Snippet #1582497

((Lightning is back, baby! CLEAR!!))

Alphonse stared nostalgically at the dusty, boarded up entrance to Purge and Dowse, Ltd. The red brick building was always closed for renovation, or so it seemed to the average passerby. In reality, it was the secret entrance to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. The dilapidated red brick building was the source of a lot of memories for Al, both memorable and painful. This was the place where his mother had passed, yet it was the place where his career in the healing arts began as well. The wizard had spent several months working at the hospital as a Healer to gain practical experience before moving on to work for the Ministry to develop new medical treatments. He had learned many things in the institution, including the fact that he was not really cut out for hospital work. Some of the cases he had witnessed during his internship could have made an army colonel's stomach do back flips, and Al hoped never to see things like that again.

Taking a deep breath, he young man stepped forwards to speak to the mannequin in the window. "I'm here to see Drakengarde Nightwing." The plastic figure slowly nodded, and after he made sure no one was watching, Al stepped through the glass pane and onto the hospital floor.

The Lobby was just how Al remembered it: white, sterile, and orderly. Briefly stopping at the welcome desk to get his visitor's pass, the wizard made his way to one of the many lifts and pressed the button for the fourth floor, Spell Damage. Before long, he was out of the elevator and on his way down the hall towards Drake's room.

"Alright, alright," Drake raised his hand, waving it off lightly, his face expressionless though he tone seemed to suggest some mild irritation. Biting his lip, he gazed over at Harry. "So, outside of waiting for everybody to reconvene, do we have a plan of action thus far, or are we still trying to put one together?"

"Drake?" Al called as he hurried down the corridor to the hospital room. "You're awake! When did you come to?"