Life is just not normal. That is something Markus Vaughn had gotten used to. He counted his lucky stars for the days that were just another day that didn't involve over the top madness. He was rather content with just leading a semi-normal life after the whole Stigma mess. Sure, he was working at one of the biggest hospital corporations in the world now, but least he wasn't on the battle field of medicine trying to stop what could possibly lead to the end of the world. So, normal days for the most part...
Though as for how today was going… well…
"You're kidding… someone broke in?!" Markus looked at Valerie wide eyed.
The woman crossed her arms.
"I'm not, everyone's searching the hospital but they can't find the darn guy. He just… slips through their fingers as they put it. One moment they see him, the next." She made her hands mimic an explosions. "Poof! Gone!"
Markus narrowed his eyes.
"Weird… Do they know WHY he's here?"
"None… but he's odd looking from what I heard. As I heard one of the nurses say, it looks like he walked out of Victorian England."
"England…?" Markus raised an eyebrow. "So…. We have a rampant historian or… What? … Cosplayer or something?"
Valerie shrugged. "No one knows, what's more interesting is how he even got in. It almost… looked like he walked through the front door… but again. He just keeps disappearing."
"Anything going missing?"
"Nothing yet, though some people are starting to panic with him just appearing out of nowhere."
Markus rubbed the back of his neck sighing. So much for a quiet day of just checkups. "Great, we have a potential psychopath…"
"Possibly… though thankfully no one has gotten hurt…"
"Doctor Vaughn? Doctor Blaylock?"
The two doctors looked to see Elena at the door, a serious look in her eyes.
"What's up Elena?" Valerie asked.
She brought a finger to her mouth, shushing them.
"Follow me."
She left. Markus and Valerie looked at each other before following after Elena. She lead them through a few hallways before quietly opening the doors that lead into one of the ORs. Looking inside… They found a man dressed in a brown trench coat with a pale blue scarf wrapped around his neck. He had long dark hair and slightly tanned skin. He appeared to be tinkering with some of the tech… yet it almost more or less appeared like he was looking for something.
"That's…" Valerie couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"This is the guy?" Markus whispered eyes widening. What the heck does he want in here!?
"I was just gonna check the room when I found him in here." Elena whispered back. "I had been hearing about him all morning, but I thought it was just a joke at first… though… guess it wasn't a joke after all."
"Huh… the nurses were right… he does look like he's from somewhere else… those clothes… look a bit dated."
"Yeah, not to mention… All of this tinkering… Looks almost like he's trying to find something." Markus added quietly as he watched the man.
"Not sure what he expects to find in an OR."
The man crossed his arms, huffing a bit.
"Darn it… Where the heck is that leak?" he said allowed, looking around the room before looking at the operating lamps. "Hm… Maybe…?" He shook his head. "No… Ugh… hate errands like this."
Markus narrowed his eyes. "He's gonna break something-"
"Excuse me."
They turned to see a woman standing behind them, she looked like she had just walked off of a dig site. She had long black hair tied back and green eyes, with a small smirk on her face.
"Sorry just need a word real quick."
When did she…?
"Um… sure…?" Valerie was confused. The heck is going on here…?
The woman beckoned them closer before hurrying around closing the doors. "You really don't want to be watching that… It's none of your business…"
"I believe it is, he has no permission to be in there." Elena crossed her arms. "It's an environment we need to keep sterile and ready."
"Funny, you aren't wearing protective gear either... " The woman crossed her own arms. "Bit calling the pot black aren't we?"
Markus rolled his eyes. "Kind of pointless when it's been compromised!"
"And yet you're just… Y'know… Staring. Like a bunch of creepers…"
"Hey! He came into our hospital without permission." Valerie glared at her. "We don't take kindly to strangers now, tell us. What the heck is going-"
SCREEECH!
"GACK!"
All whirled around to the door wided eyed.
"What the…?"
The woman cringed. "Oh this is not gonna be pretty…" She groaned before looking to the three. "... Please stay here…" She said before hurrying in herself. "HEY! PICK ON SOMEONE ELSE YOUR SIZE!"
"... We're not gonna listen are we?" Markus asked already inching to the door.Though I dread to find out what's on the other side of this…
"Nope!" Valerie threw the doors open… and jaw dropped when she saw the sight.
The man was in a choke hold by the claws of some… distorted black and white creature, while the woman was trying to help him… and was sicking on it that Valerie couldn't believe she was seeing.
"D-Dinosaur…"
Markus was speechless watching as the dinosaur in question… A raptor was trying to bite and slash at the creature.
"That's it! Keep at it Delta!" The woman called. "Antoni just hang on!"
"Hurry- Ack!" Antoni was struggling to keep his airway open, flailing a bit. "Let go of me you stupid Chrono Demon!"
The demon in question screeched at him tightening its grip… Before letting out another screech as the raptor managed to bite it HARD!
Antoni was dropped to the floor, coughing a bit, catching his breath.
"Ow…" He looked to the woman gratefully. "Thanks Brenda…"
Brenda nodded a relieved look in her eyes. "Anytime Antoni… Now…" She looked to her dinosaur. "Finish 'em… Clever girl."
The raptor let out a roar charging.
The Chrono Demon hissed, grabbing the raptor by her throat, scratching at it. It glared at Antoni and Brenda before taking note of Markus, Valerie and Elena not too far away. It seemed to grin as it looked at them before looking back to Antoni and Brenda.
"I hate it when Chrono Demons make faces like that…" Antoni gulped.
Brenda swallowed hard. "And I hate it when there's something stronger than DELTA of all of 'em…"
"What the heck is going on in here?!" Valerie demanded.
"RUN!"Antoni shouted.
But it was too late. The Chrono Demon shrieked before swiping a claw in the air, everything becoming distorted...and discolored. Everything was fading to black and white… and before everyone knew it… they fell threw what seemed to be portals. After that… the room was empty… nothing to be found.
