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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 2:11:35 GMT -5
Owen was whistling in the stairwell, as he leaned against a wall in wait. He had never pictured himself at this point lounging in a hospital stairway. maybe lounging in a swanky new york nightclub, but not in this humid dump.
He had done his bit, but he visions didn't go away. he was struck down by a new one right as he was about to board a flight back to new york. They thought he was having a stroke and and prevented him from boarding. He tried to ignore it and get some sleep and the same vision came again only more painful if you believe it. He was getting sick of this bullshit.
What did he do to deserve this dumb ass curse?
So here he was,looking for Nick Holden,who according to the nurse he had chatted up was in room 689, a restricted ward only accessible to hospital personnel, which was why he waiting in the hall.
Speaking of which....
Finally the door opened and in walked a scrub wearing orderly. Owen got of his leaning spot on the wall and walked up the orderly saying "Hey does this smell like chloroform to you?" before thrusting a rag in his face. *** Sometime later he emerged in scrubs and with a hospital badge clipped to him to the sixth floor and gave a friendly wave at the security guard as he scanned the swiped badge, and the door opened up and he casually walked inside until he got to the room.
He readied himself for anything, that could be in that room and then finally opened it and quickly stepped in....
To a guy in a coma.
"The hell..." he said frustrated and confused
Seriously, he was in a coma...why the hell was a coma guy in a restricted ward?
This was god damn ridiculous, why was a vision of this guy being thrown in his head when clearly he had already been but into a coma? Owen rolled his eyes and decided that maybe something was connected and glanced at the chart and stole the information on it and made his way out the way he came.
He took the elevator down, and started leafing through it.
Blah, blah,blah medical jargon, blah blah do not resuscitate, blah blah bah.. wait psychiatric patient?
He was engrossed in the chart he didn't hear the elevator stop until it opened on another floor that wasn't the lobby, he glanced upwards slightly to see who got on.
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Post by Elizabeth Rhoslyn Vatican on Dec 6, 2010 2:20:35 GMT -5
Oh how she despised hospitals. Like it wasn't bad enough that they smelled horrible, were all blindingly white and had stupid ass people walking around telling you that everything would be ok. Seriously get a realy job. If it wasn't for her stupid arm she wouldn't be here in the first place but of course she had shattered her wrist and now she was here. All she knew how to do was basic first aid which meant she was able to splint her wrist until she could get to a hospital and get a normal cast put on it. She had walked around the hospital for a while waiting for her name to be called and then had gone on a walk to find a vending machine which lead her to the second floor.
Not succeeding in her venture she had walked back to the elavator to head back to the lobby. Her arm was no longer in a splint but she held her left arm across her stomach to keep it from being jarred or ran into by anything. Her clothes were really nothing special, a pair of jeans and a gray v-neck sweater with some black converse shoes. Her hair was thrown up into a messy bun to keep it out of her face and she wore no makeup. But hey she wasn't trying to impress anyone that she knew of.
She waited impatiently for the elevator and when it arrived she stepped inside the open chamber to realize she was not alone. The man in the elevator with her was wearing scrubs so he was probably an orderly or something and carrying some papers. She shrugged to herself and figured he wouldn't pose a threat. She went to press the lobby button but saw it was already pressed so she merely stood and waited for the doors to close and take her to where she needed to be. Her arm wasn't exactly pretty either as she glanced down at it, the length of her forearm was black and blue and her wrist seemed mishapen. Ahh well, shit happens. It wasn't like it was her first broken bone. [/center][/blockquote]
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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 2:46:49 GMT -5
He looked up briefly,but didn't really care all that much and continued to read. Apparently this Nick Holden was in psychiatric care for claiming that "dark voices" had told him to poison his girlfriend and her sister. he had been i care until one day he collapsed into a coma, by the looks of it nobody knew how or why he had collapsed, and he had been there for the last to weeks.
The elevator beeped for the lobby and the doors opened and he walked out with the random girl that had been in it.
Then the lights flickered on and off, it was only a momentary thing,but then a smell wafted through his nostrils,smelled like ozone and blood. He made a beeline away from the girl that was still heading for the main lobby, and instead went backward turning down a corridor.
There he found a nurse being suspended by her throat as a dark mass seemed to flow into her mouth and her eyes,nose, and ears were bleeding out, through rapid infection as she collapsed and spasmed for a minute and then died. As she hit the ground the lights flickered on and off again as from out of nowhere there appeared a the gaunt figure of...the coma guy.
Owen realized that the name wasn't a victim, but the killer.
"Getting stronger, spread the infection,and I get stronger." he said in a hissing manner, he then turned around and faced Owen and tilted his head " Your tainted with the darkness too...yet there's light in you."
