Welcome to Gaia! ::

That's right... this building is a hospital and a police station combined. On the left side of the building there is a jail house and it is where all police officers work, uless of course they are on the street helping citizens, or making life a misery by giving them tickets, and the right side of the building is the hospital where most emergency patients come to... it is also where physicals can take place.

John was drifting into sleep right when Laura had come back. What had took her so long and what is going on? John opened up one eye to see Laura, who was unlocking his cell quickly and as quiet as possible. “We gotta get somewhere quick, before anyone suspects you go missing. I messed with the main computer for the cameras so they shouldn’t be taping for a couple hours!” Laura said as she swung the cell open. “Hurry! I know you’re very confused! I’ll explain on the way!”

John didn’t need to hear any more. More than anything he wanted to figure out what the blazes was going on. He jumped up as fast as he could, but lazily walked out of the cell. “No time for being tired Doc! You got someone you have to save!” Laura snapped at him. She took his hands, now they were free of handcuffs, and started jogging down through a trail of hallways. John was wide-awake now. ‘Someone to save? She called me… Doc? What the hell is going on?’ John thought to himself. “Laura… listen… just tell me what is going on!”

“Okay…okay!” Laura said, still running to the destination. “You remember that photographer from The Daily Cleaners… right? Of course you do! Well he is close to dying and we can’t get the toxins out of him that are in him. Since you know how to deal with toxins, you’re going to pose as a doctor and take the toxins out. Okay?” Laura had finished her explaining.

“Wh-wh-wh-WHAT!” John screamed, almost stopping, but Laura, who still had a hold of his hand kept him running. Laura continued to talk. “Sorry John… but you’re the only man…”

“No! No! Laura I’m not trained to take toxins out of a persons body!” John argued.

“Please John! You’re… you’re really our only hope!” Laura begged.

‘What is going on? Why does she want me to work on that stupid photographer and why is she so scared of what might happen to him?’ John thought. Suddenly, he was a lot more confused than he already was.

As he went through the door, all at once the doctors looked at him. “It’s you!” one of the doctors yelled. “Help please! This man is dying!” John looked at the man. It was the photographer Geter Garker. He was very pale and was shaking about like he was having a seizure. “Doctor!” another doctor said. “We need you!”

John felt himself say, “Everybody back! I’m going solo!”

“We don’t advise that sir…” the doctor said again.

“Screw wh-wh-what y-y-you think!” John said and shoved the doctors in front of him out of the way. He peered down at the spastic body and thought, ‘Please powers! Please do something!’ As he thought this he reached his hand out and put it down on Geter’s chest. All at once, John’s hand went through Geter’s chest. The entire room full of doctors went silent. All of them stared at John, who at least was disguised to look like a doctor so that they couldn’t see his face.

John’s hand lifted out of Garker’s chest a couple seconds later and inside his hand, was a huge glob of bubbling ooze. It was from the Serum Monster, but for some reason, as John was holding the glob, he didn’t get a headache from the goo at all like he did whenever the Serum Monster was near. ‘What is going on?’ John thought. ‘Am I not weakened by this serum anymore?’

“Get me a vial to put this in now!” John yelled. The doctors just stood there, amazed. “Come on you fools! Now!” All at once the doctors looked around for a vial. Finally, a doctor found it and John shoved the glob into the bottle. “Well your your pa-patient is s-s-saved! Th-th-thank you but I-I-I-I must be going.” John told the doctors, but they were blocking the door, looking sort of angry.

John ran into the nearest bathroom before he went out to the Police and Hospital Building lobby to meet Laura. He quickly threw off all of the doctor’s clothes he had on, revealing his normal clothes, and put the vacuum, protruding out of his back, back inside of him. When he was done, John opened the bathroom door and headed out into the lobby.

He saw Laura waiting there for him. She looked very nervous and her left foot was constantly tapping on the floor. The lobby was not really busy today, which surprised John, but that quickly went to the back of his mind as soon as he came right in front of Laura. “How did it go?” Laura asked.

“G-G-Good I-I guess-ss…” John answered shakily. “Good n-news is that I-I go-go-got the serum out of the guy, but… but the… the b-b-ba-bad news is that the guy looks wo-worse than before, and the doctors found out I’m not D-D-Doctor Demetrius!”

