Untraceable – WriteSemper

[Prompt: The year is 2050. Everyone has a chip in their body. You are a nurse at an ER. Someone comes in without one. ]

    Rhia stomped her feet against the cold, wondering why she had fooled herself into thinking it would be a warm night when March was never anything but cold winds. She wanted it to be spring so bad she had dressed lightly under the dark purple scrubs she had picked out for tonight’s long night shift. She vigorously rubbed at her exposed arms as the goosebumps spread despite her insistence that summer was right around the corner. She should have stayed inside until the ambulance arrived, but the A-1 had expressed that there were additional problems with an incoming patient so she was there, ready to help the EMTs sort out the issue immediately upon their arrival. She also was very curious to know what had stumped the EMTs. She had worked the ER on and off for the last five years, she had seen the results of freak accidents and pure stupidity at first hand, so she was eager to be the first to know what the newest case brought. No doubt the nurses inside were already making bets. Inside where it was warm while she continued to pretend that March was a herald of spring and not just a false prophet.

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