Payton's strapped to a wheelchair, going in and out of consciousness. Vaguley aware of what's going on, she can see the doctor from before going through her backpack. 208Please respect copyright.PENANA29KcQxl7Dp
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She's in a standard hospital ER looking type room. "T-that's mine." 208Please respect copyright.PENANA5ihzlTfEDV
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The doctors looks up and takes a seat in a computer chair, wheeling it over closer to Payton a little.208Please respect copyright.PENANATjxyPmJQiW
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"Hello, Payton. I'm Doctor Holly. Do you remember how you got here?"208Please respect copyright.PENANANYPfCDAAsa
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Payton's trying to think, but she feels so groggy. "You seem pretty tired. Didn't sleep well last night? Got up early this morning?"208Please respect copyright.PENANATdl7HPh1Ss
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Payton doesn't respond. "Okay, well, I'm just going to fill out some paperwork now that I've found your ID card-"208Please respect copyright.PENANA3okTBmalzz
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"I don't have insurance, I can't be here."208Please respect copyright.PENANAmKob34v2HD
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"That's okay, we're not worrying about who is and isn't insured right now. You just chill there for a minute."208Please respect copyright.PENANAYXoiRTYkDE
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"Hey, Holly!" Says one of her colleagues from earlier, the one with glasses. "Yes, Tom?" She begins, the door hitting the chair with Payton's backpack, sending it flying. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAUs2CjI4XEX
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"Sorry, sorry!"208Please respect copyright.PENANAdwphr8WX1v
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"Be more careful. These rooms are cramped." She lectures him. Tom goes and picks up the bag, a bright orange pill container rolling out, showing the label.208Please respect copyright.PENANAVaFU4h4xqR
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They both eye in and mouths drop open. "Have you inspected her for bites yet?" He asks. 208Please respect copyright.PENANA9lnITLl4FK
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"No."208Please respect copyright.PENANAqWjBLI4VVI
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"Well, do it now!" He yells at her. "Okay, Payton. I'm just going to inspect your limbs, okay?" Holly says gently, approaching Payton as Tom picks up the container, seeing it's almost empty. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAWsIKUz0I4z
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"I'm not seeing any bites. Can you help, two would be faster." 208Please respect copyright.PENANAZvtjkqui2l
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And Tom goes over and helps, dropping the container on the floor. When they're satisfied they're is no bites, they call for assistance.208Please respect copyright.PENANAmM0k4yMPVM
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Payton feels sick and dizzy, falling unconsciousness harder. When she opens her eyes, waking up again. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAxssJWWJXlS
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She's lying on a bed in the same room, monitor on her finger and an IV in her arm. Her work uniform is gone, replaced by hospital clothing over her under clothing. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAY0dUsrj1ql
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She looks around, she's the only person in here. She reaches for the button hanging off the bed, hears a small ding and a few minutes later, a person appears, it's the same doctor from before. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAGX4WZDKZBV
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"Hello Payton, how are you feeling? I'm Docror Holly. We met earlier, but it's okay if you don't remember."208Please respect copyright.PENANAt0NQy1cOOu
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"What happened to me?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAQnVxPk6GMe
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"Uh." And Holly lifts up a page on the clipboard she's holding in her hands. "You overdosed on prescribed medication. We found it in your bag, would explain your sleepiness when you we're bought in."208Please respect copyright.PENANABMK6eByyUi
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"Bought in? Who did? How did I get here?"208Please respect copyright.PENANArqUjdsozpw
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"Okay, let's take it one question at a time." Holly says taking a seat beside Payton.208Please respect copyright.PENANAFATahX3kW1
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"You're in Longevity's Emergency Room."208Please respect copyright.PENANAktEBG1rhw9
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"What? I'm from Crest Port, the next town over-"208Please respect copyright.PENANAHsGhld3RDk
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"Yes, you we're found there, but firefighters bought you here even though it was a little further. Crest Port at the time had not recovered full operation."208Please respect copyright.PENANAqvIYQyLxke
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"Recovered from what?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAmukDzK3NW7
