So writing this chapter was hard. So by any means necessary if children dying bothers you, feel free to skip this chapter. Also, if you happen to have any of the names I used I apologize.
The next day when Deacon gets to work he decided to tell Tan and Hondo about the baby.
Before he gets a chance to tell them they get a call for a school shooting.
Heading out to Black Betty Deacon learns that the shooting is at Savannah and Matthews's school. Worried he tells Luca to hurry.
During her lunch break, Savannah was sitting at her desk grading some papers while eating her lunch. When the fire alarm sounded, she stopped what she was doing, grabbed her phone and began to walk outside.
Walking out into the hallway Savannah began to head to the nearest exit when she saw a terrified Matthew coming towards her. He wasn't alone, he and another student were helping a girl walk.
"Why are you guys still inside, there is a fire drill going on?"
Noticing the blood on the girl's shirt she begins to question that.
"We need to hide now." Matthew tells her.
Before she can say anything else Savannah hears *bang bang*.
Now understanding what's going on she leads them down the hall and makes it back to her classroom.
Locking the door behind her, she pushes a table up against it just in case.
Savannah tells the kids to get behind her desk while she grabs some stuff to help the girl, who she now knows is one of her students, Everly Jones.
After getting everything she needs to help Everly, Savannah heads back to help the young girl.
Cutting her shirt open she sees that Everly has been shot in the stomach.
Getting some gauze pads out of her first aid kit Savannah applies pressure.
"Everly it's Mrs. Peterson I need you to talk to me, honey. I know it hurts, but try to stay awake."
"I'm going to die, aren't I."
"I'm not going to let that happen ok." Savannah tells her.
Looking up at Matthew and Ryan another student of hers, she tells them to find anything that can stop the bleeding but to do it quietly.
"Mrs. Peterson, can I ask you a favor." Everly asks.
Grabbing her hand, Savannah tells her of course.
"Before I came to school today I had a fight with my mom. I told her I hated her. I didn't really mean it. Could I use your phone to record a message for her just in case? I'm all she has."
Looking up Savannah sees that the boys have returned, but they didn't find anything. Pulling out her phone Savannah sets it up so Everly can record her message. Now they wait for help.
Arriving at the school, They see Hicks standing by talking to the police.
Walking up to them Hondo asks, " what do we know."
"Danny Perkins 46 years old lost his job a month ago. His wife Diane Perkins is a teacher here, their daughter Mackenzie is a student here. Four months ago Diane left Danny and took Mackenzie with her. This morning Danny was served with divorce papers and Diane was seeking full custody of Mackenzie. Diane and Mackenzie are now both deceased. Danny has now locked himself inside the principal's office. We believe that they were the only victims, most of the students and staff have been accounted for, except for four individuals one teacher and three students."
When the pictures of the missing come up everyone looks at Deacon when Hicks tells him he wants him to sit this one out.
"Alright, Chris Street and Tan I want you guys to find the four that are missing. Luca, you're with me. We are going to try and get Perkins out alive if necessary. Deacon what classroom is Savannah's?"
"217,"
"Room 217 and the principal's Office are our main priority. Let's Go "
Before the team could run inside Deacon shouts that Savannah is pregnant.
As they head in the school Hondo and Luca break off from the rest of the team to head to the principle's office.
Chris Street and Tan begin to search to see if anyone was miscounted for when they reach 217. Going to open the door, they realize that it is locked, forcing Street to kick it in.
The door barely moves with the table behind it before they force themselves into the classroom.
"LAPD SWAT IF ANYONE IS IN HERE SLOWLY PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" Street calls out.
Behind the desk, Matthew and Ryan slowly put their hands up and begin to stand up.
Relief washes over the team when they see Matthew and the other boy is unharmed.
"Matthew, whose blood is that on your hand," Chris asks.
"I can't get her to move." is all he says.
Alarmed, they run behind the desk only to see Savannah telling a young girl that she will be okay and that help is coming.
"She's been like that for a good bit now." Matthew says.
Reaching down to check for a pulse Tan shakes his head, letting them know that she was already gone.
"Threat has been neutralized." Hondo says over the radio.
"Radio Deacon and tell him to come in here. She's in shock and maybe he can get her out of it." Chris says.
Outside Deacon hears over the radio for him to come to Savannah's classroom.
Running inside, he prepares himself for the worst. When he reaches her classroom, he is relieved to see his son is okay.
"Dad," Matthew yells.
Chris tells him what has happened and that Savannah may be in shock. Walking behind the desk Deacon's heart breaks for his girlfriend.
Sitting next to her he begins to talk," Savannah hey look at me." Deacon guides her face to his, "You're safe now, but we need to get you out of here okay."
Seeming to snap out of it Savannah is surprised to see Deacon standing there.
"David you guys got here quick. See Everly I told you you were going to be ok. Now you can tell your mom yourself that you didn't mean what you said and that you do love her." Savannah says as she looks back at the young girl smiling not seeming to remember what has happened.
Frowning when the young girl doesn't respond, Savannah tries to wake her up. When she doesn't wake Savannah looks up when Deacon tells her she's gone.
Crying Savannah says," no we just recorded a message on my phone for her mom and she was fine. I told her she was going to be ok and that help was coming. She was fine."
"Mrs. Peterson that was almost an hour ago." Ryan tells her.
Everything starts to sink in for her when she sees the blood on her hands. Looking down at her former student Savannah begins to cry even harder.
"Everly I'm so sorry. I tried my best to help you, but it wasn't good enough."
Not able to stand up on her own Deacon carries her out to an ambulance where she can clean her hands of the blood and be taken to the hospital to have the baby checked on.
Matthew rides with the team in black Betty to the hospital since Deacon was with Savannah.
When the doctor comes in to do the ultrasound Savannah asks if the baby is ok. The doctor tells her that it is just fine, but that he did find something on the ultrasound.
Worried Deacon asks what it was and the doctor looks at them and says, " Congratulations, you're having twins."
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Second chances ( David "Deacon" Kay)
Roman d'amourIt's been a year since Deacon became a widower leaving him with four children to raise. Not being able to handle the death of his Mother, Deacon's son Matthew starts getting in trouble at school. Having a conference with Matthew's teacher, talk gets...
