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CHAPTER 27: LA FIN
The hospital was in a state of complete pandemonium. Sitting in the waiting room for three hours in agonizing pain allowed me the opportunity to listen in on the nurses and doctors as they hurried about, trying to make sense of the madness.
"We've got more Authority officers." One nurse said as she jogged from one room to another.
"They said the infirmary is full and they've got more coming." A doctor told a receptionist.
"I've got strong vitals on all of them, but they're completely unresponsive. Kansas City is reporting the same."
If it hadn't been for the blinding pain that came from breathing, I might have been able to soak in the gravity of the situation.
Every single Authority soldier had suffered the same fate as Senator Hernandez.
I finally had a nurse show me to my room. She went through the usual routine, and after doing my blood work found that I failed a drug test for bo
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