Chapter 36
"Gah! Where is everyone?" Kagome grumbled to the empty hall, only to shiver when her own voice echoed over and over. While trying to avoid Sesshomaru and find Inuyasha, Kagome had somehow ended up in the abandoned wing of the hospital. Last summer, the wing had been evacuated for a remodeling and expansion. However, half way through the project, the administrators of the hospital got into a dispute with the construction workers over some insignificant details. The project was abandoned and never again taken up. In any case, no one came here now except the occasional runaway cat or dog.
"Ugh," She groaned, "I thought the entrance to this wing was sealed off! How did I get here?" Kagome sighed gustily but kept walking and taking random turns, hoping that she would find a way out….eventually…
Kagome noticed acutely the second when the alabaster walls that surrounded the halls of the rest of the hospital turned into a skeletal wood structure that allowed the sunlight to filter in. She sighed again; at least they had finished installing the tiled floor. She walked some more before she noticed a ramp at the end of one of the adjacent halls. She was half certain that it would be a cul-de-sac, but she reasoned that going down to floor level would at least be a start.
Half way down the ramp, she sat down hard, suddenly aware of how tired and lonely she was. The ramp swayed, but nothing else moved. While wiping a stray tear from her eye, she silently wished for silver-hair, amber eyes, and puppy ears. Kagome didn't even see the beam, dislodged by moving ramp, that crashed down behind her. The beam struck the back of her head and she blacked out instantly.
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