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Day 4 : blood on your hands

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hey everyone I’m backkkk

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Henrik swallowed a lozenge as he climbed into the passenger seat of his car again. He felt drained. He couldn't even muscle up the effort to eat that morning. He'd probably eat something once he got to work.

Chase awkwardly climbed into the seat next to him, hands at the wheel. He barely gave him a glance before his eyes quickly shifted back to front and he began driving.

Throughout the duration of the trip Chase kept opening his mouth to speak but his nerves would get the better of him and he would shut it quickly.

Henrik, feeling responsible and sensing his tension, placed a hand on his forearm, “Chase. I meant it vhen I said it vasn’t your fault.” He looked down at his shoes, “And I’m sorry for snapping at all of you last night. I was such an idiot…”

Chase remained silent but Schneep could sense that he had relaxed somewhat and that was good enough for him.

Upon arriving in the lounge Henrik helped himself to a well needed cup of coffee. He picked up the muffin and thought about eating it but stopped. He wasn't all that hungry anyway. Before he could set it down a hand came from behind him and grabbed onto it. He looked over his shoulder to see Suzi, ą̛nger showing in her̨ eyes.

He flinched, he had seen her angry before but it was never directed at him.

“Are you alright?”

He shook his head, and looked up, concern showing in her eyes.

“But I…you…you vere…angry.” He winced the phrase now sounding stupid to him.

He flinched again as he felt her hug him. She whispered to him.

“I heard about what happened yesterday. I…” she was trying to hold back tears, “I thought I might have lost you. I'm just glad you're ok.”

He finally melted into her hug as her words relaxed him. He felt her arms move higher on his back until they were on his neck. He felt her start to choke him and heard her voice, yet there was something very off about it.

“W̷h̵̀͜y͜ w̢̢͘͜o̡͟’n̡̡’t̀́͟ yo̸̶̢u̶̷̸͝ j̢͜͞ų̶̧͠s͡t d̡̧̨̢i̢͏̷̕e̢?”

He panicked and pushed her away falling to the floor with the force.

As Suzi regained her balance she looked over at Schneep, scared, “Henrik…what's wrong? You seem scared. Maybe you shouldn't-”

Henrik scrambled to his feet, his eyes darting in a panic. “I…I have to go. I vill be-be-be late for an appointment.”  He bolted for the door and took off down the hall.

“Henrik, wait!” Before she could even finish he was already gone.

He arrived at his first appointment fifteen minutes early.

He paced the room, holding a tissue to his bleeding nose. He was not doing a good job though as his shaking hands allowed blood to slowly drop to the floor below. He had just left his last patient. Someone who was having a kidney replacement. He had to have someone else finish it though as he had a stabbing migraine suddenly hit him. He laughed in an almost unsettling way, “G-good sing I didn't get zis nose bleed until after I got out…o-ozervise he might have gotten even vorse.”

He stumbled as another stab of pain hit him in the head. He sat down on the floor, muttering German phrases to himself until the pain subsided and his nose bleed was over.

He stood up on his shaking legs and made it to a nearby mirror. He placed his head against it and sighed, “Vhat am I going to do?”

As he sat down for lunch he noticed Suzi walk in and kept his head down, fear from this morning still prevalent in his mind. He had to physically stop himself from shaking in his shoes as doubts filled his head. Maybe she never liked him. Maybe she hated him. Maybe she really did try to kill him this morning.

Maybe…maybe he should do it. He felt his legs move to stand up.

Maybe ḩ̸͝͏e should kill her first. He felt a smile twitch at the corners of his mouth.

The start of a giggle left his mouth before it was interrupted by a hand on his shoulder.

He zipped around, anger burning in his eyes, “W̷͏̴hat̷̵̕͞?!”

A young intern yelped, startled by his outburst.

As Henrik calmed down he looked to see that his arm was slightly outstretched and his fist was shaped in an odd way, as if he were holding onto something.

He stepped back for a moment, mumbling an apology as the intern left and he sat back down.

He pushed his lunch away. He lost his appetite.

From across the lunch room Jeff saw the entire scene unfold. He squinted his eyes. He had suspected something was wrong for a while but now he was sure of it. He didn't like it one bit. He glanced at his colleague one last time and went back to his meal.

“Henrik Von Schneeplestein to the ER, please.”

Henrik snapped to attention and jogged out of the lounge. Anxiety pricking at his mind. He didn't want to do this, but he had to. He had to do it for someone else.

He met up with a nurse waiting outside the ER, “Car crash. Broken leg, two burns, lacerations on the back, slight head trauma. They might have glass stuck in their abdomen.”

He nodded and went inside.

“What is he-” He heard Jeff’s voice start before he was interrupted by Suzi’s hand. He looked away from her and put on his mask. He took in a deep breath and got into his zone, hopefully, without any interruptions.

He carefully moved the tweezers to pull out another piece of the glass. Forcing this anxiety further into the back of his mind whenever it would show itself. The few times he managed to glance at Suzi she had an encouraging and comforting look in her eyes, then the anger seemed to seep back in and he would look down.

