The Plague Doctor [RATED R] ✓

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"CODENAME LADY IS A 46-year-old male who has a severe mother complex. He dresses up as a woman and uses that to fool men into gaining their trust, raping them, and then killing them after. Lady confessed that he does not like men and he is, in fact, very straight, but he loves the pleasure of overpowering men, which is why he did what he did," Claudio tells us, and the picture that I was staring at suddenly felt disturbing.

     "Alright, we have three patients left, but where are their pictures?" Father Laurence next before taking a bite of his food.

     "Yes, we have three other patients, but the reason why I did not attach a photo of them is because you will not be handling them yet. I will study them for a while to see who is fit to take care of them, so for now, I will handle them," master Claudio explains to us, making me realize that these remaining patients are actually part of the SWL or the suicide watch list.

     "So these three are..." Lino pauses and takes the remaining patient's profiles that didn't have a picture attached to them.

Patient no. 005

Codename: Messiah

Gender: Male

Age: 34

     "What did he do?" I ask out of curiosity.

     "Actually, what did they do?" Lino clarifies, gesturing at the other two patients without a picture since they didn't have any descriptions either like the other patients.

Patient no. 006

Codename: Tomorrow

Gender: Male

Age: 13

     "Whoa, this one's only thirteen. He's younger than Adie. Why is he receiving the death penalty? Is that even okay?" I ask as I stare at the kid's profile.

     "And this one's almost my age," Lino then adds, showing us the last patient on the list.

Patient no. 007

Codename: Doll Face

Gender: Female

Age: 43

     For a second the patients seemed normal, even pitiful, but then you realize that before they were called patients, they were criminals first. These were people who did terrible things to other people. There's no time for me to feel bad about them.

     "Their crimes are classified for now. After some tests, and if they're ready to meet you, I will introduce them properly. These patients are hanging on the edge. Given the opportunity, they will jump and kill themselves, so I will do everything I can to not make that happen. They are important assets..."

[PRESENT TIME]

I looked at the unfamiliar doctor and tilted my head to the side. "I don't have a name," I say, making him furrow his brows in confusion. He was about to say something about my answer, but then I remembered what the others used to call me when we were back at the hospital with Dr. Harvey.

     I don't have a name, but Autumn and the others usually call me...

     "Tomorrow," I say to him. "They call me...Tomorrow."

     The doctor in front of me doesn't say a word, but after a while, his confused expression turns into a grin, and soon after, he started laughing; his laughter echoing inside the room was enough to make me feel unsettled.