“Shadow, I’m just angry as you are. I thought they were just going to draw blood from Rocky. If I knew they planned on operating on him, I wouldn’t have brought him here” said Baudelaire, still in shock that they operated on Rocky. Just as he finished his sentence, Nurse Blissful entered the room. “I need you two to follow me. Rocky may have exposed you. We don’t know if the horn growth is airborne. We need to draw your blood and then place you in quarantine until we know it’s not contagious,” said Nurse Blissful. “What about Rocky? We were told we could see him,” said Baudelaire now standing up and glaring at Nurse Blissful. “We are not going anywhere until we see Rocky. You must take us by force,” said Shadow. “I can arrange that, snapped Nurse Blissful. “Wait, wait, what harm would it be for us to see Rocky and then you do your tests on us?” said Baudelaire, trying to calm Nurse Blissful. “Very well, you can see Rocky then will draw the blood and you then will enter quarantine for 48 hours,” said Nurse Blissful. “Follow me. I’ll take you to him,” said Nurse Blissful.

Upon entering Rocky’s recovery room, Shadow saw from a distance that bandages were both on Rocky’s head and paw. Both Baudelaire and Shadow were deeply upset. “You have five minutes, so make the best of it,” said Nurse Blissful as Shadow and Baudelaire approached Rocky’s bed. “Rocky, can you hear me? It’s Shadow and Baudelaire. We’re here for you,” said shadow as she grasped his right paw. “Oh, oomph, groaned Rocky as the pain awoke him. “Ok, your five minutes are up. Time to go,” said Nurse Blissful as she grabbed Shadow’s arm. “Let go of my arm. I’m coming. Bye Rocky, I’ll be back soon. We have to go into quarantine for 48 hours. I love you,” said Shadow as two men chaperoned her and Baudelaire out of the room…