What in the world?

[Present Time]

Penny touched her head, trying to relieve her lingering headache. When she reopened her eyes, she cast the doctor a look and sighed. 

"Did you find out who Jonathan Pierson is?" asked the doctor, but Penny didn't answer. "Then had you found out what you were looking for?"

Penny stared at the doctor quietly but still didn't respond. She glanced at the fluid injected into her hand, reaching out to the back of her hand to remove it. She stopped when the doctor spoke. 

"I'll get it," he said. "Taking it off like that is dangerous."

"It's not when I'm a doctor, is it?" she replied, removing the dextrose needle from the back of her hand. "Don't worry. I just need some time to think, doctor. I appreciate your help… somehow, it worked."