Clinic

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Clinic
Status	Inactive(?)
Location	Hartford, Connecticut(?)
Inhabitants	Jeffrey Mother and Child

The Clinic is a location mentioned in Chapter I, which then appears in Chapter III. It is a childbirth clinic where patients would come to have their babies delivered.

It serves as the first location that John Ward is sent to explore by Father Garcia in Chapter III.

History

Before September 6th, 1986

For an indeterminate amount of time, the clinic had been run by Gary Miller, the leader of a cult named the Eternal Order of the Second Death, as a front for obtaining an influx of newborn babies from unknowing patients so that they could be used as sacrifices for Second Death rituals.

Using the medicines and other materials gathered from the clinic, the cult would also develop a drug to allow one's mind and body to withstand the presence of the UNSPEAKABLE.

A door in the clinic's basement is sealed up. Gary urges his followers not to ask what is behind it.

Amy Martin would eventually take up volunteer work at this clinic, where she would meet Gary. Gary would soon take a liking to Amy, believing her to be a worthy vessel for a Second Death ritual.

At some point, the Department of Health makes a surprise visit to perform an inspection of the clinic. Gary and the other staff members are seemingly able to hide their true intentions and avoid having the clinic shut down. Gary later faxes his secretary, telling her not to return calls from the Department of Health without notifying him or Tiffany first, as another surprise inspection could jeopardize their operation.

Some of Cindy Martin's religious friends eventually learn that her daughter is working at this clinic, prompting them to refuse to talk to her anymore. They believe that the clinic is offering abortion services, when in reality, Gary needs the babies alive in order to sacrifice them for the Second Death. Unable to handle being shunned anymore, Cindy eventually caves in and forbids Amy from working at the clinic anymore. Gary writes a letter to Amy, grooming her into sneaking back over to the clinic on Saturday night with the promise of a work party.

September 6th, 1986

Amy sneaks out of her home on this night and is driven over to the clinic for the work party. Upon arrival, the staff instead has her drugged and restrained in the clinic's basement, allowing a demon to possess her to ready her for a Second Death ritual.

A map of the Clinic

October 28th, 1987

John Ward would eventually be tasked by Father Garcia with inspecting the clinic in the hopes of finding out the whereabouts of Amy's brothers, Nate and Jason Martin, as well as the intended location for the summoning of Malphas, a powerful demon, by Gary's cult. When John arrives, the front doors of the clinic have been boarded up and are being guarded by a police officer. John sneaks in through a broken window and is soon subdued by Jeffrey, a demon who had lied dormant in the clinic's basement. With the help of the police officer, John defeats Jeffrey and is able to escape back outside.

A New Journey

John decides to go back inside and do a more proper inspection of the basement. Noticing a blood message on the floor reading "JOIN US", he voluntarily straps himself back into the gurney and lays among the corpses. A door opens, and one of the corpses gets up and pushes him through the door, down a flight of stairs. Following the secret passage, John meets the Mother and Child, the first of the bosses comprising the Unholy Trinity, and defeats her.

Trivia

• The clinic is likely located somewhere in Hartford, Connecticut, as a nearby flyer reads "BEELZEFEST 1987 ROCKS THE HELL OUTTA HARTFORD".
• While the clinic does not offer abortion services, Airdorf revealed in an interview that he did take inspiration from a documentary about exposing abortion clinics in the 1980s.
• The scene with the swerving wheel while John is being rolled around in the gurney is a direct reference to a scene from Jacob's Ladder.
• The mother in the basement of the clinic is a reference to the film Noroi: The Curse. In the film an apparition of the character Kana is seen being covered in fetuses the same way the Mother is in the fight.
• A curtain in the clinic's basement is inscribed with a reference to the "Loss" comic strip from the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del.