"It's going to be okay, Elmer. We're going to take good care of
Lona," Hook said as he patted his younger colleague's uninjured shoulder
reassuringly, letting out a small sigh of relief as Michael and Breanna
appreared in the doorway with the supplies from the morgue. This was going
to be okay. If they could get some blood into Lona, she would be fine.
"You might want to get someone to take a look at that bite though, see if it needs an exorcism or something. Don't think your dad would be very happy if you turned into a vampire come tomorrow night."
"I don't think that boy was actually a vampire," Michael said as he limped over, his leg slowly reappearing as he moved. The knelt down next to them, looking critically at Elmer's neck as he passed Hook the blood. The bite was scabbed over now, healed tremendously but still visible if you knew where to look. "You might want to get some Holy Water on that though, just to be safe. And a what to they call it? A tetanus shot?"
"I think we can arrange that," Hook said with a grin as he looked over at Elmer, noting the pained look on his face at the mention of the tetanus shot. This was working, doing stuff to keep Elmer's mind off of Lona, to keep him from panicking. Not that Hook could really blame him for his concern deep down though. If it was Chris in that condition...
"Shouldn't someone try to go upstairs and see about getting the hall cleared?" Sally asked as she approached, smiling down at the baby in Elmer's arms as she drew near. She hoped that Bobby wasn't too concerned about where she was. No, she doubted that he would be, she thought with a rueful shake of her head. He was probably in the lobby with Otto looking at one of those nurse magazines and didn't even know she was gone.
"I'll go," Antubis said as he lumbered towards the door. Not like anyone else could get out of here anyway, well, except for maybe the ghost.
Honestly, he felt like that dog on the tv show that the children used to watch years ago. What was its name now? He had to admit that she did have very nice fur.
A little bit later, Antubis strolled through the stairwell door into the now deserted lobby. He glanced over at Otto's desk curiously.
Now where in the world was his friend? Not to mention his pal's human.
Usually by this time, Otto was all settled in behind his desk happily reading one of those nurse magazines. Now where were.....
Suddenly a sweet smell hit the anteater's nose and he cautiously worked his way around Steg's car heading for the parking lot. To bad Stegman was an ass at the moment. If he was human and saw that he would probably literally explode.
"There you are!" Blondi suddenly appeared in front of Antubis, a cookie in his mouth. "So, how did you get out of attending the fake fire drill? I had to snag cookies on my own!"
"I was in the basement." Antubis sniffed at the cookie as his friend started to munch. Now where in the world had that cookie came from?
Certainly not from the cafeteria. Sometimes Antubis suspected the things that they served down there were possibly attempts by Dr. James to poison people and ensure more business. "Where did you get that?"
"Witches brought it." Blondi said, waving his head in the direction of the group of witches and the hospital staff who were standing clustered together trying to work out what was happening. "So, what's going on in the basement? Dr. Traff's been pitching a fit about Elmer being down there."
"If he's pitching a fit now, just wait until he gets the happy news that he's a grandfather," Antubis said with a snicker as he headed for the witches followed by Blondi. Okay, he doubted that Dr. James would be much help with the current situation but maybe Traff senior could do something to calm his son down a bit. Well, if he didn't have a heart attack first.
"Well, it still seems intact," Eleanor said slowly as she observed the building critically before glaring at her nephew. "And you better hope for your sake that it stays that way. If you wind up unemployed, you are not coming to stay at the school. Professor Flakey has not been a well man ever since that severing charm incident and he has tenure!"
As Antubis approached, he slipped behind Jesse, looking up at the cookie in his hand, his long tongue coming out slightly. If he did this right he could get some help down to the basement and get a nice snack. A second later, he flicked his long tail as Jesse moved back slightly to get a better look at the hospital, causing him to stagger and the cookie to fall from his hand.
"What is that?" Otto murmured, staring in shock as the giant anteater strolled forward, snickering slightly as his long tongue snaked out to snag the dropped cookie.
"Antubis," Luretzia said with a slightly amused expression on her face as she crossed to the large creature and knelt down beside him. "Now what are you doing here? Where's Mary?"