Owen nodded keeping a calm face saying " That's great crazy, well I'm gonna go now." he said slowly backing away.
"Kill the light." the figure said and flickered out of existence. The figure then reappeared in front of Owen, and thrust it's hand out. Owen flew back down the hallway and through a door with an audible crash.
He lifted himself out of the rubble and muttered "Yeah....that went well."
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Post by Elizabeth Rhoslyn Vatican on Dec 6, 2010 2:56:31 GMT -5
The guy that had been in the elevator seemed like a weirdo after he rushed from it with a sort of crazed look. While Eliza continued to the seating area the guy disappeared down a hallway. It wasn't like she thougth much of it considering she had no idea what people around here did for jobs anyway. It was only a few moments later that she got up to go to the bathroom and heard a loud crash. There was no way others hadn't heard it but for some reason no one else was getting up to check it out. She didn't exactly hesitate like they did though and started walking in the direction the crash had come from.
When she got around the corner and looked into the hallway where the guy had disappeared she saw a door taken clean off its hinges. Wondering what that could be about she walked over to the doorway and saw the guy standing there right inside the door. Umm, woah. Are you ok? she asked with a questioning look. This guy really was weird, he had just somehow flown through a doorway and stood before her without as much as a scratch. Most people wouldn't have been able to even stand after that. He wasn't vampire that was for sure and she couldn't sense any reason for him to be demon so that left her confused.
Do you need any help or anything? she asked waiting to see that he was ok before going back about her business. It wasn't exaclty an everyday occurance for someone to randomnly go flying through hospital doors with that much force. Someone must have thrown him or something but who or what was probably more accurate. A normal human being wouldn't be able to throw someone with that much force. But she hadn't seen anyone or anything in the hallway when she had looked and so she was again left baffled. It didn't seem like the guy needed her help and she was probably just irritating him anyway but she waited for him to speak as it was. [/center][/blockquote]
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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 3:20:08 GMT -5
..and then the girl from the elevator came back. Yeah, that was necessary.
"No, no I'm just..." however the sarcastic reply that was about to come out of his mouth was silenced by the sudden lights flickering and the gaunt figure appearing behind the random girl. The gaunt figure gave a smile and said " lunch." With that he grabbed the girl and pushed her to the wall, and opened his mouth. Inside his mouth there were rotting teeth and a abyss of roiling back sludge.
"Hey!" Owen said leaping to tackle the....whatever the hell it was. and wresting it from the the girl only to have it vanish once again in a flicker.
"Oh I am so sick of you!" he yelled at the air of where the coma guy used to be. He then remembered there was some one else here.He turned and said "Crazy,quick, escaped mental patients. " he said not really bothering ot put much spin on his lie. "You may want to start leaving now...this can't possibly get better."
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Post by Elizabeth Rhoslyn Vatican on Dec 6, 2010 3:31:21 GMT -5
The guy only said a few words before a creepy and rather disgusting sounding voice echoed in her ear. Before she could turn to say anything the thing that was behind her had grabbed her and thrown her against a wall causing her to cry out in pain due to her arm. The thing whatever it was, was absolutely revolting. It was impossible to tell what this creature even was, man maybe at one point but definitely not that anymore. Just as she went to swing her other hand at it the thing disappeared.
At that same moment the guy was practically on top of her, it was apparent he had been going after the thing. When he told her to leave she simply shook her head. Hey if things aren't going to get better than you could use the help. That thing threw you through a door for christ sake she replied and moved herself from being so close to him. So tel me quickly before it comes back, what is it? can it be killed? can we hurt it? That is all I need to know she replied and then waited for his reply while also keeping an eye for the disgusting part man, part nasty to show up again. It wasn't something that you saw everyday and it wasn't anything she had ever been trained to fight to her knowledge but whether or not this guy wanted her help she was going to help. The thing had just tried to eat her for lunch, that entitled some ass kicking her book. [/center][/blockquote]
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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 3:47:14 GMT -5
As the girl shook her head, owen gave her the look that was the universal sign for You are clearly a few brain cells short of sane. "Yeah it threw me through a door, but I got better." he shot back before saying "You know what screw it, you want to Xena it up, its your funeral."
He walked out the door and looked around and things seemed back to normal and slowly walked out into the hallway while saying "In order, what is it? Some dude who is still clearly in a coma but is clearly moonlighting as a SciFi movie of the week. Can it be killed? Please see aforementioned coma! Can we hurt it? That's what I've been trying to do, but it keeps flickering out so best of luck. That answer all of your...." he paused and thought about it for a minute.
Wait a minute....
He snapped his fingers and said " Scratch that, I have a plan. " he said as he reached for the elevator button.
