DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 18, 2008 0:02:14 GMT -5
“Beautiful weather we’re having this week…”
Raine turned around calmly, “Markus…” She let a slight smile cross her features when she heard the handsome surgeon chuckle softly.
“You oughta give yourself a break, Raine. I know how long you’ve been tolling over that paperwork…”
Raine sat down at the edge of the desk, picking up a few charts before glancing at the seemingly endless amount of writing on each page. “Ugh… just how many cases of aneurysms do I have to diagnose this year?!” She was a surgical resident over at the Caduceus medical institute, currently working in the trauma branch of the hospital. “I’ve already had to do multiple surgeries for aneurysms in one day… If I see another case—God forbid it be another hematoma—I’m going to scream…”
“At least it’s not tumors…” Markus Vaughn leaned against the wall, playing with one end of the stethoscope around his mirror. “You looked like you were having a blast with that one case we had earlier.”
Raine glared over at the older surgeon, “You're just so freaking hilarious, you know that?” she grumbled, refusing to look into Markus' dark hazel eyes, lest she lose her temper and smack him across the face. “What brings you here, O Lord of the Sarcastic Comments?”
“Director Quatro is sending us over to California in a couple weeks after vacation. Apparently Professor Wilkens has an interesting case for us. I was wondering if you were gonna at least tag along. That is, if you can put up with my sarcastic comments for a few weeks…” Markus couldn’t help but snicker as he ducked just in time to dodge the clipboard that was thrown at him.
Valerie Blaylock entered the room just in time to witness the event. “Have you been bothering Raine again, Markus?!” She scolded playfully. “As much as I’d hate to admit it, I don’t want her to end up beating the living daylights out of you while we’re on vacation…” She leaned back on her shocks idly, her axles creaking slightly. “So, any updates on today’s shift?”
Raine drove over to pick up the clipboard, but not before giving Markus a good slap upside the head, causing him to yelp. “What’d I do now?!”
“Shut up, you deserved it…” Raine handed the clipboard over to Valerie before leaning against the wall. “I’ve already had to do several cases involving aneurysms… I’m sure someone has been rigging the charts so that I’m the one who has to deal with all these patients in one day…” She glared over at Markus, who just shrugged with an “I dunno…”
“You can talk to Leslie about it if she’s not too busy assisting Kanae right now…” Valerie rolled her eyes at Markus, as he was busy checking emails on Raine’s computer. “For the love of God, Markus. Can you just stop being stupid for just one day?”
Raine glanced over and immediately threw the clipboard again at the older surgeon, managing to hit his forehead with it. “Get the hell off my computer, Markus! Sheesh! Can you not be annoying us today?”
"Hey, annoying you girls is what I do best." Markus smirked.
The phone rang noisily from across the room, causing Raine to almost run into the doorway before picking it up. "Hello, Dr. Hudson speaking, how may I help you?" She shot a glare over at the dark green Camaro as he scrolled through his emails.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 18, 2008 0:31:32 GMT -5
On the other end of the line was the voice of a familiar Viper, "Hey, Raine. It's me, Ebony. Knew you'd be the one to pick up. When are you going to come back to Radiator Springs on your vacation? The twins have been asking about you."
(((((OOC: Because I couldn't think of anyone else, I just went ahead and chose Ebony... If that's okay... I'm a little braindead at the moment, so I need to go to sleep now... I'll be back fresh and well-rested tomorrow... G'night...)))))