"In the basement with her brother and most of the competent doctors," Antubis said as he finished the cookie, his mind going back to what he was supposed to be doing once more now that there wasn't food at hand to distract him. "You might want to see about getting down there.
Part of the hallway collapsed and they can't get out."
"Wait a minute." Louis couldn't quite believe that he was about to do this but he had to know. "My son..." He stopped for a moment not sure if he wanted to know the answer but knowing he had to ask anyway. "He was down in the basement with Dr. Massengale. Is he.... And Lona, Otto thought she might be hurt." Louis shook his head. Even if Elmer was alright physically, if something had happened to Lona, he doubted his son could ever recover fully from that.
"Oh, Elmer's fine," Antubis said with a soft snicker. He couldn't wait until Louis found out exactly what his son had been up to. "Lona isn't in the best shape though." He was sure that she would be fine but he supposed he better get them to bring some extra things along for her just in case.
"Well, can we assume the hospital isn't about to fall in?" Eleanor said as headed for the hospital doors after the anteater, everyone else following along behind.
"Not unless building maintence has been cut a bit too much."
Antubis said with a snicker just as Johnny B. Goode appeared. "And with him in charge I think it could be safe to assume it might have been."
"Hey, I've got to knock off early tonight," Johnny called. "Got to go and see about getting...."
"Johnathan B. Goode, get yourself back here!" Eleanor called in a tone that made the hospital maintence man revert to a schoolboy momentarily. "You are in charge of this building and it seems part of it has collapsed! You are not going anywhere until you help us repair it!
And as for you," She looed sternly at her nephew as she spoke. "You are to stay out here and keep these people occupied!" She shook her head as she turned and followed the anteater once more. Goodness knows what would happen if her nephew tried his hand at a banishing charm.
"Oh," Antubis stopped for a moment as they started down the stairs.
"Someone might want to see about rounding up some of the supplies that they have for women having babies. And they have baby supplies here,
right?"
"Why would we need any of that?" Louis asked as he stared curiously at the anteater.
"You'll see," Antubis looked at him for a moment, softly snickering before continuing down the steps. "Might want to get those baby things for sure though." He couldn't wait until Louis saw what his son had been up to.
"You might want to get someone to take a look at that bite though, see if it needs an exorcism or something. Don't think your dad would be very happy if you turned into a vampire come tomorrow night."
"I don't think that boy was actually a vampire," Michael said as he limped over, his leg slowly reappearing as he moved. The knelt down next to them, looking critically at Elmer's neck as he passed Hook the blood. The bite was scabbed over now, healed tremendously but still visible if you knew where to look. "You might want to get some Holy Water on that though, just to be safe. And a what to they call it? A tetanus shot?"
"I think we can arrange that," Hook said with a grin as he looked over at Elmer, noting the pained look on his face at the mention of the tetanus shot. This was working, doing stuff to keep Elmer's mind off of Lona, to keep him from panicking. Not that Hook could really blame him for his concern deep down though. If it was Chris in that condition...
"Shouldn't someone try to go upstairs and see about getting the hall cleared?" Sally asked as she approached, smiling down at the baby in Elmer's arms as she drew near. She hoped that Bobby wasn't too concerned about where she was. No, she doubted that he would be, she thought with a rueful shake of her head. He was probably in the lobby with Otto looking at one of those nurse magazines and didn't even know she was gone.
"I'll go," Antubis said as he lumbered towards the door. Not like anyone else could get out of here anyway, well, except for maybe the ghost.
Honestly, he felt like that dog on the tv show that the children used to watch years ago. What was its name now? He had to admit that she did have very nice fur.
A little bit later, Antubis strolled through the stairwell door into the now deserted lobby. He glanced over at Otto's desk curiously.
Now where in the world was his friend? Not to mention his pal's human.
Usually by this time, Otto was all settled in behind his desk happily reading one of those nurse magazines. Now where were.....
Suddenly a sweet smell hit the anteater's nose and he cautiously worked his way around Steg's car heading for the parking lot. To bad Stegman was an ass at the moment. If he was human and saw that he would probably literally explode.
