Empress Of Dark World (Sequel To Beating Hearts)

Chapter : 16

Ave's Pov

I walked in the hospital for my shift and it was chaos, "get ready folks...there was a shooting in the church, city general hospital was over crowded so they have directed the traffic to the university hospital so we will be in-charge" I heard Dr. Hendren command her team, "I want all hands on deck, am I clear ??" She asked and walked away, didn't even wait for the team to answer. Damn.

"Hey Ave, where have you been ?? Dr. Hendren was looking for you" Betty said.

"Yeh, Hendren wanted you to head the team but since you weren't here Dr. Black had Jill lead our team" Adrian said which I was happy with, I know her; she is the best.

"Alright guys, I know we are specializing in different areas but this here is not about us, it's about the people who need our expertise" I heard Jill go on as I waved at her from where I was but she didn't even acknowledge me.

I absolutely have no idea what changed but Jill was acting weird, she has been avoiding me, what have I done ??

"Ave, I need your assistance in the Psychiatric ward with Dr. Watson" Jill instructed me and even before I could say something she disappeared.

"What is wrong with her ??" I questioned myself feeling sad, I walked my way towards where I was assigned to the Psychiatric ward.

Psychiatric ward was on the far north end of the hospital, the place is surrounded by a beautiful garden near the forest, it was quite there and a suitable place for people who were mentally challenged and exhausted or even old people taking a stroll, I have been there quite a few times.

"Oh hello darling, how are you today ??" Miss. Coulter asked, Jeanine was in her mid thirties and a very sweet lady. I met her on the first day of my internship, I got lost exploring the premises and she helped me find my way out and also showed me the whole Psychiatric wing.

"To some people this place was like home and to some well they just wanted to not associate themselves anymore after getting out of here" I remember her say the day we met, oh and she is the warden here.

"Very well Jeanine, how are you ?!" I asked to which she smiled and offered me a rose from the flower vase beside her.

"I am fine dear one, here this one is for you I see you need a boost of freshness" she said.

"Awww thank you Jeanine" accepting the Rose, smelling it I closed my eyes taking it all in, the smell relaxing me.

"So why aren't you back in the hospital helping, I have heard that there was a shooting and Black hospital was asked to attend the survivors" Jeanine said which made me feel useless.

I was getting paged every 10 minutes and I could have been there helping but Jill asked me to assist here. She must have thought it through yep I trust her, so ignoring my pager, "Yeh well I was asked by Jill to be here with Dr. Watson to help" I replied.

"Fair enough, Dr. Watson is in children's ward would you want me to help you there ?" Jeanine offered and I politely turned her down since I was familiar with my way around the establishment.

Passing through the Garden I heard someone cry and I followed the source, there sat a little girl weeping on a bench, "hello darling, are you hurt ??" I asked her to which she shook his head.

"Okay, well what is the matter with you ?" She seemed sad.

"My mommy...she she left me" she said crying even more, "cuz I am bad".

"No you are not" I pulled her in for a hug.

"And why did she leave me ??" I wish I could answer that for her.

""What is your name babe ??" I asked as she wiped her cheeks and looked up at me.

"Emma" she replied and that for a second there caught me off guard, familiar with that name I recalled the dream I had that night.

I want to know who she is and what's her relationship with Regina and where is she if not dead.

I heard the woman ask one of her people to take Emma someplace and the guy who took her looked sad himself. Maybe he knew Emma but then if he did, why would he be helping out Lezabel.

"Hey Emma, how about you go play with other children...they are playing hide and seek" I heard Jeanine speak and that brought me back to reality.

"Yeh and hey Emma you are a brave little girl, so how about we go for ice-cream afterwards ??" I offered the little girl, still sadness brimmed her eyes.

"Otay" that said she ran away to be with her friends.

"Nope, no running Emma...Walk!!" Jeanine pointed hearing that the girl slowed her pace down and followed her way.

"Are you alright ?" Jeanine asked with a concerned look to which I smiled at her.

"Yep, I am fine just lost..." I feel like I have mastered the art of hiding true feelings, trust me I wanted to tell her everything that was going on in my life but I just couldn't bring myself to do that, but in a way I told her exactly what I was feeling "LOST".

"Why are you here, your help will be much appreciated in the ER!!" I heard Joshua from behind Jeanine, who seemed nervous.

"I I was asked to be here and help Dr. Watson" I replied which made him look at me confused.

"And who asked you to do that ?? The ER is full of patients and we are lacking staff to handle casualties" he said.

"Nevermind who asked, I will be there in about 10 minutes..." I didn't want Jill to look bad in all of this and so I skipped on that.

"Huhhh...look at that, I thought you meant it was Jill who asked you to be here" Jeanine said and she winked at him and Joshua blushed!!

Hold up a second am I missing something here ?? Beside the fact that she literally snitched on me.

"I have no clue what's going on here are you two a thing ?" I asked which made Joshua look at Jeanine nervously and I couldn't help but find that so adorable.

I got paged again and this one was from the pediatric ward, "I would love to wait here for an answer but since now when I am allowed back to help our team I will take a leave" that said I rushed my way back to the main hospital building.

To be continued...

Well well well it seems like Jill is working hard to keep Ave far away from Regina. What do you think about that ??