The Otherside

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Escaflowne. These characters belong to Bandai and Sunrise. Don't own, don't sue. I'm sure you all get the drill. Oh and I used stuff from the very first show of “Gray’s Anatomy.” So that to.

Chapter 3: Twenty-Four

Hitomy stood outside the French doors looking at the sign above the door. It read, “La Nueva Children Hospital Unite.” She took in a deep breath and pushed the doors open. She walked in she showed the registrar some documents. The lady told her to wait in room 105 and motion to the right side of the hallway. Entering room 105 she was greeted with sixteen other residents. She smiled and sat in one of the desk. They were all waiting for their senior to come and discuss everything with them. The chief entered the room and after calling roll quickly he motion for them all to follow. He gave them the spill of “the game,” and told them that this was going to be the hardest year of their medical career. They only had one year as interns and if they survived two years of residency. “Welcome to Pediatrics,” was the last thing he said as he took them to the locker room and told them to get ready and wait for their assigned resident. They were all going to be divided into groups of four.
She got her looker and put her things in it. She was happy that she had already gotten her scrubs on already. It was one less thing she needed to do as she studied her competition. There were six girls and ten guys. It was a male dominated intern group. She retied her shoe as she listens to each group being called out. Her name was finally called and she was going to be with Dr. Venable. She had one more girl with her and two guys.

They walked up the hall and were confronted with a Barbie. He name tag read…Dr. T. Venable. She sighed, this was going to be a long year.
“Okay interns, you are the bottom of the doctor food chain if you want to survive you need to follow everything I say. When I say jump, you say how high. Here are your pagers you will be on call. The nurses will page you and you will answer each call at a run. This is not a clinic this is the Children’s Hospital in this whole area. You will have twelve hours days starting now. You will be here till’ midnight. As my group you will start the next shift promptly at midnight to noon. Then you are off until the next day. So, your first day will be exactly twenty four hours. After that you will be here from six in the morning till three in the afternoon. Follow me; I will be helping you become the real doctors. Okay, the first twelve hours will be done in you assigned areas. Capwell you are in patient work ups, Santana you on Labs, Kanzaky you get with nurse Plasik and do exams on the patient she hands you, and Rivera you need to take care of patient Kane in room 1123. That little boy just came in; here is his file. Let’s meet at midnight and get me if you need anything except when I am sleeping. You better not wake me up unless the patient is dying. I will be going around checking on everyone of you. Page me immediately if there is a 911 page on your patient.

oOo

It had been twenty-three hours of hard work and learning. It was basically day one shift two. Her Barbie resident was a Soviet Guard. She finally found out that was what they called her “the Guard” or SS Venable and some called her “the Barbie.” You know the equally bad as a Nazi soldier; Russian a.k.a. Soviet soldier that besides being super deadly were equally nuts (that’s American for crazy) and totally composed, killing machines. This was her last hour and the Barbie had order her to do more medical rounds. It seemed a doctor had to leave for the hour and the Barbie thought it would be good for her to practice more. She was dead tired and was actually counting the minutes till she got off. She walked up to the first room and read the file of the first patient she was going to have this hour. It was a little girl. She stretched and knocked on the door as she entered.

Hitomy entered the room to see the back of a young man and a little girl hiding under the covers. She could not help feel a smile tug at her mouth. She cleared her voice. "Hello, I’m Doctor Kanzaky. Sorry, Dr. Jordan could not attend be here but he left me to take over." She smiled at the girl that stuck her head out of the covers at the sound of her voice.

Then the young man turned with a relieved look to know that it was a new doctor. He turned to see this new female doctor and he felt his jaw drop, as his eyes grow. She seemed to not even notice him. She was totally focused on the hiding girl in the bed. She walked up to the girl. She grabbed a chair and sat right next to her. In a sweet voice she asked, "So what is your name little one?" The little girl losing her shyness sat down and said in a cute voice, "Merle."

"Well Merle I'm Dr. Hitomy. Can you please tell me how old you are Honey?"

"Six"

"Wow, six you’re a big girl Merle. Well, Merle why did you come visit me today?"

“Well, my head hurts and it’s hot. I feel hot all over. I just don’t feel good. Everything hurts. I cough a lot like this and I itch everywhere. I got some polka dots too.”

“Really, that’s not good. How long have you felt like this Merle?”

“Sense yesterday.”

