One last time - Chapter 311

“Wait what? Fire?” Janet fronwed and quickly got up.

Ron quickly grabbed Silvia’s and Janet’s hand and started dragging them out of the room. “Stay with me okay? Just don’t leave my hand.”

All the people present inside the room started rushing out, pushing and pulling anyone who came their way.

A bunch of hospital guards guided everyone  out through the emergency fire exit.

As it was day time, the hospital was packed with patients, people and hospital staff which created more chaos.

As soon as Silvia, Ron and Janet stepped out of the hospital, several men dressed in black suits whom they had never seen before, quickly approached them.

“Madam, are you okay?” One of the men asked.

“Excuse me, are you talking to me?” Silvia asked.

The man nodded his head and said, “Yes madam.”

“They are the secret guards that your husband appointed for you. They alway stay in hiding and show up only whenever necessary. So you won’t see them until you are in trouble.” Ron explained.

“Madam for safety purpose, we have to leave this place and-”

Interrupting him, Silvia frowned, “No we can’t just leave. This is a hospital and we are the staff. How can we just leave like that? What if there are people who are actually stuck in there get injured and later need us?”

Turning towards Silvia, Ron said, “Sil, why don’t you and Jan leave? I’ll handle things here.”

“What are you talking about Ron? How can we leave? Sil is right. We don’t know what might happen okay? What if they really need more staff?” Just like Silvia, there was no way Janet would leave without performing her duties well.

Ron frowned and tried to convince the girls to leave. He could sense something different and amiss. He was sensing danger from everything that was happening and there was no way he would let Silvia stay here.

“Ron, maybe you forgot about our Nightingale Pledge[1]  but I haven’t. So there is no point arguing with me over this.” Silvia had always been very serious with her profession and she would never compromise even at the stake of her own life. What was the use of being a part of the medical world when you selfishly just care about your life?

Ron thought for a while and reluctantly agreed. He knew how stubborn Silvia was and there was now way he could send her away once she made up her mind to do something.

“Stay here, I’ll go and find out what the exact situation is.”

After Ron left, the guard took out his phone and said, “I’ll have to inform boss about this.” Gesturing the other guard to stay alert, he left.

Looking at the hospital, Janet sighed, “I wonder how this happened and I hope no one is stuck up there.”

Silvia widened her eyes in shock when she saw the same nurse who was taking the little boy to the kids care section. Rushing towards her, Silvia asked, “Hey, where is the kid?”

The woman shook her head and panicked, “I-I don’t know, I stepped out for a bit to take a phone call and then the fire alarm ran so I rushed out through the fire exit.”

Silvia frowned and shouted, “What? How can you do that? How can you leave a little boy alone?”

“I am sorry but I freaked out and I completely forgot about the boy.”

“Damn, isn’t the kids care section on the third floor?” Silvia asked.

When the woman nodded her head, Silvia widened her eyes in shock and rushed towards the entrance.

“Madam.”

“Silvia.”

Janet and the guards shouted together but before they could do anything, Silvia squeezed through the crowd and ran towards the entrance.

“Silvia stop.” Janet shouted before rushing after her along with the guards but by the time they could pass through the crowd, Silvia had already entered the hospital.

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Inside the hospital.

Taking the stairs, Silvia rushed towards the third floor. The smoke started turning thick as she ascended the stairs making it difficult for her to breath.

When she arrived at the third floor, Silvia coughed vigorously. The smoke was quite dense, making it unable for her to see anything but since Silvia knew where exactly the kids rooms were so she covered her nose and mouth with her hand before rushing towards the direction.

Silvia couldn’t see anyone as the floor had already been evacuated. Thinking that may be that little boy had already been rescued, she wanted to go back but something from within told her to look for him once.

She couldn’t take that boy’s image out of her head, especially his eyes. She felt like that boy wanted to tell her something but couldn’t.

Contemplating for a couple seconds, Silvia decided to look for the little one inside the kids section before she leaves the building.

Walking towards the kids care room, Silvia widened her eyes in shock when she saw the room blazing in fire.

Clearing the smoke from the air by waving them in the air, Silvia tried to peep inside the room. She widened her eyes in shock when she saw the little boy calmly sitting in the middle of the fire with his legs crossed.

The fire was thick and had engulfed the entire room, burning down each and everything present in the room. Any normal a.d.u.l.t would feel horrified and would probably try to run out but the boy was sitting on the floor like nothing had happened. He seemed to be not affected by the heat, smoke and the fire at all.

“Hey, what are you doing there? Get up.” Silvia shouted before coughing vigorously. She was having a very hard time breathing and coping up with the thick smoke.

When the little one saw her, he got up and gestured her to leave. He did not utter a single word but his eyes expressed everything that he wanted to say. He wanted her to leave, he was pleading her to leave.

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[1] A pledge, modelled after the Hippocratic Oath, which is typically recited by nurses before graduating from nursing school, indicating their commitment to professionalism and patient care.