"There you are!" Blondi suddenly appeared in front of Antubis, a cookie in his mouth. "So, how did you get out of attending the fake fire drill? I had to snag cookies on my own!"
"I was in the basement." Antubis sniffed at the cookie as his friend started to munch. Now where in the world had that cookie came from?
Certainly not from the cafeteria. Sometimes Antubis suspected the things that they served down there were possibly attempts by Dr. James to poison people and ensure more business. "Where did you get that?"
"Witches brought it." Blondi said, waving his head in the direction of the group of witches and the hospital staff who were standing clustered together trying to work out what was happening. "So, what's going on in the basement? Dr. Traff's been pitching a fit about Elmer being down there."
"If he's pitching a fit now, just wait until he gets the happy news that he's a grandfather," Antubis said with a snicker as he headed for the witches followed by Blondi. Okay, he doubted that Dr. James would be much help with the current situation but maybe Traff senior could do something to calm his son down a bit. Well, if he didn't have a heart attack first.
"Well, it still seems intact," Eleanor said slowly as she observed the building critically before glaring at her nephew. "And you better hope for your sake that it stays that way. If you wind up unemployed, you are not coming to stay at the school. Professor Flakey has not been a well man ever since that severing charm incident and he has tenure!"
As Antubis approached, he slipped behind Jesse, looking up at the cookie in his hand, his long tongue coming out slightly. If he did this right he could get some help down to the basement and get a nice snack. A second later, he flicked his long tail as Jesse moved back slightly to get a better look at the hospital, causing him to stagger and the cookie to fall from his hand.
"What is that?" Otto murmured, staring in shock as the giant anteater strolled forward, snickering slightly as his long tongue snaked out to snag the dropped cookie.
"Antubis," Luretzia said with a slightly amused expression on her face as she crossed to the large creature and knelt down beside him. "Now what are you doing here? Where's Mary?"
"In the basement with her brother and most of the competent doctors," Antubis said as he finished the cookie, his mind going back to what he was supposed to be doing once more now that there wasn't food at hand to distract him. "You might want to see about getting down there.
Part of the hallway collapsed and they can't get out."
"Wait a minute." Louis couldn't quite believe that he was about to do this but he had to know. "My son..." He stopped for a moment not sure if he wanted to know the answer but knowing he had to ask anyway. "He was down in the basement with Dr. Massengale. Is he.... And Lona, Otto thought she might be hurt." Louis shook his head. Even if Elmer was alright physically, if something had happened to Lona, he doubted his son could ever recover fully from that.
"Oh, Elmer's fine," Antubis said with a soft snicker. He couldn't wait until Louis found out exactly what his son had been up to. "Lona isn't in the best shape though." He was sure that she would be fine but he supposed he better get them to bring some extra things along for her just in case.
"Well, can we assume the hospital isn't about to fall in?" Eleanor said as headed for the hospital doors after the anteater, everyone else following along behind.
"Not unless building maintence has been cut a bit too much."
Antubis said with a snicker just as Johnny B. Goode appeared. "And with him in charge I think it could be safe to assume it might have been."
"Hey, I've got to knock off early tonight," Johnny called. "Got to go and see about getting...."
"Johnathan B. Goode, get yourself back here!" Eleanor called in a tone that made the hospital maintence man revert to a schoolboy momentarily. "You are in charge of this building and it seems part of it has collapsed! You are not going anywhere until you help us repair it!
And as for you," She looed sternly at her nephew as she spoke. "You are to stay out here and keep these people occupied!" She shook her head as she turned and followed the anteater once more. Goodness knows what would happen if her nephew tried his hand at a banishing charm.
"Oh," Antubis stopped for a moment as they started down the stairs.
"Someone might want to see about rounding up some of the supplies that they have for women having babies. And they have baby supplies here,
right?"
"Why would we need any of that?" Louis asked as he stared curiously at the anteater.
"You'll see," Antubis looked at him for a moment, softly snickering before continuing down the steps. "Might want to get those baby things for sure though." He couldn't wait until Louis saw what his son had been up to.