[Write the Story] Halloween Night in a Hospital

Prompt: Halloween Night in a Hospital

Words: centaur, interweave, placid, benefactor, peppermint, gondola, lambada, twilight, inlet, threw

Story
I don’t know if I’m a good person or a glutton for punishment. But I’m here and ready for anything.

Famous last words. Time to go to work. I girded my proverbial loins, popped a peppermint and threw myself into the fray that is the emergency room on Halloween. I gathered my terrified interns and tried for a pep talk. “Boo!” They squeaked and twitched as I pulled off the Twilight character mask. “All right. This is your first Hallowween. Time to throw you in the deep end. Lake Placid Community is counting on you to not fall apart.”

Thus began the shift. A “benefactor” brought in a dancer dressed for the lambada with a wrenched hip and broken ankle. I had an intern send the poor dancer for scans. She wouldn’t be wiggling again soon. Then I did an interweave through the ward, making sure everyone was calm and professional. No one snickered when the gondola driver came in with a prop paddle in his…inlet. That never ceased to amaze.

Then deep night fell, and I sucked in a deep breath. Now we’d find out if the interns had what it took to work here. A deep chime tolled, and I exchanged a nod and knowing look with the charge nurse.

“Okay, folks, buckle up. Here we go.”

Confusion played across several faces.

Then the centaurs came through the door.

Word Count: 231

Written: 9/19/2020

Tags: fiction, flash fiction, Halloween, hospital, medicine, Piccadilly, short story, supernatural, Write the Story