>>5805090>>5805087>>5805086>>5805084>>5805083>>5805082"I think I'll spend the night at the hospital, just to be close to Banks and Hawthorne. In case they need me, sir."
The Commander sighs but he nods.
"I'll call ahead of you and let the guard know to expect you."
You nod in thanks but one more thought crosses your mind.
"Sir, the man who tried breaking into my apartment, isn't he-"
You're cut off with a hand in your face.
"You are clocked out as of now DeLucia. Go to the hospital, but under no circumstances are you to conduct official police business. Find a couch and rest, that is an order." His voice is firm, you know arguing would be useless.
"Yes, sir." you say quietly. Packing up your things you head out.
The hospital looks the same as it did when you were a kid, last time you were here you were about eight years old for a broken arm. You remember your dad carrying you in. The waiting room is stuffed, family from the civilians at the museum surely. You wonder how bad the load is, it isn't the first mass influx of patients they've had and it won't be the last.
You get directed to a restricted floor for your fellow wounded officers by a kind woman at the desk as the elevator doors open your peace and quiet is disturbed by a woman sniffling and crying in front of a guard, his hands on her arms as he tries to direct her to an elevator.
"No! N..please wait I'm here to see Anthony Banks, he knows me! I promise!" She blubbers
"I'm really sorry ma'am, but I can't confirm or deny anyone on this floor. This is restricted and unless you're on the family or friends list you need to leave. You can wait until we can confirm your identity." He turns her around to face you in the elevator bay. She wears a Pizza Palace uniform, still stained with grease and a hat clipped to her belt, mascara runs from the corners of her eyes.
"You!" she says surprised, she turns to the guard and puts her hands on his chest. "He'll tell you, Anthony knows me!"
"Ma'am I don't even know who this gentleman is, you need to-"
"He's Mark DeLucia he's in the same precinct as Anthony, please just-" she turns to you "Please tell him, I'm Anthony's girlfriend! Tell him!" You blink absently a few times, how the hell does she know your name? Did Banks tell her about you?
"DeLucia?" The guard says. "I got a call from Reiner for you, you're definitely cleared. Can you confirm this young ladies identity?"
She looks at you with pleading eyes rimmed with tears.
>"I don't know this woman, Officer. I'm here to be with my TO." >"Sorry ma'am, I can't say I know something I don't. I don't even know your name." >"I've heard of her, I'll go with her to visit and escort her out when she's done.">"Yeah I know she's with Banks, go ahead and let her through.">"Even if I could, it would be against protocol to let her see anyone without being on the lists.">Write-In 