Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Recovery 1

Rayne laid back down on the hospital bed after dematerializing all of the extra pencils. Her body was still weak from the coma, and processing everything that has happened to her took a lot of mental energy. She felt the exhaustion catch up to her, and shortly after she closed her eyes she fell asleep.

After sleeping for a few hours she woke up to the sound of someone opening the door. Nurse Judy walked in carrying a tray with medicine and water.

"How soon before I can take a bath?", Rayne asked looking up at Nurse Judy.

Nurse Judy smiled in understanding, "Hmmm, lets see. I have you scheduled tomorrow morning for some medical tests to assess your current health and recovery. Once the tests come back, depending on the results I will come by to bring you to the shower room. Please bear with it for now.

Nurse Judy then resumed her medical duties and left to report to the head doctor.

Rayne sat up, feeling more refreshed after her nap. She realized that her arm muscles felt less sore, and overall she felt better. She stretched her arms and let out a sigh of relief.

Rayne reached over to pick up the glass of water to drink, but froze half way. She couldn't see the holographic screen of the multiplier system anymore! She took a few deep breaths to calm herself, I know I didn't imagine it, there must be a way to open the screen again.

She grabbed the water and took a few sips while thinking to herself, So far the system responded when I willed it to do something, maybe I can try a similar approach to opening the screen.

Rayne closed her eyes and visualized the system screen. When she opened her eyes, the holographic screen was floating in front of her. She felt relief after seeing the familiar holographic screen. Rayne then closed her eyes once more and visualized it being gone. Opening her eyes, she was happy to see that the screen was gone once more.

Rayne spent some time practicing opening and closing the holographic system screen. She got good enough to open and close it without much effort, and with her eyes open. Smiling happily, she was just about to open the screen again to try and store another item, when Nurse Judy walked in with a tray.

"Ms. Weston, I brought you some dinner!", said Nurse Judy. She placed the tray on the table near the hospital bed. "The night staff will come to pick up the tray later when they come clean the rooms. I hope you sleep well tonight, I will see you tomorrow morning!". She made sure everything was in order and left the room.

Rayne moved the tray over to her lap and looked down. On the tray was a bowl of vegetable noodle soup. It was very watery, with only a few pieces of carrot and celery, and even less noodle. She sighed looking down at the sad looking soup, her inner foodie was very unhappy.

"Well food is food", she mumbled and grabbed the spoonful to try. The taste was very mild, with almost no salt or any kind of seasoning. This kind of soup isn't even worth putting in the system but lets try to anyway.

Rayne gave the mental command to store the soup she was holding. A sharp pain spread through her head, and small beads of sweat formed on her forehead. She felt like she had to focus with great difficulty but the next moment the bowl of soup vanished.

Rayne opened the system screen and saw the newly added icon- the mediocre hospital soup. Wiping the sweat off her forehead she felt a wave of fatigue wash over her. It seems like storing this bowl of soup was more taxing than storing the candy or pencil.

Rayne decided to eat quickly and go to sleep. She clicked the icon of the soup and a bowl appeared in her hands. The warmth of the soup warmed her hands giving Rayne new information on her multiplier system.

"Ah! It seems it even keeps the state of the item the same! This means I can store all of my favorite meals and eat them hot whenever I want!! I can save so much time not having to cook all the time!", she exclaimed. This new information left her in a very happy mood.

Rayne quickly picked up her spoon and started eating the soup. Her good mood even made the bland soup taste better. After finishing her dinner, Rayne was hit with another wave of fatigue. She laid down and quickly fell asleep.

Rayne slept so deeply that she didn't wake up until Nurse Judy came over to wake her up. The entire morning Rayne was put through numerous medical examinations and only got back to her hospital room in the afternoon for lunch.

Nurse Judy had spent the entire morning with Rayne, helping her in and out of the wheelchair.

Rayne looked at the food in front of her. "This has to be a joke right?", she said out loud. The food was the same bland vegetable noodle soup from yesterday. Do they serve anything different at hospitals?.