The Experiment - Chapter 3

Chapter Three

I regained consciousness to the sounds of bleeping, I was rigged up to all sorts of machines designed to monitor me as I lay there feeling hardly anything at all, taking in the situation. I couldn't feel anything below my hip. I could hardly move, only my arms seemed to respond to what I wanted. I started to panic and called out.

"Help! Somebody?"

I was in my own hospital room, confused as to what was happening, and to what had happened as well. I didn't remember much from after I had left the GP. The door opened and in walked Doctor Sandison. He closed the door behind him and turned around to find me awake.

"Ah Sean. Glad to see you awake." He said, but in a grim voice

"What happened?" I asked

"You were hit by a car, a Hit and Run incident. Unfortunately for you, it's not only left you with a broken spine, but your kidneys and liver have been severely damaged...I'm afraid you could die"

The mention of that final word turned my stomach to lead, I could only lay there taking in those words thinking this is it...I'm either gonna die, or I'm gonna be stuck in a wheel chair for the rest of my life.

"Do you remember that conversation we had at the GP Surgery?"

I turned my head to look at the doctor

"Your dragon project? Yeah I remember it"

"There's still a chance it can save your life."

I couldn't believe it, here I was either dying or facing life in a wheelchair and he was still pitching his dragon genetics program. A victim he could just use to further his research

"Is that why your here?? A dying or disabled victim and your pouncing on an opportunity to further your genetic research?" I said angrily

He just looked at me still grim faced, he didn't flinch at my anger at what I was trying to accuse him of. We just stared at each other for a good thirty seconds before he replied

"Of course not, I saw the accident and I brought you here to the hospital. When the staff here informed me of your condition, I asked if I could deliver the news should you wake up. My offer is genuine Sean, you can still have a good, long life."

I stared at the ceiling, lost in thought. "Life in a wheelchair or life as a dragon, heh should really be a no-brainer...but...how do I give up everything I have." Turning my head to look at Sandison.

"I'm afraid it's only a decision you can make, we can inform your parents. But to everyone else, you would have died from your injuries."
I laid my head back, closed my eyes before replying "When do we start?"

Doctor Sandison remained grim faced as he looked at me. "For what its worth, I wish we were going ahead with this under normal circumstances. Not with you laying on your death bed. I hope you survive the process"

With that he injected something into the drip I was on, and I blacked out moments later.