"I was just now told that there is an update on your wife Mr. Alpha. If you would please take a seat someone will be out to see you shortly." With that she slides the window closed and resumes reciting into her head set. Taking a moment to read her lips he decides what she is saying is not about Rachel and turns from the window. He tries to sit but it's like someone put a tac in his chair and he stands right back up. He paces back and forth counting the steps. A technique that usually calms his nerves and also helps him keep track of the time that passes. Old habits die hard. Every step was only more and more nerve racking.
A few minutes later (5 minutes 16 seconds to be precise), Harry comes through the door and falls in step with Jack. They pace width of the room for two passes then Jack stops. Harry also stops at the exact moment. "Ok Harry, I'm assuming you here because I need a friend to give me the bad news? Out with it. No cotton candy. We dropped that a long time ago."
Harry takes off his gloves and takes Jack by the hand. "They are going keep Rachel for a little while to run some tests. They saw an anomaly and..." Harry's voice fades into the background and then blasts into his head. "JACK!" Jack's hands involuntary go to his head. He notices that the receptionist is watching and listening intently to her headset but trying to look like she isn't.
Harry's voice comes back to the front again and he is talking about how they will contact him in the morning with more information. Harry takes Jack's hands in his again. "Sorry Jack. It's been a while since I have needed to use this form of communication. I'm pretty sure you can hear me. Remember don't listen to my words hear my thoughts." It is like when the television image and sound are way off. Harry's mouth was moving but doesn't match the words that Jack was hearing. He instinctively goes back to his training and makes eye contact. "There that's better" He thinks.
"It should be. Been a while for you too I see." Harry's voice booms in Jacksonville head.
"Back off on the volume a little will ya?" He thinks at Harry.
"No time for that!" Harry's thoughts come back. At a significant volume change though. "They are taking Rachel to another facility. I overheard them say that your baby is not the baby they put in. It is biologically yours and Rachel's. You were not supposed to have sex at all for the first month at least. You couldn't keep it in your pants for even that long? Don't try to deny it. You know as well as I do everything is out in the open when we are connected. It doesn't matter right now. If you let her leave here you will never see your child and probably won't see Rachel. I don't see many moms come back after they leave for the other facilities. None of them are right again. They don't take these types of things lightly Jack. You need to do something."
"I need your help Harry. How many guards are there?" Jack can still hear Harry's physical voice drone on in the background.
"There are too many even for you to handle on your own Jack." Harry's thoughs reply. "You're going to need help and fast. This was a boring job anyways."
"Plan BTSP?"
"5... 4... 3... 2..." in one fluid motion Harry breaks the connection, draws his weapon and shoots the receptionist between the eyes with one hand and pulls out his second sidearm and tosses it to Jack with the other.
Jack grabs it out of the air and heads for the receptionist's window and is though it is less than a second. He reaches under the desk and presses the button to open the double doors that lead to exam rooms. While he's looking for the button he feels a shotgun next to it. "What kind of a doctor's office is this?" he mumbles.
He grabs the shot gun from under the counter, puts the side arm in his waistband and he starts to head out the door but stops in thought ... grabs the receptionist's headset and puts it on then heads out the door to find Harry already waiting for him.
"Any intel on your former coworkers?"
"None are former anything if that's what you mean. I did, however, hire them all so they are good at what they do. Fortunately for us this is a pretty cushy place to guard. No incidents in the entire time they have been open. Until now that is. So many of them are way off their game. Just look out for Rodriguez, he is the director's personal body guard. I'm sure that neither of them are here though."
"They messed with the wrong family." Jack growls. "Let's go find Rachel."
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Rachel is sitting is the same exam room that she was in during the examination. The only exception is that now there is a guard outside of her door and there is some sort of shield covering the entryway. She had tried to engage the guard but he couldn't hear her through it. So she sits on the exam room table and waits swinging her feet nervously. "What are they going to do to me?" She thinks. "What are they going to do with our baby?"
Just then the fire alarm goes off, sprinklers come down from the ceiling spraying a foam everywhere and all hell breaks loose.
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Unlawful Pregnancy
Science-FictionThe year is 2116 30 years ago genetic disease was running rampant. The government passed a law banning physical reproduction. All pregnancies must be aborted for the continued proliferation of the human race. Instead all reproduction methods are now...
