Inside the isolated hospital, panic spread like wildfire as doctors, nurses, and rescue personnel frantically searched every corridor for the Head doctor and Laman.
Confusion gripped everyone. Their disappearance had been so sudden that no one could make sense of it, and no matter which floor they searched or which security-locked room they opened, there wasn't a single trace of either of them.
"Where are they?"
"We've already checked the observation ward. It's completely empty."
"Search the control room immediately! Check the surveillance feed!"
Medical staff rushed through the sterile hallways; Their hurried footsteps echoed through the unnaturally silent corridors as they desperately searched for any clue to the pair's whereabouts.
Then...
Thuck!
A sharp metallic click shattered the footsteps.
One of the ICU isolation chambers slowly unlocked its reinforced door with a mechanical hiss.
The entire group instinctively stopped.
