They reached the hospital in no time. As they entered, people started
staring at them. Some ran outside as fast as they could. Others whispered
to each other, pointing to Rock.
Rock ignored them and walked up to the front counter.
"This guy's hurt. He needs help," Rock breathed through clenched teeth. He shifted his load.
Tomi stared at the front counter lady, who seemed like she wanted to run away. 'Why is everyone so afraid of Rock?' she thought.
"Please wait a moment. Others are in line, sir," the lady said in a shaky voice. She pointed to a long line of people who didn't look very hurt.
Rock stared at the line, and then he looked back at the lady. "Are any of them badly injured?" Rock asked sarcastically.
"Um, I don't see any sign of blood, if that's what you mean, sir," the lady said, trembling.
"Yeah, that is what I mean," Rock answered. "So, does this guy on my back look injured?"
"Yes sir," said the lady.
"Exactly. So get me a doctor, and hurry up!" Rock barked.
The scared lady jumped out of her chair and ran as fast as her chubby legs could carry her, to the doctor's office.
Tomi looked around her at the people who were now talking very softly. Suddenly, three men stood up and walked over to Rock as he set Atlas in a stretcher that a nurse and a doctor brought.
"Hey, bud! Who do you think you are, handling Atlas like that? You're probably the guy who did it!" one of the men shouted.
Everyone in the hospital grew quiet to listen. One of the other men cracked his knuckles.
Tomi looked at the three men. One had green hair; another had black, and the last the one brown. She gasped very loudly.
"Lionel? Michael? Sean?" Tomi stared at the three burly looking men. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Tomi?" Lionel stared at her. "What are you doing with that Marduk? That dirty scum?"
"He's not a scum," Tomi said firmly.
"Are you okay?" Sean asked wide-eyed.
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you very much. Rock saved Atlas, you idiots!" Tomi shouted.
"What?" Everyone in the hospital was now staring wide-eyed.
Rock's face didn't change, like usual.
"You're lying!" shouted Michael. He clenched his fists and hurled himself at Rock. Rock dodged the blow easily.
"Are they friends of Atlas?" Rock asked, blocking another blow from Sean.
"Um, yeah," Tomi said uneasily.
"Hem," said a voice pretty loudly. Everyone looked away from the fight and saw the head doctor. The three men stopped fighting. "I do not know what this is about, but this is a hospital, where we heal your wounds, not give you them." A few peopled chuckled nervously. "Anyways, who was the person who brought the wounded man in?"
Tomi pointed to Rock and Rock pointed to Tomi.
"You carried him," Tomi said.
"You're the one who, um, is his brother," Rock said uneasily.
"So?"
"So?"
The doctor shook his head. "Alright you two. Both of you follow me." He motioned for them to follow.
"Wait doctor!" shouted Sean.
"Hm?"
"We're his friends, and that Marduk~"
"I don't care what he is, this is a hospital," the doctor said firmly.
"Alright doc. Your hospital, your trouble. He's the one who gave the guy the wounds," Michael said.
"No, he isn't!" Tomi argued.
The doctor raised his hands. "Just come in."
The five followed the doctor to the room.
"He's unconscious right now, we bandaged his wounds as best as we could. You'll have to be quiet. I am not responsible for anything that happens between the five of you, so don't include me."
"Yessir!" barked the three men. Tomi stared at Atlas.
Tubes were coming out of his chest, back, arms, legs and neck.
"Atlas," she whispered in despair. Tears formed in her eyes, and she turned and ran straight into Rock. She hugged him as tight as she could, as if her life depended on him.
Rock ignored them and walked up to the front counter.
"This guy's hurt. He needs help," Rock breathed through clenched teeth. He shifted his load.
Tomi stared at the front counter lady, who seemed like she wanted to run away. 'Why is everyone so afraid of Rock?' she thought.
"Please wait a moment. Others are in line, sir," the lady said in a shaky voice. She pointed to a long line of people who didn't look very hurt.
Rock stared at the line, and then he looked back at the lady. "Are any of them badly injured?" Rock asked sarcastically.
"Um, I don't see any sign of blood, if that's what you mean, sir," the lady said, trembling.
"Yeah, that is what I mean," Rock answered. "So, does this guy on my back look injured?"
"Yes sir," said the lady.
"Exactly. So get me a doctor, and hurry up!" Rock barked.
The scared lady jumped out of her chair and ran as fast as her chubby legs could carry her, to the doctor's office.
Tomi looked around her at the people who were now talking very softly. Suddenly, three men stood up and walked over to Rock as he set Atlas in a stretcher that a nurse and a doctor brought.
"Hey, bud! Who do you think you are, handling Atlas like that? You're probably the guy who did it!" one of the men shouted.
Everyone in the hospital grew quiet to listen. One of the other men cracked his knuckles.
Tomi looked at the three men. One had green hair; another had black, and the last the one brown. She gasped very loudly.
"Lionel? Michael? Sean?" Tomi stared at the three burly looking men. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Tomi?" Lionel stared at her. "What are you doing with that Marduk? That dirty scum?"
"He's not a scum," Tomi said firmly.
"Are you okay?" Sean asked wide-eyed.
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you very much. Rock saved Atlas, you idiots!" Tomi shouted.
"What?" Everyone in the hospital was now staring wide-eyed.
Rock's face didn't change, like usual.
"You're lying!" shouted Michael. He clenched his fists and hurled himself at Rock. Rock dodged the blow easily.
"Are they friends of Atlas?" Rock asked, blocking another blow from Sean.
"Um, yeah," Tomi said uneasily.
"Hem," said a voice pretty loudly. Everyone looked away from the fight and saw the head doctor. The three men stopped fighting. "I do not know what this is about, but this is a hospital, where we heal your wounds, not give you them." A few peopled chuckled nervously. "Anyways, who was the person who brought the wounded man in?"
Tomi pointed to Rock and Rock pointed to Tomi.
"You carried him," Tomi said.
"You're the one who, um, is his brother," Rock said uneasily.
"So?"
"So?"
The doctor shook his head. "Alright you two. Both of you follow me." He motioned for them to follow.
"Wait doctor!" shouted Sean.
"Hm?"
"We're his friends, and that Marduk~"
"I don't care what he is, this is a hospital," the doctor said firmly.
"Alright doc. Your hospital, your trouble. He's the one who gave the guy the wounds," Michael said.
"No, he isn't!" Tomi argued.
The doctor raised his hands. "Just come in."
The five followed the doctor to the room.
"He's unconscious right now, we bandaged his wounds as best as we could. You'll have to be quiet. I am not responsible for anything that happens between the five of you, so don't include me."
"Yessir!" barked the three men. Tomi stared at Atlas.
Tubes were coming out of his chest, back, arms, legs and neck.
"Atlas," she whispered in despair. Tears formed in her eyes, and she turned and ran straight into Rock. She hugged him as tight as she could, as if her life depended on him.
