Assassin 2.O

Saving Lives

Mitch's POV

"Think about Olivia," he said suddenly, his voice changing. "She cares about you, Rapp, and that poor girl can't lose any more people she cares about."

I grabbed the bomb and dumped it into the water. I looked up to see the helicopter directly above me. I could barely see as they lowered a wire down.

I wrapped it around myself and signaled for them to pull me up. When I reached the top, one of the other men reached down and grabbed my arm.

"We got less than 30 seconds," I said as they pulled me in.

"Go! Get us out of here," Hurley yelled as I quickly strapped myself to a seat. I held my breath as the helicopter turned and started flying away from the boat.

I looked over at Hurley when I heard the muffled explosion. I held my breath as the helicopter hit some turbulence due to the explosion. I held on as we started to spin out of control. I let out a deep breath when the pilot leveled out the helicopter.

I looked over to see Hurley already watching me. "You shouldn't have come for me," I said.

"Don't get used to it, son." He nodded. I let out a small laugh as I leaned my head back.

"Looks like we're going to be alright up here." I looked over to see Hurley talking into his headset. "I think," he added to whoever he was talking to. I scoffed as I ran my hand through my hair.

"Hold on a minute," I heard Hurley say. I looked over as he took off his headset and handed it to me.

"Yeah, go ahead," I said once I had it on.

"You okay, Mitch?" Irene's voice came from the headset.

"Oh yeah," I laughed. "I'm fantastic."

The line went quiet. I was about to say something when I heard Irene sigh. "You saved a lot of lives today."

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes as I tried to control the adrenaline pulsing through my body.

"Including Olivia's," she added making my eyes shoot open.

I looked over at Hurley to see him already looking at me. He sent me a nod causing me to let out the breath I didn't know I was holding. I closed my eyes and leaned my head back against the seat.

"She's. . . She's okay?" I stuttered.

"She's going to be just fine," Irene said softly. "We got to her and Hurley just a few minutes after you left. She's already at a nearby hospital."

I opened my eyes and turned towards Hurley. He smirked when he saw the look on my face. "Don't worry, kid. I have Victor, Mark, and Hanson on route to the hospital and a few old war buddies already there. Trust me, she's safe."

We were quiet as the helicopter flew away from the fleet. I looked over at Hurley to see him looking out the window.