And you're right there, but I can't see you

[guardiandevil]

WHO: Matt and anyone who is visiting him in the hospital
WHERE: A hospital...
WHEN: Backdated to Sunday night through Thursday afternoon. Please specify the time and date in your post! :)
WARNINGS: ???
SUMMARY: Matt is in the hospital and people visit him
FORMAT: Whatever you like.

Matt was pretty lousy at this sort of thing. The idea of lying still and letting people poke him and prod him and study his body never sat well with him. He didn't like having to explain away gunshot and stab wounds, or deal with the inevitable vision tests that doctors always seemed to want to perform on him. He especially didn't like that these doctors were strangers to him, people who didn't know him or know his history. He couldn't really trust these people to figure out what was wrong with him, why he'd lost his memories, or why his powers were gone.

But without his radar, he was useless. He felt so paralyzed without it, like he was broken and had no chance in the world of ever being fixed again. Now instead of being Hell's Kitchen's most feared defender he was some pitiful, strung out blind guy. It was quite a way to fall. Sure, he'd experienced a loss of his powers before, but this seemed so much more profound and terrifying. Maybe it was the not knowing how it had happened or who was responsible.

Someone had to be responsible, right? He didn't roofie himself. He didn't rough himself up. But he could remember anything since Tuesday. Whoever had done this had picked the perfect target: without his powers, he wouldn't be able to identify them anyway, with or without the drugs.

As it was now, he couldn't identify the visitors in his room, not without hearing their voices or being told they were there. He couldn't smell people, he couldn't hear their heartbeats. He could do nothing but lie in that bed and wait for some strange doctor to give approval for him to leave.

Matt was pretty sure he was going to go insane.

Comments

[guardiandevil]

You mean my alter-ego?

[He says that as casually as possible, hoping that there's no one else in the room with them.]

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

[ ohmygod matt stop saying it like it's no big deal it's a huge deal. ]

Yeah. Your alter-ego.

[guardiandevil]

[He's just trying to not have her freak out. It's totally a big deal, but keep calm, ma'am. Don't panic.]

I probably shouldn't have said that.

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean for you to.

[ another pause. she feels really bad about this. ]

I'm really, really sorry.

[guardiandevil]

You shouldn't be apologizing, Pam. I did this.

[He pauses, brows furrowing.]

... Did you bring flowers?

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. I thought I should bring something....

[ you can't see it matt but she's twisting her hands in her lap. yup. ]

And I am sorry. I asked, I just didn't think you'd actually answer me.

[guardiandevil]

That was very thoughtful of you.

[He smiles, just slightly.]

It seemed like a good idea at the time. I wasn't really thinking straight.

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to tell anyone. I promise.

[ because she knows enough about super heroes to know that secret identities should really stay secret. ]

[guardiandevil]

Thank you. I believe you.

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

[ there is a pause while pam tries to figure out what to say to him. ]

Can I ask you what happened? Or are you sick of talking about it?

[guardiandevil]

[By this point, Zatanna will have restored some of his memories. So brace yourself, Pam.]

Some people came to my office. I don't know who they were, but they were able to subdue me. When I came too, I was... somewhere else. A lab or something. They had me restrained, they injected me with something, drew my blood.

[He's silent for a moment.]

They were speaking Russian, I only understood a few words.

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

[ she doesn't say anything right away, just bites the bottom of her lip hard and processes what he said. ]

That's terrible. I'm sorry.

[guardiandevil]

Yes.

[He considers telling her that it's okay, but... well, it's not. It's really horrible, actually.]

I don't know what happened to the others, though.

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

Maybe the same thing.

[ poor katurian. she doesn't say anything for a minute. ]

What are you doing to do?

[guardiandevil]

Try to get better. Try to figure out what happened to the others.

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

Do you think they'll come back?

[ the kidnappers, she means. ]

[guardiandevil]

They might. We all gotta keep our eyes peeled for them.

[pamnotpammy.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[ pause. she was going to put her hand in her purse to check her phone but that seems like a risky proposition right now. it would be super awkward to walk out of here with a chainsaw. ]

I guess maybe I should get a better door lock. Or something.

[guardiandevil]

[He frowns, not having meant to scare her.]

That's a good idea in this place anyway. [A beat.] You mentioned that your husband was here?