The woman woke to feel the pain gone, Doctor Fell was pulling back on his gloves and putting his hat back on, the woman sat up, the boils were gone and she was totally clean, she looked up at the man who had just cured her after fucking her senseless, "y-you..."

the doctor chuckled, "yes, I cured you, don't look surprised, it was good sex."

she embraced him, hugging him tight, he gave a start and turned to her, "I never got your name."

she smiled, so happy that she was Alive, "Maria."

Doctor Fell smiled slightly, "well, I have someone to go see, take care."

he began to walk out the door and turned suddenly, poking Maria in the nose, "and bathe."

she nodded, but then began to dress, she ran out after him, "doctor! Wait!"

he stopped, "yes?"

she stopped in front of him, hanging on her staff, "can I come with you?"

the doctor laughed, "yea, no."

Maria sighed disappointedly, "why not?"

the doctor growled, "I'm a monster, I kill people, it's what I do, if you know what is good for you, go do something better than following me."

she stuttered, "b-but my family is dead."

Doctor Fell sighed, "fine, you may follow me as far as the nearest town and then I don't want to see you ever again, are we clear?"

Maria nodded mournfully, "thank you."

With that the pair walked north, following the wolf tracks.

in a barn two towns over

Holo woke up In a barn with a sheet over her naked body, she looked around, "Lawrence?"

she looked beside her and saw a dress and a ha. Along with a note, "be back in an hour, gone to town to get some food. -Lawrence"

she sighed and hugged her tail, "Lawrence..."

she got dressed and ready to go, "that man needs to hurry back."

in town

Lawrece had just finished his shopping and was on his way to the barn when he heard a few people talking about the stock market, he stopped to listen.

the town just east

doctor Fell laughed as he cut cut open the chest of a quite large and burly man, he spread the skin wide and pinned it to the table, much to the man's displeasure, "you see, Maria, the human body is much more complex than the modern medical journals make it out to be, and one can easily perform surgery on the heart."

saying this, he prodded the superior vena cava with a gloved hand as Maria watched interestedly.

"amazing..." She looked intently at the beating heart.

the doctor smiled at her, he removed her mask, she gasped and backed away from the patient a the stench of death flooded her nostrils, "give that back!"

Doctor Fell smiled and grabbed a paint brush inside a can of black paint, "my dear Maria, calm down."

she stared in awe as he began to paint the white mask black, "you will, from this point on, be known as Nurse Fell..."

Maria's eyes sparkled, "oh Alexander..."

she hugged him as the large man lost conciousness.

She took her mask back and put it on, she turned to the unconscious large man, "can I kill him?"

Doctor Fell handed her a dagger, "go ahead."

she slashed at the man's heart and it tore, spurting blood all over Maria's newly painted mask, "ooooh... That felt good..."

Doctor Fell nodded, "you're ready."

"for what?"

Doctor Fell locked eyes with Maria, "for Her."