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By Neryl
Meanwhile, on the roof, Elizabeth was waiting for an helicopter to touch down. In fact she had been waiting for 2 hours. It must be an April fool, she thought, but the problem was that the door was locked and hence she couldn't go back to the ER. Of course the sight was quite interesting, she had never thought that we could see so many things from this roof : the roofs of Doc Magoo and of all the houses near the Hospital, the ballet of the ambulances, the flakes of snow dancing in the wind and even accidents of helicopter striking a high tension wire. It must have been dangerous to make such a big April fool but these Americans were so strange. Nothing would astonish her on behalf of them.
In trauma 2, Mark and Chuny were looking at the thing Chuny had slipped on.
"A plastic heart?" asked Mark.
"It's funny, it looks like a real one..."
Mark bent down and gathered the "slippery thing".
"In fact it IS a real heart. I suppose you don't know whose heart it is?"
"No, my jokes aren't THAT stupid"
Suddenly Doug rushed into the trauma room and said:
"Something is going wrong with Carol and I can't find anyone to help me!"
"Shouldn't you stay quiet in your bed?" said Mark "Be careful with your perfusion, you're spreading green liquid everywhere on the floor"
Mark followed Doug through the unusually desert corridors to Exam 2.
Carol was lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
"Is it another joke?" asked Mark
"I don't think so" answered Doug
" Er, Doug, don't you think there is something missing next to her left arm, just below her collarbone?"
"Well, you know, it's quite a while since I stopped medicine..."
"Her heart, clot!"
"Can't we do anything?"
"I wonder if you have ever studied medicine or at least watched an episode of ER"
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By Morphea
Something suddenly and violently hit Doug's face. Several times. Again and again. His vision finally faded, and he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the only thing he could see was Carol's hand getting closer and closer to his left cheek.
"OOOOOWWWW!!!" shouted Doug when Carol's hand finally hit him.
"Doug! Are you alright?" anxiously asked Carol.
"Are YOU alright, Carol? Why did you hit me?"
"You lost consciousness, I didn't know what to do, you seemed to be having a nightmare, I just wanted to wake you up!"
"I was indeed having a nightmare, in which you had lost your heart and it had been trampled underfoot... Maybe it's some kind of metaphor... By the way, were you really forced to slap me?"
"I don't know, I had a sudden impulse."
Elisabeth watched her beeping pager. A major trauma needing surgery was coming. Pooh... As long as she would be stuck on the roof, they'll have to page Benton instead of her... Couldn't they see that she hadn't been around for nearly 3 hours now? She wanted to yell "HEY!! I'M STUCK ON THE ROOF, YOU BUNCH OF IDIOTS!!" but it would be useless.
She shivered. It was getting really cold up there.
Luka JJ took a chart on the pile, and gave it a quick read-trough while walking towards exam 4. There, he found a forty-year-old man, sitting on the bed and waiting for him.
"Good evening, Mr... Williamson." he said, verifying the patient's name on the chart. "So, what are you suffering from?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Luka took a closer look to the patient, and frowned when he realized his face was entirely green and covered with small inflamed spots.
"Do you have any idea of what provoked that?" asked Luka.
"My son said it was supposed to be the best April fool he had ever done..." began Mr Williamson with a sigh. "He sprayed me with a green colorant containing something I'm allergic to, but he didn't know I was."
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By Neryl
"At least, he knows it, now. Er... can I ask you a question?" said Luka.
"Yeppp"
"Do you know you have an arm growing in your back?"
"Yep. It's a result of one of my son's April fools. Doctors said it was also due to an allergic reaction."
"It must be quite annoying?"
"Oh, no. In fact it's even useful to scratch my back."
"Of course. I see... What does your son do for a living?"
"He works in a nuclear plant"
"It must be very interesting."
"The main problem is when he brings work back at home as he did yesterday. Fortunately I always travel round the world since I won to the national lottery two years ago"
"Well, it's not very serious but I'll give you a pomade for your spots."
Luka went out of the room. Today was a strange day.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth was still on the roof. Her fingers started turning blue. It was quite a nice color, in fact. The view was still interesting: she saw several fires and even some car accidents. There was no way to get annoyed on this roof. She could even see people living in the building on the other side of the street. It was really fascinating and especially the man who did weightlifting. Now she understood better why so many people came here to "smoke a cigarette". She realized that Mark didn't smoke and often climbed up here. These Americans!!! There was even a woman who spent her time naked in her apartment.
Suddenly, Elizabeth heard a noise: she turned back and saw the door opening. It was Peter with a beatific smile on his face.
"Hello!"
"Peter, be careful, don't close the...."
The door was already slamming.
"What on earth are you doing on this roof, Elizabeth? Everybody is looking for you!"
"I couldn't open this door and now it's locked again... Why are you smiling, Peter?"
"You know what? I'm happy"
"It's a joke?"
"Yes, it's my April fool. It's funny, isn't it?"
"Not really."
"Ah."
Suddenly, Peter stepped over the little wall that separated them from the space.
"Peeeeeeeeeter !"screamed Elizabeth "This April fool is worse than the last one..."
End of chapter 2...
Will Elisabeth understand Americans one day?
Will Benton survive from his jump?
And will M. Williamson be mistaken for a green firefly?
Stay tuned!!!
