MAN FROM TOMORROW (EPISODE 59)

Martin was already on edge, but his eyes widened when a man burst through the flaming doors of the school. He barely made it out into the courtyard before collapsing, but there were children in his arms. Three tiny bodies protected by the giant of a man whose flesh was blistered and red and blackened from the heat, flesh practically on fire like the building itself.

To him, the body shape was unmistakable; there was no one else who could possibly survive such a task. He watched in awe as several medical personnel ran out to the man with a stretcher and struggled to lift him onto it. Someone else dealt with the children moments later. All of Martin's guilt washed away. If Kevin was the one who saved the children left inside, then there was no way he started the fire.

Anita had moved long before Martin had; her eyes had found Kevin. She was following him to the nearest ambulance, Martin was slow to follow behind her. She spoke to the EMT while Kevin was being loaded inside, convincing them that she was related to him and wanted to go to the hospital with them. After a bit of a debate, they allowed Anita to be seated inside as a relative. Martin, on the other hand, had other plans.

The driver had hopped inside when Martin held the door open. The driver's eyes widened with fear when Martin put a gun up his face.

"Get out of the vehicle," Martin demanded. The man didn’t argue with the gun.  Once the driver was out, Martin jumped inside and flicked on the sirens, driving off through the path that’d been cleared for the ambulance. Anita didn’t realize what happened at first. she looked away from Kevin into the front of the vehicle to see where they were. Seeing Martin instead of the ambulance driver, she panicked, knowing what he intended to do.

"Martin! You have to take him to the hospital! He'll die!" she screamed at him, furious that he was willing to risk the man’s life.

"We can't take him to the hospital. There's... there's something different about him,” Martin paused, not sure what else to tell her. “It's him that everyone is after; the hitman, the FBI, the Korean goons and god knows who else. We could put a lot more people at risk by taking him somewhere public," Martin shouted over the rumble of the siren. It was only part of the truth- martin was insanely curious about what made Kevin different. He knew he wouldn't be able to get the information he wanted if he handed him over to the state's doctors.

"A-alright,” Anita stuttered after a long silence. “I- I have a friend who works in the medical field. He's not a traditional doctor, but he may be able to do something for him. If you are lucky he might also be able to find out more about Kevin and whatever it is you think makes him different."

Martin considered her proposal for a moment. It was more convenient for all of them if Kevin was kept alive as long as possible, and if he was going to do that, the man needed medical attention.

"Alright. Tell me where to go."

And she did.

(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)

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