Grudge

In Reid Hospital...

Eric Vaughn was being wheeled on a gurney into an operating room. Several specialists from the hospital's colorectal surgery department gathered around, their faces grim.

They looked down at the bandages covering his backside. They were completely soaked through with dark red blood, interspersed with disturbing flecks of yellow-brown. The surgeons exchanged uneasy glances, frowning deeply, visibly hesitant about what to do next.

"Good Lord, what did he do?" muttered one surgeon, a man with glasses perched on his nose. He nervously ran a hand through his thinning hair, utterly perplexed. "We just stitched him up yesterday! How in the hell did he manage to tear everything open again in less than twenty-four hours?"