"Hey, when have I ever messed up?" Logan complained. "It’s pretty obvious that as soon as they find a student who has been missing for a while, and comes back in tattered clothes from a planet that had suffered a Dalki attack, the first thing they would do is take him to the medical facility."
It was something the others hadn’t thought about. They had all been to busy and focused with their own problems and kinda thought this would be it. All they could do right now was believe in Logan’s words and trust that he was able to figure out a good plan.
As they took Peter to the medical facility, Hayley went ahead and ran a general check on Peter’s condition. There wasn’t much she needed to do as technology had come quite a way and she noticed he didn’t have any physical wounds on his body.
This meant there was no need for her to personally use her ability to heal anything on the outside.
She hooked Peter up to a large tube-like machine, while also placing several little of what appeared to be white stickers all over his body. The machine would show his internals and display his insides, as well as see if there was something wrong with any of his organs, including his heart. It further looked into the details of his blood pressure and all sorts of vitals.
And, everything could be done with the single use of the machine. This was were Logan’s ability had come to its advantage. Beforehand, before this all happened, Logan was able to fake a sickness and enter the medical facility. During this time, he had touched each and every machine available there.
While doing so, he had taken control of the machines making them feel alive. He could now give them commands and they would follow them whenever he wanted to.
The others sat their nervously, as Hayley would continue to jot down information on her little tablet every now and then. she would look on the screen and then go back to her tablet.
"It looks like you’re in perfect condition," Hayley said as Peter lifted himself out of the machine. "Now I just need to ask you a few questions."
Once again, the others listening in on everything were a little worried. But as she asked him questions, Peter had answered everything perfectly. Hearing this, Logan was nodding his head proudly, but the others weren’t too sure.
The problem was, Peter had answered them all too perfectly. Answering almost immediately and in a robot-like voice.
Hayley continued with her questions while a soldier stood by her side, noting down everything. She had even asked about what had happened to him before this point.
Logan had come up with a backstory that was plausible according to the situation. It detailed about when the Dalki had attacked their group, he had run away and escaped. The only problem was that all his equipment had been left behind and he had no clue where he was.
He travelled through the desert for numerous days, managing to feed himself using the survival skills the school had taught him, eventually reaching a shelter. The problem was that it was the wrong shelter. The shelter only had teleporters that linked to other planets and none back to earth or the military base, but he found out the shelter he had come from wasn’t too far.
He stayed until he regained his strength and purchased a map leading him to the original shelter and eventually returned back to the military base.
Once the questioning was over. Hayley left Peter to be with a soldier guarding him as he rested while she went off to give a report to Nathan.
"So, how is the boy?" Nathan asked.
"Thankfully, he seems to be in perfect condition health-wise but..." Hayley hesitated.
"But what?" Nathan replied.
"It seems like his mind isn’t all there. Sometimes, his response was quite rigid and there seemed to be a lack of emotion. When checking Pio before, he didn’t have any of these signs. Although this could be due to the trauma of being attacked by the Dalki; perhaps, he will come around in the future."
"That’s great news!" Nathan said. "As long as the student is fine, it will be okay. We can inform his parents about the good news for now. They don’t need to know about the rest until later. There is no use worrying them over nothing if he is to return to normal soon. Have him rejoin classes tomorrow."
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