USA: California.
Simon's POV.
In one of the rooms of one of the biggest hospitals in California laid a young boy who had being in coma for a year due to a ghastly car accident. He was the son of very rich parents. His hospital's monitor had been beeping for a minute now, but there was no one close by to come check out what the problem was. Most likely, the doctor and nurses were busy with other patients.
Then suddenly, the beeping stopped, and the patient opened his eyes and sat up on the bed...Simon had transmigrated into the boy's body. He could feel slight headache when he rose from the bed, he couldn't help but place his palms on his head. His head was numb at first, then he remembered something, the last scene that occurred when he was with his parents in the car. Yeah, a large truck crashed into their car causing their car to somersault twice before landing on the ground, and then, blackout....that was the last thing he remembered.
"So I survived that accident? What of my parents? Where are they? Did they survive the accident?". He questioned himself in his thought.
But he could feel that something was off, it felt like he wasn't in his body. He stared at the drip injected into his arm, then he stared at his skin, it was different from the skin he used to know...something was off. And there was also another memory lingering in his mind, the memories of another person.
"I don't feel like am in my body, it feels like am in another person's body. What is this unfamiliar memory lingering across my mind? I need to make use of a mirror immediately". Simon said to himself, he was really confused.
Then suddenly, the door to his room opened and a nurse entered. There was a bewildered expression on her face seeing Simon sitting up on the bed...he has woken up.
"Robert, you've woken up from coma?". The nurse uttered with disbelief in her facial expression.
Immediately, she ran out of the room in search of the doctor.
"Robert? That isn't my name, my name is Simon, so why is she calling me Robert?". Simon questioned himself, at that moment, more of the boy's memories crashed into his head, what led to the boy going into coma and all that. Then it became fully clear to him that he wasn't in his body, he died and transmigrated into the body of another person.
Then, most likely, his parents died from that car accident, he died also but was given a chance to live again, but in another body. How Robert lived his life, what led to him being in a vegetative state and so on, Simon had those memories now. Robert was the type of person that loved school, he took his studies seriously. He had a kid sister, and they were really close to each other before he got involved in the car accident that put him in coma.
He and his sister lived comfortably 'cause they were born with silver spoons, their parents were rich. Their dad was the owner of an estate and he owned numerous lucrative businesses around California and other cities in the USA. Their mum was also a businesswoman, she manages different lucrative businesses.
Robert loved school and he took his studies seriously, but unknowingly, he associated with bad friends older than him who in turn linked him with other bad friends. He still took his studies seriously while correlating with those bad friends. Then one Friday afternoon after school, they invited him to come over to a party that was gonna take place around the weekend, that's the next day which was Saturday.
They were gonna meet at a particular spot, then one of the guys would drive them all to the party in one of his father's cars. Robert received permission from his parents to attend the party, he told them that it was a harmless party and it was organized by very responsible people. They allowed him go 'cause he had never asked for permission to attend a party on his own before.
Robert and the other guys met at the spot, and the guy drove them to the party. Robert wasn't expecting it to be much of a wild party, but he was wrong, it was a wild one. They danced, drank, smoked, and the rest of other things. For the first time in Robert's life, he finished a bottle of beer. By the time the party ended, most of them were intoxicated, the guy that was gonna drive them back was also intoxicated.
"No, you shouldn't drive, you are drunk, most of us here are drunk. Let's just take a taxi that will drive us to our separate homes". Robert warned, yeah, he knew it was very dangerous to drive drunk.
"Shut the f**k up, what do you know? so you're telling me to leave my dad's car here? That wouldn't happen, if you don't wanna enter the car, then find another means of getting home. Let's go guys".
That was the last statement the guy made before three of the boys hopped into the car. Robert had no choice, he had to enter the car also, it was late in the night. Guess what happened that night? 'cause of the guy being highly intoxicated and still driving, they got involved in a ghastly car accident which cost the guy his life and two other guys in the car.
One of the other guys was rushed to the hospital that night, and after some months of being treated...he was back on his feet. But as for Robert, he went straight into coma, he was rushed to the hospital that night also, but he couldn't be revived from his unconscious state. They were able to stop the bleeding and give him treatment....but he couldn't still wake up.
Thanks to the people that were walking on the highway that night, they noticed the car accident and quickly called an ambulance. Robert's parents didn't believe the news when they heard that their son was involved in a car accident, they were shattered. That's how Robert went into coma, he was only fourteen years old when those events took place.
But now, Simon had transmigrated into his body. Having the memory of the events that led Robert into coma, Simon smiled bitterly...their story was almost the same. He got involved in a car accident with his parents while Robert got involved in a car accident with his wayward friends.
"So my dreams of becoming a footballer and making my parents proud have been cut short? Most likely, they didn't survive that car accident. My lovely mum, my lovely dad, I won't see you guys again". Simon thought to himself as tears were about to drop from his eyes.
The nurse that ran out of his room came in once again, but this time, with the doctor. They strolled over to where Simon was lying, and the doctor kept glancing at him, like, he couldn't believe that he had woken. He knew the efforts he had been putting for the past one year for him to wake from coma, but they were to no avail.
But now, he had woken up without him doing anything. The doctor did the stuff that are supposed to be done to a patient that has just woken from coma. Then he asked Simon,
"Are you feeling pain of any sort in your body?".
"No". Simon retorted.
"Does your head ache? Are your memories still intact?". The doctor inquired once again, he just wanted to be sure.
"No, my head doesn't ache, and my memories are still intact".
"Then, what is your name? and what are your parent's names?".
Simon had all of Robert's memories, so he remembered the names of his parents.
"My name is Robert, and as for my parents, they are Mr. and Mrs. Lewis".
"That's correct, you are OK, your memories are intact. Your parents would be so happy to hear this, I'll call them immediately".
The doctor took a phone from his pocket and began searching for a number in his contact. Finding the number, he put a call through. He didn't waste time to break the news to Mrs. Lewis the moment she picked up,
"Hello".
"Hello, is that you Mrs. Lewis?".
"Yes, it's me, is there any problem doctor?".
"Your son, Robert, has woken from coma".
"What! can you repeat what you just said?". She wanted to be sure that she heard correctly.
"I said, your son, Robert, as woken from coma". The doctor repeated.
Mrs. Lewis screamed out in joy over the phone call.