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they got to the north passage Stiles pointed to
a narrow tunnel.  “It’s along here.  The guys are busy down there so it doesn’t
make sense to bother them while-”  He broke off when Ransom strode past him,
bent his head and headed into the shadowy walkway.  “Hey, I didn’t mean for you
to go down there.  I’ll get the guys to come out and talk to you.”
    Ransom ignored him.  He wanted no second party reports
on what was going on.  He needed to see what was up.  “It’s not safe.”  He
heard the yelled words but did not slow his pace.  He was going to see things
for himself.  That was the only way he would understand what the devil was
going on.
    It was getting darker as he progressed but when he saw
lights at the end of the passage he knew he was near.  He sped up as he got
closer but he was almost upon the lights when he realized the men were nowhere
in sight.  What the blazes?
    “Hey, anyone here?” he called out and that was when he
heard a muffled sound above his head.  He looked up and at that moment something
sounding big and heavy and metallic clanged its way down the chute.  Quick as a
flash Ransom ducked his head but just as he was about to swing away to safety
he felt a rush of wind and caught sight of a black mass flying toward him.
    He glanced away just in time to avoid a full frontal
slam to his face but his luck ran out when the missile crashed into the side of
his head.
    The last thing he felt was his head splitting open and
then he crumpled to the floor.
     
                                                  CHAPTER
THREE           
     
      “E.R.’s not my thing.  They know that.”  Solie was not a happy
camper as she strode purposefully down the hallway, a fellow nurse in tow.  “As
if I haven’t been under enough stress…”  She didn’t have to say more.  Her
colleague knew exactly what she meant.
       “Yeah, well, welcome to my world.”  Anita
shrugged as if this sort of thing happened to her every day.  “I’ve been
shifted around this hospital so much it’s like I’m a rolling stone.  As soon as
I get in the groove at one department, poof!  They wave the magic wand and I’m
off again.”
    “But you know me, ‘Nita.  I hate change.”
    Anita shook her head.  “True.  But it’s not
like we have a say in where they send us.”
    “But my patients in palliative-"
    “Come off it, Soledad.  They say they’re
short in E.R. so we just have to go.  It’s not what we want to do, it’s what
we’ve got to do.”  Anita clucked her tongue at Solie.
    As they rounded the corner that led to E.R.
Solie sighed.  “I know, girl.  It’s not like I don’t.  I’m just letting off
steam, that’s all.”  She bit her lip.  “I’ve got a patient…I don’t want to be too
far away.  He…needs me near right now.”  She surprised herself when she felt
the sharp prick of a tear.  Come on, Solie.  No breaking down on the job .
    Anita threw her a sympathetic look.  “He’s
getting close, is he?”
    Solie nodded.  “Real close.  I want to be
there in case he calls for me.”
    “No family?”
    “His wife’s been here since yesterday but
she left half an hour ago.  Poor woman.  She’s exhausted.”
    The conversation came to an abrupt halt when
they got to the triage desk.  Immediately, a frazzled looking nurse grabbed
Anita by the hand and pulled her over to a waiting chair.  “Cover for me,” she
said, her brows furrowed in a frown.  “I haven’t eaten all day and I have a
splitting headache.  I’ve got to go.”  She raised a hand to her forehead then
glanced over at Solie.  “Dr. Delgado needs you on the trauma team.  Get
yourself over there right now.”
    The woman didn’t have to say another word. 
Solie swung around, pushed through the swinging doors behind Triage and hurried
to the trauma center.  Where lives were concerned, particularly in an