The Government Vlogger

Chapter 19: Rescue

The hallway Brody explored offered nothing. As he was just turning around, he heard a scream at the end of the hall. He did not recognize it and hid. Then he remembered that whatever could have made something scream, it could have gone after one of his friends. He gets up from his hiding position and runs to his friend's aid. He began to explore Max's hallway until he heard another scream from the next hallway. Brody left the hallway and ran towards the screams. As he ran closer to the screams, he began to realize it was Max.  He approached the doors to the room Max was in.
"Max!" Brody screams as he burst open the doors.
"Brody!" Max cries out.
The scientists all rush towards Brody, but he is ready for the fight. After all, his ten years of karate have prepared him for this.
"You stay away from my friend!" Brody announces as he charges toward the ten scientists.
Brody begins the takedown. He starts throwing punched left and right, kicking them in every place his leg can reach. We would grab some of their arms and throw them over his shoulders. He would rip the tools they carried in their hands and either throw them aside or plunge them into their owner. Once they were all down and no longer struggling to fight, Brody made his way to the dimly lit surgical table with Max on top. He observed the damage done to Max as tears began to form in his eyes.
"Max! I am so sorry this happened to you!"
"Where's...S?" Max asked weakly.
"Probably in one of the hallways still. Don't worry. We will find her and Christine and get the hell out of here." Brody stated, clearly not seeing Sheila escape during the whole karate takedown.
Max tried to protest but he was so weak. He began to close his eyes.
"Hey, bud. Don't fall asleep on me." Brody taps Max's cheek, waking him back up.
Brody looks around the room. To his convenience, he spots an old, dust covered wheelchair. He runs to it and brings it back to Max. Brody positions the chair next to the bed. He picks up Max and sits him in the chair. He grabs a knife left on the floor and makes his way to one of the unconscious scientists. He takes the lab coat belonging to the scientist and slices off a piece of fabric. He drops the knife and makes his way back to Max. He takes the cloth and wraps Max's right foot. Brody does this again for the left foot. Ok. let's go. The boys make their way down a hallway and towards the exit of the building.
"Max. I am going to leave you here..." Brody states but was cut off by Max.
"No.no.No." Max cries with tears streaming down his cheeks.
"What's wrong?"
"Yeah, Max. What's wrong?" Sheila states as she emerged from the broom closet and  appears in front of the doors.
Brody grabs Max's wheelchair and pulls them away from Sheila.
"Sheila! Jeeze! You scared the shit out of me." Brody exclaimed.
"Profanity, Brody." Shela replied.
"Anyways, we need to leave this place." Brody states.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you leave." Sheila announces.
Before he could respond, Sheila pulls out a knife Max knows all too well. Sheila charges at them. Brody pushes Max out of the way. Before Max could even put up a fight, Sheila had Brody pinned to the wall with the knife through his shoulder. Brody punched her and Sheila fell to the ground. Then, Brody ripped the knife out of his shoulder and pointed it at Sheila.
" I knew something was up when Max asked about you. But now I know. You did this to him and to me. And now...It's over, Sheila." Brody stated.
Sheila was conscious on the ground and then fell out of consciousness for five seconds then regained consciousness. When Sheila woke up, she was startled and scared.
"Brody? Where am I? What happened?"
"You don't know?"
"No. Can you put down that knife. You're scaring me."
Brody believed that whatever had control of her friend was gone. He was relieved that his friend is back. He threw the knife on the ground, away from him.
"Oh Sheila!" Brody kneels down to the floor and hugs Sheila. "I am so happy you are back."
"Me too." Sheila responds. Then, Sheila begins to pull something out of her sleeve. "Sike."
Sheila pulls a bigger knife than the one used before out of her sleeve and stabs Brody in his left hip. Brody falls over in pain. Sheila smiles. She turns around, only to find Max, standing there with the knife that Brody threw on the ground. Sheila was shocked by the sudden burst of life in Max.
"Your turn, bitch." Max states as he thrusts the knife into Sheila's chest.
By this point, Brody is back on his feet with the knife out of his hip and on the floor. Sheila is on the ground,  laughing maliciously. Max hopes back into the wheelchair and the two push through the doors.
"Wait!" Max exclaimed.
"What?" Brody asked
"Christine!" Max answered.
"She's dead." Sheila replies as she opens up the door and rips the knife out of her chest. "And you two are next."
"Go! Go! GO!" Max ordered and Brody ran as fast as he can. They exited the property through the open gates and followed a trail until they reach a bike path a mile away from the government facility. They could not make it anymore. Then, as they were near the bike path, they saw two joggers. They began to scream as loud as they could for help. They used their last bits of energy to make it to the bike path. The last thing the two boys saw was the two joggers running towards them. A few minutes later, which felt like hours of pain, the boys could faintly see again and hear sirens. They were being saved.