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DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
Posts: 53
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 18, 2008 1:27:46 GMT -5
(((OOC: that's perfectly fine. I'll be offline by the time I return from school... which will probably be at 3pmish in Pacific time due to the fact that I need to finish up my essay. but I'll definitely be online after that. )) Raine smiled, "Hey Ebony. We've just finished packing up to fly over to town for our vacation. I'll probably have to put up with Markus though..." She laughed softly. "But other than that, we're all excited to see you guys before we have to leave for California. How's everyone else in town doing? I hope my Dad isn't working too hard by himself in the clinic." Valerie occupied herself by bothering Markus about him being a lazy person, which caused the two to start arguing pointlessly. Raine just raised her brow in sheer amusement. She could've sworn those two were siblings just by the way they acted in front of each other.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 18, 2008 13:36:46 GMT -5
"Oh, Markus being a pain in the bumper again?" Ebony said, smirking at the previous memory she had of the dark green Camaro. "Everyone's doing fine here and so's your father. We managed to get him to take a break every once in while so he won't overwork himself."
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DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
Posts: 53
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 18, 2008 15:59:00 GMT -5
Raine glanced over to catch a glimpse of Valerie proceeding to smack Markus' hood with the clipboard she threw at him earlier.
"Yeah, luckily, we get to punish him now. He's probably gonna get Lightning's sympathy pretty soon. I hope the twins aren't causing too much trouble for you guys. Other than that, things have been a bit busy over in Maryland. I just got a whole bunch of operations dumped on me today. I think someone's rigging the charts again." She laughed softly. "We're leaving for the airport later tonight so we'll be in town by about eight."
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 18, 2008 18:12:52 GMT -5
"I'll bet," Ebony agreed, "and the twins are being angels. They listen to their Mama and practically everyone else. They're excited that you're coming home soon."
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DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
Posts: 53
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 18, 2008 20:12:03 GMT -5
Raine smiled warmly at Ebony's reply. She was about to answer when Markus threw a ball of paper onto her hood. "MARKUS!!!" She held the phone away and scowled at the older surgeon. "You're 34 for God's sake! Act like it!" Markus just smirked, "Well, we're gonna miss our flight if you don't hang up soon." Raine glanced up at the clock, her eyes widening a little. "Oh shoot! Ebony, I hate to make this call short but we gotta leave now. I'll see you guys as soon as we get into town." Val picked up some of the luggage and loaded it onto a small cart that she bought a few months ago, not wanting to have to lug all those bags by herself. "C'mon Raine!" "Did you bring the medical kit too?" "Yeah, you never know if we have to do any procedures while we're in town." Markus glanced over at Valerie, "I thought we were going on vacation, Val..." "I know, but remember last time when we had to perform first-aid on the freeway?" "Oh yeah..." (((OOC: might wanna do a time/location jump to RS if that's okay. )))
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 18, 2008 20:28:07 GMT -5
"Okay, see you later, Raine," said Ebony.
(((((OOC: Sure.)))))
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DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
Posts: 53
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 18, 2008 20:37:44 GMT -5
“That was… exhausting…”
Markus Vaughn closed his eyes for a brief moment, allowing himself to relax. He had literally clenched every muscle in his body under the extreme pressure, feeling relief flood through him the second he was done.
Valerie raised her brow at her coworker, "Oh, quit your whining. All those bags did't weigh that much. You need to start working out again."
"Hey, maybe my Dad could make you run a few laps around the Butte." Raine grinned, taking a couple of the luggage bags from Markus.
"Very funny..." the green Camaro rolled his eyes before stretching out his stiff axles. "You know, just cuz I'm a guy, doesn't make me your busboy."
Raine wasn't really paying attention. She was busy knocking on the clinic's door. "Dad? You there?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 18, 2008 21:38:47 GMT -5
"I'm here," came Doc's voice, "I'm in the back office. Come inside, Raine, and bring your friends with you."
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DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
Posts: 53
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 18, 2008 21:44:43 GMT -5
Raine quietly nudged open the door, stumbling into one of the sets of equipment in the clinic. Markus and Val just snickered before switching the light on.
"You know, you could use your headlights so you won't break all that equipment." Markus smirked.
"Shut up. Like you haven't made the same mistake before?"
"...It was dark, okay!"
