Previously on Every Medical Show…the night shift staff played
truth or dare, and one unlucky intern had to walk the haunted hallway on
the third floor...
Average City Hospital opened on July 2,
1955. It wasn’t a spectacular place (still isn’t), but it saved lives and had
decent food and okay staff. It quickly gained the reputation of being a
thoroughly average facility, there was nothing extraordinary about the place.
One fateful day in November of 1989 changed that forever. According to legend,
a man came to the hospital complaining of intense pain. His body was covered
with raised spots that he couldn’t stop itching. Fevers and cold sweats left
the man delirious. Doctors were shocked
to discover that the man had smallpox, a disease modern medicine had wiped out
decades earlier. Fearing an epidemic, the staff isolated the smallpox patient
in room 313; the patient died three days later in his
empty room. Strange things starting happening in room 313 after the man’s
death. Patients who slept there said they saw a man sitting at the foot of
their bed. Nurses working in the room described a shadowy figure with smallpox
scars on his arms; other patients on the floor heard crying coming from the
empty room at night. Hospital staff avoided the room, terrified of the
patient’s ghost....
Gossipy Nurse: And that’s the tale of the ghost of room 313…..spooky right?
Apathetic Nurse: It
sounds like a load of----
Nurse Sexy Hair:
Candy?
Panicked Intern:
Sleeping pills?
Apathetic Nurse:
I was going to say that *makes air quotes
motion with her hands* this ghost story is total b----
Dr. Handsome Face: There’s
no proof of that story! Smallpox? Come on. I’ve never seen any record of a smallpox
patient being admitted to Average City
Hospital.
Gossipy Nurse:
And you’ve read all the hospital
records? On your off time you just sit and read thousands of records? You have no other hobbies….
Dr. Handsome Face:
Well I, I keep busy during my down time---
Apathetic Nurse:
I bet you are---*pretends to drink from a glass*. But what I was going to say
before I was rudely interrupted, is that I have never seen a single photo, or whatever,
of a ghost in that room, that story is complete cr-----
Hard-Ass Head Nurse: Why
is everyone standing around the nurses’ station? What’s happening here?
Panicked Intern:
Uhhhhhh
Hard-Ass Head Nurse: Anyone
still standing here in the next ten seconds will have a penalty on their
employee file!
*No one moves.*
Hard-Ass Head Nurse:
Anyone still standing here in the next ten seconds has to work the night shift
tomorrow.
*Everyone scatters, leaving Hard-Ass Head Nurse alone at the
nurses’ station.*
Meanwhile, Cute Quirky
Intern walks through the third floor’s haunted hallway, timidly approaching room 313 at the end of the wing…..
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| Spooky hallway.... |
Cute Quirky Intern: *Muttering
to herself.* I’m not afraid of ghosts. I’m not afraid of ghosts. There’s no
such thing as ghosts. They’re just….misty, light...things. Let’s think about
nice things. Like, chocolate. And daisies. Or chocolate daisies. Mmm, that
sounds delicious-----
*A loud bang startles Cute Quirky Intern. A door opens at the end of the hall and red light spills out from the room. A voice from inside the room speaks and she recognizes the sound of Evil British Doctor’s voice.*
Evil British Doctor:
Nurse, get the saw.
Frightened Patient:
No. Please.
Evil British Doctor:
Restrain the patient!
*Cute Quirky Intern rushes to the open door. Inside the room
she sees Evil British Doctor leaning over a patient. A flash of lightening
illuminates the room and Cute Quirky Intern sees a long needle in Evil British
Doctor’s hand.*
Cute Quirky Intern: Stop!
What are you doing Evil British Doctor?
Evil British Doctor:
You’re not the nurse. Get out.
Cute Quirky Intern: Not
until you put the needle down!
Evil British Doctor:
I am a vampire---- a doctor. I don’t need to answer to an intern.
*Cute Quirky Intern continues standing in the doorway with
her arms crossed.*
Evil British Doctor:
There’s chocolate outside.
Cute Quirky Intern: What?
