A Hunters Paridise Ch 3

                              Ch 3 "Early morning rush hour"


          "So once I got the keys I came here." Milly explained.

          "My god Milly." Ms Markes said sinking back into her spin chair. " All that... it... its a little hard to take in. I mean what has happened to you, me , the city its.. I thought it was just the hospital but the whole city Oooh lord and you I don't understand whats going on with you. That bite is just like the thouse from the other pationts brought in. Like that little ones family." Ms. Markes looked over at the boy who was still uncounse on the floor curled up in Millys hoody.

           "I can't beleave he's still asleep." Milly said from her spot on the floor cross legged.

           "Hes gone through some seruse trama." Ms Markes said "His mind shut down to protect itself. Fear is a powerful thing." Ms Markes stood and walked up to Milly. "Milly let me look at you again."

           "Ok mom." Milly answered tilling her head. Pulling her hair back.

           Ms Markes knelt down and exsamined Millys neck. "I just don't get it. The bite is deep and it almost hit you main artery. Damage like this would kill someone in a matter of minutes. Yet blood is still pumping, the wound is sealed, not bleeding and your still alive."

           "Um mom...I'm afraid to say it but I don't think I'm considered alive anymore." Milly said grimly.

           "Don't say that! Thats obsurd Milly." Ms Markes snaped. "If that was true then how can you talk, walk and breath, think about it honey."

           "Point taken mom." Milly said bowing her head.

           "I'm sorry Milly its just all I've been through today." Ms Markes said hugging Millys head. "I did not mean to snap at you."

           "Mom what happened here I mean its...."

           "All gone to hell I know, I know. I jess we got time." Ms Markes sighed sitting back down. "This mayham started early form me. Around 5am the hospital called me. Knowing that they only do this in emergencys I came as fast as I could. Traffic was murder. Drivers were all over the place. Cutting people off, running red lights I could not for the life of me figure out why. But now I know. They were the smart ones. From your story Milly no one bothered to tell the schools. All thoughs poor kids." Ms Markes said with saddnes in her voice. Milly saw a tear go down her face.

            "Its ok mom" Milly said putting her hand on her moms knee. "There was nothing you could do."
  
            Ms Markes put her hand on Millys. "I know, I know its just your mom can't figure out she can't save everyone in the world. I'm so glad your alright Milly." she said wiping her tears away. "Ok were was I. Oooh yes. I managed to get to the hospital alive amazingly, to find it was already a chaotic hell. There were a lot of people and cops coming in with bites wounds. Most of them were sent to the upper floors. But we just started running out of room. I was heading down from the third floor to the basement to get some supplys when I bumped into Dr. Richards our desease exspert. He told me that some pationts were dieing from some unknow affliction and others were being driven mad and having to be restrained. He could not explain it. But what he could say is that the point of infection was always the bite wounds. As I said goodbye to the doctor to compleat my supply run I over heard a officer talking to his partner over his radio, apperently on the upper floors."

             "Some are breaking their restraints Pat." said the officer on the upper floors.
             "Just do what you can Mike I'll send some help upstairs for ya." said the second into his radio.

             "I knew that was a bad sigh but I had a job to do and people to help." Ms Markes continued. "After I got the supplys from Mark our supply guy in the basement. I took the elivater back upstairs hoping to help out. But when thouse doors opened all my hopes we destroyed." Ms Markes strugeled to say.

             "What is it mom?" Milly asked.

             "I can't... its to painful I can't I... don't want to remember Milly." Ms Markes said putting her head in her hands crying.

            ("She may not be able to talk about it but I can." Said the writer. "Can you say flashback!")

             Ms Markes stood in the elivator clinching the supplys as it slowly rose to the third floor. Ms Markes felt very nervise for some reason but was more focesed on getting the supplys to the doctors upstairs. The elivated came to a halt and the indicater dinged '3rd floor'. Suddenly two loud, muffled bangs rang out.

             "What the hell! Gun shots?" She yelled droping the supplys and backing up agenst the elivaters wall. The doors opened to reveal the back of a police officer as he fired another shell from his pump shotgun down the hall. Scared by the blast she sceamed. The officer looked back and practicly jumped into the elivator hitting the down button repediatly. When he moved Ms Markes saw down the hall he was shoting. The hall itself was distroyed. Walls we cracked, doors broken, beds thrown everywere and amoung it all she saw every one she had ever worked for, with or over were being eather eaten or eating someone. He heart skiped. She couldn't breath, she couldn't move, and she could not look away. She saw a nurces legs kicking under three grey skinned paitions. A man in scrubs ran out of a room sceaming only to be tackled by a female doctor and his arm removed from his body by another crazyed pationt. The officer slamed his hand down on the button again and again. Finaly the doors begain to close but the female doctor looked strait at her. The doctor jumped up and broke into a sprint strait for her. She just made it into the elivater about to attack Ms Markes but was met with a butt stock to the face. The doctor fell to Ms Markes left and the officer aimed at her but the gun went 'click'.

