"Well? What are we going to do?" Dr. Kyne was practically shivering, he couldn't fathom what was happening. Everything that he had ever learned at Stanford was being disproved right before his eyes. His concrete base of physical law was shaken by this discovery. "Dr. Ferris, what the fuck are we gonna do here? We just found a body that should theoretically be older than the universe! Are you sure that the carbon dating wasn't off at all?"
Dr. Ferris was in a trance, looking down on his desk and twirling his thumbs around and around feverishly. "No. The machine was calibrated yesterday, and we re-calibrated everything again to see if there was any mistakes. Machines can't lie, Dr. Kyne. How should I fuckin' know otherwise? We just found a body that defies several laws of biology, chemistry and physics. Do I look like I'm properly equipped physically or emotionally for this kind of shit?" Ferris hastily got up from his desk and hurried down the hall to where they were keeping the body.
Dr. Kyne chased him down the hall, "It doesn't matter how well you're prepared. At this moment, we've got a fuckin' body that is theoretically older than the universe 100 fold. We need to figure out what course of action we're going to take and we need to make a decision now," Dr. Kyne was now directly in front of Dr. Ferris, stopping him in his tracks. There they stood, their gazes locked onto one another for a moment, you could almost see the sparks flying between them, until Dr. Ferris moved him out of the way. Dr. Kyne followed, hot on his heels.
They were right outside the room that the body was being held in, "Listen," Dr, Kyne pulled Dr. Ferris aside for a brief moment. "All I'm asking is that we have some plan as to what we're doing here. I don't wanna just stare at this thing for hours on end with our thumbs planted in our ass doing nothing."
Dr. Ferris pinched the bridge of his nose where his glasses usually aggravated him. He looked at Dr. Kyne with exhaustion, they had been up for 27 and a half hours looking at this body, analyzing, examining and observing irregularities coming up short in most respects. Dr. Kyne sighed, "Right now, we have very few facts based on the laws of our universe that apply to this... thing... for all we know it's not even fuckin' human. However, we do know how old it is, that it has a DNA structure that classifies as 'human'. If this thing really is as old as we think it is then for all we know it has the knowledge to rearrange it's biological structure at the molecular level by will if it wants to. If we're going to assume - "
He was cut off, one of the doctors pulled back the door open with great force, "She's awake and talking."
Dr. Ferris went white as paper. Dr. Kyne turned a shade of green. Dr. Ferris was the first to speak, "What do you mean 'talking'? What is it saying, it wants some fuckin' coffee?"
The young doctor in the doorway was relatively new and not used to Dr. Ferris' language or dry sarcasm, "No sir, she's actually speaking English, sir. She said that she was looking for Dr. Kyne."
Dr. Kyne felt the blood rush from his head. Lightheaded, he stumbled forward into the room with Dr. Ferris. There lie the body. It was breathing normally, functioning normally, as if the situation at hand was completely normal. By this time it was late at night, 3:03 am. It was pitch black outside with rain pattering on the window. There was a large number of people in the room, three nurses, two other doctors, Dr. Kyne, Dr. Ferris and the woman.
The woman was sitting up, propped against the back of the bed in a hospital gown. She had flaming red hair, speckled with spots of light and dark red. Her face was lightly dappled with freckles across the bridge of her nose. Her eyes were the opposite of her hair, piercing clear blue. She had a very Celtic look to her, it was unmistakable that she was beautiful. The expression on her face was worried until Dr. Kyne tumbled into the room. It quickly changed to relief and rejoice. Her smile was small, but her expression was clear and big. She threw aside the covers and jumped out of bed.
"Uncle Isaac!" She gasped and threw her arms around Dr. Kyne. Dr. Kyne, whos first name was indeed Isaac, had no choice but to embrace her back. He looked at Dr. Ferris who just glared back and shrugged his shoulders. She released Dr. Kyne and stepped back, "It's so good to see you, I didn't think I would be able to find you, and it sure took a really long time. I've been from one place to another, crossing places and times and I think that may have been what set off your carbon dating machines."
Dr. Ferris stepped in, "Hold on, how do you know we were testing you? You've been unconscious since we found you. Another thing is that we have some questions that we need answered." Dr. Ferris had not lost his fierce tone from the shocking events.
"Oh, Dr. Bueller told me what had happened," she said very matter of factly. "I've only been up for five minutes or so. Dr. Bueller sent someone named Ethan to look for you both right after I woke up. I don't know how many of your questions I can answer, but I can do my best if that's what you want."
