Dreaming Out Loud

Burn Me With Fire

Chapter 83: Burn Me With Fire

Dr. Whale finished writing in the patient chart and filed it at the nurse's station, before eyeing the desk nurse with a gleam in his eye.

"So...I think before I got called away, you and I were thinking about getting a cup of coffee. What do you say?" he asked flirtatiously. The desk nurse smiled and was about to answer when the entire building shook violently and there was an incredibly loud boom.

"What the hell was that?" he wondered, as there was more shaking and screaming ensued. The ceiling above them fell in and he hurried the nurse out of the way, as a chunk of plaster fell directly onto the nurse's station, crushing the desk like it was nothing. And with that, mass chaos ensued, as employees attempted to begin evacuating the patients.

"Somebody call the Sheriff!" Whale exclaimed, as he tried to supervise the chaotic evacuation.

Jessica shared a smirk with Kevin, as their device went off and it compromised the structural integrity of the hospital. She had placed the device on the fourth floor, which would cause the threat of that floor caving in on the lower floors. She had also placed it in a precise spot that would compromise the entire structure. The town would be busy trying to evacuate those on the higher floors that were now trapped. People were already pouring out of the lower floors and security was far too busy to notice them, as they slipped inside the hospital. They found their way to the locked stairwell that they knew imprisoned their leader and her followers.

Many of Circe's followers were glassy eyed sheep that eagerly believed anything she told them. They knew Circe was running a dangerous cult and eagerly participated in the corruption of young, lost souls that would do anything that was asked for them if they were led to believe it furthered their cause. Kevin and Jessica wanted their targets to truly suffer and they planned to use their mindless followers to terrorize the little family that had ruined their lives. At last, they would have retribution and revenge, while Circe got what she wanted, which was power. This cult was a means to an end for them and a means to power for their leader.

With a special tool in his hand, Kevin destroyed the lock mechanism on the door and they descended into the bowels of the hospital. When they came upon the desk nurse, they found her clamoring out from under the debris on her desk. She coughed and had no time to react, before Jessica ended her life with a bullet to the head. Kevin found his ways to the controls for the cells and unlocked them all.

Circe emerged from hers with a pleased smirk for her charges and motioned to the rest of them.

"Brother Kevin and Sister Jessica have freed us! We will follow them to freedom and then we will know salvation when we seek retribution on the evil that imprisoned us!" she announced to them and they willingly followed her like the mindless pawns they had become. And among those free now were Greg Mendell and King George.

Emma arrived at the hospital about the same time as Snow and David did. Snow put a hand to her mouth, as they watched the building sway tremble. Glass windows were bursting and dust filled air.

"We got here as soon as we could," Persephone said, as she and Eli appeared behind them.

"It's going to collapse," Snow said worriedly.

"Not if Emma and I stabilize it with magic," Persephone stated. Emma nodded.

"I'll try," she said.

"I'll help...while you and your father help get people out of there," Regina interjected, as she arrived. Snow looked at her and saw that her face was void of malice. It was a welcome change and she wondered if she dared to hope that Regina was finally letting go of her hate. Emma nodded gratefully, as she was glad to see Regina there to help too. She knew their son would be very happy about that too.