This section was written by Agent Delia (ashay01@hotmail.com)
ÒWHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!Ó yelled Cooper as he saw the man in black fall to the floor. ÒSomeone take care of him!Ó he continued. He didnÕt know what had happened but he knew it wasnÕt good. Someone had just walked in with a very ill woman, and both were now being hauled to two of the emergency rooms. Doctor Ellis came running down the hall when she heard the commotion.
Cooper filled her in. ÒWe may have a problem here! It looks like poisoning of some sort. Blood pressure is off the wall, and theyÕre both having respiratory problems and are in a cold sweat. The guy in room three carried the woman in room two in and just as Nurse Norton was going to find out what happened, he keeled over. IÕd say they chose the wrong restaurant to eat at this afternoon!Ó
ÒSure it couldnÕt be dehydration or something heat related?Ó
ÒIÕm pretty sure of it. Toxicology will tell usÓ he said as they both stumbled through the crowded emergency area. It was a bad day for anything. Already it was a little past twelve, and the place was packed. They ran into room two. In the room, nurses and doctors were trying to do everything they could to figure out what was wrong. Many hurried to put IVs in.
ÒHave you learned anything?Ó asked Ellis. One of the nurses turned.
ÒI can safely bet itÕs poison. There was some vomiting and itÕs a good sign the body is trying to rid itself of whatever did this. ItÕs not good enough though. Heart rate is through the roof. We drew blood and sent it up to the lab. TheyÕll be doing that with the other one very soon. TheyÕre trying to stabilize him.Ó
In the next room, there was the same flurry of Doctors and nurses around Agent X. If he were awake for it, heÕd complain about how primitive the hospital was, and how many stupid humans were bumbling around, knocking into each other as they blindly jabbed needles into his arms.
Doctor Coy came in. He had had some experience with this before. Coy had seen nearly everything. Food poisoning, household chemical poisoning and even murder attempt poisoning. As he figured, the doctors were trying to get the patient stabilized.
ÒHave the stooges from the lab said anything about this yet?Ó he asked Doctor Guide.
ÒNo, Mack. We havenÕt even drawn a sample yet.Ó
ÒCan someone do that RIGHT NOW? WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT TO DO! For all we know, there could be DOZENS MORE with this if it was a restaurant food poisoning!Ó as he yelled, another nurse reached for a syringe to take a blood sample. They had already pulled off his tie and worked to stabilize him. A quick check with a stethoscope by another doctor had confirmed that this guyÕs heart beat was erratic and much too fast. The nurse with the needle pulled the agentÕs sleeve up and stuck the needle in his arm and began to draw a sample for the lab. What she sawÉ was not what she expected.