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"Nurse. NURSE!" yelled Face down the hallway, frantically. He had broken into a sprint once they had reached the corner and Nadia and Michelle had to run to keep up with him. He continued to yell until he finally saw a nurse walking by. When they finally reached her, Face marched right up to her, Murdock in his arms, and practically shouted in her face, "What kind of facility are you running around here?"
The nurse's eyes widened in horror. Michelle could hardly blame her. After all, it probably wasn't every day that one of the their most active patients was unconscious in a stranger's arms. Or was it? Michelle couldn't be sure that normal logic applied here. Anyway, she stood slightly behind Face with Nadia beside her. "I-I-I'm sorry sir?"
Face frowned and shut his eyes. Even though she was new to this, Michelle could appreciate his talent. "Well," began Face, "Let me start out by asking you a simple question. Do you know this patient?" His voice got dangerously slow and quiet. Michelle shivered in spite of herself. The orderly seemed to as well, as she whimpered, "Yes. That's H.M. Murdock. He's usually much more active than that."
"Fantastic!" yelled Face, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "At least you know your patients' everyday normal decorum. Now could you please tell me why he is NOT active and why he is slumped over like a drunk at a bar?" The nurse's voice quivered as she whispered, "No..."
"Oh well you are in luck sweetheart," said Face, the sarcasm still present in his tone, "my assistants here," here he gestured to Michelle and Nadia, "were able to do your job for you. They are plain clothes chemists who were testing the air flow in Mr. Murdock's room due to complaints when he suddenly passed out on the floor. Now why do you think that was? Oh yes, because of SOMEbody's lack of care for this patient. Now if you don't mind, I am taking Mr. Murdock to get some proper medical treatment!" Face barely stopped for breath throughout this rant, let alone to let the nurse get a word in edgewise. He turned to leave and Nadia and Michelle went to follow. However, at the prospect of Murdock leaving the premises the nurse seemed to find her voice and she made a move to stop them. "Now hold on a moment, you can't just go and take out a patient. I didn't think that 'chemists' were ever in-"
At this Face turned once more and Michelle could see the false fury in Face's eyes reflected by fear in the nurse's. He started towards her as he yelled, "Are you going to be arguing their jobs at a time like this?" Face's voice echoed through out the hallway. People were starting to come out and stare. "This man could be dying thanks to you. I could have you fired for this! I swear if anything is wrong with this man when, or should I say IF, he ever comes to, I will make sure you never harm another patient again! Do you understand?" The last sentence he uttered through gritted teeth an inch from the nurse's face.
After this, the nurse seemed to remember her place and whimpered, "Yes" once more. Tears were welling up in her eyes as she turned, most likely to resign as an orderly before she could get fired. Face nodded curtly to her back and whispered to Nadia and Michelle, "Ok, move it!" The three of them hurried from the V.A. as fast as they could without looking suspicious. If any one of them had been paying any sort of attention at all, they would have noticed a small grin appearing on Murdock's lips.
The four of them finally made it outside with no one following them. Face was still in the lead, and the two girls now followed him to see which car they would be taking. They had walked for a good ten minutes before they reached a white convertible with an orange stripe on it in a deserted parking lot away from the VA. "Nice," murmured Nadia as she walked around the car. "Were you referring to my performance, or my car," asked Face with a wink as he all but dropped Murdock. "The car" replied Nadia with a shrug and a smile.
Michelle walked around the car herself as the two continued to banter. She was making her way to where Face had left Murdock. He hadn't gotten up yet and she wanted to make sure he was okay. As crazy as he was, she still knew him better than this Face fellow.
When she finally reached him, she found him lying on his back looking at the clouds. She looked up herself and smiled. There were some pretty nice clouds out today. Suddenly, she felt a hand tug on her own. She looked down to see Murdock's smiling face. "The view is much better from down here."
Michelle could feel her cheeks turn red. Flustered, she asked, "Are you alright?" Realizing he wouldn't be getting a partner in cloud gazing, he sighed, "Yep, all in a day's work." Not knowing really how to respond, Michelle spoke up. "Shouldn't we get moving?" Face and Nadia both jumped. They seemed to forget that there were others around them. As Nadia slipped off of the hood of the car where she'd been conversing with Face at the same time Face himself said quickly, "Oh yes, of course. It shouldn't take long though. But let's hurry!"
Smiling slightly at Face's sudden change in attitude, Michelle turned to get in the car when she heard a cough from underneath her. She looked and saw Murdock with an arm outstretched, clearly looking for assistance in standing up. In hopes that it would help things along, Michelle obliged. She reached a hand out and he grabbed him. His hand was strong and calloused, something she would expect from a former army ranger. Pulling him up was a cinch, Michelle figured he just needed someone to help get him balanced. When he was finally up, he looked up at Michelle, most likely to thank her, when his words seemed to get caught in his throat. Michelle would have asked him what was the matter but she found she could not speak either. The two of them stood there like fools, just looking at each other for what seemed like an age, when they heard Face clear his throat. Now it was Michelle and Murdock's turn to jump and Michelle realized with a jolt that they were still holding hands. She withdrew quickly, and with an awkward laugh she turned and went to go sit in the back of the corvette, with H.M. in tow.
"So where are we going," asked Michelle once everyone was settled in the car and on their way. From the back seat she could see Face smiling and knew she wouldn't be getting a straight answer. She figured that Face was the type of person that always liked to keep you guessing. And from the look on Nadia's face, it looked as though she was thoroughly enjoying the entertainment. It took all of Michelle's self control not to roll her eyes. "Well?" prodded Michelle.
Face continued to smile. "We're heading to one of the abandoned warehouses on the edge of town. Ya know, you girls are lucky. Usually the team has to scope out potential clients before we even meet them." "Well Faceman, these girls are quite special," stated Murdock as he looked directly at Michelle. Michelle could feel her cheeks turn red as she noticed the slight double meaning as Face plowed on. "I don't doubt that these ladies are special, Murdock. I'm just saying it isn't usual for us to take on clients without making sure they aren't with Lynch or anything of that nature."
"Um," started Michelle, a little unsure on how to begin, "Well we aren't really..." "Shelly!" cut in Nadia, "Come on now, we don't want to talk about this now. We'd rather wait until the whole team could hear us," She then turned around and made a face at Michelle while Michelle mentally hit herself. Of course she couldn't let Face know who she really was. He might not be as trusting as Murdock and she really needed to meet her father. Face seemed not to notice this internal issue. He was too busy sniggering at something. "What?" asked Michelle, although she was pretty sure she knew the reason. "Oh nothing," stated Face, "Shelly." Michelle sighed. This was going to be a long trip.