Prologue
"Ladies and Gentlemen, it's been emotional,"
The power had been cut off and now they were all sitting in a darken room staring at the ring leader as he hovered his finger over the button on the detonator. The detonator that would access the explosives and blow this hotel lobby sky high. He stared gruesomely at the whole room, taking in each of the terrified expressions of his hostages.
Amy Fleming was one of them. She sat still, not moving. She couldn't. It seemed liked she was frozen in that one moment just waiting for the detonator to be pressed. Her heart was thumping so hard in her chest, she thought it would burst. She let out the breath she was holding and looked around the room until she found her fiancé. He looked back at her, his emerald eyes telling her just how much he loved her.
Samantha Forster sat across the room from her with the same look of terror on her face that mirrored hers. She gripped her own fiancé's hand so hard he was most likely wincing from the intensity of it. He looked down at her and pulled her closer to him. That in itself, made her a whole lot calmer. Unconsciously, her hand moved to her stomach as she lay her head on his shoulder.
Matt Trewin was kneeling in front of the couch stroking his wife's black curls, trying not to focus on what was going on around him. His only priority was getting his wife out here in time. She was still unconscious and Matt wasn't sure how much longer she had. He took a deep breath, the first chance he got, he would pick her up and run for the exit.
Jennifer Slocum sat by herself, her hands on her rounded belly, protectively. She looked around at the gunmen and knew he was among them, but which one. They all looked the same in the dark and their black coveralls and ski masks didn't help at all. She needed to tell him the truth before it was impossible. He needed know.
Suddenly, a figure ran forward and punched the ring leader in the stomach. The detonator dropped from his hand as the two began to fight. Everybody looked on with the same fearful expression. One of the gunmen picked up the silver equinox briefcase and another one picked up the detonator.
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"Hit them with tear gas, go on my command," the police commissioner called out. The tear glass pierced the darken glass doors, setting off the alarm. Screams were soon heard from the inside.
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The ring leader punched the guy in the face and quickly yelled to one of his men, "Push the button now!" Before he continued on with the fight.
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"They're gonna know we're coming," a police officer said to another as they got ready to storm the building.
"At least they won't be able to see us," the other police officer replied.
Another scream was heard from inside and that was all Wyatt Forster could take. "You heard that, do something!" he yelled at the police commissioner.
"We got to get them out of there!" the first police officer yelled, his gun poised.
The police commissioner looked at the lobby and then back to the awaiting officers. "Go. GO!" he called to them.
The SWAT team moved in, armed with guns, masks, and shields. They approached the doors slowly in one line. Everyone else looked on in terrified silence.
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The lobby was now filled with thick smoke that made it impossible to see anything. The outlines of figures were the only thing that anybody could make out. Jake with his arms securely around his fiancee moved her behind the lobby desk for safety. Matt gathered Soraya in his arms and made his way through the smoke toward the doors. Jen looked around her frantically, unable to move from her spot where she sat.
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Wyatt Forster ran forward, Brynna Forster right behind him, trying to see what was going on inside.
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Amy was pushed gently to the floor in front of the couch, by who, she didn't know. Whoever it was, they stayed behind her, they're arms around her body.
Matt finally found the door and ran through it. "I need some help here!" he yelled out. A paramedic ran up to him and told him to put her down. He lied her down on the ground, the blanket still tightly wrapped around her.
Jen still sat where she was trying to decide where she should run to. Suddenly, a figure ran up to her and gently scooped her up. He then, ran with her to the safest place he knew.
Wyatt gave a little growl under his breath once he saw that the person came out wasn't his daughter. "Samantha," he mumbled and then started to run towards the lobby, intending on finding his daughter and bringing her out himself. But before he could make it there however, the lobby exploded. He was pitched backwards onto the ground and a fiery white light engulfed everything.
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