Unlawful Pregnancy

Chapter 8 : Hang in There

Jack and Harry, each in a doorway for cover, take turns returning fire down the hallway at guards firing at them. "Well this escalated quickly" Jack says to himself as he takes his turn firing his pistol, shotgun slung over his back. "I have to get to her I don't have time for this."

To Harry he says "Cover me while I move!" Not waiting for his acknowledgement he straightens the riot helmet he took from a guard who didn't need it anymore, kneels down and picks up one of the many bodies littering the ground. Using it as a shield he moves forward at a run and bowls over one of the gunmen, taking out the other with the butt of his shot gun which, without amo, is just a fancy club. He then uses the same butt of his weapon and knocks out the one on the ground.

Jack drops the shotgun and, checks the clip of his borrowed pistol, six shots... "Harry," he says sadly as Harry walks up behind him and he slides the clip home "these are just men doing their jobs, supporting their families. I don't want to do this but they are keeping me from Rachel and my child."

"Joseph for a boy and Rose for a girl." He hears Rachel's voice say in his head.

"There are only two more guards" Harry sighs.

The way seems to be clear for the moment.
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Rachel, still in the jonny, jumps off of the exam table when the alarm goes off. Fire retardant foam billows from the ceiling and covers everything.

"What would Jack do?" She asks the skeleton, that looks like it's playing at the snow, in the corner of the room.

"Step 1. Identify the problem" she hears Jack say in her head.

"Well... I'm stuck in a room with foam everywhere and alarms blazing. With a jonny on, a guard outside some sort of forcefield door AND I have a skeleton learing at me..." She says to the skeleton. "And our child is in danger," she whispers to herself.

She takes a deep breath, lets it out and rubs her belly. "We have to get out of here" she whispers to her child. She thinks for a split second about getting dressed but decides there is no time.

"Step 2. Gather information" she hears Jack say.

"Ok Jack... Information..." She looks around the room it looks sort of like one of the procedure rooms she works in at the lab. There a bunch cabinets that are most likely locked if they have anything of any use in them, the exam table, the computer the doctor was using and a poster of a kitten hanging pracariously from a tree telling her to hang in there. Taking the kitten's (which her mind promptly named Struggles) advise, she keeps looking for a way out while thinking about what Jack would do next.
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Jack shakes the guard beneath him again, ignoring the pain from the hole in his right shoulder "Where is she?" He growls at the guard on the floor beneath him. Jack's headset went quite after the figured out they were listening in so he has no idea what is happening to Rachel and he is growing more anxious by the second.

"They took her and that abomination you made to the surgical suite. The doc has probably made short work if it. You're too" CRACK! Jack has probably broken the man's jaw but doesn't care.

He turns to Harry the old intensity in his eyes. Maybe more... Harry didn't think that was possible. "Take me to her" Jack growls.

Without another word Harry leads him down that hall at a sprint. They make it to a door sealed with a shield. Harry slides his card and the shield winks out and the door unlocks and they rush into the surgical suite.
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What has become of Rachel and the little one?! Will Jack make it in time?! Please vote and comment if you liked this chapter! See you next time!