condemed chapter 3

CONDEMED CHAPTER 3!
The waiting room of the city hospital was oddly empty. there were three other people sitting,heads buried in hands,for whoever they had come fors diagnosis.
Alex and i sat fidgeting in our chairs,while the boy lounged on the couch,watching the news.his name was Zack. like us,he found he had unexplained abilities,and an overpowering need to hunt condemers. he was 23,a few years younger than me,and had killed two condemers in four years of hunting. not bad,considering how hard they were to kill.
he also fidgeted,but more from boredom than worry.
he smirked at an ad on the tv and sighed,closing his eyes, a familiar move that screamed boredom.
Alex grumbled about nurses who take there time while i half listened.
  four hours later,we were still waiting. damn.
i watched nurses hurry through the doors of various rooms. Finally,a redheaded woman headed towards us."are you Cams friends?"
i nodded.
"he has a major concussion,three broken ribs, and numerus gashes along his side. judging by the marks on his skin,this was caused by a condemer attack,no?"
"yes.the one by the subway"
the nurse nodded."he should be okay after a few months,and should make a full recovery.although he might be sore for a little while longer."
"can we see him?" alex whisperd,her eyes averted.
"you may,but keep in mind he'l probably be asleep" the nurse turned on her heel.
alex followed the nurse while i turned on zack."you comi'n?"
"yes!anything to get out of this waiting room!"
i turned and followed alex.ignoring the younger man as he followed me.
we had asked him to join us in hunting condemers,and he happily agreed with a'the more the merrier' remark.
i was starting to regret letting the idiot join us.
we stopped outside a door labeled 2022 and opened it.

1 month later...
"i hate this!" Cam grumbled as we helped him into the cab. the doctors had finally given us the go ahead to take him home.
"if it wasnt a condemer attack i would have been out of there so much sooner." he ranted.
"but it was" Zack smirked,leaning against the hood.the taxi driver made a 'get of' motion wich he promptly ignored.
Alex laughed at there immaturness.
Cam glared at her as Zack turned to the pissed off taxi driver and gave him the finger.
i groaned.
"Can you not do that to our ride?"i complained,pushing him off.
"no"he smirked.
the ride home was quick.the taxi driver drove as fast as possible,desperate to get us out.
i thanked the man and handed him the money as he grumbled about 'kids these days'
"like he didnt act the same way when he was our age," alex laughed.
"exactly"zack said,taking one of Cams arms and draping it over his shoulder.
"i can do it on my own " he grumbled like a three year old,but he didnt withdraw from the other man.
twenty minutes and several cuss outs later,we were in the apartment.zack had taken cams bed,but was now moved to the couch as the fire mage moved back in.
"oh sammy?"he called.
"i told you not to call me that!"
"oh.anyways,how about we switch of with the couch and your bed?"he gave me a puppy dog face.
"your so immature"
"pweese?"
"no"
"pwetty pweese?"
"no!"
"pwettty pweese with a cherry on top?"
"NO!"
he backed off,hands above his head.
"okay okay,you dont have to yell!"
i groaned.the boy was so damn annoying.
"DAMMIT!" cam yelled.
"what now?"i grumbled.
"nothing."
"it was definetly not nothing" zack smirked
"i set the pillow on fire" came the other boys reply from the living room.
"i got it"zack shouted,running into the room.
the water mage sprayed a stream of water on the flames.
"thanks"cam looked releved.
"well,unlike someone ive masterd my abilities" zack smirked,staring pointedly at cam.
"SHUT UP!"
we were all getting pissed at this boy.
i noticed zacks black gloves,and wonderd for the umpteenth time if he ever took them off,i had never seen him. i looked up as alex entered the room.
"hey zack?" she asked.
"yeah?"
"why do you always wear those gloves? its not cold outside or in here..."
"i was wondering that as well" i murmured.
"well,i guess since im livin with ya illl have to tell ya eventually" zack started shrugging off his jacket and gloves to reaveal the black tank top that was underneath.what was underneath them surprised me.his right arm was normal,but his left arm,was mechanincal. it was silver,and reached up the length of his entire arm,stopping at his shoulder.where it stopped,black condemer markes spiraled marks swirled on his shoulder.
"your arms artifical!" cam gasped. zack winced."yeah.i dont usally show people 'cause it kinda freaks them out..."
"how did it happen?were you born like this?" alex whiperd,wide eyed. none of us had ever seen an artifical limb that could move like a regular flesh and blood one before.
"ah,no.now thats an interesting story,ya see,i had a little run in with a condemer when i was seven. it killed my parents and ripped off my arm.the police found me half dead.untill i was eighteen,i lived in an orphanage with no left arm. im the first person to have a bio-mechanical arm,but you cant have the surgery to get it untill your eighteen. and beleve me,if i was any younger,i dont think i could have taken the pain." he shudderd as if the memory itself caused hm physical pain."damn zack thats screwed up"cam murmured.
"so im screwed up,who isnt?"
we all just sat awkwardly for a moment.
"AWKWARD!" zack suddenly shouted.alex laughed."ya got that right boy!"
we all laughed uncomfortably."well,with that aside,who wants some chinese food?" zack said cheerfully."
there was a chorus of 'me's' from us,and zack walked over and picked up the phone.
that night,the dreams came again.i woke up sweating,darkness swirled around me as i buried my face in my hands.
