Not so dead yet

Chp1//The body

I hazily woke up to the sound I dreaded the most for years, my phone ringing. Now why do I dread that sound? Oh yeah cause it's 2 am and probably (most definitely) from work. I rub my eyes before glancing at my alarm clock while picking up my phone on the bedside drawer.

"Yes?" My voice cracked, still not fully functioning obviously. Who could at this bloody hour?

"Doctor Collins, sorry to intrude in your beauty sleep", sure you are, "But it's very important that you arrive here at the hospital immediately" better be

"Has something happened?" Half asleep already

"Yes, very much so... It appears that someone has dumped a mutilated corpse right in the front entrance"

"Wow... why aren't you calling the forensic pathologists you idiot? Haha"

"Doctor Collins.... you are the forensic pathologist"

I slap myself awake before embarrassing myself even further than I most certainly already have. I whip off my warm blankets and slowly got my shit together before driving my sorry ass to the morgue. I pull into my usual parking spot in the day and weave my way around the cars to get to the main entrance which was closed off by police.

"Hey I kinda have to get through here, I'm a doctor and I need to see a body" I informed the policeman who hurriedly replied, "No can do ma'am, you'll have to find another way in" what a great time to not bring my tag

I sighed about to give up when my eye caught Daniel Lee waving around frantically trying to get my attention from inside the hospital. He mouths to go around the back and points to the right which was my left before jogging in that same direction. I walked around the left side of the hospital lost and very confused at this point until Daniel swung a mystery door open grinning at me his signature grin. You know what grin I'm talking about.

"You son of a gun!" I rushed into the building and we were immediately off to the morgue.

"Victim has lacerations all over body, all require surgical stitching and -" Daniel Lee, black hair, dark brown eyes, wears those cute round eyeglasses and looks like he just came straight out of a kpop group.

"Are you even listening anymore?" He asked as we turned the corner into the main hallway.

"Of course, carry on" I definitely wasn't listening

"Basically stitch them up as best as you can, the body is already down there" He's too smart for his own good

"Them?"

"He or she is completely unrecognisable, that's why we called you to work your magic" before I could utter another word Daniel was already leaving me to take the elevator into the morgue.

The doors open and I immediately feel like I'm in a fifty shades of grey scene except there was no hot tycoon in sight. I open the heavy doors to my reality: dead people.

"Good morning my lovelies!" I say rather cheerful, no reply, thank god.

I turn to see a body draped in a use-to-be white cloth already on the table, must be the new body they just found. I stand over the body mentally preparing myself for what I was gonna see. I quickly took the blood soaked sheet off, eyes shut tightly before opening them slowly only to reveal.....

"Are you kidding me?"

...Disappointment

Yeah his arm was mutilated alright but there wasn't a single scratch on the rest of his pale ass body... so much for "completely unrecognisable" I scoff getting my stitching equipment all ready to reconstruct his elbow and shoulder.

I grab the needle trying to thread it but a shuffling sound stopped me dead in my tracks, Either Esther is playing one of her crazy stunts again or Daniel is investigating what I'm doing. I choose the latter.

"Esther you know -" I started

"Oh why no doc, I don't know" a very sarcastic voice replied eliminating the Esther or Daniel possibility.

"Oh sorry you a new doctor here? Never heard you around" I ask too busy with the needle to turn around.

"Let's say I'm more like a patient" He says as cracking noises filled the room

I turn around and in horror I jerk backwards against the surgical tools causing a loud crash of metal tools hitting the ground. The corpse... was alive, he sat up cracking his bones back into place. His skin regenerated around the wounds, that would explain the whole totally not being mutilated thing.

"Jeez Doc I was really hoping you wouldn't turn around" I open my mouth to scream but nothing came to.

"Y-you!" I say pointing a shaking finger towards him

He twists his distorted elbow around with several loud cracks of his bones and him swearing under his breath before replying to me.

"Listen, you're not supposed to know about us so I'm gonna erase your memories now, cool? Okay" Before I can move he's off the table and looking at me dead straight into my eyes with his piercing grey eyes.

"You'll forget everything about tonight and wake up here thinking you stayed over to work on a body" He almost sounds like he's ordering me around...

He smiles at me, gorgeous, pats my shoulder with his cold hand and starts to make his way to the exit.

"Um mister corpse? Could you like go back to being dead so I can wake up from this crazy dream and just finish my job..?" I sigh deeply which made him freeze... if he could even get colder..

He slowly turns around on his heel with a confused look on his face with a slight hint of amusement.

"Doctor..?" He looks at my name tag "Doctor Collins, say yes"

"Uh.. no? Why?"

"Ah it seems as if my mind control doesn't work on you for whatever reason" his voice was filled with amusement.

"And you know what that means now don't you?" He walks towards me slowly making me panic inside.

He taps my nose quickly sending a chill down my spine.

"No one will believe you even if you do tell but do us a favour and let's keep this between you and me" he smirks grabbing his shirt and jacket from behind me making my heart beat faster than it ever should have for a dead body.

"Mr corpse!" I called out just before the doors closed but it was too late... I just let a hot dead man walk out my morgue. The door opens again revealing Daniel's flawless face.

"Doctor Collins.... where's the body?" A look of concern flooded his face.

"I wish I knew the answer to your question without sounding crazy Daniel but I don't know"