Chapter 6 is up. Thanks to all the Readers and thanks to frostbite for the Review. In this chapter I introduce two OC´s and I hope you like it and at the same time it should be the last chapter that´s just about Ghost and Roach. Well have fun while you´re reading this and tell me what you think.
As Roach and Ghost reached the back entrance Julia, the nurse, and Ian, the physiotherapist, were already waiting for them.
" Are you dressed warm enough?" Ian asked
"Yeah I guess so." Gary replied.
"Good, then we can go outside."
"Wait!" Gary interrupted Ian who was about to open the door.
"What is it Mr. Sanderson?" he asked.
"For what do we need this?" Gary pointed on the wheelchair Ian had with him.
" Oh I thought if you´re not able to walk anymore we could use this to bring you back here." Ian answered with a mischievous smile.
" Whoa I don´t think we need this." Gary defended himself.
" We´ll see." Ian just said and opened the door.
A cold breeze streamed immediately in the faces of the four people in front of the door. It wasn´t unusual due to the fact it was January and they were in Russia where the winters were really cold. They stepped outside and were blended by the bright light of the sun which was reflected by the snow that covered the ground. They all had to blink a few times till their eyes got used to the brightness outside.
Rubbing his hands of the cold Gary started to follow the others on their way away from the hospital. Till now he never left the huge building and an hour ago he never thought of leaving it ever, but now there he was with three other people around him, taking his first steps into the outskirts of this foreign country. He looked back and for the first time he realized that the hospital really looked old. It looked almost like a forgotten place. Around the hospital were no other buildings and the walls were destroyed in some places. He also saw an old playing field with a huge whole in the middle. From the back the hospital looked more like an old jail than a hospital.
"What are you staring at?" Gary turned around and faced Julia.
"Nothing, It´s just I never saw it from the outside." Gary replied quickly.
"Disappointing."
"Excuse me?"
"It´s disappointing, isn´t it? I guess you expected a better view."
"No it´s just it doesn´t look like a hospital. I assumed a hospital is in the middle of a city so everyone could reach it quickly if they have an emergency. But here´s nothing around." Gary explained and started walking slowly.
"I know what you mean. The reason why this hospital is not in the middle of the city is that a few years ago it was an asylum."
"Really?"
"Yes, but when the War started they made it to a hospital for wounded soldiers."
" That explains some things. I always wondered why there are no more patients left."
"Well only you and Ghost are left."
" See we have all the doctors and nurses for our own." Ghost joined the conversation as all four walked in a line.
"But why is she the only nurse I saw the last few days?" Gary asked pointing on Julia.
"Hey, I have a name." she replied smiling.
"Sorry."
"Come on it´s ok. At least you don´t think I´m a guy." She stated looking at Ghost.
"I told you I´m sorry." Ghost defended himself.
Gary just stared at them both and didn´t know what they were talking about.
"Before you ask." Ian started.
"The first time Ghost saw her he thought that she´s a man and her name is Julian not Julia."
"No, you´re kidding me." Gary asked with eyes wide open.
"No, it´s the truth." Ghost admitted.
"And I apologized a hundred times for this mistake."
"Yes you do but I like it to annoy you with telling everyone about your mistake." Julia said with a smile.
"You´re not mad?" Gary asked.
"Mad? No. He wasn´t the first and won't be the last who thinks I´m a boy. I mean without any make up and in my working clothes I do really look rather boyish."
Gary smiled at her and for the first time he took a long look at the nurse. She had really short brown hair, was about 5´5 tall and had blue eyes. And her female attributes, let´s say she didn´t need much to hide them. Gary must admit that someone who doesn´t know that she´s a girl really could think she was a boy.
"Hey Roach! Stop day dreaming." Ghost waved his hand in front of Gary's´ eyes.
"Oh sorry."
"What were you thinking about?"
"N-Nothing." Gary stumbled.
"I bet he just thought that I look like a boy." Julia spoke up.
"What? No I…"
"It´s ok, as I said I´m used to it and my boyfriend never cared about my look." She simply said and smiled at Gary.
"You have a boyfriend? Why didn´t you tell me?" Ghost asked a little shocked.
