DANTE Dante ran into the operating room and got into his hiding place before the monsters brought the final patient back. The doctor and the blue monster weren’t there, and neither was the nurse. He hadn’t waited long, though, when the human nurse brought in the last girl, only it wasn’t a girl. It was Fräulein Schmidt. Dante swallowed hard when he saw her. The procedure appeared to be the same as before with Daniela, as they placed Fräulein Schmidt’s feet in the stirrups and covered her body with white sheets. The doctor and the blue monster returned, and everything moved at a steady pace. Fräulein Schmidt stayed asleep through it all. Dante wasn’t sure if he could help her or not, but he knew the monsters would grab him if he tried to intervene, so he stayed hidden. His favorite teache

