Mateo is finally getting out of the hospital today. The detective asked him
all sorts of questions about who stabbed him on the street, but Mateo was
prepared for this. He came up with a lie about how he didn’t know who she
was, or what she wanted. She seemed pleasant enough at first, but when he
tried to explain that he didn’t speak German, she grew irritated and
impatient. Her anger with him continued until she just took out a knife, and
shoved it in his stomach. She must have been wearing gloves, which would
explain why only his fingerprints are on the weapon. It was a ridiculous
story, but nothing that the authorities could disprove. He obviously wasn’t
at fault here. Bystanders they managed to reach out to didn’t say anything
that might corroborate his statement, but they didn’t say anything damning
either. After all, he’s the one who got injured here, they’re all on his
side.
He did make one mistake, though. Most victims of violent attack are known to
seek justice after what happened to them. Mateo failed to hound the
detective with calls regarding the progress of his investigation, probably
because actually finding the forger from Kansas City would make this worse
for him. He wanted to get away from her, and get out of whatever mission she
had planned for him. He doesn’t want her in jail. She clearly has friends in
high places, and they would not take kindly to that development. The
self-stabbing wasn’t great for them either, but hardly enough to trigger
some kind of retaliation. Even so, it’s not like the detective can arrest
him for being too patient.
As it turns out, Ramses screwed everything up. They weren’t able to
communicate with each other too much, and only had the opportunity to
exchange a few ASL signs. Mateo wanted Ramses to keep an eye on the forger
using the tracking device he planted on her, in case she tried to come to
the hospital. He didn’t mean for Ramses to go off and infiltrate her little
gang of mercenaries, or whatever they are. When Ramses asked the question of
stay?, Mateo thought he was offering to stay nearby. Ramses apparently meant
to ask whether Mateo wanted to stay. Which, of course he did, he was
stabbed! Due to this misunderstanding, Ramses has been missing for the last
few days, though according to a recent interaction Leona had with a higher
up at her company, he’s not really being held against his will. He’s just
Mateo’s substitute, which defeats the whole purpose of the stabbing, but
hopefully it will all work out in the end. Time will tell.
For now, Mateo just has to leave before someone else finds out that there’s
something unusual about him. He healed from the wound incredibly quickly. It
wasn’t superhero before-your-eyes rapid healing, but it was much faster than
a normal person should take to recover. He’s only waited this long to
skidaddle so that people don’t ask questions. He had an ally in this
endeavor. The nurse who was responsible for him most of the time saw how
quickly he healed, and protected him so that no one else would see that
there was something different about him. Something different indeed, though
still not quite up to standards, and perhaps they’ll soon have to do some
self testing to expand on what they know so far. So Ramses’ bodies are still
working for them, but in a limited capacity. He was so fortunate to have
gotten her as a nurse, because someone else probably would have alerted the
hierarchy. It’s also a good thing doctors are just as hands-off as anywhere.
She wheels him out to the back of the building, where Marie is waiting with
a less flashy rental car. But they don’t part ways before sharing contact
info.
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