Caduceus; USA Branch. 0632 Hours.
The day began like any other. The staff tending to patients and one Derek Stiles staring at the enormous tower of paper on his desk.
"How long did you leave that?" A woman's voice asked from the other side of the tower.
Derek chuckled sheepishly "Just a day Angie, I swear."
"Then why-" "Hang on..." Derek stood up. He looked at the top page "I..need to have a few words with Doctor Chase."
Eight minutes later, those 'few words' became a tangent leaving Tyler with his jaw nearly on the floor.
"D-Dude." "Doctor Stiles...?" Angie had followed him.
"Hmm?" He was completely back to normal.
Derek Stiles. The Man of Mystery.
"Nothin'." Angie remained quiet with a raised eyebrow.
One too many pranks.
After that, everything went along as normal until a man with a red bandanna walked in.
"Can I-" The receptionist started. "Is there a Derek Stiles here?" "Doctor Stiles isn't in at the moment, his assistant is. Perhaps you'd like to speak to her about the Doctor's return?"
"Sure." He hoisted a shoulder bag.
The Receptionist directed the man to Derek's office.
The man headed off and peered into the office silently.
Angie was humming softly to herself doing desk work.
Cute. The man narrowed his eyes with a toothy grin Perfect way to... his train of thought was broken by the Doctor's return.
"Can I help you?" "O-oh my bad." The man feigned surprise "I was lost...but I just remembered the exit's THAT way." he walked off leaving Derek blinking.
The man headed out to a truck and exited the parking lot.
After driving a few blocks, he pulled out a phone "I got it."
"Yeah. The perfect trump card."
He headed off as two black trucks headed TOWARDS the Hospital.
When the two trucks parked, one man stepped out. He wore a Hawaiian shirt and was carrying a backpack.
Angie stepped outside. The man walked out of view and looked at his phone for the picture "It's her...perfect." he played leap frog from bush to bush until he nearly paralleled the unfortunate woman.
He doused a cloth then tightly wrapped an arm around the woman and clamped the cloth over her mouth and nose.
In several brutal seconds she was out. "Bring the van." the man said into a two-way.
Moments later a Blue van appeared and the man loaded his captive onto it and the other masked man began to restrain her.
The one in a Hawaiian shirt pulled out his wallet and flicked a card with a dove on it to the ground.
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Twenty minutes later, Derek stepped out, concerned.
"Angie...?" he looked down and gasped.
Her uniform hat, that was knocked off in the struggle, had a foot print in it. And of course the dove card.
Derek stumbled backwards "Angie..."
She was gone.