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"Payton, what is the last thing you remember? Do you know what today is?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAPTlJsk7SRc
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"Tuesday?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAXqhENYOBPl
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"Yes, that's correct."208Please respect copyright.PENANA6FW4xX6tE2
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"Uh, we had to open the bakery."208Please respect copyright.PENANAHW0iCnpZwf
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"Who's, 'we'?"208Please respect copyright.PENANA9PXiBCh1Py
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"Me, Cassidy, Angelina, Zeke, Jack and Karl."208Please respect copyright.PENANA1bPA44ObYN
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"And where are they now?"208Please respect copyright.PENANArLamRBJ8D1
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Payton looks at her confused. "It's okay if you don't know." Holly tells her.208Please respect copyright.PENANAEbZyC67eLl
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"We opened for the day."208Please respect copyright.PENANAmisRiysmIA
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"And what happened after you opened?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9DgIqOkNY
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"Uh, one of his son came in and argued with him about the business and that he can't take care of himself."208Please respect copyright.PENANAh4wqBHJSIt
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"Who is your boss, Payton? Zeke, Jake or Karl?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAF7YUIDjjiD
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"Karl. His 72 years old, it was his birthday next week, we we're going to throw him a party."208Please respect copyright.PENANAmJhTt3cGjQ
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"And do you think he couldn't take care of himself?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAFrfi9JFdOH
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"No? He seemed kind of slow, forgetting things. But his a great boss, really empathetic, friendly, he was like all our's adoptive grand-dad, a giant teddy bear.208Please respect copyright.PENANAgs9bsBZbPY
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His sons are spoiled brats. He has four of them, his widowed."208Please respect copyright.PENANAEouEVC6Zex
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"Okay. And-"208Please respect copyright.PENANAhf4P1OTTtC
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"Where's my phone? Can I have my phone?" She asks, sitting up a bit and looks at the ID braclet on her arm. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAuodEySoZet
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"I'm not sure where your phone is, sorry. I nor my colleagues ever saw it in your backpack."208Please respect copyright.PENANA67d47Z6teg
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"Can you bring me a phone then?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAjm7G7bI7fS
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"I could. Who do you want to call? Do you have family?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAd4ldq7AnD5
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"My parents died."208Please respect copyright.PENANAEvlOQsYRof
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"How long ago?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAU4qtZF1n2U
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"When I was 14. Car crash, I went into foster care, I left at 18 and had nowhere to go. Karl took pity on me, and hired me. I'm 21 now, I've been working there the last three-four years. I'm renting a small apartment in the city, I'm in university too."208Please respect copyright.PENANACB6IK4Uivf
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"What we're you studying?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAvvytZ3OVxX
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"To become a vet."208Please respect copyright.PENANANj8snFHLxH
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"You like animals?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAwmelE20Ht6
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"Yeah. Can I make a call now?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAA0XI9dIphb
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"Who, if it can't be your parents? Do you have extended family?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAuQnwenJkes
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"I don't talk to them."208Please respect copyright.PENANAsqE3Unk5V4
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"Then who do you want to call?"208Please respect copyright.PENANARtglRPcGdi
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"It's none of your bussiness!"208Please respect copyright.PENANA8f4deucugg
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"Payton, you came in here having overdosed. You're on a hold."208Please respect copyright.PENANAZi8Fo4Tk3L
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"Hold?"208Please respect copyright.PENANA4xhjxKRPCC
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"Twenty four hours, psychatric hold."208Please respect copyright.PENANAvZDCukVAK6
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"I didn't try to kill myself!"208Please respect copyright.PENANABo78YMhajF
