Wither Plant Ch 6
Ao3 Link.
Doctor takes the sleeping mutant to his tent. He placed her on an exam table. He rolls up her sleeve and finds the green marks on her skin.
“Are they tattoos?” He asks out loud. He leans down to smell her arm to see if he could smell ink. He only smells the greenery of plants and the small scent of a human on her skin. He finds it interesting that she smells like that.
“She said that she has that due to being a mutant.” Harlequin tells him. He sits on one of Doctor's tables, having one leg up on the table and the other hanging.
Doctor hums when hearing that. He wants to find out more about unique traits of mutants.
He gets an empty syringe and an alcohol wipe. He looks for a vein on the inner part of her elbow. Once he does, he cleans her skin and draws her blood.
Harlequin passes him a band-aid to put on where the needle was on her skin. Doctor thanks him and puts it on her once the syringe is filled.
He put a drop of blood on a microscope slide and examined it with the microscope. “Her blood is unique. It looks to be something extra to her blood. I need to run more tests.” He will look at her DNA to look at what truly set her apart from humans.
He will do a more simple test now. He removes his glove and puts a few drops of blood on his claws. Normally the sight and smell of human blood excites him. This blood smells more like plants. He slightly lifts his mask with his other hand to lick the blood off of his claws.
He stands there confused as he double checks what he tasted. To him, it has an earthy plant-like taste. He can taste iron, but a hint of it.
He moves his mask back in place. He grabs the syringe and goes over to Harlequin. “Taste the blood and tell me what you taste.”
“What? Lost your sense of taste, big bird.” Harlequin laughs. He takes the syringe and tastes the mutant's blood.
“The fuck!” He is as confused as Doctor. He hadn't trained himself to pick up certain tastes of human blood. He couldn't pick up the hint of iron in her blood.
He tasted the blood again to make sure that was right. He tasted the same thing again. “I know you're not the one for pranks. Her blood tastes like a plant of some kind.” He looks at the mutant. He wonders how that is possible.
“How much do you think the others want to taste her blood?” Harlequin smirks as he wants to prank them.
Doctor tilts his head to the side as he thinks. “It depends. Ticket Taker might be the only one.” He knows Pierrot likes sweets more. He isn't sure about Jester.
Doctor goes to her. He makes sure she is comfortable on the exam table. He puts a blanket on her. He will do a medical examination on her when she is awake. So she can tell him any medical history.
He had been told by Harlequin that she was given a drugged candy apple. She will be out for a while. He will use this time to study her blood more and learn more information from Harlequin about her.
Time passed by. Harlequin gotten bored and went off to do something. Doctor is keeping watch on the mutant. Once she is up, he will try to do a medical examination on her. If he can't, he will take her to one of the others.
Later he hears some noises from her. He can tell by returning to normal heart beat and the noises she is making are signs that she is awake.
He goes to her side, when making sure to stand far away enough for her comfort. “Sweetie, how are you feeling?”
She softly moans as she wakes up more. The last thing she remembers was eating that candy apple and seeing pink.
She looks towards Doctor. She stares and watches him. As he had tried to draw her blood before. She is glaring at him due to her tired state.
“Are you angry or scared of me? I won't draw your blood.” As he already did.
On hearing that, she calms down. She feels cold laying on the exam table. She tries to cover her body more with the blanket.
“You will be somewhere warmer. I have some questions.” He goes to a cooler and takes out a sandwich and juice for her.
He gives her the sandwich and juice.“It will be medical ones if you can answer them. I will make sure you are healthy.” He won't do what Jester or Ticket Taker did to her before. They used food as a reward.
She takes a bite of the sandwich right away. She paused at what he said. “Will you take away the food if I don't answer?” She moves her body away so he has a hard time doing so.
“No sweetie. You need the food to be healthy.” He will give her food or a drink if she needs them.
He will start off with some really simple medical questions. Her age, any health problems or medications she might be taking. She tells him her age, she has no idea if she has any medical problems.
He goes to his next line of questions. “Do you have any sexual history?”
Her face heats up quickly at the question. She is lucky she wasn't swallowing or drinking, she could have choked.
“I would rather not answer.” She doesn't want to tell him she has never been with anyone.
“Many are shy about sharing that type of thing.” He notes. “Once you're more comfortable sharing it. You can tell me.”
She nods to show she understands. She will never share that with him.
He stops at asking her questions to let her eat and drink. Once she is done. He goes over to her. “I will take you out. Who do you want to go to?”
She looks at him and thinks. “Pierrot. The one in red.” She thinks that is his name.
He nods. He was about to help her down from the exam table but she got down just fine.
He puts a hand on her shoulder as he brings her to Pierrot's trailer.