Val shook her head before setting the luggage aside and opening the door to the back office. "Hello, Dr. Hudson." She smiled in a polite manner.
Raine pulled up to the door quietly and peered inside. "Hey Dad."
Markus smiled as well, "Hey..."
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 18, 2008 22:57:00 GMT -5
Doc smiled as Raine came into the back office, "Glad to see you're back, Raindrop. I missed you."
He nodded to Valerie and Markus, "Hello."
"Now, why don't you tell me how it's been going at Caduceus," Doc said to Raine, "They didn't give you too much work, did they?"
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DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 18, 2008 23:16:40 GMT -5
Raine glanced to the side, "Well... I kinda got a whole bunch of aneurysm cases dumped on me for a couple of days. I guess Director Quatro wants me to become more skilled in such life and death situations like that..."
She pulled up closer to the old Hornet and offered him a friendly nudge. "What about you? You haven't been working too hard, right?"
Markus blinked. "We've been recruited for a variety of missions involving a new type of parasite. It's called Stigma, of course, we were supposed to keep this confidential, but there is some concern for you guys, since this new disease is quite unknown. Professor Wilkens wants us to return to Concordia in Los Angeles to discuss what to do in about two weeks."
Valerie nodded. "Have there been any unusual cases within this region? We don't completely know about Stigma's infectivity, so we should probably notify the town about it, just in case."
"We'll probably be travelling all over the world at this rate." Raine chimed in.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 19, 2008 0:20:10 GMT -5
"Well, there's been a few children down with the flu, but nothing serious," said Doc, "so I had very little to do. I haven't seen any signs of this Stigma, but I have a pretty keen eye."
(((((OOC: I have to go to sleep now... Goodnight...)))))
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DoubleEdgeSword
Adolescent
I don't care if Markus is 34, he's still hot! :3
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Post by DoubleEdgeSword on Mar 19, 2008 1:42:35 GMT -5
Valerie chewed the bottom of her lip in deep thought. "I'd hate to pry, but do you think we can check up on those kids? I'm sure it would ease us a little if we did a thorough inspection around this area."
Markus frowned deeply. "Dr. Hudson, what we are dealing with is an extremely dangerous pathogen. If you or anyone else is experiencing any unusual symptoms, please notify us immediately. We'll drop whatever we're doing and operate at once."
Raine was sorting through the mail, looking over the bills and taxes that still needed to be paid. She picked up an envelope with an unknown address on it, and opened it.
"Hey, I don't recall knowing this address... "
Valerie pulled up beside Raine as she handed her the letter. She began to read it aloud.
Dear Caduceus staff… Congratulations on your recent appearance on Miracle Surgery! Seeing you perform that operation on national television really inspired me. That’s why I believe it’s now my turn to make an appearance…
Markus glanced over the letter as well, "Is this guy a doctor trying to promote himself? Or is this another challenge?"
Raine shook her head, "Keep reading. I’m afraid it’s more serious than that."
What you encountered at Concordia was Cheir—the hand. And in Maryland you received Soma—the body. But now, I shall reveal Ops—the eye—for the entire country to witness. I assure you, it will be something to behold… the miracle of modern times—Stigma!
"He knows about Stigma?"
"It appears so. That’s why I couldn’t just ignore this."
Markus was even more concerned now. How was this person able to get this address and manage to send it all the way over to Radiator Springs?
Val turned to Doc, "In case you didn't know, we had to make an appearence recently on this show called Miracle Surgery, which is basically a public hosted show that broadcasts an entrant's surgery on the air. In return, the producers pay for all the medical bills of the procedure performed. The head surgeon is a guy know as Dr. Leonardo Bello, who's harsh biased assumptions have tarnished Caduceus' reputation. We were ordered by the higher-ups to crush them about a week ago."
Raine nodded, "If whoever sent this letter knows about our whereabouts and what we did, then I'm sure this must be a serious threat. It seems our little vacation is about to be cut short..."
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