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"Then why did you have more than the prescribed medication in your system?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAmniZHCQPEP
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"I just want a phone call."208Please respect copyright.PENANA9VNVFi7u8u
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"Okay."208Please respect copyright.PENANA23ap8TQRZl
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"Karl."208Please respect copyright.PENANAb3k6fu1URw
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Holly pulls out a phone from her backpocket and hands it to her. "Here you go."208Please respect copyright.PENANAar8Hlx6apL
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Payton dials his number and holds it to her ear. It rings, going straight to voice mail. She lowers it. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAlCDAD8Is1e
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"He didn't answer."208Please respect copyright.PENANAwZJMjYEPtV
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Payton hands Holly's phone back. "I made some calls while you we're out. A health centre in Crest Port had records for you, I asked them to fax them over."208Please respect copyright.PENANAQY3VWmG36J
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"No."208Please respect copyright.PENANAAWfH8nBX9e
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"If you weren't trying to kill yourself, Payton, why did you have triple your anti-anxiety medication in your system?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAxioEXVJvyr
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"It was stupid."208Please respect copyright.PENANAic4hIsDYXR
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"I want to be able to help you, Payton. What was stupid?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAzNRviNjc6N
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"I took my dose this morning, and I got freaked out on the subway this morning. I was stupidly panicking by the time I got into work. I could barely think or concentrate on anything.208Please respect copyright.PENANA2S0J63g7zT
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I leave spare meds at work, in Karl's office. His okay with it, and I just took more."208Please respect copyright.PENANAZp5RjmlE3i
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"But the meds in your system was triple. How often do you take more than the recommend dose, Payton?"208Please respect copyright.PENANApmYkiBMT62
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"...A-lot."208Please respect copyright.PENANAUZkGVlzSwv
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"Has this been going on for weeks? Months?"208Please respect copyright.PENANACvJbpxcveg
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"Two months."208Please respect copyright.PENANA1vfLrefCLQ
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"Okay, and when you talked about panicking and you take the meds to combat that so you can think straight, was your medication working before you started exceeding the regular dosage?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAaOPZhyWr5J
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"Sort of? No. I'd take the dose, go to work, spend all day trying not to freak the fuck out- sorry."208Please respect copyright.PENANA6Y60U2xT5r
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"It's okay, go on."208Please respect copyright.PENANAHfGAKhMi98
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"And I'd finish my shift, go home, be lying awake for hours, sleep deprived next morning, take my meds and be on edge the whole day and so on. It was like that every day and night."208Please respect copyright.PENANAdreAogWJXO
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"Payton, you might need a diffrent medication and dosage if that's the case. It's something we can discuss more and work on. I'm just wondering, are you in therapy at all?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAyDLqYZQMwD
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She shakes her head no. "No? Why is that? Don't think it would work? Scared to try?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAbe2ajJOWle
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"Can't afford it, no health insurance, only just managing to pay the co-pay for my meds and appointments with a doctor at a health centre. Damn system."208Please respect copyright.PENANA7xpni8zrTi
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"I'm sorry. Alot of patients tell me the same thing actually."208Please respect copyright.PENANAyIzbqfYXee
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"You're a doctor, right? Any particular kind?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAcrDWsWAPn2
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"Not really, just a doctor. But I have done some additional training in mental health."208Please respect copyright.PENANAcN1c05nThD
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"You said I'm on a hold-"208Please respect copyright.PENANAoHPWan3i3t
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"24 hours."208Please respect copyright.PENANAdVC0vnWIiu
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"What's going to happen when we get to the end of it?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAhJK4vjRkkD
