Waking Up

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Heart rate scanner sounding in one of the finest hospital rooms in America. Inside that room, there is a young man who were asleep for 3 years with dark black hair, fair skin like a model, and a handsome face like a prince who has slept for a long time. Little by little, this man began to move his finger and not long after, he opened his eyes. The heart rate scanner started to sound a little bit faster and made the nurse in charge of monitoring this patient come rushing to the room.

The man who's now awake, looking at the ceiling and starting to wonder...

"...Where am I?" he said and started to look to his surrounding and began to know where he is while also keep wandering what happened to him that he ended up here "Hospital? Why am I here...?" he then started to think about what happened to him but only to receive some stinging pain inside his head.

While he's touching his head from the sudden pain, the door to his room opened and the nurse came to view and said "Are you okay? How are you feeling?"

The man then directing his view to the nurse and said "I'm okay, it's just that my head is a little bit hurt while I try to remember why am I here"

The nurse then said "That's good. Do you at least remember your name and your family names?"

The man replied with "I'm Ed Walters, my father is Joshua Walters and my mother is Leona Walters, I have a sister named Elizabeth Walters"

Hearing him saying that, the nurse then smile at him and said "What a relief, I'll go call the doctor and also notify your family about your condition. Meanwhile, please get some more rest and don't think anything else for now." the nurse then walked out of the room and leaving Ed alone. While he's alone, Ed started to close his eyes again so that the stinging pain from his head could be eased.

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Meanwhile, in Loyola, California.

A woman in her mid 30s walked briskly towards a large room inside a house that was probably as big as a palace. While arriving in front of the door, the woman then knocked gently twice on the door and a voice of a man inside then said "Come in". The woman then started to open the door and the inside of the room came to view. Inside the room, there is a large bookshelf full of various books and also many luxurious decorations and pictures of a family of four that makes the room very elegant yet comfortable. In the middle of the room, a man sat behind a large desk filled with piles of files, papers and books.

This man in his mid 40s looks so dignified and charismatic with dark black hair, short and well-groomed beard and a sharp eyes like a beast watching it's prey. This man is Joshua Walters, the chairman of Walters Industries and also the father of Ed Walters. Joshua then asking to Linda, head of the housekeeper in Walters family mansion.

"What is it, Linda? Something's wrong?" said Joshua which to then Linda replied "Excuse my rudeness, Sir. The hospital just called and tell me that Mr. Ed has gained consciousness from his coma and now he's receiving a through check up from the doctor in charge of him".

Joshua was then very surprised by the news he received and immediately stood up and said "Is it true!?"

"It's true, Sir. The hospital asked me to inform you and Madam Leona to immediately go to the hospital"

"Prepare the car and call Leona and Elizabeth to meet me there" said Joshua with a firm voice yet a worried and happy expression clearly shown on his face.

"Yes, sir! Immediately!" with that, Linda leave the room and began contacting the other Walters family members.

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Back to the Hospital.

After receiving an examination from the doctor, Ed was informed that he was very healthy but his legs could not be moved for a while because the time passed while he's in coma made the nerves in his legs need habituation and a little bit therapy so that Ed could walk again, Ed was very happy to heard that and a little disappointed that he couldn't walk for a while. On the bright side, he just needed a bit of a therapy before he could walk again.

After arriving at the hospital, Joshua, Leona and Elizabeth then immediately asked to meet the doctor to be informed first about Ed's condition. After hearing Ed's condition from the doctor, the Walters family had the same feeling as Ed, they were happy but also a little disappointed about Ed's condition. Seeing their faces like that, the doctor then said "There is a game called Equilibrium which has 100% immersion system and provides an experience like moving inside the real world. This game could also become a therapy facility for Ed while also relaxing his mind by playing that game."

The doctor then continue "I recommend buying a capsule but also limit his play time to 8 hours a day in the first month while also dividing the time with every 4 hours he need to go out and eat a meal and taking his supplement that helps his muscles grow stronger. Everytime he's out of the capsule, help him to start walking very slowly and if after a month there's no changes, immediately bring him to the hospital for more check up."

Hearing the doctor suggestions, Joshua then asked him "Is it okay for his brain to play the game? Didn't you say that he felt some stinging pain while he's trying to remember what happened to him?"

"Yes, it is okay. I already done some X-Ray for that and found no problem inside his head. The pain that cause him to feel a stinging pain is because he forced himself to remember what happened, it proven by the increase in heart rate that alert the nurse that monitoring him so that was not a problem if he's started everything very slowly while also doing his therapy by playing Equilibrium". After the discussion was done, Joshua, Leona and Elizabeth then heading towards Ed room to see him because all of them miss Ed.

The door to Ed's room then once again opened and he could see his Father, his Mother and his Sister. He looked to them and smile while thinking and chuckle to himself 'Nothing seems to changed to them except that Liz is technically getting taller'.

Leona Walters is a woman in her early 40s, looking beautiful and by any means, nothing about her is 40s. Her dark brown silky hair that dropped to her shoulder, an Asian-American face with fair skin and just a little touch of make up with pinkish natural lips. While Leona looked like a young woman in her late 20s, Elizabeth on the other hand looks very mature except for the fact that she's only 21 now that he remembers about everything that happens 3 years ago. Elizabeth looks very charming with a little touch of intimidating face she has with her. Her height is now the same as Leona with long shinny brown hair, perfect olive skin with a little make up and red glossy lips.

Seeing them rushed to his side, Ed greet them with a smile and said "Hello, Mom, Hello, Dad and Hello, Liz" while also taking his right hand and ruffle his sister hair to which his sister reply with a chuckle and said "Hey, you big man! How are you? I miss you so much, I hate it everytime I'm coming home from school and now college you're not there. There's no someone who plays with me anymore" and after that, she's pouting which makes it funny.

Seeing her, Ed then chuckle while keep playing with her hair. Ed then turn to face his left side to his father and mother and said "Dad, Mom, how are you? Wow, you guys didn't get much sleep lately, yeah? How many time do I have to remind you both to not overworked yourself!"

Seeing their son laying in bed while also lecturing them about their sleeping schedule, Joshua couldn't help but chuckle while Leona is silent while her eyes started to get blurry and watering.

Ed saw his mom almost crying and ask the 3 of them including Elizabeth to hug him and they soon began the group hug. After that, they started sharing everything about them and Ed also tells them about his condition based on the doctor diagnosis. They keep talking for about 2 hours untill they decided to let Ed discharged from the hospital on that day.