Axler, James - Deathlands 25 by Genesis Echo (v1.0) (html)

Author:Genesis Echo (v1.0) (html) [Echo, Genesis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-07-20T02:13:07+00:00

THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN some excellent coffee sub and some honey biscuits when they arrived, though Krysty was still too weak to take any interest in any sustenance. It had kept them going into the afternoon, and Buford had reappeared briefly to tell them that they would meet with the senior men and women of the institute over supper at six.

He had stared at the sleeping figure of Krysty. "When will she be well enough to get up?"

"Mebbe tomorrow," Ryan replied.

"And when could she give us another demonstration of her amazing powers?"

Ryan had turned at that, feeling a flicker of anger at the scientist's bland assumption that Krysty was some sort of performing windup doll.

"You saw how ill it made her, Buford. You think she's going to go through that hell again just to entertain you and some of your friends?"

The eyes behind the glasses widened with shock, and the little cupid's-bow mouth pursed in disapproval. "Not entertain, Cawdor. Most certainly not. Our needs, I should say, our interest in Krysty is purely scientific."

Doc snorted. "When I hear a whitecoat talk about 'scientific,' then I have this extraordinary tendency to want to reach for my revolver."

Buford had muttered an apology and quickly left the suite that they'd been given, saying that he'd see them all again at six o'clock.

Mildred had said that each of the rooms would probably have been a small ward on its own. Some had two beds and others three. Ryan and Krysty had the first along the corridor. J.B. and Mildred had poached the next one. Trader had taken the third of them, choosing to share with Abe, leaving the end three-bed room for Doc, Dean and Jak.

They were on the second floor of one of the two surviving wings of the institute, with a view out of the side windows across the river and up toward the impressive sheer face of the nearest mountain.

Each room had its own cupboards and shelves, along with a large sink with long-handled chrome taps for hot and cold water. Everything was spotlessly clean and hygienic.

A narrow closet held brooms, brushes, dustpans and cleaning cloths. Another closet contained hangers for clothes.

Around the top of every bed was a long steel rail that Mildred told them would have been for curtains, to give the occupants of the wards some privacy.

She had gone out during the middle of the afternoon, while the others rested, exploring with J.B. for company and protection, returning in about ninety minutes.

"Definitely a hospital," she reported. "I had a peek at the cryology section, but it was totally destroyed. Grass growing up through the floors. Same with the ruined wings we saw from back up the trail. But the other wing is closed off from us. Guards just said it was for experimenting and research." She glanced at J.B. for confirmation. He nodded, and she continued. "This one has two operating rooms on the first floor along with what used to be a path lab and an X-ray department.

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