We Need To Return Home

"Ready to go?" Nigel tied up his shoelace after glance a little at Loula who wears a black tank top and knee-length tight.

She bends her body a little to put on her sport shoes and said with an energetic voice.

"Yup. Let's go. 5 KM again?"

"Um, let's make it 10 KM today." Nigel stood up and set his watches.

Loula put her wireless earphone and turn on her iPod. She runs and leaves Nigel behind.

Nigel smiles and follows to run behind her.

….

Chase put a soft pillow on his neck and lay on the couch while reading his book.

He takes a peek at the room which was the stranger man sleep on the bed inside the room.

'Who is he? I think I've seen him somewhere. But, I couldn't remember at all..' he thought for a while before he continues to read his book again.

After past 12 at noon, he stands up from the couch and walks to the kitchen counter. He wants to make some lunch for all of the house members.

When he is busy at the kitchen, Nigel and Loula walk inside the beach house after finishing their so-called 'morning run'.

"Yo Chase, making some lunch?" Nigel ask. He walks to the fridge and gulps a bottle of mineral water.

Chase nods his head.

Loula fanning her face which is looked like a burning shrimp. The sun already right at their heads, so of course, it's hot right now at the outside.

"Pass me a bottle of mineral water," she said to Nigel and sit at the stool facing Chase.

Nigel took another one and handed it to her.

"Is he awake?" Loula ask.

Chase shake her head.

Nigel pats his shoulder wants to go upstairs and take a shower.

Akiko and Joe also were just waking up. They went to the kitchen and sit in front of Chase. Waiting for him to finish making them lunch.

Akiko turned her head to the room and ask Chase.

"Did you already take his record?"

Chase stop from slicing sashimi on the cut board. He looks at Akiko and shakes his head.

"I forgot," he said.

Joe and Loula turned their head to the voice.

"Awwie~ please speak more Chase. You have a beautiful voice." Loula makes a face.

"Yeah man..it's very rare for us to hear you speak, except for the emergency which is very rare to happen.." Joe also encouraging him to speak more.

Chase just shrugged his shoulder and ignore them after that. He continues to make lunch.

Akiko on the other hand takes a file from the compartment on the wall, she walks inside the room to take the record for the patient.

Just when she wants to walk out of the room, suddenly the monitor beeping rapidly.

She turned her head to the patient and found him start having a seizure. His body shaking strongly and he starts to ventilate and gasping for air.

"Chase! Code one!" Akiko shouted to him and immediately wear her glove.

Chase who in the middle of making lunch immediately puts down his knife and dash to the room followed by Joe and Loula.

"Call Hazel now!" Loula instructs Joe.

But immediately Chase holds her hand and shakes his head.

"She's sleeping."

"So, as second in command, what is your instruction?" Joe asks him. All of them already put a mask and gloves.

"Use this. 1.5 ml." he passes the small bottle to Loula and walks to the patient. Opening his eyelids, he examined his eyes using a torch.

"That's too much Chase. He will go to a vegetative state." Lola said while rummaging inside the cabinet try to find the syringe.

"It's for temporary. His condition now is not allowing him to have any convulsions or else, he dies."

"Now, Loula!" Joe stretches his hand asking for the syringe.

Immediately Loula passes him the syringe and he injected it into the patient's neck.

After a few seconds, he stops moving and his body muscles start to relax a bit.

Akiko releases a sigh of relief. She had to use her whole energy to hold him down together with Joe.

Chase then carefully open his bandage on his head to check on his wound.

'It's too dangerous. He could have died and the wound already starts to bleed a little.'

"Is it that bad? The stitches?" Joe asked when he saw Chase frowned a bit.

"The wound is severe. If he had another attack, he would not survive again."

"What should we do now?" Loula ask.

"Wait until Hazel wakes up." he wraps up back the bandage and takes off his gloves.

The three of them also follow behind him.

He resumes to make his lunch and ate it while rereading his book again.

...

Hazel wakes up in the evening, she looks at the clock beside the table. It's already passed at 5 PM. She gets up from the bed and took a shower before she went downstairs.

She looks at Chase who is laying on the couch and read his book, she shifted her eyes toward Joe and Akiko which is now sitting on the floor and watch a movie on the flat screen.

She did not see any figure of Nigel nor Loula at the living hall.

"Where are Loula and Nigel?" she asks making all three of them turned their head on her.

"Nigel, he went to the town buying his girlfriend a souvenir. Loula…hmm, I think she had a date with one of the local men around the town maybe?"

Joe helps to answer it since he knew there is no way Chase will open his mouth if not necessary.

"Oh." she scratches her head and looks at the bedroom where the stranger man still inside.

"How is he? Did he wake up yet?" Hazel ask again.

Chase closed his book and stood up from the couch. He looked at Hazel's eyes and said: "We need to talk."

Hazel frowned but she still follows Chase from behind. Joe and Akiko also do the same.

They walk into a glass room window. Inside there is a set of tables and whiteboards.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"We need to move him out," Chase replied.

"What? Why?"

"He's having a convulsion earlier. I gave him 1.5 ml, he should be in a coma right now."

"What?? You put him into a coma?" Hazel jerk out. She could not believe what she just heard.

"Wait! Did you give him 1.5 ml? His condition is too weak to take that dose." Hazel looks at him and shifts her eyes to both Joe and Akiko.

"His vital is stable right now. But he needs to get better treatment. We don't have complete equipment here, Hazel. And you know that well."

Hazel sighing heavily. She knew Chase is a talented doctor besides her. He will do anything to make sure every patient has a chance to live. So, every decision he makes is actually a good move.

She rubs her temples.

"Then your suggestion is?"

"We need to return home," Chase replied as he looks at Hazel's eyes.