The Truth

Michael opens the door with his left hand, while the medical kit was in his right hand. His grip on the kit made his knuckles turn white, as he rushed to get back to Hannah. "How is your hand, Hannah?" Michael worryingly asked. He closes the door and went over to her to treat Hannah's hand "It still hurts." She replied. Hannah takes the blanket off her hand, displaying her cut. The blood from her hand seems to have significantly slowed down, but it hasn't stopped yet. "Follow me into the bathroom." Micahel said, walking towards the bathroom. She puts the blanket back on hand, and follows him, with the blanket still in her hand.

They get to the bathroom and Michael turns on the sink. Water flows out of the sink like a small, pressured, waterfall, as Micahel tells Hannah to get her hand into the sink and rinse the cut. Hannah asks Michael what does rinse means, as he opens the medical kit. "It's like washing your hand, but you don't use any soap." He replied as he takes out some of the contents, before finding a manual buried beneath them. He takes out the manual and skims through it, trying to find the part about cuts. "Ow!" Hannah yelled, getting Michael's attention, as he snaps his head to her. He sees her hand away from the sink and dripping on the floor.

"I know it stings, but I need you to keep your hand in the sink and count in your head to 15. Then you can turn off the tap." Michael said. He turns his attention back to the manual and continues trying to find the part about cuts. After a few page flips, he finds an image that shows a hand with a cut on it and reads it. He heard the tap stop as he reads the instructions, and looks at the contents he took out of the kit. He finds the antibiotic gel and looks at Hannah. "Here." He said as he grabs her hand and applied the antibiotic gel to the cut in her hand. "Rub the gel on your cut." He said.

Hannah does what she is told, as Michael reads the next part. He grabs the gauze and wraps it around her hand a few times and cuts it off with the scissors. He tucked in the end into the wrapped bandages to keep the bandages together. "How does it feel?" Michael asks. "It feels tight." she said. "Can you make a fist?" Michael asked.

She balls her hand with little strain and lets go, showing Michael that she can still use her hand despite the bandages. "You should be fine, but try not to use your hand. Let me know if your hand starts to hurt or bug you." Michael said. He started to put the contents away, but stop halfway through as he realizes that he still needs to talk to Hannah. He looks back to Hannah and sees her standing there looking at him, like a lost puppy. "Uh, Hannah?" Micahel said nervously. "Yea?" she asked.

"After I got knocked out- "Knocked out?" She asks, interpreting him. "It means putting someone to sleep, but that's not what I want to talk about. After I fell asleep, what happen with you and Nami?" He said. Hannah stayed silent and didn't say anything. "What happened with you and Nami, after I got knocked out?" Michael said again. Hannah didn't say anything and was hesitant.

"What happened with Nami?" Michael said a third time. Hannah continued to stay silent, but her eyes look like she wanted to say something. Michael decided to do a different approach and got on one knee. "I'm not angry or upset with you Hannah. I just want to know what happens to Nami. I know she hurt you." Michael said in a calm voice while commenting on her hand. This time however Hannah mumbled something that Michael couldn't hear. "Can you say that again." Michael said. "I don't know." She said quietly. "What do you mean you "don't know"? Did she knock you out too? Did she cut your hand? Tell me, Hannah, please!" Michael said, wanting a suitable answer from the girl.

"Then do you remember anything that happened with Nami? Can you at least tell me if she said anything to you after I got knocked out?!" Michael said, starting to get impatient and frustrated with Hannah. Hannah, on the other hand, was starting to get overwhelmed with the questions. They seem to be giving her a migraine as she puts a hand to her head. "Stop it." She said quietly, as a faint purple colour outlines her body. "What did you say?" Michael asked, not hearing her. "I said stop!" She screamed while closing her eyes, and covering her ears as if a loud noise was ringing in them. Her voice sent invisible shock waves to Michael, freezing him in place.

Michael couldn't do as much as twitch his fingers, let alone move his body. She opens her eyes, realizing what she had done, and whatever was affecting Michael had vanished, releasing him from the invisible chains that bounded him. As he began to move, he got up and look down at the girl with a newly found fear that raced through his body. "Get out." He said as he looks at the girl in horror. Hannah was in shock that Michael could even say something like this. Images and voices flashed through her mind.

The sound of a bell coming from an elementary school that was well taken care of, which transitions to kids crying in the middle of a classroom. Her parents smiling warmly at her, but then their smiles turn to the same look Michael gave her. Finally, the front of an abandoned warehouse with crows cawing in the background, and then an image of a group of shadowy figures are standing in front of her. One of them steps forward revealing themselves to be a skinny man with black gloves, wearing a black cloak that helps them all blend into the shadows. The hood was over his face and when he flips the hood, revealing a pale, bald, faceless creature.

She snaps back to reality and runs out of the bathroom, leaving Micahel in there. Michael stands there, realizing what he did, and went to follow her. Michael walk to the living room, and didn't find her there, and turn around and went to the other rooms. After his first two tries, Michael finally discovers Hannah in one of the empty rooms, covering herself in a blanket as she is huddled in a corner of the room. Micahel quietly approaches her and gets on one knee again. "I'm sorry, Hannah. I didn't mean to ask you too many questions. I let the curiosity get the better of me. I shouldn't have done that to you." Michael said apologizing.

"How about we go shopping? I'll buy clothes and some treats for you. Do you like the sound of that?" Micahel said, trying to bribe Hannah. She then slowly reveals herself to Michael, who gives smiles warmly at her, despite what happened half a minute ago. "Can we stop for ice cream?" She asks. He nods his head. "How about we go soon, I need to change and then I'll put my shoes on and I'll meet you at the door. Alright?" He said. Michael walks out of the room goes to the living room and grabs a clean shirt and pants. He goes to the bathroom and closes the door to change.

He opens the door with his new clothes and walks back to where he got the clean clothes from and puts the dirty clothes there. He then walks to the door and started to put his shoes on, and in a few minutes, Hannah comes out of the room and walks to where Micahel is and puts her shoes on as well. "Wait." He said as he left Hannah as she put he shoes on. He walks to the bathroom and grabs the medkit and the washcloth. He walks back to the door, as Hannah has her shoes on. "Are you ready?" He asked. Hannah nods her head, and Micahel opens the door and leads the way.

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11:42 am

Michael thinks about what happened with Hannah before they left the door, and can't shake the faint feeling of fear he had experienced in the bathroom. With everything strange that happens with Hannah, Michael came to the conclusion that it might be better to not ask Hannah any more questions, for now. It would be better for everybody to try to keep Hannah as happy as possible, or else something bad might happen again. As well as try to avoid any more people or creatures like Nami.

"Attention all passengers, the train will arrive in downtown in five minutes." The announcement said, catching Michael's attention. 'Just try to enjoy the day, and make sure Hannah is happy.' Michael thought.