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"Uh, I'd like to talk alot more, Payton, see if we can't work out a plan going forward.208Please respect copyright.PENANAchiqSdAlZX
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Such as outpatient therapy, discuss trying a diffrent medication."208Please respect copyright.PENANALeNm5RyE6L
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"I'm not going to end up..." She gulps. "Commited."208Please respect copyright.PENANAn8lkqVWM4v
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"That's really an outdated term, and I don't like to use it when talking with my patients. I don't want you to think that helping you isn't important, but there is a whole busload of other stuff that's going on and if we can refer you outpatient, ideally that would be good."208Please respect copyright.PENANAIcxqafYvSx
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"I didn't try to kill myself."208Please respect copyright.PENANAGtsdYjV0FA
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"You've already told me that, Payton. If that's the truth after we talk further, and I and my colleagues reasses you around 9-10 a.m tommorow morning. Wednesday, your hold will end. 208Please respect copyright.PENANABE3x9GdXH4
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But for now you do need to stay here. For yourself, but also seperate policy."208Please respect copyright.PENANA9RZYnXoj1e
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"What do you mean?"208Please respect copyright.PENANArNnljD5V44
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She sighs. "I should proably tell you the truth, I don't want to scare you, Payton, but-" Holly moves her chair closer to Payton.208Please respect copyright.PENANALrEdROLGnT
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"You we're found by Fire and Police in Crest-Port in the middle of a crisis zone. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAQU88c1lLLX
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They bought you here. I understand there is some gaps in your memory, but they might come back, there is a pretty good chance of it.208Please respect copyright.PENANAWEF4kzHPZZ
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And I and my colleagues don't want that to be when you learn the truth. It's better it comes from us so you're prepared for it, and also able to navigate this new world we're in going fourth."208Please respect copyright.PENANA0y5C1jA9g2
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"Did World War 3 happen while I was out?"208Please respect copyright.PENANAgkPlrEU9G1
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"Uh, not exactly."208Please respect copyright.PENANAgWZW9hm2p5
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"Then what happened?!"208Please respect copyright.PENANAxieET8dMRw
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"Well, Payton-" Holly says, taking Payton's hand in hers, Payton pulling it away quickly. "No! I don't know where it has been! There's proably germs, this bed has germs, and these clothes!"208Please respect copyright.PENANAOU69j3AJUh
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"I promise you this room is cleaned and steralized between patients, and the clothes are brand new, fresh out the sealed bag. And I washed my hands, wore new gloves from the box. New scrubs too."208Please respect copyright.PENANAhzaHRnxRQR
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"That doesn't make me feel better! This is a hospital, there's also sick and dying people!"208Please respect copyright.PENANArUv9Dj1Eqq
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"Would you like a mask, Payton? I can get you one."208Please respect copyright.PENANA4CGuNbTimS
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"No! What I want is to leave!"208Please respect copyright.PENANAx1BQMbQacA
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"I already explained to you that isn't possible right now."208Please respect copyright.PENANAxIpPfXFvuv
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"Then do whatever you have to do to make that possible! Kickstart the damn process!"208Please respect copyright.PENANAvsiVQfG8mt
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"Uh, okay. I'm going to step outside for a moment, and talk to my colleagues, Payton. If you need anything, ring that buzzer there and I or a nurse, someone else will come in."208Please respect copyright.PENANAh5SfJCleJp
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And Dr Holly leaves the room. When she's she's gone, Payton stands and slips out the room, finding the door is unlocked. She tries to walk the opposite direction with confidence, and no one seems to pay any attention to her thankfully.208Please respect copyright.PENANADUBEGBh7rZ
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She sees a door read 'Exit' and sees it leads out to a waiting room, exit doors to the street beyond it. This will be easy. 208Please respect copyright.PENANA5vH3JrZJ4j
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She presses on the door turning to leave when she hears the sound of a flatline, people running to a room. She looks over her shoulder. 208Please respect copyright.PENANA4BUF04Ctmf
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Karl. They're pumping on his chest, he was having a heart attack. He was in the street before with her, and... Benji. A little boy, he broke his skate board over... someone's head to save them. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAdkkPqVGb6T
