Jessie carefully slipped out of the room and dashed down the hospital corridors. All around her, chaos reigned as doctors and patients alike scrambled for safety, their faces etched with panic. Eventually, she stumbled upon a room where several doctors had sought refuge. Approaching them, urgency threaded through every word she spoke. “Please, we have to help them,” she pleaded, desperate to convince them to check on the chimp and its unexpected companion.
However, her plea was met with reluctance. The doctors looked at each other with unease, their hesitation visible in their awkward movements and the tense silence that followed her request. “The Police have been notified,” one of them finally responded, his voice steady but his eyes avoiding Jessie’s intense gaze. “There’s nothing more we can do.”