somehow but they got you badly as you protected me. Honestly I thought you could hold off one or two but you just kept on swinging and stabbing them.” she paused for a brief moment before continuing, “I tried to talk them out of it, “she said with a cracked tone, “but they ignored me and attacked. Never in my whole life has an animal not listened to me. I was always able to convince them, I could communicate with them on a different level than anypony else but they...They just ignored me and attacked us...They tried to kill us.”
I was at a lost for words, all I could do was just raised my hand to her cheek and brush it as lightly as I could. I watched as she broke down but my touch kept her from completely losing it. This continued for possibly minutes but it felt like hours really. The whole time I was still at a lost for words, I wanted to say something, anything to her but all that came out when I opened my mouth was nothing. My anger began to rise as my heart to began to pound with my rage. This was all too much for me to bear and I don’t even remember what happened!
I let my hand fall into a fist, my muscles ached horribly just doing it alone but it only made me clench tighter and tighter, letting my anger be taken into the ocean of pain I was in from not being able to speak. I could feel the screams building up but I only clenched my fist tighter and tighter until I was in tears from the pain. My hand soon gave out and released itself, I panted for a moment as I caught my breath and wiped my tears, soon I sighed in relief.
I smiled next, “Your friends better let me come with you when they find us.” I said finally, letting out a weak chuckle as I turned to Fluttershy, “Cause if they don’t i’ll kill them.”
Fluttershy was rather shocked by my words, did she really think I meant it, “R-really?” she wondered, “You would kill them if they tried to take me away?”
“If i’m not coming with you then yes.” I replied with a brighter smile, “Because I love you Fluttershy.” honestly I wasn’t sure what came over me, Fluttershy had the same look of shock on her but soon that expression turned into relief.
“I love you too...” she replied quietly, “No one has ever treated me with such love.”
I held my smile before realizing something, “You haven’t really told me anything about your friends, what are they like?” I wondered if this was even ok to ask considering my dark humor.
Fluttershy simply shook her head with a light hearted giggle, “I’ll tell you about them later but-” lightening boomed all of the sudden, causing the lights to flicker and shake with the rest of the building, “EIEK!” cried Fluttershy as she hit the deck.
Doctor Regiment and I laughed quietly at Fluttershy adorableness, “Quiet the storm.” I said simply looking up at the doctor.
“Indeed.” he replied delightfully, “I didn’t think she could conjure up something so fierce!”
I raised a brown with confusion in my eyes, “What do you mean?” I wondered.
Doctor Regimen stared at me with the same expression, “Did you not know she could?” he asked.
I shook my head, “How do you know?” I asked now looking suspicious.
Despite the large gap of years Doctor Regimen seemed to remember my facial expressions strangely very well. He showed no change though and sighed, “She’s told me a lot about you...” he explained walking over to me but kept at a distance, “During the days of your unconsciousness Flutt-”
“Days?” I repeated, stopping him short on his explanation, “How long have I been here?”
His expression was still the same and he continued where he left off, “Fluttershy and I talked. When she brought you here you were a bloody mess and Fluttershy was close to collapsing from carrying you nearly 12 miles. Not to mention the storms she’s been creating to keep other doctors from coming in. I had to to watch over every patient for the past week and a half, if you still wish to be mad then at least remember this.” his expression showed rage as his tone deepened and boomed loudly, “IT WAS I WHO WATCHED OVER YOU WHILE TENDING TO FLUTTERSHY AND THIS DAMN HOSPITAL SO IT WOULDN’T KILL YOU SAY THANK YOU!” he took a moment to pull himself together, his face still showed much fury but he was holding back now, soon he sighed and straightened up.
“Forgive me...” he said with a grudgeful tone, “I haven’t slept too well so i’m a bit crabby.” he made his way to the door but stopped, “I’m going to check on the other patients. I have a few who need their medicine.” he said, opening and closing the door as he took his leave.
I was honestly horrified from his tone, never have I ever seen him so enraged. Normally he’s calm and smiling but this is a first for me to witness his anger. I wanted to cry as I began to feel horrible now remembering how I treated him. He had every right to yell at me, all I’ve ever done was swing a scalpel at him in my own anger.
I covered my face to hide my shame from Fluttershy, “I’m a terrible person, “ I muttered to myself, “all you do is cause problems!” My shamed turned into deep regret as I began to relive my whole life, from the start to now I could only burst into tears as my sanity was shattered at this point. I was at my limit, I couldn’t take it anymore and I could only lay there and sob my disgraceful tears.
“I should’ve died...” I said under my tears, “Why did I have to be born into this hell hole of a world? All that I have done was spread problems!” I tried to control my breathing as I sobbed harder, “Why am I alive...I’m just a waste of a life!”
“That’s not true,” said Fluttershy, taking a stern stance, “If anything you’re not a waste of a life, you’re far too important to be a waste of a life.”
“Don’t try to make me feel better.” I pleaded, “Just let me suffer!”
“No.” she argued, “You’ve suffered enough, it’s time to start healing.”
“But how!?” I wondered hopelessly.
Fluttershy came to my side so I could see her face that was smiling, “By forgiving yourself...” she said.