Ward Z by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Amazon: B00H5ARSVW
Publisher: Dark Season Books
Published: 2013-12-16T06:00:00+00:00

Dr. Andrew Page

"Have you seen Dawn?"

Glancing over at me from the desk where he's filling in a series of charts by hand, Anthony seems confused for a moment.

"Nurse Aubry," I continue. "I'm looking for Dawn Aubry. Where is she?"

"Sorry," he replies. "No idea."

"She has to be around here somewhere," I point out.

"Unless she sneaked out the window in the toilets," he replies, "or through the ventilation system, like that stretchy guy in the X-Files."

"I need her," I say, ignoring his attempt at humor.

"She can't have got far," he says with a sigh. "Literally. I mean, what have we got here, four corridors and a couple of dozen rooms?" He pauses. "To be honest, it's kinda hard to believe you could have lost her in the first place."

"If you see her, can you tell her I need to speak to her? Tell her it's urgent. I've been looking for her everywhere. Tell her it's a matter of life and death."

"Isn't everything?" he replies with a sigh as he turns one of the charts over. "We've got enough food to last one more day -"

"I'm working on that," I say firmly.

"And after that -"

"I'm working on it," I say again. "I've spoken to the people in charge and they're going to bring some fresh food for us all." I pause for a moment. "That's the idea, anyway."

"Do you trust them?" he asks.

"I don't have a choice," I tell him. "None of us do, but I don't see how it's in their best interests to starve us."

"And do you know what's really going on?" he asks. "No-one seems to have a clue why we've all been quarantined here like this. Did they tell you?"

"It's to do with one of the patients," I reply. "We received a patient recently who unfortunately wasn't given the proper screening before she arrived. There's a chance that she might have been carrying some kind of disease, but there's nothing to worry about. It's under control, but we just need a little more time to make sure that proper safety precautions are carried out."

"Is it Dominique Ribery?" he asks after a moment.

"I'm not at liberty to -"

"What's wrong with her?" he continues. "Is she dead?"

"It's not -"

"She's not got something, has she? Please tell me she's a terrorist or something. At least terrorists aren't contagious. The last thing I need is to get stuck somewhere while there's some kind of bug going around."

"It's nothing like that," I reply. "Just stay calm and make sure that the patients don't panic."

"They're already talking," he continues. "Some of them want to form a delegation and go to the door. They think it's time to bypass your authority and speak directly to the organ-grinder." He pauses. "If you'll pardon the reference."

"No-one's talking to the military apart from me," I say firmly. "There's no point in all the patients going and having the same conversation over and over again. I'll deal with it, but I need a little time."

"Sure," he replies wearily, looking back down at the forms.

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