#150
by Ltn Vasquez
Dammit, SLade you don't leave him a man alone, 'specially not a guard!"
"Oh he's with an MTF, but Heathen's carrying him."
"What for?"
"He's shot. Heathen took the shot. And now he's taking him to the medical ward."
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Of all the places that could have held an SCP, this had to be the worst. Considering the two tunnel, there was hardly anyplace to run. The elevator doors opened to the desolate chamber, and Heathen stepped out. The MTF was now more of a dead weight, but he held his responsibility to take this man to safety. He walked through the chamber and two turns took him to a containment chamber and a small supply closet. The blast door to the containment chamber was open. He wanted to leave it alone, but curiosity overtook him. Inside was an empty room with a door to what looked to be an interrogation room. In it was a man in a witch doctor's garb and a beak mask. He stood as if he were contemplating something, then looked up to the guard.
"Greetings", a voice inside the mask said, and the voice seemed to echo in Heathen's mind, "Oh my, you have a victim of the disease?"
He stared at the face of the doctor, and contemplated his next move. Certainly the doctor believed he hadn't the disease, for he wasn't attacking him. He put down the MTF, and looked to the doctor. He didn't move for a moment, and it was then that Heathen realized something. A picture of Gale just before he'd been shot, his eyes, he'd seen them clearly.
"He took you in the dimension, didn't he?" Heathen asked. The man was silent longer, but he his hands were about to reach up, but he stopped and clenched them. He then turned away.
"I can see the scar in your eyes. You... you had the pestilence, didn't you? You cured yourself, but you became scarred," He said, and the doctor looked back, "You're putting people out of there misery, no? When someone is injured, hurt, whether it be from physical or...," he remembered reading Addendum A-1 for the doctor, "melancholy wounds. That's the pestilence, right? You've always taken the operators and workers, and all the Class-D's because the had tumors of anger and rage at everything they see. And your methods, they're not the same as you did for yourself, is it?"
The doctor turned back to Heathen, and the eyes looked wide open. He suddenly grabbed Heathen by the neck, forcing him against the wall. Breath was quickly being lost, and soon he was feeling the loss of conscious. It was then that the doctor let go and stared bleakly at the guard.
"You're certainly not one to contract the disease. But your acquaintance here has contracted it very recently. I assume it was your doing, I see it in your eyes, the guilt is obvious. Never despair, I'll cure him"
He produced a bag, and out came only one tool, a scalpel. The MTF was now awake and trying to sit up. He was forced down and stabbed through the neck. When the knife was pulled, he cleaned off the blade and stored it.
"No, it wasn't the exact method. I was more of an herbal doctor than a witch doctor. Certain herbs will do wonders my dear friend, but others will turn against you. I don't think you would understand just how bad, however I have reason to believe Richard does, and he certainly understands that pain."
Heathen stared questionably at the doctor. He stood up and glanced out the window. A mask'd man, Slade, and well as many MTF appeared and aimed at the doctor. Heathen nodded to the doctor and exited. The mask'd man came forward and pulled of his mask.
"I see you took care of the MTF, that's fine. Surprised he's not a zombie, but no matter. Com now, we have bigger problems to tackle"