What Happened to Our Love - Marcilo fic - Chapter 2
The hospital corridors were plain white. Combined with the faded bright green of the doctors’ uniforms, it made Marcia feel like she was the only colorful thing around, which was scary compared to the colorfulness of the Wizard Tower.
Thanks to the man at the reception desk, who stared at her cloak and shoes before telling her where to go, she made it to room 516, which looked just like the rest of the rooms at the hospital, whitely scary.
Marcia took a deep breath and knocked at the door. No one answered. She touched the handle lightly and the door opened.
A man in white turned to face her, looking confused. Then he smiled.
“You must be Madame Overstrand. Come in. I’m Dr. Finnico.”
The man said in a heavy accent. He held his hand out and Marcia came closer and shook it.
“Mr. Banda is over there.”
Dr. Finnico pointed at a bed hidden with sort of colorful curtains (they were mainly faded bright green.)
He went over to the curtain and opened it. Marcia stepped closer until she could see Milo, then stopped. He looked awful. Apart from the fact he was unconscious, his arm was lying on the bed in a very weird position, looking broken. His face, though it’d obviously been washed, still had bleeding scratches on it. One of them went from his forehead across his eyelid and to his cheek. Sadly, Marcia thought, it would leave a scar. The same eye was swollen and so was his cheek. He was covered with a thick white blanket up to his waist, probably hiding more injuries.
The doctor smiled warmly at her. He had seen many family members in this state of shock. Fearing for their loved ones.
“You can come closer, if you want.”
Marcia stumbled the last few steps towards the chair beside the sick bed. She sat down, sadly looking at Milo’s face. She brushed his long hair sideways, and moved her hand across the long scratch, feeling the blood on her hand.
“Oh Milo,” She sighed, whispering. “What have you done to yourself?”
Doctor Finnico smiled again. “Maybe you’d like to go and talk to the crew members, they seemed to know what had happened. I’ll send you a message, obviously, if his condition changes.”
“Can I stay here?” The words came out of her before she could stop them.
Dr. Finnico nodded. “You can stay for a while. The nurse is going to come soon to check on him, but until then you can stay.”
“Of course. I must go now, but if something happens, call me. Feel free to come and talk to me about anything, Madame Overstrand.”
Marcia nodded. “Just call me Marcia.”
“Alright, Marcia.” The doctor played with her name. “Don’t worry, Marcia. He’ll be fine. Just give him some time.”
Doctor Finnico left. Marcia stared at Milo’s scared face, knowing she couldn’t use her Magyk because it would look suspicious. Besides, she wasn’t even sure she could heal Milo. He had some serious injuries, ones that would probably require Marcellus’ help. Marcia smiled dully, thinking of what Milo would surely say about getting Marcellus’ help.
She sat there, staring and wondering, until the nurse came and nicely sent her out.
She made her way to the port, with the help of some friendly strangers she could hear wondering whether to call for the police about her. When she finally reached the port, finding The Cerys was awfully easy. It was so different from the rest of the ships at the port, which looked like ships from the Before Times, though the entire city she’d just walked through looked fairly similar to the castle. There were a few really tall towers, taller than the Wizard Tower, and the houses were built differently, but the roads, the shops, the people, were just like in the Castle. Without the Magyk, of course.
The Cerys’ crew recognized her from afar. “Madame Overstrand!” They yelled to her. “Welcome aboard!”
Marcia carefully climbed onto the ship, refusing any help from the men aboard.
“Have you visited the Captain, madame?” The first-mate asked her.
“I have. He’s still unconscious.” Marcia sighed.
“Didn’t a true love’s kiss help?” One of the deck-boys asked teasingly. The look Marcia gave him almost made him jump off the ship into the sea with fear.
“I came here because I want an explanation. What had happened?”
“Um… Well, if you want the full explanation it might take a while… It’s a long story.” The first mate muttered.
“Maybe you could sum it up for me and simply tell me how come my boyfriend is lying unconscious at a hospital.” Marcia snapped at him, and he took a few steps backwards.
“Alright, well…” The first mate choked a little. “The voyage had been very successful, and we decided to celebrate our success by going out for a few drinks. So we found this bar next to the hospital and, you know, your highness, we had a few drinks. And, um, I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the Captain after he’s had a few drinks-”
“I have.” Marcia cut him darkly.
“So you know how he usually acts… So, um, he threatened this guy, a scary looking one, with a horrible accent, and the guy didn’t like it. After a few threats were thrown in the air, the Captain started a fight and both of them ended up with some serious injuries, I must say. The other guy ended up unconscious, and the Captain couldn’t hold himself up. We took him to the closest hospital, which was luckily just a street away. There he lost consciousness. All that happened three nights ago. Since then he’s been there.”
Marcia sighed. “Milo, you have such a talent in getting yourself into trouble it’s simply unbelievable.”
“Um… Madame?” The first mate said hesitantly.
“What?” Marcia snapped, still deep in her thoughts.
“Maybe you should stay here, on the ship. We’re not going anywhere until the captain gets better, and I bet you are planning on doing the same. We have plenty of space here, so you can stay.”
Marcia considered this option briefly for a second before saying: “No. I’m fine, thank you very much.”
Marcia turned around to leave. Sending one last look at Milo’s precious ship, she wondered what to do now. She, of course, preferred to be as close as she could to Milo. She should go back to the hospital, to check on Milo, and after that, she’d find herself some place to stay for the night.
