Chapter 32: The Hospital's Mysteries part 2
"H-Holy shit!" The hospital's halls were full of dead bodies, dozens of them. Blood covered the walls and floor; it was a massacre. "Who the hell could have done this!?" Exclaimed Noel. Bronny and Jolyne looked at each other, "this was him," Bronny said, "it had to be him, he must have known that we were coming here, which means..." "That he's hiding something," said Jolyne, "come on, let's go further." The group walked through the bloody room, walking over the dead bodies. "It smells horrible in here," Rae said, covering her nose, "ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick…" Bronny looked at all the bodies, "if this guy is going this far to hide his true identity," he thought to himself, "then he's either extremely protective, or he is actually threatened by us, whatever it is, we got to stop him."
Bronny heard a faint noise in the distance, he held his hand up, stopping the group. "Shush," he said, "you hear that?" The faint sound of voices echoed in the distance, "someone's here, move slowly, and quietly." The group moved slowly to the end of the hall, Bronny slowly peaked his is head out, only to quickly move back. "What's wrong?" Jolyne whispered, "we have trouble," replied Bronny. The two peaked their heads again, they could see two hooded figures cornering a doctor. The two hooded figures were Filo and Irene, they slowly walked to the doctor, who was clearly impassive to the situation. "I'm going to ask you one more time," Filo said, "unless you plan on ending up like all of them, I suggest you start speaking." The doctor glared at the two, not speaking. "Do you think we're fucking playing!?" Exclaimed Irene, "talk, or we'll make you talk!"
The doctor took his glasses off and wiped them on his jacket. "You of all people should know dear, that a fight against me won't end well for you." Filo put a hand on Irene's shoulder, moving her back. "We're well aware of that," he said, "but we still the files, and we won't leave until we get them." "What's going on?" Rae said, she suddenly tripped and fell on the floor. The three stopped talking, "fuck…" Bronny muttered. He quickly grabbed Rae and pulled her back. "The hell was that?" Filo turned around, but couldn't see anything. "Something wrong?" Irene asked, "naw, probably just the wind." Bronny wiped his brow, that was too close. "S-Sorry," Rae said. Bronny continued to overhear their conversations. "They are in the restricted section of the records center, no one has access to them, even me." Irene rubbed her forehead in frustration, "everyone else is fucking dead!" She yelled. "Even so, I've been ordered to not let anyone near them, no matter what." Irene glared at the doctor, a white aura beginning to form around her, but Filo stepped in front. "Fine, you'll be hearing from our boss then." Filo took Irene's hand and escorted her away and out of the building.
"Those files must be of Hunter's identity," said Noel, "we need to find them." The group slowly moved from behind their cover and went to another. The doctor sighed and put his glasses back on. He began to move up a flight of stairs to the next floor. "Let's follow him," Bronny said, "but carefully, we don't know if he's a Stand user or not." The group moved out and began to follow the doctor. "Who do you think those two were?" Jolyne asked, "whoever they are, they must work for Hunter," replied Bronny, "we'll worry about them later." The group continued their chase, moving up the many stairs. Bronny could see the doctor up ahead, he moved through one of the doors, entering another hallway. The group slowly opened the door and entered the hallway. "Jesus, there's still more bodies up here," Bronny muttered, "why would this guy still be here?" The group maneuvered through the bodies, closely following the doctor. The doctor walked into one of the room, labeled, "file room."
"That's it, that's the file room," Bronny said. The group slowly walked towards the room, peaking through the window. The doctor walked through the room, looking through an assortment to papers. "He must be looking for Hunter's files," said Noel, "Joshua, you think your Smooth Criminal can see which one it is." "It could," replied Joshua, "but it would take me a while to find the exact scenario, what do you think Bronny?" No answer. "Bronny?" The group looked around, Bronny was nowhere to be seen. "Where did he go?" Jolyne said. "G-Guys…" The group turned to Rae, who was quivering, "h-h- he's…" The group looked up, there was Bronny, hung up on the ceiling, blood trickled from his body. "Bronny!" Jolyne yelled, she quickly summoned her Stone Free and cut him down. Jolyne grabbed Bronny, shaking his body, "Bronny, come on, please wake up!" She yelled, "god damn it! I can't lose you too! Wake up!" Joshua looked back at the window, the doctor was no longer there. "The doctor… He's gone!" He muttered, "How could he have known? Could, could this be an attack?"