I could not make sense of the words on that broken television, I forced my body to get up and look around. I saw numbers of bed lied next to each other leaving enough space between them for a person to stand, all of it cramped in a single room with broken walls which had patches of color coating fallen off, making the bricks inside visible, there were 2 sources of light, first one was the natural light of the sun coming from the open windows and the other source of light was the small dim light bulb clinging on to his dear life. The ceiling was just a big sheet of metal which did nothing but heat up the room even more than it already was, with the only source of air ventilation being the window, the heat inside was nothing to be scoff at
The gowns, the beds were already enough for me to have a rough idea of where I was. It was a medical camp or makeshift hospital to put it gently. I tried to recall how did I end up here but all it did is cause a severe headache, I held my head to rub it and ease up the pain but I felt a cloth around my head with texture which was not unknown to me, it was a rough cloth wrapped around my head acting as bandages. I had a suspicion so I quickly looked down my gown and as I feared, my whole torso was wrapped up with that cloth.
Did something happend to me? Why am I wrapped in bandages?
My mind started spiraling as I tried to think of the ways I might have ended up like this but the more I kept persisting the more my headache kept intensifying. Soon I had enough of it and decided to calm down a bit in order for my headache to ease a little bit, I laid on my back looking at the ceiling trying to calm myself down as I tried to recall my last memory I can remember rather than forcing all of my memories.
"brother I'm scar-"
Ruby? Wait where is Ruby? Where is every one!!!
I got out of my bed in a panic but my hand was stuck on the small flexible plastic tube inserted into a vein and attached to a pack filled with liquid hanging on a metal stand.
IV? What actually happened to me!!?
I snapped it off my hand causing it to bleed, paying no attention to it I looked around desperately for someone who can let me know what had happened, I needed someone to whom I could ask about my family, someone! Anyone!
Docter? Nusrse? Is there no one around right now!!?
The man next to next grabbed my hand, "hey kid, you good? If you are hungry, the food would be here soon." He said.
"SIR! HAVE YOU SEEN A GIRL ABOUT THIS TALL." I asked while keeping my palm around the waist to indicate her height.
The old man closed his eyes trying to recall, he raised his left hand to rub his eyes, he had puzzled look "I haven't, Oh! But I overheard some guys saying many patients are taken to different place especially little kids and elders for better treatment." He replied
"Is that so! thanks for the information sir." I said with a 30 degree bow to show my appreciation and ran towards the door. People in the room had their eyes glued on me due to the amount of noise I made as soon as I got up and now I'm already about to leave. Some tried to call me out, trying to stop me out of worry for my health but I couldn't just not go out to look for my sister and my parents, can I?
As I reached the doorway, I slammed the door open and what I saw changed my whole perspective.
What?...what is going on?...seriously!!!
The broken houses, fallen building, broken cars, all piled up like trash, it was quite a despairing view. Everything you knew, everything familiar, Everything mankind built during their time on earth is all in dust now and despite the fact that this view might just make everyone lose hope; that was not the reason for my reaction...
I saw the sun in the sky... looking tinier than I remembered... not because it had gotten small...but because it was overshadowed ... it was overshadowed by a massive hand... right behind the sun... a hand large enough to fill the entire sky... it was as if the hand is gonna grab the entire solar system in it's palm.
I was frozen, no matter how much I tried; my body just refused to move.
"I see you have woken up." I heard a voice coming from the right, I slowly turned my head to see a man looking like he was in his 30 wearing a white coat with black t-shirt underneath, rocking a cargo pant, black messy hair almost covering his grey eyes.
"You shouldn't be out here." He said with a loud voice "Oh, it must be ya first time lookin at that big ass hand right? Quite scary if I say so myself."
"Are you a doctor? Do you know what happened? What is that hand?" I asked in desperation.
"Calm down kiddo. I'll answer ya questions, just get in ya dammn Bed first."he said as he walked towards me, upon reaching me, He raised his left hand and pointed his index finger towards my bed trough the door, "GO NOW! or the deal is off the table."
I turned and started heading towards my bed. While walking I realized I wasn't frozen in fear anymore. Huh? I am normal again? Did the doctor do something?
I laid flat on my bed and the doctor stood right beside my bed. He started untangling the bandages "The world you know about is no more, keep that in mind."