The HOSPITAL

Chapter 13. I am here

Friendship is not always about giving and taking equal parts. Instead, the companion exactly feels that you know who will be there when you need them, no matter what or when. It is easy to find thousands of friends, but how difficult it is to have one friend who understands us for who we are, supports each other for our dreams and future goals, and is happy with their friends' success without envy and jealousy. That is a devoted friend. If you have one among the thousands, value it, appreciate it, and respect that friendship because faithful friends will not let you go and give up on you quickly; they will maintain the bonds of friendship that you built together.

Amelia and Bertha meeting after not seeing each other for three months made them excited, and it seemed as if they had not seen each other in a century.

there are so many stories they want to tell each other since Amelia's first day of work after leave makes them confine themselves to telling stories together and miss each other

Amelia is assigned to take care of newborn babies, while Bertha is for mothers about to give birth.

Bertha looked so severe and a little panicked as she ran to find a doctor who treated a patient who gave birth a few days ago. Bertha was shocked when she entered the patient's room and saw that the patient was dying, and what shocked her even more where she noticed on the patient's face, which at that time caused a stir and panic when Milo brought her to see the patient in the delivery room and alone. When Bertha run along the corridor to call the assigned doctor, she meets Grace:

" Grace, please, can you help me to call the doctor for patient room 201?"

"Oh, sure, Ma'am Bertha."

"Thank you, I will back the room to care the patient, please quickly."

As Grace runs, turning around and sprinting to the doctor's office on duty.

Upon returning to the patient's room, Bertha tried hard to help the patient with her professional knowledge while saying:

"Please stay with me, you have to fight."

" The doctor toward here, you have to be strong so you can be with your child soon."

Bertha was trying to strengthen the patient psychologically even though she saw little hope shown by the sign of her weakened condition.

Bertha tried to hold back her sobs; As a health professional who is used to dealing with patients in various situations and conditions, Bertha trained to be strong.

Although, as a human being and a woman seeing conditions like this, it is undeniable that her feelings are painful and make her want to cry.

Not long after, the doctor came with the team and immediately treated the patient, and Bertha then left to give way and space for the doctor to do his job.

Bertha walked languidly towards her duty room. Halfway of the corridor, bertha caught a glimpse of the figure of Jenny walking hurriedly up the stairs and called out to her:

"Hey Jenny, wait."

but it looks like Jenny is in a hurry and does not hear her; Bertha goes up the stairs following Jenny while continuing to call:

" Ms. Cavanaugh, it's me Bertha, Mrs. Garcia," she explained. It hopes Jenny recognized her; the problem is jenny walking with earphones on her ears. Because this is the hospital, Bertha does not dare to call in a loud voice. It can disturb the patients.

Bertha started gasping for air. after she stops to catch breathe, she lost jenny's track. But keep asking the nurses and the people who passed her. Still, unfortunately, they did not pay attention to where Jenny was coming in., she took the initiative to meet Jenny as she was eager to know about the little boy that jenny did refer.

Without realizing Bertha had reached the seventh floor, she chased Jenny from the third floor without an elevator. Bertha caught a glimpse of a female nurse walking down the corridor to the left part of the hospital on the 7th floor. On this floor, it looks deserted as patients rarely occupy this floor. There are some rooms, particularly for staff if they need to admit. At the end of the corridor on the left, there is a dead-end and several empty spaces. The nurse headed to one of the rooms, which looked dark. But Bertha did not care; she continued to follow the nurse.

Either as if someone like telling her to keep following the nurse who walked into the room, one of the rooms in the hospital hallway that deserted no one came to visit, bertha continued to walk into the darkroom, there no light, it was pitch black, and no window in it. In the corner of the room, there seems a silhouette of a woman standing, Bertha, with a bit nervous greeting:

"Hi, I saw you enter this room and want to know what's going on here?"

"I have never been this room, just now my first time to enter this place."

"Are you still there nurse?"

Bertha asked again after getting no answer from the nurse, who assumed from the black silhouette that one of her colleagues worked in this hospital, instead of walking away without answering Bertha's question. Dimly, she saw the room leading to another corridor, a long dark hallway to either side of a pile of used chairs and hospital inventory items that the hospital had filled. Bertha tried to grope the walls in the dark, looking for a switch to turn on the light.

The shadow continued to drift towards the lonely dark alley.

At the end of the hallway, she noticed a faint light pierced through illumine the dark place.

Bertha herself didn't know what room it was; curiosity continued to haunt her, kept her feet moving, and did not care about the darkness. As she headed down the hall, a pat on the back made her jump in surprise and scream:

"diyos maryosep"

"who..o are you?" asks bertha, stammering and shaking.

with a deep voice answered bertha

"What is it, Mrs. Bertha?"

" what are you looking for here?"

"I'm in charge of maintenance repairs, I'm going to fix the ground light in this room."

"You are being sought by Ms. Amelia earlier."

"Oh, it's okay; I want to know about the long hallway; which room it leads to connecting?

"Oh, the hallway was closed, not in use for a long time. After that incident happened a long time ago, the elevator lost control, fell to the ground floor, and killed four nurses and one visitor from one patient's family inside.

"W... what?!"

Ask Bertha gawking

"I never knew about the news," said Bertha, wide-eyed in disbelief at what she was hearing.

"Yes, because it happened decades ago and no one was allowed to spread the word," the caretaker said in a nasal voice, makes goosebumps.

"I'm also one of the victims they never mentioned from the incident," he said in a hoarse voice that more made goosebumps—at the same time, raising his flashlight towards his face.

" Jesus Christ!!!"

Bertha screamed hysterically, seeing a face full of wounds and the guy she talked to so terrifying.

"Who are you!!!" shouted Bertha while crying and reciting prayers while covering her face.

"Hey, sister," came Amelia's voice, shaking Bertha's shoulder

"it's me!"

"I've been looking for you to anywhere, but the janitor told me that you toward this hallway."

" Why are you here?"

" Come on, let's go down."

Bertha hugs her best friend tightly like scared she will leave her alone here while her hand toward the dark:

" look at that Guy, sister."

'" His broken face." shouted Bertha in a  shaking voice.

" Nobody is here sister, it's only you and me." said Amelia to calming Bertha. 

" I am here."  Amelia said while guiding Bertha out of the room.