Chapter 12: Twelve

Chapter Twelve.

As the both of them trotted into the ICU in their overalls and required protection gadgets, they still couldn't help but wonder why on earth she was still alive.

As they got to the entrance, Mike faced Mark.

"You should wait outside."

Mark frowned.

"Why?" His friend had better not give him some crap talk about professionalism.

Mike gave him a warning glare, a glare telling him not to push further. His friend could be pretty stubborn at times.

Mark ran his hand through his hair as Nike left him in the empty corridlr. It was still very strange to him. He wondered how she survived the ocean. The amount of wild fishes and at times snakes that stay in there would make sure nobody made it through.

His mind wandered to who she might be. If she was missing, a notice should have been up.

Well that's not my problem.She can sort herself out when she is fine. That is if she wakes up.

The door opened to reveal a faint glance of blue sheets.Mike came out, grinning.

"What's with your stupid face?"

"Can you believe it? Nothing happened to her. Just a little water in her system and she is fine."

"Well, I don't believe you. But I still do, somehow." Mark racked his brain a bit, a little frown on his face, to check if he was saying the right thing.

Mike raised a brow, shaking his head afterwards.

"I think it is called a miracle."

"Yeah right." Mark scoffed, adjusted his stand, his hands on his waist.

The two men stood in brief silence, taking in the very white tiles and blue walls of the corridor.

The silence was once in a while interrupted by a scream of a little girl from some next two rooms.

Mark cringed at the sounds,eager to leave the place already. A little girl with a fairly old robust woman emerged from one of the room. The girl sucked on a lollipop,her hand intertwined with the woman's as her watery eyes dried.

Mark tried guessing what made her cry.

Probably injection.

"So... if she wakes up, what are we going to do?"

Mark asked, ripping his eyes off the unusually huge behind of the woman.

"We get her contacts, inform her family members, get them to get her from here."

Mark thought away for a while.

"What if she doesn't have anyone?"

"Well, we get somewhere for her to live."

"We?"

"Yap. Mostly you. You know how cranky Helen gets sometimes. She might think the lady and I are conspiring to marry each other or something."

"That your wife is quite a show, did she find out about that Charlotte girl?"

"Almost did. I told her she was a nurse from another hospital."

" I am really not going to find accommodation for her. She should be able to take care of herself."

Mike shook his head.

"Why are you so inconsiderate? Just for a few days. You don't really want her sleeping in those cheap,dirty motels, do you? Here comes Sir Cornelius."

"You should really stop calling him that. He is your age mate for heavens sake."

"You know he scares me a lot. Since high school."

Sergeant Cornelius walked towards them, his cap in his hand. His uniform hugged his body,exposing traces of his abs. He had a square face, piercing blue eyes which blended perfectly with his uniform.

Few scars here and there, were evidences of his diligence with a mixture of courage when it comes to his police work.

"Gentlemen," He waved his cap to them.

"Morning Corny." Mark said .

"You look like you woke up on the wrong side today."

"Tell me about it.The lady..."

The sergeant voice came out very husky.

"Found her on the shore. Seems like the water did not get to her system or something." He faced Mike.

"Mike what did you say about her again?"

Mike licked his lower lip,uneasy because of the Sergeant.

"Uh... t-the thing is that, her body ...uh ... it wasn't affected by the water. Just a bit of water in her kidney, we have gotten that out. But the thing is, we don't know who she is, where she is from, who her family members are. We just have to wait till she wakes up." Mark got surprised that Mike adjusted fast

"Wow. That's a huge one, a miracle on its own."

The Sergeant said his eyes piercing Mike's face, who was trying to look anywhere but his face.

"Miracle is a word I wouldn't use. Why not try to use a scientific approach? Maybe she did not drown at a very deadly side of the ocean..."

"Which side isn't deadly?" The sergeant interrupted with his nonchalant voice.

"The sides of the ocean aren't deadly. Anyway, my point is there is nothing like miracles."

"So do you have a scientific explanation for your mom's death. She probably walked on the deadliest part of the earth, right?"

Mike asked him.

"That is different."

Mark retorted.

"You are messed up."

"Okay gentlemen, before you start a fight, let's talk about the lady." The sergeant interrupted them.

"You know, it is funny. The woman looks familiar. Either I have seen her in the papers or on our streets. But I don't recall seeing her here often , so maybe the papers."

Mike said, adjusting his glasses on the rim of his nose.

"Hmm... so, let us assume she is a famous person. Any other thing?"

"I saw a ring .Wedding ring, looks new, so probably newly wedded." Mark added.

"I see." The sergeant stroked his square chin.

"So we have a probably famous newly married lady."

"I see you did your adverbs very well in school," Mark said, a sly grin on his face.

The two men frowned thier faces at him.

"What?"

"It is adjective not adverb, dumbass." Mike corrected.

"Bah, it is the same thing. You can't really blame me. I never paid attention to the teacher, I always kept my eyes on Maggie Feller. Damn, was that girl pretty."

The other two shook their heads at him. It was typical of Mark to give a pretty girl all of his attention.

"I should take my leave now." The sergeant nodded to Mark and winked a rather flirty wink at Mike.

Mike shifted on his stand, watching him leave.

After he had gone and they only saw blue walls, he said.

"I think he is gay."

"Don't be silly. Because..."

Mark was interrupted by the door opening. A nurse pocked her head through the little opening.

"Doctor Mike, she is awake."

Mike's eyes opened.

He put on his nose cover, likewise Mark and rushed inside.

Mark was expecting to see wires and wires connected to her body,but just an oxygen mask and blood drip.

He nodded to the doctor and nurses there.

He stood not too far from the bed.

She sat up slowly, her eyes large, with fear written on it.She felt the mask on her face and removed it.

Mike moved closer to her.

"Miss.."

He said softly.

"Wh-where am I? "

She looked at him piercingly.

"Who are you?"

She shifted her gaze to others, then the bed, then her feet.

"Who am I?"