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The patient's condition continued to improve.
It was a close call, but we had managed to save a life.
But the attackers showed no signs of relenting, their motives clouded in shadows.
The sounds of their aggression only intensified, signaling a deadly intent that left us with no hope of escape.
Our situation was dire, and the odds were stacked against us.
But the fire within me refused to be extinguished.
I was a nurse, a guardian of life, and I would fight until my last breath to protect those under my care.
As quickly as the chaos started, it abruptly ended.
The assailants seemed to vanish in thin air, retreating with the stealthiness of an assassin and leaving a trail of devastation behind.
But it was over, and that's all that mattered.
The hospital staff emerged from their makeshift fortifications, their faces weary but alive.
I looked around to see three men rushing towards us.
At first, I thought they were the men responsible for the attack until they stopped at Dante with concern etched all over their faces.
All I could make out among the chaos was a faint “They are all gone, sir.
They retreated once they heard the police sirens.”
Dante quickly put his hand up to signal them to stop talking.
Then he looked around until our eyes met.
He then whispered something to them.
They nodded their heads a left without another word.
As the sun rose, the police wrapped up their line of questions and taped off the majority of the 1st floor.
We took stock of the damage—both physical and emotional.
Lives had been saved, but the scars of that fateful night would take time to heal.
I gathered my belongings from the locker room, ready to call it a day and head home.
It had been a long and exhausting night, and the early morning hour added to the weariness.
As I changed out of my nurse uniform and slipped into my casual clothes, my thoughts wandered to Dante and the conversation he had with the men earlier.
Just as I closed my locker and slung my bag over my shoulder, a fellow nurse from the emergency room approached me.
She informed me that Dr. Evans was requesting my presence, leaving me puzzled as to why he would need me this time.
Carrying my belongings, I followed the nurse to where Dr. Evans and Dante were engaged in conversation.
As they turned towards me, I couldn't help but freeze when our eyes met.
In that instant, my face was completely exposed, and any glimmer of hope that Dante wouldn't recognize me vanished as I saw a flicker of shock in his widened eyes.