             "Fuck! get behind me." He said pulling her behind him.

             The doctor slowly got to her feet. The doctors face was a mess her jaw was off center by a good margen but she was relentles. She lunged at the officer. The cop responded with a swiff kick to her chest. The doctor stagered back and the cop followed up with another butt strook knocking her down. Finaly he pulled out his baton and repeadedly beat her head until he hit the railing and droped the baton, bent.

            "Ow! shit!" He said. The women stopped moving a was bleeding profusely. Ms Markes collasped to the floor shaking. The officer turned around and she finally got a good look at him. He was an older white man mabey in his 50ys with a full beard, grey with age. The man also had unussualy long hair for a cop witch went down to his ears. The most startiling part however was his build. He was built like a short line backer with his uniform fitting tietly on him. She felt like a pre-schooler next to him with her slender frame.

            "You alright?" The man asked with a deep voice shaking his hand to releave the pain. She did not respond at first still looking at the now dead women. "Hay! You ok?" he asked again startling her.

            "What....wha...what...the Fuck was that!" She finaly mannaged.

            "Easy, easy its alright its dead." he said in a attempt to calm her down. "Look I'm Sgt Mike Doublen from the 6th presince everything is going to be ok whats you name nurce?"

            "April...April Markes." April responded swallowing and finaly looking at him.

            "Well April do you know someone who can get me into the securiy office?" Mike said kneeling down. April shakly reached to her belt, unhooked her large ring of keys and showed it to him. "Well arn't I lucky." He wispered to himself. "Ok I need to get there now. Will you help me?" April hesitated then shook her head yes. "Ok lets go." Mike said standing. The doors opened to the first floor and Mike reached out his hand to April waiting for her to grab it.

             April looked to the doctors mangled corpe one last time. April reached out and grabed Mikes hand firmly and was shocked when he pulled her up effortlessly. As they walked out of the elivator Mike saw two other officers standing close by.

             "No one is to use the elivaders anymore. Block off all access to the upper floors got it." Mike told them. "Lock this place down."

             "Yes seargent." The two said and left.

             "Ladys first." Mike said gestering in front of himself steping aside for April. She took the lead and lead Mike down the busey hallways to the security office. April heard Mike reload his shotgun on the way. Half way Mike grabbed Aprils shoulder, whitch made he jump.

             "Sorry but I need to make a stop first." Mike explained turning into a room on his right.

             "What are you doing?" April asked behind him.

             "Supplys kid." Mike answered.

             "Hay! I'm not a kid I'm 38 fucking years old A-hole." April spat angrely.

             "Whatever princess." Mike responded lazely not turning from his task.

             "Wait what do you mean supplys?" April asked entering the room. Mike was standing near the operating table in the center of the room. On the table was a hospital security guard. Mike was taking all his gear.

             "Ok Pistel with three mags, new baton, radio," Mike prested the talk button once to hear if it beeped. "that works and a flashlight. That should be every thing." Mike said as he put the gear on himself.

             "Um sir? What happened to your stuff?" April asked.

             "Well lets just say I had to improviseand don't call me 'sir'. Ok ready lets go." Mike responded grimly remembering what that actualy ment. Finaly they made it to the security office and April opened the door. Mike went in first and found it empty. The first room was a break room with a couch, microwave and frige the second room to the right was the moniter room whitch Mike went for right away. But before he could get a look the power flikered and died.
             "What the hell happened?" Mike asked.

             "Oooh not again. This is the third time this mounth." April said grugenly as she closed the door.

             "Whats wrong?" Mike asked walking up to her.

             "Well the power box is getting old so when we use to many instroments we tend to blow a fuse, or two. They've been working on it all mounth but we need constant power to keep some life support machines going so they couldn't just shut it down and work on it." she explained.

             (sigh)"Ok stay here I'll go cheak on it." Mike said as he gave the shotgun to her. "You know how to use this?"
  
              "I know enough." She said taking the gun. Mike then walked to the door.

              "Mike! Be careful." April said suprising herself she even said it.

              "I'll be fine just don't let anyone in here who doesn't have a key ok." Mike opened the door. "Fuse box is it the basement right?"

              "Ya." April answered. Mike left and shut the door. April locked it behind him. April was shaking again and sat down on the couch. She layed the shotgun agenst the arm rest. Her body crashed and she bursted into tears.

              "Hay Mom how come the moniters arn't working." Milly asked from the moniter room.

              "Powers out because we blow a fuse or something honey." April said sloched in her spin chair. "I'm amased the emergancy lights came on at all." She said to herself.

              "Ok replace the fuses, sound simple enough." Milly said heading for the door.

              "Milly wait!" April said jumping up to stop her.

              "Its ok mom like I said they ignore me so I'm safe..." Milly started.

              "No Milly its not that...a friend...Mike, seagent Mike went down there. If you can, help him ok." April asked putting her hand on Millys shoulder.

              "Ok Mom I will." Milly responded with a smile.

              "Be carfull Milly." April said as Milly left out the door.