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It doesn't really make sense. Where are her colleagues from the bakery if her and Karl is here. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAenNxJzjPWO
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"Payton?" Says a voice. She looks the other way seeing Tom, he is one of Holly's colleagues. She remembers, he knocked her bag over, it's how they discovered her meds.208Please respect copyright.PENANAzRki6uSjju
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"Payton, I'm Dr Tom. Can you come back towards me, please?" He gestures, holding a hand out.208Please respect copyright.PENANAr23oNOKYU2
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She pushes open the exit door infront of her to the waiting room. "Shit! Holly!" Tom screams, running back the way he came. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAshiebMcd1t
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She runs into the waiting room, alot more noise out here than in the ER, more colored lights, the TV blares.208Please respect copyright.PENANAGKGpLBm86j
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"10 AM this morning, a state of emergency was declared. Longevity and Crest Port's Goverment have banded together. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAX4Hbci0Vp7
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Emergency services are out on the street working hard, but civillians have been asked to stay indoors if possible, and if you need help, please try calling 000. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAVFbSfFL7wi
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And remember, if your loved ones, a friend, a neighbor exhibt odd behavior or have been bitten, please say something so they can recieve medical attention. This has been your 11:30 update. Please stay tuned for updates from the goverment in coming time. Jackson, to you." Says a reporter, loweing her papers on the TV. 208Please respect copyright.PENANA8EWHqi50q9
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"Thank you, Amy. I'm here outside-"208Please respect copyright.PENANALtfnNTVY8e
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She looks around herself in a panic, people fill the room almost to the brim, some are coughing, some are mildly covered in blood, clothes torn. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAZy7m9Z58GM
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She steps back, bumping into someone and falls to the ground, knocking them over. She realizes she's landed on a young man, dark skin, long hair and deep brown eyes. His wearing scrubs like her. "We'll be going now." Says an older man next to them, dressed in a flashy suit, short blonde hair and gold glasses in the shape of a star. 208Please respect copyright.PENANATzgrixvAaO
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"Let's go, Gabe."208Please respect copyright.PENANAhsdeS03Vrp
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"Sir, as I have been told you. Civillians have been asked to keep off the streets." A receptionist behind a glass window is arguing with the man.208Please respect copyright.PENANAWaqUBBQ8P0
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"It's Manager."208Please respect copyright.PENANAwdjZbgxCss
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"You may be his Manager, but you are not my Manager." The receptionist says annoyed, her patience running out.208Please respect copyright.PENANAS7MCAtR9eh
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"Uh, hello? Are you okay?" Asks the young man she's lying on. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAOnLUUt0V3i
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"I'm so sorry!" Payton panics, standing up. She reaches a hand out for him to take, but then quickly withdraws it. He huffs, having to help himself up. "No harm done, I guess." He mumbles, looking her over. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAxzJCkY0UiX
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"Wow, you're short."208Please respect copyright.PENANAgy2CQAST3I
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"And you're full of it."208Please respect copyright.PENANAxIkzszYryG
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"Not the first time I heard that."208Please respect copyright.PENANAo3Tdl1AYO0
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She doesn't say anything, and looks at the exit doors. "I should be going." She says, pushing him out of her path. 208Please respect copyright.PENANApHdxbed8jB
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"Oh, now you want to feel me up." He jokes.208Please respect copyright.PENANA4swXwToIUi
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"Shut up. You may think you're all that, but you're not."208Please respect copyright.PENANAXSOx7SY5NK
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"Do you even know who I am?" He asks. She ignores him. "Hey, wait a minute!" He begs, pulling her arm. She lets out a terrified scream, one his never heard before. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAvhqkw13jkU
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She falls against the 2nd exit door, and pushes down on the handle madly, it not budging. "The fuck?" The young man her age roughly says. Now everyone's eyes on her. "What did you do, Gabriel?" The Manager Man asks.208Please respect copyright.PENANAmu5cghcGBR