“Not good! Okay… do you have the Serum with you?” Laura asked quickly. John took out the vial of the Serum from his jean pocket and showed it to her. She nodded her head as if to say “okay good you have it… just checking… now put it back away” but that’s just what John thought the nod meant. “You did good John… now just turn around and let me cuff you… the guards will have the cameras working again soon and if you’re not back in that cell, then I’ll be good as dead!”

As Laura said this, before John had time to react, she turned him around roughly and cuffed him. “Laura! W-W-Why?” John asked angrily. Laura just shook her head and said to John, “Sorry John… but I didn’t ever say you’d be free from jail after this… I just said I’d get you out soon…” They started to walk to the entrance door to the Police Office half of the building in silence.

John couldn’t believe his eyes. It was Geter Garker and he was walking and alive so soon! Laura stood up and pointed the gun at Geter. John was guessing she didn’t know who he was, but how wrong he was. “Geter Garker! Put your hands in the air this instant!” Laura commanded.

“Laura… are you feeling alright? I know like the entire building is like blowing up and all, b-b-but Geter isn’t a criminal.” John said bravely. She didn’t even notice that John said anything and she repeated the command to Geter. “Laura I don’t think…”

“John… get the hell out of here and shut up!” Laura yelled at him, gun still raised and aimed. “It was Geter that caused the explosion. I know for a fact.” Before John could ask why she said, “Just look at his damn body!”

John followed her orders and looked at Geter. He noticed something very strange about him. His hands and face was glowing a sick green color and the rest of his body, which had clothing on it, was glowing from the skin underneath it. Last, but certainly not least, on Geter’s hands, was a whole mass of green long hairs. Geter started forward. “Oh m-m-my God…” John whispered as he got behind Laura, who still aimed her gun right at Geter.

When John had finally found his voice again, it was too late. Geter got right behind Laura and before she even noticed him, he grabbed Laura by the throat and threw her on the ground. “You’re just as bad as that fool Mr. Johnson over there!” Geter screamed. “And right after I kill you, I’ll kill him!” All of a sudden Geter put his hand on Laura’s chest and the green hairs on his hand came alive.

The hairs started to grow and attached themselves to her throat. Once they were attached, the hairs started to glow a more vivid green than before. Geter tossed his head back and laughed menacingly, and then he looked at John. “See what happens when you mess with me? Huh? I used to be a sniveling coward John and now look at me… I have power beyond my wildest dreams!” John just watched as life slowly was being taken away from Laura.

“I knew I wasn’t dreaming when I saw it!” Geter told John as he stared at John's back. “What is wrong with you?”

“Nothing!” John yelled. “But something is wrong with you Geter! You’re sick… you’re killing Laura for no reason!” Geter laughed and he replied something along the lines that she brought it upon herself, but John couldn’t listen anymore. He threw himself on top of Geter and with a might punch, Geter flew across the room, the hairs attached to Laura broken by the impact, and slammed into a wall. John looked to see if Laura was okay. She was breathing, thank God, but knocked out.

Geter rose up and looked at John. “You don’t understand what you’re getting yourself into!” Geter yelled.

“Yes I do!” John yelled back. “And I’m not afraid of you!”

“You shouldn’t be John… after all… you did create me…” Geter replied.

As Geter got closer, John, with merely thinking it, had his vacuum suction tube rise up and it shot out a blast of air. Geter flew back and slammed into yet another wall. John lunged himself on Geter and started punching him in the face. Geter laughed while he was doing this. ‘What a psycho!’ John thought as he was beating the crap out of Geter. All of a sudden, Geter threw his hand out and grabbed John’s face. With an easy push, John as thrown off of Geter and landed on the floor, vacuum first. ‘At least I have super strength now, or else my bones would have definitely shattered in that rough landing!’ John thought to himself.

Geter walked over to John, the blows for John’s rock hard fists were healing and the blood on Geter’s face disappeared in an instant. Geter lifted his foot and came down hard on John’s face. Blood splattered everywhere. Geter laughed menacingly. John, with all the strength he had left, tried to get up and give Geter a knock out punch, but Geter was quicker. As John got up, Geter smashed his fist into John stomach and John lost all of his breath. The wind was knocked out of him. Geter stood over John, his vacuum now quickly went back into his back, and the hairs on Geter’s hand started to glow again and reached out for John’s neck. “Finally!” Geter snarled gleefully. “This is what I’ve been waiting for!”