Huh?! What?! What happen! Where am I?! A hospital?! An operating room?! Oh, no what happened! I can't rememnber! Why am I here?! What are they doing? I need to talk to the doctor! I gotta get this mask off my face! I can't move my arms! I can't move my legs! Damnit, I'm paralyzed! I'm paralyzed! No! NO! Can I talk?!

"Hello, can you hear me?! Can you hear me?! Please, can you hear me?!"

"Yes, James we can hear you. What do you want?"

Who the hell's James? I'm not James! They've got the wrong guy, I'm Tommy! I'm Tommy you idiots! They're going to operate on the wrong guy! I'm Tommy!

"I'm not James! I'm not James! I'm Tommy, you idiots! I'm Tommy! Get this mask off my damn face! You've got the wrong guy! You're going to operate on the wrong guy! Get the mask off my face! I'm Tommy damnit!"

"I'll remove the mask only for a minute. Did I say James? I'm sorry, I meant Tommy. That was my mistake Tommy. Now, Tommy I need you to calm down. I need you to relax, we're almost ready to begin. Can you relax, Tommy?"

"No, I'm not going to calm down! I'm not going to relax! What am I doing here?! What happened?! I can't remember! How do you not know my name?! You were about to operate on me! Where am I at?! Why are you going to operate on me?! What's wrong!"

"Something very bad has happened, Tommy, and we need to correct it quickly, very quickly. Now, Tommy, I need you to relax, please. This will be alot easier and much less painful for you if will relax. Can you trust me Tommy?"

"Why should I trust you! I don't know who you are! I don't know what happened! I don't know where I'm at! You had my name wrong! Nothing hurts!"

"Tommy, I'm the man who is going to make everything better - OK? I need you to trust me Tommy. We need to start right away or I'm not going to be able to make you better. I need you to trust me, Tommy. I need you to relax, understand? Please."

"Ok, I guess I don't have a choice, huh Doc?. What is that? Why are all those people watching me over there?"

"They're watching us, Tommy. They're students, Tommy, they're learning. See right over there? There's a camera in here. There are others watching on a TV. Now relax Tommy, please. I'm going to put your mask back on then we're going to put the I.V.s in and you're going to fall alseep then everything will be better. Ok?"

"Ok, Doc"

I hope I wake up. I guess I won't get my answers until then. I'm trusting you Doc. I'm trusting you.

"Alright now Tommy, you're going to fall alsleep. Don't fight it, Ok? Ok....I'm calling it everyone. Death occured at 12:15am. Bag him up and give me the certificate."

"Wow, I've never seen that before Doc. That was weird. I think the observers got a little spooked. We haven't seen Tommy in 5 years."

"Who's Tommy?"

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