Chapter 1

"Excuse me please" 

I said as I rushed to the new hospital i was hired in , although I wasn't late I was still in a hurry

I live in an apartment and I recently graduated as a surgeon That's because I never actually went to school , I only gave private exams my whole life and because of that I've graduated at an early age 

I finally got to the hospital and fixed myself before entering , my apartment wasn't that far from the hospital so I just walked 

As i entered 

I made my way to my office and set up my things , I'm a surgeon so I don't have much work to do, but I did not expect myself to literally be free the whole day 

The only time I came out of my office was to get lunch , oh and the bathroom even though I had one in my office 

The whole day I roamed the halls, and ate 

After 5 crucial hours of doing absolutely nothing,it was finally time for me to go home 

Why did I even expect something it's my first day ? 

I was getting ready to leave but then suddenly I heard an ear shattering alarm go off 

Before I could sprint out to help, another doctor came in trying to catch his breath 

"Sorry to barge in but this is an emergency, are you the new surgeon ?"

I sighed when he said that and nodded 

"Yes but my name- never mind what seems to be the urgency?"

"There's a patient that just came in, he seems to be brutally tortured and he's in critical condition, I'm the only surgeon here and I cannot save him myself" 

Hearing that I instantly nodded and grabbed my medical kit, then ran out as the tall surgeon guy led the way 

We were both in a rush and we were running

But stopped when we saw the head , he was basically in charge of everything here, kind of like the owner, we couldn't perform any surgery or do anything without his consent only because he's been in the medical field longer than any doctor here and has more experience 

"And where might you two be running towards?"

He asked eating his sandwich like a pig , he was fat and very old

"Sir there's a patient in room-"

The surgeon tried to tell him that we were in a hurry but he was cut off 

"Yes yes I know, that weird case of the guy being tortured and stuff, but is the paperwork done?"

The surgeon guy looked at him with shock, confusion and a bit of anger , this is when I realised what the head actually meant 

"He is unconscious ho-"

The head raised his hand to make him stop 

"Look, I won't give permission until the funds are collected" 

When I heard him I felt more angrier that the surgeon, money is more important to him than someone's life? 

"But sir, how are we supposed to-"

I tried to explain but he cut me off 

"You heard me ."

He spoke arrogantly, this man will get some sense knocked into him real soon if he doesn't let us save the patient 

"Sir he's in critical condition and he needs help or else-"

The surgeon said being really patient which was good because If it wasn't for him the head would be the one needing surgery 

"Do I look like I care?"

When the head said that both of us didn't have anything to say , we were so shocked and angry it was best if we didn't 

But me , I was raging, I thought of taking out one of my empty injections and shoving it in his eye, 

but instead I reached out to my purse, and took out a 10000 dollars from my wallet which was there in case of emergency , and looked at him, then threw it in his face will full force, I didn't know if that was enough for the treatment cost . plus that money was our labour work 

I wasn't scared of him, this hospital might be the best in the country, but I'm the youngest doctor with the highest GPA in this hospital so he couldn't fire me 

I picked up my medical bag 

"Let's go" 

I said to the surgeon who looked like he's seen a ghost but also worried 

He nodded and we both ran again as we left the embarrassed pathetic head who was still standing there in shock and embarrassment 

We both burst in to the room the patient was in and saw about 5 doctors who were panicking 

Usually doctors don't panic, but this was a life or death Situation, even then I wasn't panicking which made some of the doctors look at me in confusion even though it's their goddanm job not to 

Me though , I don't panic, like ever, call it a personality trait or something , even though I think I just pissed my pants put it wasn't visible on my face 

"Everybody but the doctors, out . "

I said since there were more nurses than the doctors 

my voice was calm which caught everyone's attention and instead of running out they just stared at me 

" didn't you hear her?"

The surgeon said from behind which made the doctors run out 

When everyone was out and I was able to clearly see the patient, my heart stopped 

What I saw couldn't be explained in words 

A guy, probably in his 30s was laying down with one leg almost cut off, 3 gunshots in his left shoulder and multiple bruises and cuts all over his body 

But that was nothing to me, what made my blood cold and my heart stop beating was seeing that he was breathing and alive , which meant he could feel every ounce of the pain 

My brain couldn't process anything but at the same time, it was processing everything 

"Get him unconscious"

________________

After an 8 hour surgery, we successfully saved him 

Both me and the surgeon looked like we were the ones who were about to die, although the surgery was short , it was no easy task, turns out there were 5 more bullets , 17 cuts , and well one of his leg was cut off

The whole time I was so horrified by how all that happened to the poor guy , I kept wondering and I still am 

The patient is still unconscious, his heartbeat is uneven, he's still at high risk but we did everything we could 

I left to get supplies for a small cut left on his forehead , I left the other surgeon with him 

Only then did I realise it was night time outside, and it was probably very late 

I walked through the halls of the hospital making my way to the supply room as the thought of what happened to my patient kept haunting me 

I was so lost I accidentally bumped into someone but apologised and kept walking 

__________

I came back with the supplies and entered my patients room 

I put the supplies down and started treating his cut

But out of nowhere, he bolted up as if he saw a nightmare , I wasn't surprised because the medicine I was using on his cut probably stung him and make him conscious 

I was about to calm him down, but then he started crying and saying something in a language I didn't understand 

"Excuse me sir please calm down i don't understand what you're saying"

I said as calmly as I could 

He then stopped and looked at me 

"He....he's going to kill you for this...." 

I looked at him in confusion, that's the first thing he's gonna say after god knows what happened to him? 

"Alright sir i-"

As I was trying to talk, the other surgeon came in 

Seeing me he asked 

"Is everything alright?" 

I looked back at him 

"I don't know I don't understand the language he was talking in and I don't think he knows English very well either"

"You know what you should leave your shift ended a long time ago I'll take care of him" 

The surgeon said which felt like a weight being lifted off my chest 

"O-oh are you sure? It's fine I can stay if-"

"No please, you've done enough for this patient and me Because I couldn't perform the surgery without you"

He said which made me smile out of relief

The patient on the other hand just looked at us is confusion 

I thanked the surgeon and left the room as I took a deep breath 

I just saved someone's life and i couldn't feel more blessed 

____________

It was about 2 am when I exited the hospital 

I wasn't scared , but still aware 

As I was walking down the street, the thought of what happened to that weird patient 

I had many cases , but never one with 5 whole bullets and 17 intentional cuts , what happened to him? What did he do to deserve that? And why was he acting so weird? That was definitely not a suicide attempt , the way the bullets were placed in his body , he couldn't hit himself that way . 

As I was lost in my thoughts, I was so paranoid I thought I heard a scream 

I stopped, shook my head and continued walking, maybe I really need some sleep because I'm so exhausted I might fall to the ground if it wasn't for the thoughts haunting me