346 In the Hospital Area, Treating the Generals Wife and the Introduction of the Inheritors (1/2)
Day 55 – 2:11 PM – ICU, Hospital Area, Military Laboratories, North District, Bay City Settlement, Pasay City, Metro Manila
It had been an hour after Mark chased everyone out of the patient's room. The General were outside waiting restlessly with his children. Even the two guards outside were confused as to why the General and his children were outside instead of staying inside the room.
”Oh, Miguel, what are you doing outside your wife's room?”
A familiar voice was heard by the general who was staring at the windows on that door of the room that was shrouded with black smoke. When the members of the Perez family turned towards the source of the voice, they saw three people. They were Professor Isaach Co and his foster children which also served as his assistants, Nia and Allen. None of the General and his children even noticed the three people approach due to their attention directed towards the door.
”Isaach, you finally arrived.”
”Sorry I got delayed. We are in the middle of an experiment. You said that Sir Mark is with you. Where is he and why are you all outside of your wife's room?”
It was then the Professor's shoulder was tapped and he saw Nia pointing at the window shrouded in darkness. That black smoke at the window was rather familiar.
”Is he inside?”
”That's right.”
”I see. You managed to convince him to help. Should I say congratulations?”
”Don't jinx it you idiot.”
Banter between the General and Professor started. It was quite childish of the two but in the least, the anxiety the general felt was lessened.
***
Inside the room, Mark had his eyes closed while his right hand glowing with milky white light rested on the forehead of Angelise. He was concentrating hard on channeling his mental energy on the woman in order to wake her up. However, what he considered to be an easy task was not as easy as it seemed.
While he was right that she could wake up after her sleeping consciousness was stimulated like how he had done with Iola and Angeline, he found out that the current state of Angelise's consciousness was in a complicated situation.
Her state was hard to explain. The most fitting and closest explanation was that her soul was deeply asleep in the deepest parts of her subconscious. It became harder for Mark's mental energy to reach those parts without affecting other unnecessary areas and it took more energy that what he used for both Angeline and Iola combined. Luckily, he managed to absorb quite an amount from the flame demon or else, the situation would be harder to deal with.
There might be many possible reasons to this state but the best reason he could come up with was because she had been in coma for a very long time. Her body had deteriorated already to the point that it would not be able to handle her consciousness anymore. At this point, it would just be a miracle for a person in her state to still manage to wake up.
From what Mark was doing, he could feel a bit of response from her consciousness but it was not enough for her to wake up at all. If would also be questionable if her body would be able to handle it if her consciousness suddenly returned or the opposite could also happen where her consciousness would not be able to handle a very deteriorated body like her state right now.
As such, two different colored crystals appeared floating front of him. He decided to give up a pair of [Mental Crystal] and [Physical Crystal]. Of course, both of it were empty crystals since he had no plans to turn this woman into a Mutator or a Psychic. He just needed to strengthen her body and mind further in order to successfully wake her up. In the process however, she would surely turn into an Evolver.
Soon, another hour passed. Mark could finally detect some movements on her eyes. However, it was still not finished. Angelise was already burning with fever, the main symptom of a person becoming an Evolver. In her state, it would surely take at least another hour or two.
One and a half hour passed once more. Her fever was still raging and Mark still hand to keep on aiding her with his mental energy. However, her body was already responding to pain as she started to finally move a bit due to the pain.
However, Mark was mistaken.
***
It was almost sundown.
After five hours since Mark started, the burning fever started to go down and she looked better now. Although she was still thin looking, the deterioration of her body recovered enough.
Finally, her eyes quivered…
Slowly… Very slowly…
Her eyes opened.
When she opened her eyes, she was rather calm. She stared at the unfamiliar ceiling as if trying to remember something.
That calmness however immediately faded and was replaced with panic when she started to recall her final memories after she was shot inside their house. She tried to scream but of course, there were no words that came out. Instead, she released some hoarse screeches as her body had not fully recovered from her four years coma. From that four years that she had not spoken, her voice would not work properly now.
Tears started to accumulate on the corner of her eyes as fear started to creep on her mind.
It was then she felt a warm sensation on her head that started to calm her down. The sensation was very comfortable that it started to wash away her panic and fear.
That was when she noticed the unfamiliar person that was caressing her hair gently.
She could not speak but her eyes that looked at him were surely asking for answers.
”Don't worry. You're already safe.” Mark spoke as gently as possible. ”Actually, I want to ask you some questions but you're still not in good shape. You just woke up so it's not proper to do it. Well, it's not like you will be able to answer my questions.”
The first two sentences aside, what Mark said made the patient confused.
”It's normal to be confused. No, just don't mind what I said. It will be better if your family is the ones to tell you the details. Let me call them.”
Mark them stood up from his chair and made his way outside.
***
As it had been a long time, the General and his children became more and more anxious. However, none of them tried to knock on the door in fear that they would interrupt Mark's treatment. Professor Isaach had already returned since he still had to compile the data he just gathered in his previous experiment but for some reason, Nia and Allen stayed behind.
Finally, the shadow blocking the window vanished as if being syphoned to a certain direction. After that, the door opened revealing Mark who immediately went out of the door.
”Mark, how is it?”
The General anxiously asked.
”Just enter.” Mark said with a smile. ”She's already waiting for you all. Just try to do anything that will make her unstable.”
Hearing that, the face of General Perez and his children lightened. The General grabbed Mark's shoulders.
”Thank you! Thank you!”
”Just look inside first before thanking me alright?”
Mark pushed the general away. Rafael, Gabriel and Angeline also expressed their gratitude before rushing into the room.