"You never asked and right now I have no boyfriend."
"Did you break up with him?" now it was Gary, who asked.
"No, none of us broke up."
"What happened then?"
"He was in the army and on a mission in 2011 he died."
"Oh, I´m sorry."
"There is no need to be sorry. How could you know?"
Gary nodded but avoided to look into her eyes, he thought he had crossed a line.
"So you met in the army?" Ghost asked very interested.
Julia shook her head.
"No, we met when we were teenagers. I was 15 and he was 17. I joined the army after his dead, if he hadn´t died I would still work in a normal hospital back home, or maybe I wouldn´t even live right now."
"Why do you think that?"
"My whole family died. They got killed during the war and if I would have been back home I´m sure I would have died with them."
Julia looked into Ghost´s eyes with a tortured smile on her face. Ghost felt very uncomfortable right now. He could slap himself for being so rude and ask this kind of private stuff. He only stared back and wanted to say something but he couldn´t find the right words. He knew exactly how she must feel; he lost all of his family too. But somehow he knew she was luckier than him because she didn´t see the dead bodies of her family members.
How he knew that? A few weeks ago Julia told him that she wasn´t at home for six years. As a nurse in the military she had to travel a lot and was not longer than half a year at one place. He also knew that when the hospital closed she had to look for a new place to work, ´cause the military of her home country didn´t renew her contract.
"When the hospital closes you´re going back to your country?" Gary asked cause he wanted to know what she was doing after all that.
"I don´t know it right now. I mean there´s nowhere I could go instead and if my family would be still alive I had no doubts of going back home, but in my situation I don´t know to whom I should go."
"That´s sad."
"Yes it is. That´s why I don´t understand why you don´t want go back home to your family. I personally think it´s ridiculous you don´t want go back because your look changed. I mean it´s your family; they will love you no matter what."
Deep inside Gary knew that she was right but right now he didn´t admit it. Of course he would visit his family. Someday. But he still needed time to get along with his new look and wouldn´t go back till he could handle it by himself. He sighted heavily and shared a look with Ghost who looked at him with an expression that said "I told you the same thing." Gary wanted to say something to both of them when Ian announced they should go back ´cause it was getting dark soon.
They made their way back as Roach realized his legs began to hurt. He didn´t want to show his weakness but after five more minutes the pain grew heavier and without saying a word he sat down in the wheelchair. Ian who was still pushing it just shook his head and started to carry Roach back to the hospital.
They had almost reached the building as the wheelchair stuck in the snow and Gary was falling face first in the snow. First all of them stood or in Roachs´case laid there in silenced, before the three standing couldn´t hold back heartbreaking laughter. They were laughing so much that none of them even thought about helping Roach up and so he had to stand up all by himself. As he stood and realized they were still laughing he crouched down on the ground and made a snowball which he threw in the face of his best friend.
Now it was Gary who couldn´t hold back some giggles because Ghost stared at him with eyes wide open and Snow all over his face. Roach closed his eyes and took in a deep breath as he felt something wet and cold in his face. He opened one eye and saw Ian, still in the snowball throwing position, with an Arm stretched out in Gary´s direction. Gary acted as quick as he could and threw a snowball in Ian´s direction but if Ian had known his intend he grabbed Julia by the arm and dragged her in front of him.
"Oh that´s cold." Julia screamed as she felt the snowball in her face, she turned around and shot Ian a killing glance. Ian just smiled innocently and raised his hand in defense but that was no reason for Julia to let it be and a few seconds later Ian's´ face was also covered with snow. He mumbled silent and without saying one more word he took the wheelchair and started walking again.
He didn´t make it far as another snowball hit his back. Ian breathed deep in and out and within a second he turned around, ran back and tackled Ghost, who had thrown the snowball to the ground, starting a snowball fight with him. Gary and Julia both shook their heads, took the wheelchair which was lying on the ground and entered the hospital.
They were about to close the door as they heard Ian and Ghost scream they should wait. Julia rolled her eyes and held the door open for them. They decided to shower and meet again in the recreation room to spend some time in each other's company.
