Pure Blood - 3

4:08 A.M. August 11, 2087 - Lady Gaga Memorial Hospital

Eric: Breyden are you okay?


Breyden and Eric sat in the waiting room of the Lady Gaga Memorial Hospital after Breyden had detailed what had happened to his friend.


Breyden: My sister was attacked by one of those... Things! Do you think I’m okay?
Eric: Sorry... I’m just trying to help.
Breyden: Well it would help if you would just be quiet.

...

Breyden: Sorry, I’m just on edge.
Eric: I get it, sorry.


Eric grabbed the TV remote for the waiting room.

Click.


News reporter: ... least four injured and over a hundred dead. Police and investigators are looking into the hospital attack. For now it is instructed to stay indoors and keep your doors locked. It’s unknown what the attackers’s motive is or who they are. Further information as it i-


Click.

Breyden turns off the TV.


Breyden: I don’t want to listen to that.
Eric: Sorry.


The doctor who had taken Sarah back into the surgery ward appeared before them.


Doctor: Sarah is going to be alright. She’s taken massive damage and will need a months of recovery, but it’s looking as if she’ll pull through.
Breyden: T-Thank you.
Doctor: What exactly happened, again?
Breyden: Please, I don’t want to talk about it.
Doctor: Understandable. You can come see her if you want. The police will be wanting your account of the accident afterwards.


Breyden got up from his chair immediately and followed the doctor. Eric stayed behind.

Walking into the room all he could think about was the face of the attacker, how it was able to just disappear like that.


Breyden: It’s going to be okay Sarah... It’ll be okay...


Breyden wiped tears from his eyes as he grabbed his sister’s hand.


The TV that was located in Sarah’s room was on.


News reporter: This just in, a witness's description of the masked attackers of the local Mercy Hospital...


Breyden looked over at the TV to see the exact face of the creature that had attacked his sister in her room.


Breyden: It can’t be...
News reporter: This attack during Mercy’s annual blood drive has certainly shaken the community. This reporter hopes that nothing of the same happens any time soon.


Click.

Breyden turned the TV off and rushes out of his sister’s room and over to Eric in the waiting room.


Breyden: We need to go back to my house.
Eric: But don’t you want to tell the police what happened?
Breyden: It can wait for now, we need to get over there.


The two rushed outside.


Eric: Wait... We came here in the ambulance. My car is back at Mercy.
Breyden: Damn it.


Breyden got on his phone and called a taxi to take them back home.

10:35 A.M. August, 11, 2087 - A small town in southern Ohio.

After five hours of long traffic and a yelling taxi driver, Breyden and Eric were back home.


Eric: Are you sure we should have just left like that? We both probably need sleep and you’re all shaken up over this.
Breyden: No. We had to go home.
Eric: ... Okay.


Breyden rushed inside and crouched down to look at the fallen vase. There was blood near it.


Eric: Do you think that person used it to attack Sarah?
Breyden: I think it might be the reason the “thing” attacked Sarah.
Eric: Huh?
Breyden: That “thing” was the same “thing” that a witness of the Mercy attack saw. Mercy was having a blood drive. Those things are after blood.
Eric: Even if that kind of makes sense, you can’t be sure. It’s probably just terrorists or something.
Breyden: Terrorists? That makes even less sense! Terrorists can’t disappear into nothing!

...

Eric: I think maybe both of us just need to sleep. A lot has happened.
Breyden: We can’t sleep with these things everywhere! They could come back here!
Eric: If you’re that worried you can come over to my house to sleep.
Breyden: Fine. But only for a little while, we have to get back to Sarah.


Breyden and Eric drove Sarah’s car over to Eric’s house and stayed there for the night.

9 P.M. August 11, 2087 - Lady Gaga Memorial Hospital

Breyden and Eric walked into the hospital and up to the receptionist.


Receptionist: May I help you two?
Breyden: May we go up to Sarah Holt’s room? I’m her brother.
Receptionist: Of course, dears.
Breyden: Thank you.


The receptionist smiled as Breyden and Eric walked past and up into the elevator.

A man stood in the elevator next to the two.


Man: Hello, boys.
Breyden & Eric: Hey.
Man: Here to see family?
Breyden: I am, he’s with me.
Man: Oh, sorry to hear you have family in the hospital. Allow me to introduce myself, I’m James.
Breyden: I’m Breyden and this is Eric.
James: Nice to meet you, Breyden and Eric.


The elevator stopped on Sarah’s floor and the three got out.


James: I guess I’ll be seeing you two.
Breyden & Eric: See you.


The two walked away from James and into Sarah’s room.

Sarah’s doctor was there running tests.


Doctor: Oh, welcome back. Where did you two have to run to this morning?
Breyden: We had to go home and check on our dogs.
Breyden: That was a good cover-up. Proud of myself.
Doctor: Oh, okay then. Would you like me to call the police up so you ma-


A scream came from the hallway.

Eric, Breyden, and the doctor turned to see a woman being overpowered onto the ground by a creature in a mask.


Woman: SOMEONE HELP ME!


The man who Breyden and Eric had met in the elevator earlier, James, came charging at the creature, knocking it off the woman.

Eric and Breyden rushed over to help the woman.


Breyden: Are you alright?!
Woman: I-I think so. The man that saved me, where is he?


The three looked in the direction of where James had tackled the monster to see it now overpowering and ripping James apart. Blood was going everywhere.

The sound of many footsteps coming up the stairs started to become louder.


Breyden: Terrorists, Eric?!
Eric: Let’s just get the hell out of here!

Eric and Breyden lifted up the woman and got inside of the elevator that was now packed with people screaming and crying.

The elevator went down to the base floor and the crowd of people got out to see at least four of the masked creatures devastating everything. Everyone began running toward the doors of the building.


Eric: Breyden! What about Sarah!?


Breyden stopped in his tracks as the masked-ones started stumbling over to the group of people running toward the doors.


Breyden: Take her. I’m going back up to Sarah.
Eric: But...
Breyden: JUST GO!


Breyden ran back to the elevator and got it closed just before any of the masked-ones could get in as well.

As soon as the doors opened on Sarah’s floor Breyden sprinted straight to her room, but she was gone.


Breyden: Where...


SCREEEEECCHH.

Breyden looked around to see two of the masked-ones facing him. There was no where to run. He looked around and grabbed the needles sitting on the tray next to him and began throwing them at the now charging masked-ones. A few of the needles hit, but it didn’t slow them enough for him to get to the elevator safely.

Looking around again Breyden saw a bag of blood hooked up to the IV his sister would have had in. He grabbed the bag, slit it open with a leftover needle, and tossed it at the two masked-ones. They immediately stopped and began tearing each other apart. Breyden took this opportunity to run down the stairs and out the door of the hospital.

A large crowd of people were outside and police cars were showing up. Breyden went over to where Eric and the woman they had rescued were sitting.


Eric: Where is Sarah?!
Breyden: I don’t know. She’s not there. She’s just not there.
Eric: What the hell is going on. What the hell. What the hell...
Woman: I think maybe it would be a good idea to get away from the very evident large crowd of crazy people attacking the hospital!
Eric: O-Okay...
Breyden: Where could she... be...


The three got into the car and drove away from the hospital. Out the windows they saw multiple buildings on fire and others that seemed to have been broken into.

Breyden: What in the world is happening...
Woman: I don’t know, but I still think we just need to get the hell out of here!
Eric: What’s your name anyway?
Woman: My name is Ave, Ave Walsh.