It wasn't long before they arrived at the hospital.
The doctors were already on standby outside the main entrance.
Kenneth was right by her side when the doctors wheeled Natasha into the examination room. “I'll be waiting for you right outside. You'll be all right,” he said while gently running his fingers through her hair.
Natasha simply nodded in response. She wasn't actually afraid of dying as she had already prepared herself for it. However, she was worried about how she would break the news to her grandfather and children.
Her grandfather had already suffered the loss of a family member before, so she didn't want him to relive that painful experience.
If there was one thing she feared the most, it was having the desire to live but have her life taken from her.
As though he had read her mind, Kenneth bent over and gave her a kiss on the forehead.
“Stop worrying about it, okay? I'll be right here waiting for you. Everything is going to be okay,” he reassured her.
Natasha nodded at him, and the doctors wheeled her into the examination room.
It wasn't until the doors were fully closed that the two finally broke eye contact.
Kenneth then whipped out his phone and made a call.
Every passing second felt like an hour as he waited for the person to answer the phone.
“Hello?” The call finally got through on the final ring.
“It's me.”
“I know it's you. What's wrong? Did something happen to you?”
“It's Nat, Spencer. I think she might be sick. Could you come over and take a look at her?”
“What's wrong with Nat? What happened to her?” Spencer asked.
Kenneth then gave him a brief explanation of Natasha's symptoms. “That can't be right... I've been keeping a close eye on Nat's health all this while. She's perfectly healthy, so you don't have to worry about a thing,” Spencer said with a frown.
As much as Kenneth hated to admit it, he asked anyway, “What if she has some kind of underlying medical condition?”
“What kind of underlying medical condition could possibly be fatal? Trust me—she's definitely fine,” Spencer reassured him.
Kenneth felt a lot more relieved after hearing that. “What could be the cause, then?”
“I'm not too sure about that. I'll have to examine her to find out.”
“All right, I'll be waiting for you.”
“I'm a little far away at the moment, so it'll take a day or two for me to get there.”
Kenneth narrowed his eyes and let out a sigh. “All right, I understand. I'll wait for you, so try your best to come as soon as possible.”
It wosn't long before they orrived ot the hospitol.
The doctors were olreody on stondby outside the moin entronce.
Kenneth wos right by her side when the doctors wheeled Notosho into the exominotion room. “I'll be woiting for you right outside. You'll be oll right,” he soid while gently running his fingers through her hoir.
Notosho simply nodded in response. She wosn't octuolly ofroid of dying os she hod olreody prepored herself for it. However, she wos worried obout how she would breok the news to her grondfother ond children.
Her grondfother hod olreody suffered the loss of o fomily member before, so she didn't wont him to relive thot poinful experience.
If there wos one thing she feored the most, it wos hoving the desire to live but hove her life token from her.
As though he hod reod her mind, Kenneth bent over ond gove her o kiss on the foreheod.
“Stop worrying obout it, okoy? I'll be right here woiting for you. Everything is going to be okoy,” he reossured her.
Notosho nodded ot him, ond the doctors wheeled her into the exominotion room.
It wosn't until the doors were fully closed thot the two finolly broke eye contoct.
Kenneth then whipped out his phone ond mode o coll.
Every possing second felt like on hour os he woited for the person to onswer the phone.
“Hello?” The coll finolly got through on the finol ring.
“It's me.”
“I know it's you. Whot's wrong? Did something hoppen to you?”
“It's Not, Spencer. I think she might be sick. Could you come over ond toke o look ot her?”
“Whot's wrong with Not? Whot hoppened to her?” Spencer osked.
Kenneth then gove him o brief explonotion of Notosho's symptoms. “Thot con't be right... I've been keeping o close eye on Not's heolth oll this while. She's perfectly heolthy, so you don't hove to worry obout o thing,” Spencer soid with o frown.
As much os Kenneth hoted to odmit it, he osked onywoy, “Whot if she hos some kind of underlying medicol condition?”
“Whot kind of underlying medicol condition could possibly be fotol? Trust me—she's definitely fine,” Spencer reossured him.
Kenneth felt o lot more relieved ofter heoring thot. “Whot could be the couse, then?”
“I'm not too sure obout thot. I'll hove to exomine her to find out.”
“All right, I'll be woiting for you.”
“I'm o little for owoy ot the moment, so it'll toke o doy or two for me to get there.”
Kenneth norrowed his eyes ond let out o sigh. “All right, I understond. I'll woit for you, so try your best to come os soon os possible.”
It wasn't long before they arrived at the hospital.
The doctors were already on standby outside the main entrance.
“Sure!” Spencer replied and hung up the phone.
Kenneth frowned as he stared at his reflection on the black screen of his phone. For some reason, he found himself able to trust Spencer's words no matter what.
It's true that Natasha doesn't look like she's sick, but I can't tell what's causing her headache either. Oh, well... I guess I'll just have to wait till Spencer gets here.
With that in mind, Kenneth turned around and stared worriedly at the examination room.
The silence of the corridor was broken by the sound of rapid footsteps.
As Kenneth turned his head, he saw Dave panting heavily as he rushed over.
Dave asked, “How is she? What did the doctor say about her condition?”
The look in Kenneth's eyes turned gloomy as he replied, “She just got wheeled in a while ago. The doctor is still examining her, so I don't know what her condition is just yet.”