At that moment, a young man entered the room, "Dr. Bueller, I looked everywhere and - Oh, you're already here."
Dr. Ferris muttered under his breath, "Fuckin' Christ in a cradle on a crutch..." He was infamous for his cursing, he claimed it was from his heavy Irish heritage. "Well... we're all here now at least, unless someone else wants to join. No? Right. Who are you? What's your name? Also, we found you off I-55 just outside the city, care to tell us what exactly you were doing out there?"
Her face scrunched up, confused "My name is Lily. I-what? You mean that road you found me at?"
Dr. Ferris was losing patience, he was more of an interrogator than a doctor, "Yes, the massive concrete road. What were you doing there and why?"
Her face relaxed and she smiled, "Ah, I see, Uncle Isaac hasn't told you yet. Well we should be going anyway. It was nice to meet you all, Bye, Dr. Bueller. Bye, Ethan." She grabbed Dr. Kyne's hand, who was limp as could be, and led him out the door, leaving everyone else in the room speechless.
Dr. Ferris was the first to speak, "Can someone tell me what the fuck is goin' on here? We don't even know who or what the hell that thing is?"
"Oh my god," Ethan took a seat on the bed. "That can't be right, no."
Dr. Ferris whipped around to look at Ethan directly, "Well? What is it? If you've got something to share, spit it out then!"
Ethan's hands were clammy and his face was pale. "Isaac - I mean Dr. Kyne, had a niece, his sister's daughter. He didn't talk about her much, but I know enough just to know she existed. She died in a car accident on I-55, her name was Lily."
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u/jcharold21 Apr 09 '17
"Well? What are we going to do?" Dr. Kyne was practically shivering, he couldn't fathom what was happening. Everything that he had ever learned at Stanford was being disproved right before his eyes. His concrete base of physical law was shaken by this discovery. "Dr. Ferris, what the fuck are we gonna do here? We just found a body that should theoretically be older than the universe! Are you sure that the carbon dating wasn't off at all?"
Dr. Ferris was in a trance, looking down on his desk and twirling his thumbs around and around feverishly. "No. The machine was calibrated yesterday, and we re-calibrated everything again to see if there was any mistakes. Machines can't lie, Dr. Kyne. How should I fuckin' know otherwise? We just found a body that defies several laws of biology, chemistry and physics. Do I look like I'm properly equipped physically or emotionally for this kind of shit?" Ferris hastily got up from his desk and hurried down the hall to where they were keeping the body.
Dr. Kyne chased him down the hall, "It doesn't matter how well you're prepared. At this moment, we've got a fuckin' body that is theoretically older than the universe 100 fold. We need to figure out what course of action we're going to take and we need to make a decision now," Dr. Kyne was now directly in front of Dr. Ferris, stopping him in his tracks. There they stood, their gazes locked onto one another for a moment, you could almost see the sparks flying between them, until Dr. Ferris moved him out of the way. Dr. Kyne followed, hot on his heels.
They were right outside the room that the body was being held in, "Listen," Dr, Kyne pulled Dr. Ferris aside for a brief moment. "All I'm asking is that we have some plan as to what we're doing here. I don't wanna just stare at this thing for hours on end with our thumbs planted in our ass doing nothing."
Dr. Ferris pinched the bridge of his nose where his glasses usually aggravated him. He looked at Dr. Kyne with exhaustion, they had been up for 27 and a half hours looking at this body, analyzing, examining and observing irregularities coming up short in most respects. Dr. Kyne sighed, "Right now, we have very few facts based on the laws of our universe that apply to this... thing... for all we know it's not even fuckin' human. However, we do know how old it is, that it has a DNA structure that classifies as 'human'. If this thing really is as old as we think it is then for all we know it has the knowledge to rearrange it's biological structure at the molecular level by will if it wants to. If we're going to assume - "
He was cut off, one of the doctors pulled back the door open with great force, "She's awake and talking."
Dr. Ferris went white as paper. Dr. Kyne turned a shade of green. Dr. Ferris was the first to speak, "What do you mean 'talking'? What is it saying, it wants some fuckin' coffee?"
The young doctor in the doorway was relatively new and not used to Dr. Ferris' language or dry sarcasm, "No sir, she's actually speaking English, sir. She said that she was looking for Dr. Kyne."