Where? *Looks around in the hallway.*
*Evil British Doctor slams the door in her face. His evil
cackle emanates from inside the patient’s room.*
Cute Quirky Intern: Hey!
*Kicks the door, then gives up and continues along the hallway.* I wonder where
the chocolate is-----
*An elderly patient runs out a room waving his arms and
screaming. The back of his hospital gown is flapping open. Cute
Quirky Intern jumps out of his way.*
Naked Crazy Patient:
I’m on the moon!
Cute Quirky Intern:
Uh, okay.
Naked Crazy Patient:
Moon dirt tastes like pie.
*A nurse appears and tries to guide Naked Crazy Patient back
to his room.*
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| Yummy moon dirt pie. |
Naked Crazy Patient:
Houston says we have a problem. My spacesuit is leaking----
Frazzled Nurse: I
promise we’ll fix it Naked Crazy Patient.
Naked Crazy Patient:
*Yelling to Cute Quirky Intern.* Beware the dark side of the moon! *Frazzled
Nurse tries to pull him back to the room but Naked Crazy Patient clutches the
edge of the doorframe with one hand and with the other he grabs the sleeve of
Cute Quirky Intern’s scrubs.* Wear your spacesuit! Don’t forget to wear your
spacesuit!
Cute Quirky Intern: Okay,
okay! Let me go!
*Cute Quirky Intern pulls herself away and hurries down the
hall towards room 313. She pulls at the door handle but it’s rusted shut.
Suddenly, a cold wind rushes through the hallway and she senses a presence
behind her, she turns around but no one is there. The door creaks open on its
own and Cute Quirky Intern steps inside, shivering. The room is bare except for
an empty hospital bed and vase of ancient, shriveled flowers. Cobwebs and thick
layers of dust cover everything.*
Cute Quirky Intern:
Creepy. *She touches the dead flowers on the nightstand.* And kinda sad. I
better get out of here, I don’t want to miss the rest of the game! *She removes
the plate with the room number from the door and exits the room.*
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| Sad, sad flowers |
Mystery Patient:
Excuse me. Excuse me. I need help. Are you a doctor?
Cute Quirky Intern:
Yes, well, almost.
Mystery Patient:
How do I get out? I can’t find the exit.
Cute Quirky Intern: Oh,
out of the hospital? I can show you, I’m going on the elevator, come with me.
*They get on the elevator together. Mystery Patient looks
unsure for a minute but follows Cute Quirky Intern onto the elevator.*
Cute Quirky Intern:
It’s on the first floor, once you get off the elevator, just turn right and go
through the double doors at the end of the hallway.
Mystery Patient:
*Points at the room 313 doorplate Cute Quirky Intern is holding.* I stayed in
that room.
Cute Quirky Intern:
Oh, really? I thought no one had been in there for a long time. The nurses told
me it was haunted.
Mystery Patient:
Was it?
Cute Quirky Intern:
*Shrugs.* I don’t think so. It was just dusty. And lonely.
*The elevator opens onto the deserted first floor and
Mystery Patient steps out.*
Mystery Patient: Bye,
thanks for helping me get out.
Cute Quirky Intern:
Of course! Happy to help. Here, have some chocolate---*she fishes a small piece
of chocolate out of her pocket to give to Mystery Patient but when she looks up
the man is already gone. A sleepy-looking nurse steps onto the elevator.*
Cute Quirky Intern:
Did you see a patient just get off the elevator?
Sleepy Nurse: What?
No. I didn’t see anyone.
Cute Quirky Intern:
He was just here. He was being discharged from the hospital….
Sleepy Nurse: No one
gets discharged at this time of night. *Yawns.* Why’s this elevator so cold?
Cute Quirky Intern:
*She studies the room 313 doorplate in her hands.* Have you ever seen the ghost
in room 313?
Sleepy Nurse: What?
There’s a ghost? Where? *Looks scared and presses all the elevator buttons.*
Cute Quirky Intern:
No---nevermind. Want a piece of chocolate?
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| Don't panic! |
Wow I love how scary and awesome this is!!!!! =D
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