Episode 5 - Heaven's Trick

Stephanie skipped joyfully as she held her precious letter in her hand. It had been long since she had last written a letter for her mother. Her father, Jack, looked at her with an amused look. It is rare that the child is so fillial. She was always happy when she writes to her mother. Even when, she knew the truth. This child has the heart of an angel. He nods in agreement to his judgement.

"Daddy, I'm off!" Stephanie calls as she leaves the house.

"Be careful of the cars Steph! There are a lot of reckless drivers out there!" Jack did not know why he added the last sentence. Maybe, he can foresee the future. Touch wood! He thought. Nothing will be wrong.

As Stephanie was about to set off, she found that one of her shoes' mouth was slightly cracked open. Strange, I took great care of it, how could the mouth crack open? Maybe tomorrow then I should sent the letter. Stephanie thought. No, I'll sent the letter and then repair the shoes on the way back. Decided to do so, Stephanie left the house with her letter tightly grasped in her hands.

While waiting to cross the zebra-crossing, Stephanie placed the letter on her palms and smiled. Her mother will be so glad to receive her letter. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew and the letter was blown away. Without thinking she rushed after it, and managed to hold on to it after walking forward a couple of steps. As she turned, she saw a sports car speeding towards her. "Bang!!!" She flew backwards and landed on the road. She heard the car skidded to a brake.

"My......letter...." she muttered as she held on to the letter tighter, and lost conscious.

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Outside the operation room, Steven walked to and fro the corridor. Why is it that there are not a single thing with her that shows her identity? Is it because she did not bring? How am I going to informed her parents? Steven's head was filled with questions. Most importantly, would the comic-girl be all right? He watched her pale white and blue dress slowly turned red on the way speeding towards the hospital. She do not look like she could survive.

The door of the operation room opened.

"Doctor, is she all right? Is she alive?" Steven asked as he rushed towards the doctor.

"Yes, she's alive." Steven heaved a sigh a relief. "However, how did the accident affect her, I'm afraid we'll only know when she wakes up." Steven, worried, rushed to comic-girl's ward. There she lay on the bed, with her head bandaged. Steven felt a tap on his shoulders.

"She was holding this tightly when she was pushed into the operation room. But we managed to extract it out." The nurse said as she handed the letter to Steven and left the room. Clutching the letter in his hand, Steven looked worriedly at comic-girl.

The next day, just as Steven thought comic-girl would never wake up, out of the corner of his eyes he saw the fingers move. Her eyes slowly opened and blinked profusely, trying to get used to the bright surroundings. Soon, her eyes landed on Steven, looking at him confusedly.

"Ehh...I'm Steven, from your school." Steven awkwardly starts the conversation.

"Huh? What school? Do I have a school?" The comic-girl asked, even more confused.

"Huh? You....You don't know your school?" Steven stammered. "Oh my God, please let this be a dream." He muttered under his breath. Just then, the doctor entered.

"Congratulations. You have finally awaken. May I ask for your name so that the nurse can help you register and contact your family?"

"Huh?...Ehh....my name is.....my name is....." The comic-girl scratched her head. "I can't remember!" Steven was shocked. Seeing Steven's expression, the doctor told him to wait outside the ward whilst he and the nurses check on the comic-girl. After a couple of minutes, the doctor ushered to Steven, who sat in a daze on a chair, as he leaves the ward.

"According to our observation, we think that it is very likely that the patient had lost her memory due to her severe brain concussion. Furthermore, she might also turn very forgetful and have a very bad memory. However, as her health was not much affected, the patient can be discharged and brought home to rest." The doctor informed Steven.

Discharge? Go home? He did not even know the comic-girl's name, how could he know where her home is? Steven thought as he entered the ward. The comic-girl had hopped down the bed and was admiring the scenary out of the ward's window.

"Hey, the doctor said you could be discharged. Any idea where you live?" Steven asked as he sighed.

"Huh? What doctor?" The comic-girl asked, confused again.

"The doctor who checked you just now lah!"

"Did any doctor checked me? How come I don't know? When did he checked me?"

"Not even 5 minutes ago! Don't tell me you forgot!"

"Yeah...I forgot." The comic-girl mumbled.

"Argh! I bet you don't even know what my name is!" Steven shot back, exasperated.

"I know! Your name is Steven! Correct?" Looking at Steven shocked face, she grinned broadly.

"Are you trying to fool me?!?!?!"

"Fool you for what?" The comic-girl asked, confused.

"Don't tell me you forgot what happened not even a minute ago??!?!?!?"

"Huh? What happened?" The comic-girl asked, even more confused.

"Oh my God, what am I to do with HER?" Steven muttered.

Episode 4 - Angel strikes again.

That day, Steven could not concentrate (though he never did). He kept trying to recall where he had seen the comic-girl, the name he invented for her as he did not know what her name is. Before realising, he dozed off. In his dream, he saw that comic-girl, wearing a white dress. She looked like a angel, but he did not believe in angels, not after she left.

"Bang!" Steven almost jumped out of his skin as he looked up. His extremely boring History teacher glared sharply at him.

"What in the world do you think you are doing, sleeping in MY class?!?!?!?" she screeched. What a witch, Steven thought, or he thought he thought in his mind, but in fact, he had said it out loud, causing the whole class to burst into laughter.

"SHUT UP!!!" She was practically screaming. "You!" She pointed to Steven with her index finger. "Get out of my class, NOW!!!".

"Whatever." Steven commented as he packed his bag and walked lazily out of the class and went straight home to continue his beauty sleep.

Just as he enters the door, he could hear his mother stomping towards him. Oops oh.

"Steven! You are finally back!" His mother started. "Did you know what wrong did you do? How could you sleep in class? You've hurt your poor teacher's feelings, you know?" His mother nagged, following Steven to his room, and see him plopped down on bed.

"Don't act as if there's nothing wrong with that! Running away from school is no small matter, do you understand?!?!" His mother continues.

"That witch told me to leave her class leh." Steven mumbled.

"I heard that! Why can't you respect your teachers once in a while? This is not the first them they've called here, you should know." His mother endlessly nagged on. Steven, feeling very annoyed. got up from his bed and marched out of his house, retrieving his sports car and left the house.

"Steven! Steven where are you going!" His mother shouts after him. "When will this boy learn?" She mumbled.

The more Steven thought about his mother's nagging, the more annoyed he got. The more annoyed he got, he faster speed he drove. "Why can't they give me a break?" Steven grunted. Suddenly, a person ran in front of his car.

"Bang!!!" Steven suddenly brake and leapt out of the car. The victim had flew forward due to the large impact when she collided with his sports car's. When he sprinted towards the victim, he froze. There, lying in a pool of blood, was the comic-girl.