Nightshift 35: Main Hallway, 2-West

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There was no one in the hallway at all when the two reached the second floor. No sign at all of anyone, which struck him as strange since usually there were at least voices or light from other patients’ torches.

Siegfried did not want to linger in the hallway, not when it would put he and Xelloss at risk of being attacked.

“Stay close by,” he said, looking back over his shoulder at the dark-haired man.

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Matsuda was kind of confused by her statement. Tanaka had said he considered her a friend, hadn't he, so how could she have not known? Then again, he tended to consider anyone he liked (or met, usually) a friend. Oh well, she knew now that they were her friends.

He glanced down the hall, then looked back over when she said she might need his help. "Huh? You've got it," he replied, moving closer. He took her arm and slid it over his shoulder, allowing himself to support both of their weight. If they could just get down there without getting attacked again, then they could get him back. If he needed to get back to his room, however...

"Well, is there any other place up here that might be safe and easier to get to?" he asked after a moment of silence, trying to think over some better way. "Some place where he could at least rest and we could make sure he was okay?"

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"Thanks," Naomi said, hating that she had to rely on him, but... well, that damn thing had done a number on her. "Keep going down this hall, until we hit the secondary corridor. Just...help me get to there." She wasn't going to show up leaning on Matsuda.

At least he'd proven - more or less - that she could trust him. As much as she trusted anyone other than L, anyway. That wasn't entirely much, but she at least trusted him not to leave her for dead or kill her himself.

At his question, Naomi shook her head. "No. No where's safe but the rooms. And you know we aren't going to be able to make sure he's okay. He's not going to tell us or give any signs if he isn't."

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"Got it," he said, as he began to move down the hall. She sounded like she really didn't want his help but...well, she'd admitted to needing it. Tough cookies.

"You're right, he isn't," Matsuda admitted, his head falling slightly. L really wouldn't want to tell them or give any sign, but he couldn't just be fine! The guy really needed to learn that it was okay to let other people help you sometime. "But...there's gotta be some way..."

Matsuda broke off again as he continued on, trying to at least figure out how to get them all back downstairs with minimum damage and deaths. Preferably even less death than that. (He really didn't want to die in a place like this, after all.) "Well, we'll just figure out some way to get back safely, then."

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"We just have to...be careful," Naomi said, frowning some. "With him, I mean. We'll just make sure he gets back safe and then... I don't know. I don't really feel like wandering off again tonight." She wasn't up to it.

"We'll be fine, though. Hey, if we survived that...tentacle monster, I think we can make it through anything." She leaned heavily on Matsuda, offering him an apologetic wince. she swung her flashlight around and peered at a door on the side of the hallway.

"I think this is us."

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Matsuda nodded. "Yeah, that might not be the best idea, and I...suppose so." He didn't think it really needed to be said that they'd almost died if Tanaka and his friends hadn't come along, but what else could they really do?

He looked over at the door and nodded, letting her stand on her own again, then went to try the door.

...Nothing. It was locked. Well, it seemed like it was time for him to use an old trick they'd taught him in the academy. More like a technique, really. Slamming his shoulder into something wasn't really a trick, and if it helped him to get the door open, then did it really matter?

"Let me handle this," he offered. Matsuda looked back, just to be sure that they were safe and nothing was going to come at them, then stepped back. He lowered his shoulder, charged at the door, and...was promptly knocked backwards. That didn't stop him, though, and he rammed his shoulder into the door several more times before it finally opened.

Matsuda rubbed a bit at his sore shoulder, but gave Naomi a smile. "Hey, looks like it worked! Let's go!"

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Naomi said nothing as she watched Matsuda fling himself against the door. He...didn't have to do that. She could have kicked it in - she certainly had enough practice and experience with that - but....

Well, he just seemed so eager to help. Like when he'd attacked the monster. She didn't know if he was just trying to impress her, or if this went deeper, but she'd let him do what he needed to do.

When the door was open, Naomi smiled back.

"You got it open!" she exclaimed, trying to sound impressed. In a way, she was. He was...tenacious. "That's great, Matsuda!"

She nodded and joined him, heading through the door and shining her light into the hallway....

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