The Day of Legion by Craig Taylor

in as well, please? Someone has been in my office files. He may be able to get them here quicker than if we report it. God knows this will take me most of the day.”
    When she got off the phone, Patricia had another thought and crossed back to the cabinet. She searched the ‘H’ section and found Jason Hansen’s file missing. She didn’t know what prompted her to specifically check his file, but it got her worried.
    Just then her phone rang. It was the security officer she had just spoken to.
    He spoke before she could even say hello. “I just spoke to that detective you mentioned and he said he’s a little busy right now with the missing boy. I guess he...”
    Patricia cut him off. “What missing boy?”
    “Oh you didn’t hear?” he asked. “That boy who the intruder was after is missing. A nurse just noticed this morning. Most of the security guards are searching the grounds to give the police a hand. I guess that’s why the detective was here when you saw him this morning.”
    Patricia was incensed. “I’m his doctor! Why wasn’t I informed of this?”
    The guard sounded embarrassed. “I’m sorry; I thought I’d informed everyone. I must have skipped your name when they gave me the list to call. I’m really sorry.”
    Patricia shook her head, exasperated. She was about to say something when he continued.
    “I can give you some information now if you’d like.”
    “What do you know?” she asked.
    “Well, I can tell you the uniformed officer who was on the door got a call from his squad and was told a serious assault had just taken place in Emergency. He was ordered there and was to hold the fort until a unit could be dispatched. Apparently it was a busy night for them last night.”
    “What else?” Patricia asked.
    “It was about 11.30pm. The officer didn’t return to guard duty because his replacement arrived while he was still at the E.R. The new guy didn’t look into the room; he just assumed the boy was still in there. The cop I spoke to said there was no sign of struggle. They’re waiting for the tech guy to come in and look at the camera footage.”
    “Is that it?” she asked.
    “Ahh, yeah. If I hear anything else, you’ll be the first one I call.”
    “That would be different,” she said before hanging up. She went down to reception and found Detective Ravenbrook talking to another officer.
    “Can I talk to you?” she asked.
    He excused himself from the other officer and followed her to a seating area. They sat. She spoke quietly. “I’ve just been informed by one of our inept security guards that Jason Hansen is missing.”
    Ravenbrook nodded. “As far as we can tell he went missing between 23:30 hours last night, when the officer on guard went to a serious assault in the E.R. and 23:45 when his replacement arrived.”
    “Do you think he’s okay?” she asked, but continued before he could respond. “I mean, do you think the disappearance is related to the man who tried to kill him?”
    Ravenbrook shrugged. “We don’t know. We have no idea who he is. We took his fingerprints from his corpse, but he’s not in the system, he had no identification on him whatsoever, no one has reported a missing person, and we’ve had no response from the public. This could be related, or it may be a coincidence.”
    “You don’t believe that do you?” she asked. “I mean a man whom no one has ever heard of sneaks into the hospital dressed as a doctor, attempts to kill a child, and then the same child goes missing within hours.”
    Ravenbrook shook his head. “I think it’s related, but I’m hoping it’s not.”
    “One more thing,” Patricia said. “My office was broken in to last night and Jason’s file was stolen. I don’t know if any others are taken, but his certainly was.”
    David’s cell phone rang. He excused himself and answered it. He didn’t say a word; he just listened to the caller, then closed his phone.
    “I have to go,” he told her. “I’ll call you