Medic was not impressed. "What a mess."

There was rubble and bodies everywhere. Some signs indicated hand surgery and gynecology were on this floor, along with a door marked 'Employees Only'.

Spy turned on the radio. "We seem to have drawn the ire of a British woman."

"Oh, that's Sophia Lamb. She's the head of the cult," explained Scout.

"Do you know anything else about her?" pressed Spy.

"She's a bitch," Scout immediately answered.

Spy frowned. "I meant anything useful."

"She's a shrink, has a daughter who's working against her. Was in prison for a while, but Ryan threw lots of people in the slammer for bogus charges. So did you get to the Medical Pavilion?"

Medic looked around at some recently dead bodies. Probably Scout's work.

"Yes, and where do you suggest we go from here?" asked Spy.

"The gynecology ward. There's a hole in one of the walls."

"What is gincology?" asked Soldier.

Demo perked up. "Does it have to do with gin?"

"It's the study of women's reproductive organs," deadpanned Medic. "I wonder if there are any medical supplies we can salvage?"

"Well you can check, but I'm pretty sure I salvaged everything when I was down there," said Scout. "And you shouldn't use the medicine down here anyway. It's probably got ADAM in it." Scout paused. "Do ya know what that is?"

Medic tuned out the conversation as he wandered over to the door only for employees. The stink of chemicals was ignored as he noticed some organs in jars. He walked over and studied them. They were very old, nothing he could use. He went to another room. The machines gave it away as a histology lab. Nothing medical here. "Verdammit."

"Doktor!" Heavy came barreling in, Pyro close behind. "Doktor. Do not walk away. Is very dangerous."

"I know, I know." Medic looked around the lab one more time. "I thought there would be something useful over here, but it's just offices and labs for making microscope slides."

A shocked sound came from Pyro before he ran over to one of the cutting machines. Medic tensed and Heavy got in front of him…Then Pyro spun around. "Hehoo!"

The two stared at the old hippo doll Pyro was holding. "What was a doll doing in here?" wondered Medic.

Heavy shrugged as Pyro cuddled their new doll. "We should return to others."

Engineer was looking at the map when they got back. "Ah. Looks like it's in this area that's missing." He frowned. "It would be easier if Scout was actually here to walk us through it. Any idea if he's gonna try to meet up with us?"

Spy frowned. "He said he was too far away and had some tasks to perform. Not much information beyond that." He lit a cigarette. "It is not like him."

"There's something weird in there," announced Demo near a doorway.

"How weird?" asked Engineer

Demo thought for a moment. "'Bout a five."

That wasn't too bad so the REDs went into the waiting room for the gynecology ward. There were several dead splicers lying around…and one big body in a diving suit, which immediately caught Medic's attention. It had very odd proportions. It seemed like it would be very uncomfortable to wear, much less walk around in. "You mean that?"

"Yeah, it's just a suit, but it looks…wrong," said Demo.

"It's the proportions." Medic walked over to take a closer look.

A whimper came from the body.

Everyone tensed. Soldier ran over with his shotgun. "Identify yourself!"

A little girl shot up with a scream.

…What? What was a child doing in a place like this on her own? Medic gave her a quick look over, noting her too pale skin, yellow eyes glowing in the darkness, and…some sort of contraption in her arms with a bottle of red, glowing liquid and a long syringe.

Soldier looked a bit frozen, not sure what to do. The little girl's eyes darted about before running towards Heavy and hiding behind his legs. Heavy blinked in confusion. "What is Little Girl doing here?"

The little girl just whimpered.

"Scout mentioned something about Little Sisters," Spy remembered. "I suppose this is what he meant, but he also…" Spy trailed off before he quickly took the radio back out.

Medic continued to examine the man in the diving suit and tried to remove the helmet. It was stuck. So he tried to remove the gloves. They were stuck too. Boots: Stuck.

"Scout."

"Kind of busy here," Scout responded. Medic took out his bone saw and started cutting through the suit.

"Do…" Spy paused a moment. "I believe you called them Little Sisters?"

"What about 'em?"

"Do they have white skin and glowing, yellow eyes?"

"Yeah, you see one? They're harmless."

Medic was starting to get through.

"One's hiding behind Heavy and refusing to let go of him," said Spy.

Scout answered almost immediately. "Stop whatever you're doing and get her to a hidey hole. If a Big Daddy or Big Sister sees her with you, they won't stop 'til you're all dead."

"Hidey hole?" asked Spy in disbelief.

Wait. That couldn't be right.

"Vents with leaves and flower petals. Little Sisters use them to travel around without a Big Daddy and hide from splicers," explained Scout. "They're all over the place so it shouldn't be hard to find one, but you need to find one as fast as possible."

"Saw something like that back there," said Sniper.

Medic stood, wiping his hands off. "Why does the man in the diving suit have no skin?"

"I dunno. It's not important. Just get her in a vent." Scout hung up.

"Did he really not have skin?" asked Demo.

Medic nodded. "Some of his organs were attached to the suit as well. If I only had some more time to examine the body…"

"Not now Doktor," said Heavy. "Come along, Little Girl."

The Little Sister nervously looked away from Pyro, who was trying to be friendly with the hippo doll, and followed after Heavy as he walked back into the welcoming area. Curious, Medic watched them go. A vent like the one Scout had been describing was set in the wall a few feet away. Heavy boosted the girl to the opening, she climbed in, and that was that. Heavy came back over. "Done."

"Where do you think she came from?" asked Medic. "A mutation? A human-like species perhaps?"

"Hope she gets home okay whatever she is," muttered Engineer.