Chapter nine

2 days later

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The light was so bright. The room was all white and all I could feel was the agony my head was in.

I could feel my bare skin touching the soft padding of the bed and a sheet covering my oppressive body.

Within moments, I could hear a cry. Someone wrapping their arms around me. It was my mom. Tears flow down her face as she squeezes me. "Ooooh mi hijo!" She cries. For once I could actually feel her pain.

She only squeezed tighter.

I put one arm around her keeping myself elevated with the other.

"I love you too, mom," I say.

She pulls back and puts her hands on my face. Her face bent slightly downward and eyes so red it looked as if she's been crying for days.

"Is Mira and Brandon okay?" I ask. I look around the room as my mom sits on the bed. "They are fine, baby. You should get some rest. Your body needs to recover." Mom slowly raises the blanket onto me but I felt just fine.

My muscles weren't sore and the headache I just had apparently just left my body.

"Always in a damn hospital, aren't ya?" Kelvin sits across the room. I look Kelvin and shake my head a bit.

"Don't remind me." I rub my face and lie down. I could see Kelvin staring at my skin. My chest and arms. But that's when I noticed too. Like small little bite marks on me. All seemed to be like a hicky of sorts.

"What happened down there?" Kelvin asked.

I watch as mom tries to change the channel on the box tv that hung above. The visual of clouds and distant cars ran in my side vision.

"A lot..."

"And done! How do you guys like FOX 10 News?" Mom asked.

I sit up as so does Kelvin.

The nurse came in. A clipboard in her hand and a pen in the other. "Kaden?" She smiled. I nod as mom sits next to me.

The nurse smiled harder.

"I see you're finally awake."

"Your bones are all perfectly fine. Breathing is amazing. We did see something very off. Your height increased by five inches. Your muscle growth had increased by 80% this could be due to the radioactive gas leaked from the explosion you encountered." The nurse began writing stuff down. I nod.

"Five inches?" Kelvin looks confused at the doctor.

"I'm only 5'8. My little brother ain'tgonna be 6'5 walking text me," Kelvin says.

"The explosion had some effect on your body. The doctors want you to come up here in the next two months for another check up to see how you're holding up," The nurse smiles.

I stand up feeling the difference in my height. Everything lightheaded a bit but I felt good. Like I could do anything.

I grab my shirt from off of the counter next to me and try to put it on only to see that my muscles had toned up so much that when I tried pulling my shirt down over my body, the shirt ripped almost completely in half.

"And I think it is time for you to go clothes shopping," mom chimed in.