Manhattan

The scene in the emergency room was like nothing Brian could have imagined. There was the usual early morning assortment of drug addicts, crying babies and the elderly in the waiting room.

Two women were in labor and four psychotics wandered about, waving their arms and muttering. Brian noticed they were careful to avoid each other. Several people, though spectacularly blood-splattered, apparently had only superficial wounds, as they were having to wait while more urgent casualties were treated.