Hey everyone, I'm Diren! This is my first time posting to Fanfiction and first time doing a DMWL fanfiction. Please let me know what you think – if I should keep going, take it down and redo it, what you like and what you'd like to see. Constructive criticism is acceptable – but please be kind – my ego is pretty delicate.
Also, I do not own Deadman Wonderland - this amazing Manga/Anime belongs to their rightful owners. Any characters that belong to be are Rin, Soubi, and any other name that is unfamiliar.
One: Excuse me?
"Hello! My name is Toriyama Rin and it's a pleasure to meet you!" I greeted cheerfully, giving a slight bow and sticking out my right hand to the three people in front of me. My smile faltered as I receive bewildered stares in return.
"Nice…to meet you too," the lady in front of me said, grimacing as if common cheerfulness sickened her. She had light reddish-brown hair that was cut into a cute, short bob. She had a small mole on the left side of her face just a little below her lips. The guard to the right of her made an attempt to shake my hand but was elbowed in te side by the pretty female. He gave a grunt and immediately withdrew back into his guarded position next to her. "I'm Takashima Rei, please follow me." She finished. I nodded, looking between to the two guards who were dressed in Deadman Wonderland uniforms I haven't seen before. I had undergone three interviews here at this prison for an open doctor position and had not once seen any staff members in full cover grey suits that looked like a mixture of SWAT and Storm Trooper. I obediently followed behind Takashima-san and the two guards out of the waiting room in the main office and down a hall.
"So tell me, Toriyama-san," Rei began, "What made you apply for the doctor's position at Deadman Wonderland?" She adjusted the glasses on her face as she examined me while waiting for an answer. I fidgeted a bit, trying to think of an answer good enough to please her. I knew I had the job. The third interviewer practically said it but I had the feeling that Takashima-san was going to be my superior in the medical department and I should at least try to impress her instead of saying – well I need money and beggars can't be choosers.
"A colleague of mine said that Deadman Wonderland was looking for a doctor who was willing to work with "special case" patients and I thought I'd give it a try. My father is also a doctor and practically raised me and my brother in the hospital he worked at so nothing really surprises me anymore. I feel like I've seen it all." I shrugged my shoulders and followed behind the three as we stepped into an elevator. Terrible answer.
Rei hit a few buttons on the elevator panel then swiped her security ID card as we descended. I felt the lurch of the elevator and glanced around nervously. To my knowledge there were no lower level medical rooms in Deadman Wonderland. The main doctor's office was in the center of the prison blocks here and I was pretty sure that the Central block was not in the basement area of this place. But then again, this is Deadman Wonderland, one part maximum security, privately owned prison, and one part amusement park open to the public.
"Nothing surprises you," Rei asked sounding amused, "what is the craziest thing you've seen in a hospital Toriyama-san?"
"Please, call me Rin!" I replied cheerfully as I thought for a second. "Once when working on the MED/SURG floor with my father, we had a patient call for a nurse because of a 'giving away' sensation to their abdominal surgical site. When I followed in with the nurse to help her with the assessment, evisceration had occurred."
"Evisceration?" One of the guards asked.
"Basically their small intestines began to fall through the surgical site. The sutures had split apart when they started to cough and their viscera began to fall through the weakened area. When the patient saw their insides basically falling out, they began to panic which made everything worse." I heard the guards make a few uncomfortable noises as Rei blushed and giggled.
"Did they scream?"
"Oh they did." Something was seriously wrong with Rei. Doctors do not take pleasure in patients in agony. "They shrieked, moved around and tried to put everything back in. Bare handed. We had to restrain the patient so the surgeon could get in and begin sterile treatment before any more damage." Rei giggled as the elevator came to a stop.
"Well Rin, as you already know, the doctor position is pretty much yours. The Promotor, Tamaki Tsunenaga, and I think you'll be an asset here so if you can stomach tonight, then you'll be the new doctor of G-Ward in Deadman Wonderland." Rei stated.
"G…G-Ward?" I asked cautiously as we stepped into a completely new room I had never entered before. We walked down what looked like a hall that seemed to curve slightly as if this area was built in a circular design. Rei let out a sigh and pulled out a small book from her lab coat pocket. Handing it over to me I took it and examined the cover. 'New Employee's Handbook to Deadman Wonderland's G Ward' I was a little surprised the cover was so bright and colorful – almost kid like, but again, this was Deadman Wonderland.
"G-Ward is basically the real Deadman Wonderland. It's where the true residents of this prison reside. These "special case" patients your colleague was speaking about are our Deadmen. They are brutal, ruthless killers that are infected with a Branch of Sin…"
I blinked, staring at Rei and the guards in confusion. Deadmen? Branch of Sin? Excuse me? Rei shook her head, "Just read the manual before 2200 hours and you'll see. Ah! Here we are!" We stopped and entered a room that had a sign hanging from the door with print saying "MEDICAL EXAMINATION ROOM 2".
"Two?" I asked as we entered the room. The guards stood at the doorway as Rei showed me around the room.
"Yes, Medical Room One is basically my room and any experiments I may conduct. Room Two is a newly added room to help take on the increasing number of…patients…that require medical attention." I continued to follow Rei around the room.
