Waking The Zed by Katz ML

Author:Katz, ML [Katz, ML]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Published: 2013-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

The Hospital of the Damned

The flight took less than twenty minutes, including the rapid take-off and landing. To Pam it seemed almost as if the machine had bounced up and bounced down again. After they landed, passengers that could walk were herded out of the helicopter and into a large green transport truck. This included Paul who still had his hands fastened with plastic cuffs.

He had calmed down and just looked pale and listless. His eyes flitted over to Pam’s face, but she just shook her head and frowned. She wanted to tell him to stay cool, but her advice had been useless a half hour before, and she doubted he would listen to her now. If he was going to cooperate it would have to be his own decision.

Dr. Klein had to be carried between two of the burly soldiers. She appeared unconscious, but still murmured some vague phrases, like somebody talking in her sleep.

The truck lurched, jarring the occupants who were mostly uncomfortably perched on benches in the back. Then it seemed to speed through a gated area, and finally towards a long low building. They pulled up into a circular drive in front of a squat and solid two story building. The sign simply said Medical. A large white sign informed visitors that this was a secure area intended only for authorized visitors. Anybody else should check in to another building for an escort or find the main infirmary a few yards away. She doubted that this building was a simple hospital or clinic, but rather it must be some sort of secured medical facility. Pam wondered what types of patients this place normally housed. She was pretty sure that today’s situation was unique.

An officer with a white doctor’s coat over his fatigues emerged from the building as Pamela’s group was herded out of the transport and into the sunshine of a warm summer afternoon. He stared as two soldiers struggled with the turned creature, and then he bent over the stretcher that contained the incoherent Dr. Klein.

“Look,” Pam said as she stepped forward, “you have to listen to me.” She introduced herself as Pamela Stone, offering her credentials as concisely as she could. Then she also mentioned that Paul was a witness and a medical student. She noticed that Paul was trying to stand as passively as possible in the hope that somebody would notice and remove his handcuffs. She hoped to gain some credibility quickly. In a rush she tried to explain everything she had seen and heard this morning.

Captain Crawford nodded as the doctor glanced at him. “These two may have some good information. We’d be remiss to ignore credible witnesses. They are only company interns, but highly educated ones. You should know that the young man has been a bit uncooperative though.”

The military doctor was tall, lanky, and had a thin and pleasantly homely face that reminded Pam of Abraham Lincoln. His grim, almost hangdog expression completed the look. Pam tried to keep the trembling out of her voice as she spoke.

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