John looked through the walls, scanning the fourth room down the corridor where Cissel was.
He spotted her immediately; she wasn't in bed. She was standing surprisingly close to the door. But it wasn't her position that drove a spike of panic into his heart; it was her body codes. Her body was formed of the normal green and white codes, overlaid with a foreign lattice of dark clusters that looked like a parasite feeding on her from within.
"Move aside!" John roared.
He didn't wait for permission any more. He dashed toward the closed doors of the infirmary, charging into the corridor. He was met immediately by several medic teachers who had been monitoring the wing. They jumped back in shock as John forced his way past them, his sword already drawn and a deadly look was on his face.
"Get out of my way! Now!"
