Chapter Twenty
Indy was driving down Nathan Avenue. He had just passed the Lakeview Hotel when Connor's cell phone rang.
"Hello?" Indy answered.
"James! Turn around! Go to Alchemilla Hospital!"
"Why? What's goin' on?" Indy asked slowing and whipping a Louie on the desolate road.
"Kennedy called and said he saw a girl run in there. Then I lost contact with him." Connor informed.
"Dammit! He was supposed to stay with you guys" Indy yelled.
"He was trying to help, so I let him search Central District."
"Well, should I search for Sarah or Kennedy? Oh, no! Gramma!"
"Beatrice is there?" Connor inquired.
"Yeah she fell off her deck on Saturday"
"Well, this is hard to ask, but look for all three. If Kennedy is right, Sarah should be OK in the hospital along with Bea. Look for Kennedy first." Connor ordered.
"There's apt to be monsters in the hospital!" Indy argued.
"OK, James, but you find 'em. Understand? I'm counting on you."
"All right, Bye" Indy said.
"Bye." Connor said hanging up.
When Indy arrived at the hospital, he parked the Model A outside on the street. He opened the gate to see Kennedy hiding in the tree in the entry area. He then followed the blood trail down the tree to see a lab-type dog that was skinless and gorey staring at Kennedy like he was a piece of meat.
"CLANKTSHSH!"
The gate rang out as it closed. The dog now turned around to focus on Indy. It then charged toward this more accessible target.
Indy grabbed the Dualies and emptied both clips on the possessed creature. It was a little overkill, but Indy took no chances. No serious injuries yet, why start here.
"Hey! You all right up there?" Indy shouted up at Kennedy.
"Yeah, but my ankle..."
Indy saw that Kennedy had a bad bite on his right ankle.
"You think you can get down?"
"I...I Dunno." Kennedy said obviously in shock.
"WHIPTSHSH!"
Cracked the whip as it wrapped around a branch.
"Climb down on this. I'll break your fall if you slip" Indy ordered.
After Kennedy was down and seated on a nearby trash can, Indy pulled the Town Sedan into the yard and pulled out the padlock from his satchel and locked the gate behind him. He tended to Kennedy's leg next by pulling out his first aid kit and using nearly half of the gauze to dress the ankle. He then put the rest in Kennedy's shirt pocket along with the medical tape.
"Use the rest if the blood saturates these." Indy ordered.
"O...OK." Kennedy stammered.
"Are you in a lot of pain?"
"Ah...Yeah. Just a bit." Kennedy stammered once more.
"Here. Take this if it gets too bad." Indy said handing over an Ampoule and his spare syringe.
"I'm gonna have a look inside. You stay here and don't move. Oh. One more thing" Indy said pulling out the Webley he got from school. He counted out an extra cylinder's worth of ammo and handed it all over to Kennedy.
"Don't use it unless you have to." Indy ordered.
Kennedy nodded. Indy grabbed the bullwhip and entered the hospital.