“Okay Merle, would you let me use my doctor check up tools to see if I can tell what you have? See, they are not that scary and it will help me find the best thing for your hurts.”

The little girl nodded and Hitomy got her thing and did their check up on Merle. When she was done she wrote all this in Merle files. It was obvious to her that Merle had the chicken pox and her rash was just coming in. She noted everything in the file and turned to the person that brought her. He was a young man not much older than her.

“You are…”

“I’m Van Fanel. Merle’s older brother and legal guardian.” Van replied as he saw the girl infront of him nod.

“Mr. Fanel and Merle I’m sad to say that it is the…Chicken pox.” Hitomy told them as she looked at both of them. She smiled at the faces they made. She tried to keep a straight face as she continued.

“The Chicken pox is nothing out of the ordinary for girls’ Merle’s age but sense it is a virus it cannot be killed. So all we can do is treat the symptoms. Okay, I have eight steps you can do to treat it at home.

Step1: Place cool, wet compresses on the rash to relieve the itching.

Step2: Use calamine lotion to soothe the itching.

Step3: Take a bath in oatmeal, which is very soothing to the skin. A commercial oatmeal bath such as Aveeno will not clog your drain. If you use regular oatmeal, put it inside a nylon stocking and hold it under the running bathwater.

Step4: Trim a young child's fingernails so she doesn't scratch the rash.

Step5: Consider putting mitts on hands if they cannot stop itching.

Step6: Use acetaminophen to reduce fever, aches and pains.

Step7: Eat soft foods and avoid acidic juices if there are pox inside your mouth.

Step8: Stick to a nutritious diet to boost the immune system.

If you do all this steps it should help a lot and the chicken pox should be gone in a week or so. Okay, Merle has to stay at home until the chicken pox is gone and her sores are at lease dried up and fading. I will make a note for you guy. Also, we have some acetaminophen or Tylenol I can give you and some calamine lotion. Is their any questions?”

“No doctor, I think I can follow all these instructions…Ah well … Can I speak with you in the hallway for a second.”

“Sure”

“Okay Merle give a few seconds I’m just going to ask the good doctor a few questions. Stay put or else.””

“kay kay brother.”

They both step into the hallway and left the door half way open. Before leaving the room Hitomy had turned on the television on and left Spongebob on for Merle. She looked at the young man infront of her.

“Doctor, is their anyway you could give her some of the medication to her now. It is a real pain to give her medicine. She fights us tooth and nail. Also, is their any sleeping medication you can proscribe her. So she sleeps at night instead of crying because she will cry until she tire’s her self from the itching or because we forced the medicine down.”

“Okay, I don’t see a problem in that. I will also give you some Tylenol that will make her drowsy and sleepy. So you can give her the normal one during the day and the other at night. I will type up the instructions for you. Also, I will chat with Merle and hopefully it will help. If you keep give me a few minutes I’ll get that done now.”

He nodded and went inside the room with his sister. Hitomy looked at the clock and saw that it had taken twenty minutes to get all that done and she still had forty minutes left. It would take her max ten minutes to type all the instruction and find the prescription she had promised. She sighed and went to get it. This was the longest day in her life.

A Few Minutes Later

Hitomy was about to walking in when she saw Merle on her big brother lap as he recited a poem. Hearing his voice she decided to wait at the door and listened to him.

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

"That's “The Tyger" by William Blake. It’s one of my personal favorites."

She sat down and put a few little boxes on the table next to the bed. "Merle, guess what? I get to give you a shot.” At that moment Merle's happy face drained of all color and her smile became a face of terror.

“Just kidding. I’m actually going to give you some medicine that will help you get better. It’s going to help with the hot’s and the hurts. So if you let me give it to you and you’re a good girl I'll give you a loli-pop and a sticker you can pick. I have this big box here with so many to give to a good girls. Also, you can ask me as many questions as you like while I'm doing this." She said giving the girl a smile for reassurance. The little girl smiled and opened her mouth. It she was going to get candy and stickers! Also, a plus with asking some questions she’s been itching to ask.

“You know Merle this medicine tasted just like grapes. Gosh you’re so lucky. When I was younger I got the nasty green stuff.” Hitomy said as she gave her the dose of Tylenol. She gave her a glass of water she had brought with her and Merle gulped it down. Hitomy started to massage some of the calamine lotion on Merle. While she was looking through the stickers Merle opened her mouth.

"Hitomy how old are you? You look just like Van."

