[ WP ] You are a surgeon in modern time . You 're doing a routine surgery to remove some poor sap 's appendix . All is going well until you notice something off . This man has an extra organ that you have never seen before . On top of that , it 's glowing .

`` Nurse, scalpel.'' 
 
 I had done this procedure a million times but as they teach every pre-med going through year one anatomy: `` Variation is life.'' Every human was different, and every surgery was unique. 
 
 Appendicitis. All the tests had come back positive. Rebound tenderness. The rectal exam. Abdominal rigidity and guarding. 
 
 I make my first incision at McBurney's point. Opening the abdominal floor, I begin to look for the inflammed gastrointestinal tissue. I find it quickly enough, hanging off of the large intestine. No inflammation. 
 
 Dammit. They've sent another fucking drug seeker down to my OR. But I've already got him open, and taking a look around is the least I can do. 
 
 `` Nurse, laparoscope.'' 
 
 I insert the small camera into the incision and begin to look within his abdominal cavity. Maybe I would be able to find something that was actually causing the pain. 
 
 Moving aside the large intestines, I move deeper into his abdominal cavity. I should be able to visualize any distension in his arteries, which could lead to some pain.... the abdominal aorta should be right underneath the colon. Instead there was a dark structure in my way. I move my probe closer to the object to push it aside and.... it shone. 
 
 I retracted my probe. The light went away. I probed the structure a second time and.... light. 
 
 I turned my head away from the monitor. What could this possibly be? I wracked my brain, thinking through all my medical training. I was utterly stumped. As far as I knew, there was no structure that *fluoresced* when it was probed. Not in the human body, at least. 
 
 Could it be a genetic mutation? Could a fluorescent bacteria be growing inside of his abdominal cavity? 
 
 One thing was certain, I would need to better visualize the abnormality before I could begin to understand its origin. 
 
 I widened my initial incision, and reached into his abdominal cavity. I moved the colon aside, and as i moved my hand towards the object, it began to... hum? I reached out to palpate the object and 
 
 Suddenly my entire body was wracked in pain. My brain felt like it was screaming at me and my vision went black as my eyes rolled towards the back of my skull. My legs gave out underneath me. Before I hit the ground, I was unconscious. 
 
..................... 
 
 My head pounded, like after a night of too many shots and not enough water. I heard the faint beeping of a vital signs machine. Slowly, my vision came back to me and, out of the corner of my vision, I was able to see I was in a hospital room. 
 
 I heard a nurse walk through a door and into the room. `` Finally waking up are we, John? You gave us all quite the scare.'' 
 
 `` I'm... I'm so sorry.'' My body replied back. `` I have no idea what happened.'' 
 
 And suddenly my brain was screaming at me again. I had n't told me body to say anything. I tried to sit up, but could n't move. 
 
 Suddenly my body outreached a hand towards the nurse, and she took it in turn. `` Thank you,'' my body said `` thank you for taking such good care of me. Is there a restroom I could use?'' 
 
 Smiling, the nurse pointed towards the second door in the room, the private restroom. 
 
 My body began to stand up, and moved towards the door. I walked slowly at first, like trying to cross a rickety bridge for the first time. Each step was unsure, like my body was walking for the first time. 
 
 My body closed the door behind me, and turned to face the mirror. My eye's started to take in every detail of me, like a gambler at a horse race. Slowly the eyes began to rise, and a smirk crossed my face. My eyes locked eyes with the man in the mirror. A toothy grin spread across my face and a voice whispered `` This body.... this body will do just fine.'' 
 
 
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 Authors Note: 
 
 This is the first story ive written in several years. Any feedback you guys have would be really appreciated.