Then the lights just flat out turned off. Soon there was the red glow of the hospital backup lights and power coming up. The elevator flickered out as all power was being routed to the machines.
"....and the hit's just keep on coming.which way are the stairs?" he questioned looking a the girl when unbeknownst to Owen the creature flickered behind him reaching out his hands for the scrubbed cynic.
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Post by Elizabeth Rhoslyn Vatican on Dec 6, 2010 3:58:22 GMT -5
This guy was clearly a smart ass and wanted to do things on his own. Well tough shit because he was going to get himself hurt or killed if she left him on his own and then her conscience would be bothering her for days and well that just got irritating. Well thank you, glad to know you are able to stand aside and let people do what they want with their lives she replied in a catty tone and then listened as he answered her questions. Awesome, so we know one thing and that is that this thing is some supernatural part of this comatose patient, either that or something posing as a part of him she replied waiting for thing to show itself again.
Eliza could only shake her head when he asked where the stairs were, it was kind of funny because the door he had been thrown through was labeled 'staircase.' Oh the irony. Umm, the door you murdered is the staircase she replied pointing in the direction of that particular destroyed door, well the only destroyed door actually. Her eyes had adjusted just fine to the red light and so when the thing popped back up behind Owen she saw it instantly seeing as she had been watching Owen at that moment. Behind you! she yelled and moved towards him as quick as she could and grabbed his arm pulling him hard away from the thing and subsequently causing them both to hit the floor, not fun with a previously broken arm. It maybe wasn't her best move but hey she wasn't gonna let the guy get killed or maimed right in front of her and it was the first thing she had thought of. Something she had realized was that this thing didn't like she be seen, once it knew someone had spotted it, it tended to poof for a few minutes. [/center][/blockquote]
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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 4:20:04 GMT -5
"Ow." Owen said as he grimaced as he hit the deck again, his unpreparedness for this made him it his stomach and chest hard. he felt a stinging pain in his ribcage, but he'd address that later. He looked back up to ensure that the damn thing was gone and then hefted himself him up as he said " Okay, getting tired of this. Up we go. Try to keep up."
He went through the now murdered staircase door and took the stair case using the full extent of his enhanced speed, going up quickly and making his way up to the six floor again as he pushed the door wide open huffing a little bit saying "There has got to be a better way."
The sixth floor was in chaos nurses and security running around panicked and trying to stabilize patients. Owen maneuvered around them trying to get toward the badge reader for the locked ward.
A scream rang out in one of the side corridors. Owen ignored it and kept moving towards the door, but someone a little caring might be swayed by it to see if someone needed help.
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Post by Elizabeth Rhoslyn Vatican on Dec 6, 2010 4:29:14 GMT -5
Eliza jumped up with him and followed him as quickly as she could. She was slower than him but was able to keep up enough to know where he was going. At least she wasi n shape so this wasn't extremely hard for her or anything. By the time she reached the sixth floor she saw him manuevering through the nurses and patients. The place was in a complete and utter frenzy. Screams could be heard and things were chaos. Eliza ignored these things around her and followed the man towards a door that was labeled with 'staff personnel only.' Well at least she knew that there was no way this guy was a doctor or orderly, he had probably stolen the outfit and badge. It made sense since he had obviously been on this floor before, he knew right where he was going.
Following him and eventually catching him once he arrived at the door she looked around her taking in the scene once more. Who would have thought that hospitals would be this chaotic in the event of a power outtage, talk about unprepared she replied more to herself than anyone else but loud enough that he could hear it. He didn't seem much for talking but that didn't matter to her, if she had something to say she would say it. Now she was just curious as to what they were going to find behind the top secret locked door. [/center][/blockquote]
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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 4:46:14 GMT -5
"Yeah well I don't think evil revenent creatures was on the list." he said as he snapped his fingers and said "Revenent! that's the word i was looking for on what the hell the damn thing is! Man that was going to bug me." he said as he got to the door and flashed the badge to open the door and walked into the locked down ward.
It was a lot calmer on this one, all the patients seemed to stable, and all the nurses were outside helping more critical patients. As he walked closer to the door of the coma guy Nick Holden. He readied himself fro the next part of hsi plan. he did not feel great about what was was about to happen next.
He muttered "Sorry about this." and then turned around quickly to the girl and shot out a punch square towards in her solar plexus.
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Post by Elizabeth Rhoslyn Vatican on Dec 6, 2010 4:57:21 GMT -5
As it turned out her initial hesitation towards people in general, and her almost instant distrust at least sometimes comes in handy. This was not one of those times because instead of listening to the smart part of her she had followed some random person that she didn't even know into an almost deserted corridor. Real smart. This ward was a lot calmer than the others mostly because all of the patients in here were either strapped to their beds or in comatose so it wasn't like they were going to get up and walk away anyway.