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"Nothing! She bumped into me!" 208Please respect copyright.PENANApjwAgeJLRZ
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"Umm..." The receptionist says, poking her head out a bit. Payton stands up, madly trying the handle again when the door leading back to the ER flys open, Holly, Tom and some other staff file out. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAvYzGKBiAXu
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"I'm sorry everyone, we we're looking for her. I caution you to look away as this may make some of your uncomfortable and/or upset anyone." Tom appolgizes. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAs81X7qUH7Q
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"Payton, we need to get you back in bed." Holly urges gently.208Please respect copyright.PENANATRUf4cmaLc
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Payton hears screaming coming from the TV, and looks up, grainy footage. Upturned cars, smashed windows, police cars driving up to a scene, a person slobbering, running around madly, chewing a front like emergency worker in half, censored blood spewing everywhere. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAKBNdWNzqaK
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"Remember, see something, know something, say something."208Please respect copyright.PENANASt4ZgAUXyP
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She can't takes her eyes off it, breathing rapid till the TV goes off, the receptionist aiming the remote at it. "Sorry, everyone!" She calls out appolgizing. Holly cups her hand over her own mouth. "So much for pre-warning." Tom says next to her. 208Please respect copyright.PENANABnOZQaLfiQ
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"Payton-" Holly begins, just as Payton stands up, preparing to run around the other side of the room when she feels someone take her arm pulling her back who isn't one of the staff. It's the man she crashed into it. 208Please respect copyright.PENANA21YOpst3jN
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"Get your grubby hands off me! I don't know where they have been!" She yells at him, smacking him in the shoulder and face.208Please respect copyright.PENANAVZFoEhJ3ym
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"Ow! Woah, woah, hey!" He says, trying to defend himself when Payton is pulled off him and thrown to the ground. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAPPFiSzyhlh
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"Let go of me!" She yells. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAwot2KfWwVL
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"What do we do, what do we do?!" Says Tom. "I don't know, I don't know!" Holly responds, a man in a navy suit appearing behind them and the nurses. He clears his throat.208Please respect copyright.PENANAPxkS0dexTm
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"Hi, Director!" Tom smiles awkardly. "Well, this undoes us pumping her stomach. Payton, I'm really sorry." Holly says, pulling out a needle and pushing it into Payton's shoulder.208Please respect copyright.PENANARbe0oX1wIQ
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She lets out a scream, fighting more till her movements slow down and they gently hoist her up onto her feet. She's passing out, not able to work so they end up dragging her and head back into the ER with her, the hospital director walking away. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAq48YV5fZh1
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"Uh, do you want to come with me, Gabriel?" A doctor asks, "I'm Dr Reed. She... did a good number on your face." Says a doctor, having Gabriel that Payton just hurt come with him.208Please respect copyright.PENANA0tAyMK2JxR
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"I thought we we're leaving!" Says the man at the window, no longer arguing with the receptionist.208Please respect copyright.PENANABC1rpL7cnC
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The door to the ER closes. "Sir, take a magazine and sit." The receptionist says, turning away from the window, picking up the desk phone next to her.208Please respect copyright.PENANA0yATDZshgq
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With an unconsciousness patient, and now a injured one, it's a mess for the staff to work out. "Holly, she belongs in Psych." Argues Tom. "You don't think I don't know that?" Holly responds.208Please respect copyright.PENANAg9MT6Vg52J
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"Hey, we need the room she was in now for Mr Superstar here." Dr Reed says, Gabriel standing beside here. "Please don't call me that." Gabriel whispers.208Please respect copyright.PENANAmeJKo8K73z
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"Put her in one of the temp holding Psych rooms for now, Holly." Dr Reed adds on.208Please respect copyright.PENANAzbw1m1G5tI
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"Okay, okay." Holly says, taking Payton into one with Tom's help. They lay her down on the bed, and exit the room, pulling the door shut behind them, the lock enaging. 208Please respect copyright.PENANAPRm4h26G5l
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Holly walks over to the phone on the wall, dialing. "Hello? Admission, please. Yes, I'll hold. Hi, this is Doctor Holly, ER floor. Is there any beds avaible? No? Any of end of day discharges scheduled?" She looks to Tom and he shrugs awkwardly, walking away.208Please respect copyright.PENANAOg75wpY5qS