"I'm 20 years old. I'm kind of smart. So, when I was 12 I graduated high school and went to a university. I just graduated from medical school and I get to do this thing called internship her at this hospital. In other words I get to practice being a doctor here for a year.”

"Wow, my brother is 20 he's going to be 21 soon and then will have a big party! You should come!”

"I think your brother may want all his love ones and friends there not some boring, nerdy girl he met today"

"Van, Please tell Hitomy to come! Make her come! Please I really like her!" she begged in a loud voice.

Van smiled. He was kind of happy his sister was asking him. He couldn’t deny that Dr. Hitomy was gorgeous and very kind plus she was great with kids. She even tamed Merle. She seemed perfect. However, a little voice inside him kept on telling him that she may be freaked out if he asked. He sighed and listened to the little voice. If he was going to get this girl he had to play his cards right. It’s not everyday you find the girl of your dreams.

“Dr. Hitomy, if you would like to come that would be great but I bet you would be busy so it’s no obligation.

"Thanks for the invite. I really appreciate it but to be honest I just got here a couple of days ago. I haven’t really gotten to hang out with my family. Sorry Mr. Fanel and Merle I can’t promise anything.”

After giving merle her medicine and putting it all away she gave Merle the loli-pop promised.

"Well, that was all. I all ready printed the prescription and instructions so you guy are all set to go. Any questions?

"Hitomy"

"Yes, Merle"

"Are you wearing contact's?"

"No. These are my natural eyes."

"They're really beautiful"

"Thank you"

"My Brother thinks your beautiful."

"Does he."

"MERLE!" Van yelled.

"What?"

"Shut up."

Hitomy just chucked under her breath as she gave them the papers and things. She helped Merle off the examination table and silently walked them to the front. It had taken most of her hour to examine her. Now she had ten minutes to spare before it was time to leave.

"Well Merle and Mr. Fanel this is my stop. Just go to the front desk and you can get all settle there. I hope to see you guys around. It's been fun. c-ya." she said and waved them good bye. She had to smile this two really lighted up her day. She still had to talk to Dr. Moreno.

oOo Van's LUCK oOo

He had just dropped off Merle home; leaving her with his aunt and Millerna. He needed some time to think. Well, the only thing that came to mind was that girl Hitomy. He could not believe she was 20 years old. She must be one of those geniuses you hear about on TV. Why would she even give him a second glance? She was a doctor for crying out loud. She was surrounded by professionals. She probably all ready forgot about him. Merle just had to open her big mouth and invite her. She probably thought they were creepy. He, a total stranger inviting her to a party.

Still she was something. She was so beautiful. When she came in to the room he thought he was looking at an angle. Her honey gold hair tumbling down her back. Her mystic green eye shining brightly like emeralds. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. It was a miracle he didn’t make a fool out of himself.

He shocked his head to clear his mind. It was going to be hard keeping his mind off her. He'd be a lucky man is he ever saw her again. Merle tended never to get sick. So he was out of luck their. He swore Merle was a cat in her past life because she had nine lives and always landed on her feet.

He still had a few minutes to spare before he need to meet with the others. Starbucks sounded nice. He drove to the only Starbucks in town and was happy as he parked and got out of the car. He crossed the street only to meet up to the person he was trying desperately to keep from his mind.

“Doctor Hitomy?” He called out. The beautiful creature turned around and with searching eyes found his. She smiled as he walked up to her.

“Ah, Mr. Fanel it’s nice to see you. What brings you here.”

“Actually, up the street there is a Starbucks I was heading too.”

“Really, I was actually looking for it. It’s been for ever sense I’ve been here and back then there wasn’t a Starbucks. Then again, I wasn’t allowed to go out without my brother or dad.” Hitomy said as he watched him laugh.

“I’ll lead ya, my treat.” He said with a smile.

“That you’d be awesome! Thank you Mr. Fanel.”

“You can call me Van. Come on.” He said as he started walking. She followed and matching his step added, “You can call me Hitomy.”

Author's Note: Okay, I'm note sure if this chapter is exciting or not but for my old readers I have totally change this chapter. I kind of like the change I did to the last part. I think it is way better than the original. This was originally called shot's but, of course sense I change the whole chapter it needed another title. I hope you guys like it and sorry for the grammar and spelling. I hope I have improve a bit. Well, please Read and Review let me know if I need to fix something and tell me if you like the chapter. Also, let me know what should happen next. That way it will help keep my mind running. Thanks!