All of a sudden the lights started to flicker.

Suzi spoke up, “We need to get a hold of someone, now; turn on the emergency power just to be safe.”

The moment someone left the room the lights quickened their pace and one of the interns started to panic. She bumped into him and he dropped his tweezers. The lights had gotten faster and he couldn't even see what he had picked up. When he stood up his breath hitched as he sensed a change in the atmosphere. He could feel his fingers start to go numb, the feeling creeping up his arm as-

The lights exploded, the intern screamed, and Henrik jumped.

“Someone turn on the emergency power, now!”

As the pins and needles left his arm Henrik hoped that the power would come back on and that the patient was ok.

Finally, someone had turned on the emergency power.

He looked down at the patient to continue. His eyes widened. He dropped the tool he had been holding as if it had burned him as he backed up and ran.

The bloody scalpel clattered to the floor, a long, high tone crying through the air.

There was a long, bloody cut across the patient’s neck.

Henrik sat in a corner of the lounge shaking. He had just killed someone. He had just killed someone. He had-

“Henrik! Henrik where are…” Suzi sighed, “There you are.”

“Fass mich nicht an!”

She came closer to him, keeping her distance. “Henrik, it’s ok…you're alright.”

“Ich getötet someone. I killed someone Suzi…”

“Henrik it was an accident, we were all scared in there.”

“That was no accident.”

Suzi glared over her shoulder, “Not now Jeff.”

“No, you don't understand. I just saw the autopsy. That cut, was no accident. You know how much I hate it when people who are supposed to save other people become careless. But this?!”

“Jeff…” Suzi’s patience was wearing thin, and Henrik flinched as he remembered this morning.

“That cut was way too fucking precise to be an accident. It had to be intentional.”

Suzi stood up and pointed a finger in his face, “Listen here you arrogant asshole, in case you haven't noticed Henrik hasn't exactly been himself lately. He got scared, he's been stressed. It. Was. An. Accident!”

“Exactly! He's been acting odd lately, haven't you noticed it's like he wants to kill everything he sees. There is something wrong with him!”

“Which is exactly why I'm trying to help him. Besides, if you actually cared you'd see he’s never like that. So fuck off…” she reached out a hand to Henrik and helped him up. “I think you need to go home…I’m sorry, I should have said something sooner…Maybe I can talk the boss into giving you a vacation. Come on, I'll drive you home.”

Henrik sat on the couch. Not paying attention to the game of war going on between JJ and Robbie before him. He stared blankly at his phone. His daughter was supposed to come over tomorrow. He so desperately wanted her to come over, hoping it would provide him with some form of joy. Yet…he didn't want her to get hurt. He gripped the phone tighter as he went to dial Lynda.

A notification for a text message popped up on his phone. He tapped it. There was a video, Maria’s smiling face showing already. He tapped play.

“Hi daddy!” His little edelweiss hugged a stuffed cat, making its paw wave back at the screen. “I can't wait to see you tomorrow! Oh and look, I still have the necklace on!” She popped the locket open showing him the picture. “We had a fun day in school. Adam and I played with his dragons! They're cool!” She shifted in her sitting position, “Well…mommy says it's time to go to bed but I'll see you tomorrow! Stay snug, ladybug!”

Henrik put the phone back in his pocket as he walked off to his room. He didn't have the heart to crush her spirit.

As he climbed into bed he whispered, “Sleep nice, edelweiss”

He was once again found himself in an endless void. He desperately needed to find someone, anyone who could help him, someone to wait the madness with. So he did the only thing he could do: he walked. He walked until his feet were tired, but still he pushed on even if he had found nothing.

He was about to give up when he felt something squelch beneath his feet. He looked down and screamed.

There was a giant pile of bodies in front of him with pool of blood slowly seeping out from it, and he had just stepped onto an intestine that was hanging from a body below him. The reason he screamed though, was not because there was a corpse. But because it’s hand had just reached out for him. It then began to moan, “Help…us.” Its voice was a gurgling mess he could hardly understand. He started to back up, only to trip and fall into another mass of bodies behind him. He cried out, immediately standing up his pajamas drenched with gore.

He was now completely surrounded by bodies. “W…why didn't you…sssssave us?”  The cadavers voices started to get louder as their pleas merged. There was now an endless wail and Henrik couldn't take it anymore. Collapsing to his knees, he screamed and covered his ears, trying to block out the noise. Then, there was the shriek of a girl.

Henrik cried out in the dark as he sat up in bed, his face drenched in sweat and tears. He hiccuped, and leaning over the side of his bed, he threw up. Once he had heaved what little there was in his stomach, he lied back in bed. With a long, hard shudder, he curled up into a fetal position and cried.

Well would you look at that, two chapters in one day. Due to my excitment with KJSE my writing powers were on FIRE today!! So, as a little treat, rather than keep you waiting, I decided to post them both!!

@watermelonsinmyattic A promise is a promise! ^^

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Totally Legit Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Chapter 4