The Mysterious Tonic

Simon said to himself “ What now? nothing!” as his head rested on his folded hand as he thought of his boring life. He was an intern doctor but was too indolent to go to his training centre every single day. As a result, he was suspended. But, it wasn’t that he was totally inept, In fact he was the sharpest student in his school times. He always found creating new things very intriguing. However, his profession was limited to just doing what doctors do. This was the main impetus that made him neglect everything other than just researching on his study table.

One such day, he formulated a mysterious tonic that he believed, would make someone a zombie. He had already read a dozen of zombie mysteries and so he believed that all this was restricted to only comics. Suddenly, an idea struck him! He could go to a distant land and research for some new herbs that could be the headlines of newspapers. With his last 100 dollars, he set off to an island, namely the Grungen island, situated to the east of Chicago. He packed a few eatables, clothes, and his mysterious zombie transformation tonic. When he reached the island, it was nothing like he had thought. It was just any other city. Although, he noticed that the population was somewhat less and the streets were all empty!

He managed to find a motel named Ostan’. The man inside led Simon to his room. He noticed that the person behaved strangely. His hands, behind his back, were vigorously shaking. His limbs were swollen and his speech slurred. His skin had strange allergic rashes. The very next day, he found the same man suffering from a seizure. Perhaps, it would be due to the allergy he has, thought Simon. He rushed to his trolley bag and found an antidote for fever. He immediately made the man gulp it down. To his big dismay, it made no difference! He waited for an hour until he saw the man’s veins develop a deep blue colour. The veins near his eyes started to protrude out. He immediately got suspicious and was pulled back when he read what was written on the testtube. He had erroneously given him the zombie tonic. He waited for further reactions but was surprised to find that all the earlier symptoms had vanished. The man was fully conscious again and looked better than before. He thanked Simon and said, “Thank you, mister, you helped me through this lethal disease.” Simon was perplexed and asked him “which disease sir ?”

“ A majority of our population has caught this disease through an acid leak, there was no antidote until today”

“ I think one of the component of the tonic I made worked against the disease”

“Yes sir, please help us all"

The same day, he started working on his big project. Soon, he made the antidote from the tonic and gave it to the affected people. He was worshipped by all those, for he saved their lives. He understood the joy of serving people. Helping people made him happier. He understood the value of altruism and started utilizing his skills for the good. He soon became a renowned scientist and doctor.