"So I just need to read the manual before 10:00 tonight and then what?" I asked. Rei grinned which made me uncomfortable. She had some blush creeping onto her face.
"At 10 is the Carnival Corpse and where you'll see what Deadman Wonderland is all about."
I fidgeted in my chair, staring at myself in a mirror that was on the wall in the exam room. My black hair fell past my shoulders in waves that I spent forever trying to make this morning before coming here. I flipped a stray strand out of my face and tried to fix up my bangs. It didn't help much and my hair still looked boring. I gazed into my grey-blue eyes of my mirror image as I initiated another staring contest. I had finished reading the employee hand book a while ago and the guard that had been watching over me instructed me to not leave this room while he had to escort a Deadman to the arena. Unfortunately I was bored out of my mind and the manual had only provided the basics. I figured I'd now have to "learn as I go". Darn.
'So,' I thought to myself, 'they are called Deadmen and they are people who became infected with a Branch of Sin following the Red Hole Incident 10 years ago. A few of those who survived the quake acquired an ability which allows them to consciously control their blood making them into powerful weapons.' I glanced away from myself and swiveled around in my chair. 'If I get a hold of a roster, then maybe I can see if he is still here.'
"Hey," I jumped out of my seat as a voice broke my train of thought. "The Carnival Corpse match between Crow and Woodpecker is about to begin." The guard from earlier waltzed into the room and pulled up a chair as I hit a few buttons on the computer to have a hologram screen appear to show the match.
"Is this the channel?" I asked as he seated himself next to me. He gave me a nod and then took off the mask to his suit. I blushed as I stared at the attractive man next to me. He had short messy brown hair and light brown eyes. He seemed to be a couple years older than me, probably in his late 20's. The guard grinned at me and stuck out his hand for me to shake.
"I'm Tanaka Soubi, pleased to meet you. Sorry about earlier." He stated. I shook his hand.
"No problem. Once again, I'm Rin! So what is going on with this Carnival Corpse?" I asked. The manual had gone over it briefly but I was still a little lost.
"It's a match between two Deadmen. Basically they fight till one of them is dead or incapacitated. The Promoter, Tsunenaga Tamaki, says he holds these matches to help secure funds to run the prison. Personally I think it keeps the Deadmen from getting too cocky and out of control." I flinched as he laughed. I wasn't even paying attention to the T.V.. Soubi turned his attention back to the hologram sceen and was totally absorbed in the match. "Man this match is so uneven! Crow is gonna kill that Woodpecker!" He shouted. I looked up to the hologram screen and paled. A man close to my age seemed to be beating senseless a young boy with what looked like red scythe like blades extending from his forearms.
"Is that a Brach of Sin?" I gasped.
"Yep! Crow is pretty amazing. I don't see what they were thinking putting a rookie against someone like him. He's been doing this for almost four years now," he laughed, "Woodpecker might die."
'Is everyone in here insane?' I thought to myself as I tried to put my attention back onto the screen. I don't know how long I was out of it till I could finally focus. The little boy, eh, Woodpecker was pulling himself up from his own pool of blood on the floor by using Crow's jacket as leverage. I gasped as Woodpecker shot off a projectile that formed from his blood up into the air to knock down what appeared to be a chicken sitting on a bird-swing. It seemed to be a speaker that was used to announce what was going on in the match. Crow had managed to slash the giant contraption to bits while Woodpecker had used the moment of distraction to get close enough to place his hand on Crow's chest. The boy's palm met the white bandage on the older man's sternum as he (the boy) screamed loudly and sent another bloody missile into the man's chest. My breath caught in my throat as I winced at the image. The young boy had used enough force to knock Crow back a couple of feet and I already knew in my mind that his sternum had fractured, again if that what the bandage was for earlier.
"W-woah! Did you see that!" Soubi yelled, jumping out of his chair. "That was awesome!" He raised his hand for a high five and I looked at him incredulously. He looked away sheepishly and put his hand down. "Sorry, I should go and escort the medical team here. Woodpecker will be coming here for you to exam and Crow to Rei. After you treat and stabilize, Woodpecker…"
"I know, I know. Meet up with Rei. Thankfully no one died and the damage was pretty minimal." I let out a sigh of relief as I got out of my chair. Soubi gave me a bewildered stare before he placed on his helmet. I had the feeling I just said something entirely stupid.
"Didn't you read the manual about the penalty game after the Carnival Corpse?"
"I did. But it said Deadmen will fight to the death or until incapacitation. If a Deadman dies, the medical team will remove the body and take it to the Research lab on the fourth floor to examine the body." Soubi shifted uncomfortably under my gaze.
"Well, if no one dies, then the loser has to play the penalty game."
"Penalty game?" This wasn't in the newbie manual.
"Yeah, as punishment for losing, the Deadman will lose a body part. It can be a limb, eye, an internal organ; anything really." I paled again when he said this.
"Anything?" I think I was going faint. 'People do not do this! Normal people do not do this!'
"Yeah, and Rei wants you to help with this. Once Crow is stabilized, you're gonna assist Rei in the penalty game."
"Excuse me?"
There you go, please tell me what you think! Also, I want to keep it gruesome like the original DMWL so if you have any ideas feel free to send them. Oh, if you have a crazy hospital visit/ER story please let me know! I LOVE 'em – not as much as Rei but feel free to share!