Satellite

Chapter 39 - Thief

"Wait! She ran out the gate?!"

"Right into those fiends, man!"

      The biker who witnessed the nurse's apparent final moments spoke to another who was inside at the time. Her stunt seemed suicidal. Perhaps stupid even from their perspective.

"Guess she didn't want to tango with the dogs." One joked as they both laughed.

       Nearby, Drake was listening as he and everyone else were being held inside of some greenhouse that was attached to the manor. He kept his ear on the door while Rose took several notes of the greenhouse.

       It would've been stupid to hold prisoners inside of a room made of glass. The bikers must known this as they covered the walls in those same wooden planks as the gates and added barbed wire for good measure. Rose carefully gripped one of the boards with his bonded hands and tried pulling it off but they were reinforced tight.

      He exhaled a breath and glanced over to his other soldiers who did the same as him. "Any luck?"

"It's the same over here."

"They bolted the boards to the structure."

       Cheng kicked one of the boards in frustration. They weren't coming off which meant they weren't getting out. The room was cold due to no insulation and nothing around that was tall enough to climb to the ceiling.

       Drake continued to listen to the bikers' conversation until he was sure they were done talking about how idiot the nurse was. But to Drake, she had just pulled the smartest move yet.

       He walked over to his captain and kept his voice down. "She got out."

"I know that." Rose spoke, not knowing what Drake actually meant. She was untied after all.

"No! She got out the gate." Drake said which caught his and the others' attention.

"She's outside the gate?!" Wes exclaimed before Drake shushed him. Wes was still shocked. "Why would she go out there?! Is she by herself?!"

       The sergeant placed a hand on his shoulder and nodded but motioned to keep his voice down. "I told her to run and she did. If she actually listened to me, then we may just be able to get out of here."

       He knew that the nurse wouldn't abandon them. Drake had faith she wouldn't. As for how she was supposed to save them, he didn't know for sure. The first step was getting her away from the Red Dogs and they'll go from there. But it was even better that they believed she was dead. They won't see her coming.

"Aghhh..." A groan caught their attention.

        Near the back of the room was Vivian who sat in an old rickety chair and had a grimace on her face. Her hands clenched her stomach.

        Rose almost forgot. The news of her pregnancy was so sudden during such a drastic moment that it hasn't been set for most. The captain went over to her and crouched down in front of her. "Are you alright, miss? Is there anything we can do?"

"I-I'm fine..." The older woman sighed as the second of pain seemed to subside. "Just a small ache is all."

        Cheng came over and took her jacket off to wrap around the pregnant woman. It was freezing in this room but the female sergeant could do without it. "Why didn't you tell us you were pregnant?"

"I wanted to." Vivian sadly spoke. "But with everything that was happening, I didn't want to be an added problem. (Y/N) was supposed to tell you but..."

      The ambush at the station, (Y/N) getting shot, being forced onto the road, then getting ambushed again, and the loss of people. There was never a right time to tell them. Back-to-back has been nothing but trouble for them. The nurse probably waited until everything was calm to tell him. Rose sighed and gave Vivian a reassuring look. "Just hang in there. We'll be out soon enough."