He hadn't expected to see a note to him from anyone other than his commanding officers. He'd caught the bulletin (from Dean, wasn't it?) addressed to him before the dinner shift. McCoy remembered him well enough. Rough looking kid, thought he could practice some medicine with nothing but a belt and dirty jacket, but generally had his heart in the
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Hearing the Head Doctor go on about sleep studies made Claude tense up, and he was half-waiting to hear the door open up again so some orderlies to drag one of them away. He hated that feeling of helplessness, that all he could do was sit there and wonder if their room would become so unlucky again. But then he heard the faint click of the locks sliding back out of place, and Claude couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Thank goodness... He wasn't sure what he'd do if he or his roommate got targeted, but thankfully he didn't have to worry about that for tonight ( ... )
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At last. The fonmachine's light, the flashlight, settled on M44 for a beat. Snapping into darkness, she replaced the device and allowed her eyes to adjust once more. If Jill truly was at that man's mercy, then there wasn't a moment to lose. Yet, Natalia found half a minute passing as she swept a few fingers over her hair (if only she could have a headband), and wrinkled her nose at her drab attire as it cleared with her vision. It seemed a shame that his sight would be restored, and met with awful clothes and an awful room decor.
Perhaps, her priorities were slightly out of order. Perhaps, she ought to have given more credence to the possibility that it might not work; yet, Natalia could not allow something as negative as sheer practicality to threaten her. Starting out with the wrong attitude could be fatal.
Squaring her shoulders, shifting her hold on the radio (her fingers slid over its cool surface and she remembered, again, that last gasp), Natalia raised her hand and rapped her knuckles below the number ( ... )
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