The Shadow In The Hospital

voice wavered, but he forced confidence into it. His leg

The building loomed in the darkness, its walls cracked and worn, windows shatter

lker did

inside. I

ed barbed wire fence surrounding the hospital. His streng

please!" he screa

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he eaves, the only so

Th

aint

opped Elizabeth in shock. It was the f

ed. "Did you hear me? We're

res

ing step, he reached the hospital doors. His knees buckled as he lowered

s cold.

is hands brushing her clammy cheek. "Y

ngth, he dragged himself up and

ists pounded against the r

echoed int

ment, noth

g. Slow, d

held hi

just a sliver. A pair

on here?" a gruf

ait. "She's hurt!

y man in a white coat. His face was lined wi

zabeth and his ex

her ins

rst of strength, he lifted Elizabeth into

shut behind him, someth

the peeling walls. Walker barely had the strength to take i

omething cau

ckering bulbs and stained floors,

, he saw machines-machine

ern, its bright screen displa

g softly, reading the hea

s mechanical arms movi

ically, as if breathing for a pati

s blood t

Ho

oice tight. "How does this hospital have... th

r a second. Then her smile ret

... wealthy benefactors,

s stomach

echoed. "For machi

't meet his eyes. "W

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lizabeth, lying pale and m

ng was wr

were alre