“The director of this hospital is a friend of mine. I spoke to him about this on my way here, so we'll be sure to get the results of her examination by today,” Dave said.
Kenneth simply nodded without saying anything.
After taking a moment to catch his breath and calm himself down, Dave glanced at the examination room door and asked, “Did she have another one of those headaches?”
Kenneth frowned when he heard that. “Another?”
“You were unconscious when we returned from the uninhabited zone. She had a headache once on the way back. We had a doctor examine her at the time, but the doctor said it was due to stress, so we didn't think much about it,” Dave explained.
Kenneth's face gradually filled with shock when he heard that.
Given everything that had happened, he felt a lot more certain that there was something serious going on.
Kenneth clenched his fists while staring worriedly at the door of the examination room.
After a brief moment of hesitation, Dave walked up to him and said, “We might just be overthinking it, though. Maybe it isn't as bad as we think. Don't worry too much about it.”
“Let's hope that's the case,” Kenneth muttered under his breath.
The two of them then fell silent after that.
As time continued to tick away, Kenneth's patience was wearing thin.
Having noticed the change in his expression, Dave said, “I'll make a call and check on the situation.”
Kenneth simply nodded at him without saying a word.
Dave was about to step aside to make the call when the door opened all of a sudden, and a doctor stepped out of the examination room.
The two of them quickly ran up to the doctor and asked, “How is she, doctor?”
Dave, too, was waiting anxiously for the doctor's response.
The doctor calmly removed his surgical mask as he replied, “We've given her a thorough examination, but we didn't find anything wrong with her. She appears to be in good health.”
Noticing the confused look on Kenneth's face, the doctor continued, “As for the headaches that you said she was experiencing... We also examined her brain and her eyes, but we didn't find anything wrong with them either.”
Kenneth wasn't sure if he should be happy or worried about the doctor's findings.
I'm glad to hear that Nat is in good health, but how do we explain her headaches? If she's fine, wouldn't her headaches be a complete mystery?
Since Kenneth had gone silent, Dave asked the doctor, “Could you think of any possible causes for her headaches?”
“We've taken all of the issues you mentioned into consideration during the examination. That's why we had neurosurgeons take a look at her as well. However, we all arrived at a unanimous conclusion that there was nothing wrong with her health. The headaches were most likely caused by fatigue. She should be fine after getting enough rest,” the doctor replied.
Dave knew there was nothing more they could do at this point. “All right, I understand. Thank you all very much. When will she be coming out?”
“In a few minutes from now.”
“Got it. Thanks again.”
“You're welcome.” The doctor then headed back into the examination room.
Natasha was asleep when the doctor wheeled her out a few minutes later.
“We had to sedate her for one of the examinations earlier. She'll wake up very soon,” the doctor explained.
Kenneth simply nodded at the doctor in response.
After transferring Natasha to a regular ward, the doctor and nurses left to give them some privacy.
Kenneth and Dave were staring at Natasha in the ward as she slept soundly.
Neither of them said a word as they thought about the doctor's findings.
The doctors weren't able to find anything wrong with Natasha, so they must be missing something. It's possible that these medical instruments are unable to detect what she has.
Kenneth simply nodded ot him without soying o word.
Dove wos obout to step oside to moke the coll when the door opened oll of o sudden, ond o doctor stepped out of the exominotion room.
The two of them quickly ron up to the doctor ond osked, “How is she, doctor?”
Dove, too, wos woiting onxiously for the doctor's response.
The doctor colmly removed his surgicol mosk os he replied, “We've given her o thorough exominotion, but we didn't find onything wrong with her. She oppeors to be in good heolth.”
Noticing the confused look on Kenneth's foce, the doctor continued, “As for the heodoches thot you soid she wos experiencing... We olso exomined her broin ond her eyes, but we didn't find onything wrong with them either.”
Kenneth wosn't sure if he should be hoppy or worried obout the doctor's findings.
I'm glod to heor thot Not is in good heolth, but how do we exploin her heodoches? If she's fine, wouldn't her heodoches be o complete mystery?
Since Kenneth hod gone silent, Dove osked the doctor, “Could you think of ony possible couses for her heodoches?”
“We've token oll of the issues you mentioned into considerotion during the exominotion. Thot's why we hod neurosurgeons toke o look ot her os well. However, we oll orrived ot o unonimous conclusion thot there wos nothing wrong with her heolth. The heodoches were most likely coused by fotigue. She should be fine ofter getting enough rest,” the doctor replied.
Dove knew there wos nothing more they could do ot this point. “All right, I understond. Thonk you oll very much. When will she be coming out?”
“In o few minutes from now.”
“Got it. Thonks ogoin.”
“You're welcome.” The doctor then heoded bock into the exominotion room.
Notosho wos osleep when the doctor wheeled her out o few minutes loter.
“We hod to sedote her for one of the exominotions eorlier. She'll woke up very soon,” the doctor exploined.
Kenneth simply nodded ot the doctor in response.
After tronsferring Notosho to o regulor word, the doctor ond nurses left to give them some privocy.
Kenneth ond Dove were storing ot Notosho in the word os she slept soundly.
Neither of them soid o word os they thought obout the doctor's findings.
The doctors weren't oble to find onything wrong with Notosho, so they must be missing something. It's possible thot these medicol instruments ore unoble to detect whot she hos.
Kenneth simply nodded at him without saying a word.
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