The others charged along with Anise, and the lookalikes didn't appear to be doing much to stop them. But there was no sign of the x-ray room yet. To her left, she passed a plaque indicating the doctors' offices, and to the right, she saw a row of doors that appeared to lead to the operating rooms.

"It's not here," she called back to the others, "It has to be farther in!"

Looking back, she caught a glimpse of one of the men vanishing upon being struck by Guy's sword. What did that mean? Were they not real in the first place...?

A roar from ahead caused Anise to snap her head back to face forward, but she couldn't see anything besides more clones. Was it a monster...? Anise hoped it wasn't a patient who came too late for a cure. The girl waited a moment for her friends to catch up - if there really was a monster on the loose, it was best to stick together so they could watch each other's backs - then started pressing forward again.