They had just arrived at the door of whatever patient it was that this guy was looking for when he muttered something she could barely hear but which she did make out before he turned around and punched her extremely hard in the stomach. It was a pain that she had only ever felt once before in her life and that had been in training when they had learned all of the different weak points of the body and had to feel what it was like to be hit in them. Talk about cruel training. Anyway after taking the blow to the stomach all of the air got knocked out of her and her knees buckled eventually sending her to the ground curled in a little ball. His punch had been unhumanly strong and probably could have broken ribs if he hadn't been aiming for the softest part of her stomach. Wow, unexpected. Fucking asshole was the only thing that went through her mind as she gasped for air over and over, her lungs unable to fill due to her spasming diaphragm. [/center][/blockquote]
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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 5:20:50 GMT -5
She was down, so he moved past her and continued down the hall, whenthe creature flickered pack into existance in front of him. Owen rolled his eyeas and said "Oh great you again. Look I'm tired of this so i gave you a peace offering." he said as he angled his thumb to the doubled over girl. The revenant creature looked a tthe girl still gasping for breath and shook his head confused and advanced on Owen.
Owen raised his hands and added a little tremble in his voice and said " Look man i just want to go home at the end of the day, so you can have her just leave me be." he lowered his eyes to the ground. The creature looked at him and then sneered and walked past Owen towards the girl.
The moment the creature ignored him he ducked into the coma guys room. he felt soory he had to use the girl as bait, but she looked like she could take care of herslef, and the coma guy would have been focused on his vulnerable body had he not been swayed by the promise of an easy meal The machine was still going and beeping slowly and softly. Owen looked around and saw a crash cart in the corner.
"Okay, so if your in a coma and your spirit or whatever is wandering then if you wake back up it pulls the spirit back in your body. That's why there was a do not resucuitate, if you die the spirit keeps going. So...let's see if this works." he turned it on and rubbed the paddles together. This should work.
It had to work.
He pushed the consequnces of what might happen if didn't out of his mind. *** Meanwhile, the creatures almost on top of the girl as it reached out it's hands to grip her in it's embrace...
*** Owen flipped the switch that gave the paddles some juice, and yelled "Clear!" and slammed the paddles on the body beneath him deliviering a nice size voltage.
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Post by Elizabeth Rhoslyn Vatican on Dec 6, 2010 13:10:12 GMT -5
Oh great so now not only had she been punched in the gut but she was also being used as a meal. For the sake of humanity she hoped that this guy was just using her as bait and had every intention of her surviving but about eighty percent of her felt this wasn't true. She was still gasping for air trying to get some in her lungs so that she would stand a chance but the punch had been like falling out of a tree, a really tall tree. She watched as the guy disappeared into a room and the nasty creature thing approached her with hunger in its eyes. Wonderful.
As it got closer and closer to her she slowly started to get small breaths of air into he and right as it was reaching for her she got a full breath and kicked out hard with both her legs straight at the center of the thing. There was no way she was going down without a fight. If that guy thought punching her would be enough to get her killed then he was sadly mistaken, of course if it had been his intention for her to survive then what she was doing was exactly as he had expected. Either way she was still pissed both at this creature and at the guy for not telling her his plan. Being bait was no fun when you didn't know you were supposed to be bait from the get go. [/center][/blockquote]
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Post by Owen Bailey on Dec 6, 2010 15:56:32 GMT -5
beep beep beeeeeeee....
The monitor flatlined as the shock shook the coma guy to the core and stopped his heart. Owen prepped the paddles one more time and hoped he was right *** As she lashed out with her feet she slammed into the creature and it took the brunt of the blow. However it seemed to realize that it was more solid than before.Stronger too. It smiled as it go up and advanced on the girl. *** "Clear!"
Owen said slamming the paddles back down and sending the elctricity back in as the monitor shot back to life and Nick Holden woke up screaming as he shot up from his sitting position. He then coughed and hacked up what looked to be a small green crystal with symbols etched on it, coverd in black ooze. *** The creature also started to scream as it evaporated in a cloud of black smoke as the lights and regualar power began to come back on one by one. *** Nick Holden was silent. Awake and silent, though his eyes screamed bloody murder. However, the downside of being in a coma is your muscles atrophy, so there wasn't much he could do. His fingers were slowly inching towards the crystal but Owen picked it up the crystal first and wiped the ooze on the guys bedspread and said "Good your awake so I'll make this short, nice fighting with you, and enjoy the loony bin."
As he was about to walk away Nick's hand shot out at Owen and said " The darkness will come for you to, just wait."
Owen freed his hand and said " Get off me." as he ingored the ravings of a madman and subtly slipped the green crystal in his pocket before he walked back out into the hall.
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