"Where do they put the stairs in this place?" Susan murmured as
she hurried down the corridor glancing back anxiously over her shoulder as
she walked. Although she knew that Professor Jensen was more than able to
take care of himself, the dark thing that she had sensed was powerful. She
bit her lip nervously. The feeling of the dark energy was getting stronger
now, like a wave washing down the hallway towards her. With a sigh of
relief she spotted the door to the stairs and started towards it.
Suddenly the evil force was around her and she fell to her knees,
ducking her head down and rolling as something swished right where her head would have been. She pulled herself to her feet as she rolled, reaching for the door and jerking it open. As she started up the stairs, she risked a glance behind her and saw a man dressed in the outfit of a surgeon wielding what looked like an ice pick.
Susan slammed the door just as the ice pick came towards her head and ran as fast as she could. She could hear footsteps somewhere on the stairs but she couldn't tell if they were above her or below her. Even though she really wanted to put more distance between that nut with the ice pick and herself, she finally forced herself to stop running when she reached the main floor. She had to get someone down there to rescue Professor Jensen. That lunatic could find him or worse the other people who were trapped as well.
"Dr. James!" She called as she came bursting out of the stairwell and caught sight of the clueless head of the hospital standing by Otto's desk.
"Ummmm..." Dr. James stared at the girl that had just appeared,
trying to put a name to the face. After awhile, all of the kids from his aunt's school kind of ran together. "Something with an S...." He muttered. "Oh, Susan! Yes, here, have a Morning Air button. Nothing like a fresh breath of Morning Air."
Susan had to fight against rolling her eyes. How in the world Dr.
James ended up related to the headmistress, she would never know. She impatiently batted his hand away. "There's been an earthquake! Professor Jensen's trapped in the basement with some muggles! And there's a lunatic doctor down there with an ice pick!" Oh, great. He was looking at her as if he hadn't understood a word she said. "Call your aunt!"
"Oh, there's no need to do that." Dr. James said, looking around anxiously to make sure that no one had heard what Susan was saying about earthquakes and lunatic doctors roaming free in the hospital. "We have these little tremors all the time and I'm sure that the doctor that you saw was just Dr. Stegman."
Before Susan could reply that she certainly knew the insane doctors in this hospital and the one she had saw wasn't Stegman, there was a loud scream and the doors to the ER flew open as Brenda came running in.
She darted over to James and grabbed at his arm, panting for breath as she started to speak. "You.... Mona Klingerman.... She.... Steg,
Steg's an ass!! Steg's an ass!"
Susan rolled her eyes as she watched the spectacle, Brenda running around the lobby screaming about Stegman being an ass now, oblivious to Dr.
James' attempts to quiet her. Suddenly she heard what she could swear was hooves clopping along. She turned as the stairwell door opened once more and an ass entered, dragging a bed that was floating a couple of inches off the floor and followed by a fairly large procession of people. Susan sighed when she recognized her younger classmates. They would surely be more help than Dr. James.
"Aubrey, Breanna!" Susan waved as she hurried towards her friends.
"Susan, where's Professor Jensen?" Aubrey glanced around anxiously for their teacher. "We found...."
"Mary?" Susan whispered as she spotted the little girl standing next to Mona. She leaned down, studying Mary in disbelief for a moment before suddenly hugging her tight. They found her, they really found her.
When Professor Jensen saw.... "Oh my gosh! Professor Jensen!" Susan glanced up from Mary at the other girls with a sudden panic. "He's in the basement! We were down there checking things out and there was an earthquake! Part of the ceiling caved in and he's trapped on the other side! And there's something down there, something evil. There was this doctor and he had an ice pick and...."
"Dr. Gottreich and Paul." Mary said, her eyes widening with fear at the news that her brother was trapped with her two enemies. "We have to hurry. There isn't much time."
"And we still need Christa, Abel and Elmer," Hook added and then looked down when Mona tugged on his sleeve. "Mona?"
The girl pointed towards the séance drawing on the bed, tapping the picture of Elmer and gesturing towards the stairs, rolling her eyes when the grownup didn't seem to understand her. She motioned anxiously for Mary to help her.
"I think she's saying that Elmer's downstairs." Mary after studying her friend's gestures for a moment.
