You never think about what you have, till it's all taken from you.
I laid in a hospital bed, like I have been for the past two years. My name is Alexis, I don’t have much of a memory of how I got here. All I remember is I was crossing the street then BAM, I was on the ground with the sound of a car screeching away. Then the next thing I knew I was in a hospital bed unable to move anything. I was trapped in the darkness of my mind, unable to move, only think... I believe I was in something called a coma.
Two years passed as I was unable to speak, move, or anything. All I could do was hear the outside world. And let me tell you...nothing interesting ever happened around me. Friends would come and visit to see if I was still alive, Family would come occasionally but most days it was me, my thoughts, and the cleaning ladies’ soaps. I got super into them too...I really wanted to know if Alejandro ever got with Isabella or if she went with Miguel to that Jurassic park sounding place.
Let's be honest I just came up with half the storylines myself because the cleaning lady leaves halfway through an episode...it's super annoying as I desperately want to know what happens to Alejandro. Will he become King of the Pirates?
Well anyway... It was a regular day, well it was a few days from Christmas. I was listening to the soap opera while the cleaning lady and the nurses did their jobs. I was shocked to learn that Isabella was now pregnant with a velociraptor...again I make my own plotlines. But as we were about to learn who Miguel’s father was, the tv suddenly went to an emergency broadcast. Something about riots in the major cities. I didn’t quite catch all of it as I was processing the plot twist I had just come up with.
The cleaning lady and the nurse sounded worried about whatever was going on out there, I just hoped my Family was safe. Be a real shame if they ended like me or worse. The day passed the hospital was going through quite the turmoil, it sounded a lot busier than normal. After a while, I just fell asleep as there was nothing I could really do. The last thing I remember is hearing that the military took over the hospital but it didn’t affect me so I stopped paying attention.
Something felt different though I couldn’t tell. Maybe it was the fact that I only saw a white void instead of the regular darkness I always saw. “This is weird?” I said while I grabbed my head. I paused as I slowly looked down and screamed in confusion. “I can move?” I shouted in shock. Then I grabbed my throat “I can speak?” I said, still shocked “Am...am I dead?”
“Of course not, you're just fully continuous now.” A voice spoke from behind me.
“Eep!” I said startled before I turned around and saw a man with a table and two chairs. “Who are you?” I asked.
“That is a good question, but why don’t you take a seat and we can talk.” the man said as I took a seat. “So you’re an interesting case.”
“Huh?”
“You managed to pass the test by sleeping.”
“I was in a coma!” I said angrily before calming down and asking “Also what test?”
“Nevermind that, look the short of it is, you passed a test that quite a lot of people failed.” He paused to mutter something under his breath “So you’re being rewarded, you can either go back and experience a world where today never happened as it did or-” He started explaining.
“Look I’m going to cut you off. I was in a coma for almost three years and you’re offering to send me back as a reward? No thanks, whatever option 2 is I’ll take it.” I said firmly.
“Alright.” he said, clapping his hands together. “I’ll just say this, back on earth you’re going to be replaced by a clone, She’ll be exactly like you in every way. It's just so your family and those who know you don’t question where you’ve gone. And because I’ve been asked before erasing everyone's memories of the people who passed the test would result in a...lets call it a paradox, due to how many people passed the test.” He explained
“Okay, first can I request that my clone wake from her coma on Christmas?” I asked.
The Man looked confused when I asked this question. “Alright, but you know I could have her wake up the today that will happen, right?”
“Yes, but it will make it seem like a Christmas miracle if I er she woke up on Christmas morning. Please my family deserves something special after two years of worrying whether I’m still alive or just brain dead.” I pleaded with him.
“I’ll do it, do you have anything else you wish to ask for?” I thought for a good minute before the man spoke up “I see you're having some problems deciding on what you want. Or perhaps you don’t know what's on the table?” He said while pulling at his goatee before smiling. “Alright I’ll ask a simple question, wasn’t there something you wanted but couldn’t get because it was fictional? Let me answer that for you, Yes. I can offer you ANYTHING your heart desires just name it.” he explained while handing me an orb. “Just think about it and it will become yours.” I stared at the orb not knowing whether everything here was real or not. I had an inkling of what I wanted. Suddenly it flashed golden and in my hands...or rather on my arm was the Ultimatrix from Ben 10.
“Interesting. Would you like some information on that?” The man asked as I was a little confused to what he was asking “You’re not the sharpest mind, are you? Anyway, I was just asking if you wanted to know anything about the series before you leave. Maybe some Alien names?”
“Oh sure I guess, I mean he probably gets a bunch of new aliens in the future anyway.” I said as he tapped my head.
“There.” He said pulling his finger back “Now it should feel like you’ve seen every episode from the original series to Omniverse.”
“Omniverse?”
“Nevermind that, anyway it's time for you to head out I have others to see. Unless you have another wish?”
“Oh yeah Can I have my aliens randomized so It's not just all aliens that Ben has had?” he nodded and tapped my Ultimatrix with his fingers before snapping his fingers with his other hand, sending me away.