Chapter 9
Here comes the helicopter!
The helicopter landed in the clearing. The mother was immediately shot, and so was the father. Kim was dragged out of the pot and into the helicopter. Jack was cut down and he got into the helicopter next to Kim. The soldiers grabbed the two boys and brought them into the helicopter as well.
Inside someone took Kim's temperature. It was 133 degrees. Humans can only survive up to 135. Seconds later she would have died. They started putting everything cold on her that they had. All the ice packs from the first aid kits, bullets, anything cold they could find.
Meanwhile, one of the soldiers was bandaging up Jack's wrists. The ropes had deeply cut into them.
Kim's temperature had dropped down to 130 degrees.
"She's not cooling fast enough" one of the soldiers said, "If you see a body of water, land. We need to cool her off. The pilot nodded. A half hour later they were on the ground near a lake. There was a young soldier with them. He was about seventeen years old.
"You ready Jack?" he asked.
"Yes..."
"Fitz. Just call me Fitz. That;s what everyone calls me'
"Ok. I'm ready Fitz."
Jack had her legs and Fitz had her shoulders. The two were in their underwear so they'd have something warm to change into afterward. They started slowly walking into the freezing lake.
"Easy now" Jack just realized Fitz had a slight accent.
"So, why do they call you Fitz?"
"Well when I was little, my parents started calling me Fitz, because they thought it was the name of a genius. Then they started calling my Fitz to my teachers, and then it kinda caught on. I like the nickname"
"So..are you a genius?" Jack asked, while gently flipping Kim's body over.
"Well I kinda am a rocket scientist, but I am a soldier. If they need me, I go. But most of the time, I stay in the lab in Alaska"
"Cool. I'll probably be a soldier"
"That's great. Ok. We're going to dunk the entire body under in 3..2...1!"
Jack and Fitz went underwater along with Kim's body. After staying under for about 15 seconds they all came up, and Kim was coughing.
"Oh thank god Kim you're alive!" Jack said.
"I'm so hot" she said, as her eyes closed.
"Do it again Jack" Fitz instructed him. They ducked under water with Kim again. She came up coughing and complaining she was hot.
"One more time then we should get going" Jack said. They went under water one last time. Then started heading toward the helicopter. The boys were given towels after Kim was back in the helicopter. They dried off and out their clothes back on. Once everyone was inside the helicopter they were off again.
"Fitz what are we going to do with the boys?" Jack asked. The boys were sitting up front.
"We'll probably question them in Alaska, then decided what we do with them from there"
"Ok. Can I come to the questioning?"
"Sure"
The helicopter flew for another hour before they crossed another border. The border into Alaska.
Woohoo! They finally made it to Alaska! There's probably going to only be one or two more chapters. And please tell me all this was worth the wait? Until the next chapter, follow, favorite, and review!