"I hope in the part with Professor Jensen and not with that nutty doctor," Susan murmured. "We better hurry though. There's an off chance that Dr. James might have listened for a change and actually intends to call the head mistress but...."
"And I see Christa and Abel," Sally said with a smile. "Go on.
We'll catch up to you in a minute."
Suddenly the evil force was around her and she fell to her knees,
ducking her head down and rolling as something swished right where her head would have been. She pulled herself to her feet as she rolled, reaching for the door and jerking it open. As she started up the stairs, she risked a glance behind her and saw a man dressed in the outfit of a surgeon wielding what looked like an ice pick.
Susan slammed the door just as the ice pick came towards her head and ran as fast as she could. She could hear footsteps somewhere on the stairs but she couldn't tell if they were above her or below her. Even though she really wanted to put more distance between that nut with the ice pick and herself, she finally forced herself to stop running when she reached the main floor. She had to get someone down there to rescue Professor Jensen. That lunatic could find him or worse the other people who were trapped as well.
"Dr. James!" She called as she came bursting out of the stairwell and caught sight of the clueless head of the hospital standing by Otto's desk.
"Ummmm..." Dr. James stared at the girl that had just appeared,
trying to put a name to the face. After awhile, all of the kids from his aunt's school kind of ran together. "Something with an S...." He muttered. "Oh, Susan! Yes, here, have a Morning Air button. Nothing like a fresh breath of Morning Air."
Susan had to fight against rolling her eyes. How in the world Dr.
James ended up related to the headmistress, she would never know. She impatiently batted his hand away. "There's been an earthquake! Professor Jensen's trapped in the basement with some muggles! And there's a lunatic doctor down there with an ice pick!" Oh, great. He was looking at her as if he hadn't understood a word she said. "Call your aunt!"
"Oh, there's no need to do that." Dr. James said, looking around anxiously to make sure that no one had heard what Susan was saying about earthquakes and lunatic doctors roaming free in the hospital. "We have these little tremors all the time and I'm sure that the doctor that you saw was just Dr. Stegman."
Before Susan could reply that she certainly knew the insane doctors in this hospital and the one she had saw wasn't Stegman, there was a loud scream and the doors to the ER flew open as Brenda came running in.
She darted over to James and grabbed at his arm, panting for breath as she started to speak. "You.... Mona Klingerman.... She.... Steg,
Steg's an ass!! Steg's an ass!"
Susan rolled her eyes as she watched the spectacle, Brenda running around the lobby screaming about Stegman being an ass now, oblivious to Dr.
James' attempts to quiet her. Suddenly she heard what she could swear was hooves clopping along. She turned as the stairwell door opened once more and an ass entered, dragging a bed that was floating a couple of inches off the floor and followed by a fairly large procession of people. Susan sighed when she recognized her younger classmates. They would surely be more help than Dr. James.
"Aubrey, Breanna!" Susan waved as she hurried towards her friends.
"Susan, where's Professor Jensen?" Aubrey glanced around anxiously for their teacher. "We found...."
"Mary?" Susan whispered as she spotted the little girl standing next to Mona. She leaned down, studying Mary in disbelief for a moment before suddenly hugging her tight. They found her, they really found her.
When Professor Jensen saw.... "Oh my gosh! Professor Jensen!" Susan glanced up from Mary at the other girls with a sudden panic. "He's in the basement! We were down there checking things out and there was an earthquake! Part of the ceiling caved in and he's trapped on the other side! And there's something down there, something evil. There was this doctor and he had an ice pick and...."
"Dr. Gottreich and Paul." Mary said, her eyes widening with fear at the news that her brother was trapped with her two enemies. "We have to hurry. There isn't much time."
"And we still need Christa, Abel and Elmer," Hook added and then looked down when Mona tugged on his sleeve. "Mona?"
The girl pointed towards the séance drawing on the bed, tapping the picture of Elmer and gesturing towards the stairs, rolling her eyes when the grownup didn't seem to understand her. She motioned anxiously for Mary to help her.
"I think she's saying that Elmer's downstairs." Mary after studying her friend's gestures for a moment.
"I hope in the part with Professor Jensen and not with that nutty doctor," Susan murmured. "We better hurry though. There's an off chance that Dr. James might have listened for a change and actually intends to call the head mistress but...."
"And I see Christa and Abel," Sally said with a smile. "Go on.
We'll catch up to you in a minute."