BLACK HILL SANITARIUM
He looked up at the sign and then moved his eyes towards the big building. He was trying to take in all the new impressions surrounding this place. He heard the cap driver behind him drive away again. He bent his knees and grabbed the handle of his bag and started walking towards the building.
He went inside the lobby and over to the reception. No one was there. He rang the little bell on the counter. Shortly after a young woman came out.
"May I help you?" She asked.
"I'm Roman Reigns. I'm suppose to start working here today," he answered.
"Ah, Mr. Reigns. You're expected. Just a second," she said.
She took the phone and called someone.
"Mr. Reigns is here," she said.
She hung up the phone and turned her attention towards him again.
"Mr. Saxton will be out shortly to greet you," she said and then she walked away again.
He heard the door buzz and a man came out.
"Mr. Reigns," he said and shook his hand.
"Mr. Saxton," Roman said as he shook his hand.
"Call me Byron. Come in, come in," Byron said as he used his keycard on the door, making it open. Roman looked at the keycard.
"Of course you'll get your own so you can walk around freely in this place," Byron said as he stuck the keycard back in his pocket. Roman nodded.
"Anyway, let me show you around," Byron said.
"This is your office," Byron said as he unlocked and opened the door and walked in.
Roman followed and looked around.
"Nice room," he said and put his bag on the table.
"There's your keycard," Byron said and pointed towards the table.
Roman grabbed it and put it in his pocket. They walked out of the room again. Byron let him to a big room.
"These are some of our patients. We don't have many these days, which of course if a good thing, but we do have enough," Byron said.
Roman looked around.
"Only one girl?" He asked after scanning the room.
"That's Taya Zimmer. She's a tough one to crack," Byron said.
"What do you mean?" Roman asked.
"She doesn't really talk much and when she does, it's mostly mumbling that no one can understand," Byron said.
Roman looked at her. She was a pretty girl with fiery red hair and green piercing eyes.
"She used to talk when she first got here, always rambling about an invisible man who wouldn't leave her alone. Little by little she closed down more and more and today none of us can get through to her. Well, none of us doctors, that is," Byron said.
A tall guy walked through the room and over to Taya. He took her hand and talked to her. She didn't answer, she didn't even look at the guy, but Roman could see something was going on.
"What's that all about?" He asked.
"That's Dean Ambrose. He's one of the few who seems to be getting through to her," Byron answered.
"Are they like together?" Roman asked.
"No, he sees her as a little sister that he has to take care of. He and Randy Orton," Byron answered.
"Are you talking about me again, doc?" A voice sounded behind them.
Roman turned his head and looked at the big guy standing there.
"Speaking of the devil. This is Randy Orton. Randy, meet our new doctor Roman Reigns," Byron said.
"Nice to meet you, doc," Randy said and nodded towards Roman.
"How are you feeling today, Randy?" Byron asked.
"Good. The voices don't tell me to kill anyone today," Randy answered and winked, then he walked over to Dean and Taya.
"Randy is a schizophrenic. He hears voices. However, he's responding very well to the medicine and he'll probably be going home soon," Byron said.
"That's good," Roman answered.
"Yeah, that's good for him. It's gonna be hard on Taya though. Those two guys are always there to protect her which has been needed from time to time. She's an easy target and as you can imagine, not all patients are the most friendly ones in a place like this," Byron said.
"Why isn't she on a women's ward?" Roman asked.
"Mainly because she's the only female in here. The government shut down that ward to save money," Byron asked.
"That's just sad," Roman said.
"Yes, it is. Well, luckily she has Dean. He's the most crazy one in here. A lunatic. No one dares to mess with him, and whenever he's around no one dares to mess with her either," Byron said.
"Something I should be worried about?" Roman asked.
"No, he won't hurt you if that's what you mean. He's actually a good kid deep inside," Byron said.
"Hello," a voice behind them sounded.
Roman turned around and came face to face with another doctor.
"You must be the new one. I'm Daniel Bryan," he said.
"Roman Reigns," Roman answered.
Daniel looked inside the room.
"Take your pick on who you'd like to work with. Me and Byron are overbooked right now with all of them since our last doctor left," Daniel said.
"If you don't mind, I would actually like to work with Taya," Roman said.
"Be my guest. I can't get through to her at all," Daniel said.
He actually seemed to be relieved to get her off his hands.
"Well, let's go meet her then," Byron said.
They walked towards the little trio. Randy stepped aside to let the doctors into their personal circle. Dean didn't move or let go off her hand.
"Taya, I have someone here who would like to meet you," Byron said.
"Hello Taya, my name is Roman Reigns. I will be your new doctor," Roman said in a friendly tone.
"She doesn't need a doctor. She has me," Dean said.
"I'm not gonna take her away from you but I do need to meet with her from time to time. Will that be okay with both of you?" Roman asked.
Dean looked at Taya but didn't speak any words with her.
"Yeah, it's okay," Dean said.
"Will you be kind enough to bring her to my office after lunch?" Roman asked.
"Yeah, I can do that," Dean answered.
"He's in Tom Philips' old office," Byron said.
"That's fine," Dean said.
"Thank you," Roman said and walked away again.