'dammit dammit dammit DAMMIT!' i thought.the dreams were just so real. they shoudnt bother me this much.well,no sense in sleeping now. i stepped out of bed and headed into the livingroom. zack lounged on the couch in a black tank top and jeans.
"cant sleep either,huh?" he murmured,flexing his mechanical arm.
"nightmares" i growled,pouring myself a cup of cofee.i blew my shaggy black hair out of my eyes.
"you too?" he looked surprised.
"yeah,you have them?"i was also surprised.mr.happy-go-lucky wasnt so carefree after all.
"every fucking night"
"what about?"
he rubbed his mechanical arm.
"uh,my childhood,mainly my arm getting ripped off"
"when you say it like that,it sounds worse than it actually is."
"it was hell."
"you still remember it that well?"
"like it happend only yesterday"
"thats rough."
"pfft.im fine.what are yours about?"
"i dunno,getting shot by something.its stupid,compared to getting my arm ripped off.it just feels so real."
"yeah.but thats why there called nightmares,right?"
"i guess." i sighed.i was so sick of this shit.
"well,on a lighter note...this is boring"
i snorted."to most normal people,thats not exactly a 'lighter note' zack"
"we really arent 'most normal people' sam."
"true"
"so true"
"well then"
"yes,well than."
"stop that!"
"i shall stop that"
i sighed. this guy was impossible. i picked up the remote and turned the tv on."last months condemer attack was suddenly halted when unknown saviors killed the condemer,now we have been trying to find out who these heroes are, interviews from onlookers say they saw three teenagers head to the place where the condemmer was suppsudly before it died,more after the break"
"were adults not teenagers!get your facts right!" Zack yelled.
i turned the tv off."never trust the news"
"you got that right"cam said from behind me.i nearly jumped out of my skin.
"CAM WHAT THE FUCK!"
he laughed and then clutched his ribs."serves you right!" i grumbled.he glared at me
"ribs still botherin ya?" zack said,stepping up from the couch and stretching.his mechanical arm creaked and he winced."i need to get that tightend up" he murmured.
"so do you have to go in for maintenance or something?" cam asked
"not usally,unless i break a part or something like that,i mainly have to just tighten it now and then,ya know,oil the joints and shit like that."
"so does it come on and off?"
"hell no! the pain to get the damn thing on was enough the first time!"
"you guys are fricking loud" alex mumbled,rubbing her eyes as she walked in.
"mornin!" zack said cheerfully.
"what time is it?" she mumbled.
"like seven or something"
"oh.what damn thing hurts to get on?"
"my arm" zack grumbled."i dont get it,why would it hurt,you just put it on or off right?" alex questioned.
"its not that simple,every nerve has to be connected,every tendon and muscle,and the rehab's a pain in the ass"
"oh.sounds painful"
"you definetly dont wanna go through that." he agreed."not like anyone else has,im the only one.anyway,is alll were gonna talk about is my arm?"
"zacks right,i am going to take a shower" cam said,heading to the bathroom.
i suddenly didnt feel so good.i shrugged it off as just being tiredness and started to go to put my cup in the sink,but i doubled over instead,coughing violently.i clutched my stomache,my lungs and throat screaming as i  coughed.i felt hands on my shoulders and vagly heard voices frantically calling my name. specks of blood started to appear on the white tile in front of my face,and i vagly registerd it as my own.
i felt myself being picked up by strong arms.zack grunted under my weight. i barely felt it when he placed me on the couch. i curled up,finally coming out of my coughing fit.i felt zacks artifical arm on my head.the cold metal felt wierd aginst my skin.
"damn,zack,your arm is cold" i murmured weakly.
"its metal,it does that."
i whimperd softly as my stomach convolsed,and leaned over the side of the couch,throwing up violently.
"oh shit,what the hell is happening?" zack sounded panicked.
"i dont know! im calling 911!"
"no" i murmured.
"shhhh,just relax sam,your gonna be alright" zack soothed
"the ambulance is on there way!" alex called.
my stomache twisted again and i moaned.
"whats going on!" i heard cams voice say.
"we dont know!" alex and zack yelled at the same time
fifteen minutes later i sat up.
"holy shit hes up!" cam yelled. i felt fine,oddly.it just vanished.although,my head was pounding.
"uh sam?how are you feeling?"alex whisperd.
i put my head in my hands."fine."
"okay,what the fuck is going on?one minutes your coughing up blood,and the next your 'fine'?" zack threw his hands up in the air just as there was a pounding on the door.
"its the ambulance."alex mumbled.
zack franticallly was pulling on his jacket and gloves.
cam opend the door."he feels fine" he stated simply,and slammed the door on there faces.
"cam!" i yelled "what was that?"
he shrugged "your fine"
"well thats that then" zack mumbled.
"what was that?" i murmured.
"i dunno,you tell us." cam murmured. "im going to take my shower now."
we all just sat in silence after he left.what was that? one minute my body was screaming from pain and the next i was feeling fine,just a headache? as i said before,my life is screwed.
so screwed.
seriously fucked up.