Chapter 3
Nick's pov
Nurses and doctors swarmed around the small hospital room in utter chaos. The bed looked disturbed and was completely vacant. Those in the room flipped through a set of charts as others re- examined the once full of life monitors.
"Wh- what happened?" I croaked out.
"This can't be the right room," Monroe whispered mainly to himself although it was heard by everyone.
As my eyes coasted through the room once again I heard my name escape the lips from one of the nurses.
"Oh, Mr. Burkhardt. We spoke on the phone," the small woman began.
"Yes, I remember. What happened in here?" I questioned.
"We don't know. The patient was perfectly stabilized until she just… crashed. She freaked out and rushed out of the building," she stated almost fearfully.
"Why didn't anyone stop her?" Monroe piped up from behind.
"It was the weirdest occurrence I have ever seen in my life. It was as if she wasn't even human…" she ended with a puzzled expression.
I turned around at those words to see Rosalee's eyes go wide. It must have been worse than she originally thought; all of the more reason to find Adalind as quickly as possible in order to put a stop to this. If Rosalee can't find the solution than Adalind may be the only one who can.
I thanked the nurse before I stormed out of the room and down the hallway. I could hear Monroe and Rosalee's footsteps behind me. Their booming voices echoed through the now deserted floor in an attempt to stop me in my tracks. Monroe had finally caught up to me as he yanked on my shoulder and spun me around.
"Nick! Where are you going man?" he question between breaths.
"Where do you think I'm going?" I countered back.
Just hearing my voice filled with that much rage shocked and even terrified myself. Monroe and Rosalee both stood quiet, waiting to see if I would be the first to speak. I wasn't. Upon hearing nothing but silence Monroe decided to take the leap of faith.
"We know you want to save Juliette," he started.
"But there has got to be a better way," Rosalee finished for him, finally emerging from the never ending abyss of silence.
"If we want to save Juliette we are going to need a plan. We can just hope Adalind will appear out of nowhere," Monroe stated.
I could feel their eyes almost glaring at me in our own little stare down. I wasn't the type to back down; however, in this situation my eyes were the first to drop in defeat. The tension seemed to disappear instantly as I watched their shoulders slump forward as I released my first breath.
"Fine. But we need one fast. Juliette could be anywhere. She could be in danger," I said, attempting to keep the firmness in voice under control without letting it slip into pure turmoil.
I watched as both Monroe and Rosalee nodded their heads as mine was claimed by my thoughts. I just couldn't catch a break. Between the whole dragon incident and now this, when would my lucks finally turn back around? And just when I thought things were actually getting easier.
"Come on. We've got work to do," Monroe said simply.
As we all continued down the hallway I began to think. If I really wanted to save Juliette what was the best way? I don't even know where to look for Adalind. This was a disaster.
"Don't worry, Nick. We'll find her. I promise," the Blutbad said from beside me as if he had just read my thoughts.
I tossed him a thankful glance and looked to Rosalee. She also had on a reassuring smile. I just hope that underneath those smiles aren't emotions that are filled with fear running wild. With me being a detective, I've learned from experience that even the smallest of things can send someone crashing down during a difficult time. Monroe was definitely right about one thing though. I will find Juliette, even if I have to die trying. The only question is how?
Hey! So that was chapter 3. I hope you liked it. Tell me what you think. I thought this was a good place to stop. Nick's on a mission!