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Chapter Ten:

Jake watches out the flat window, as the sun rises slowly above the buildings in the East. The thugs on the motorbikes had given up on trying to find them and disappeared around midnight and Jake had decided it was best they waited until the morning before they tried to get back to the hospital. Even then it was still going to be dangerous.

During the early hours of the morning, while Quentin had been asleep, Jake and Sam had talked. Sam had explained why he hadn't gone with Jana and the others and how Meese had refused to let him go after challenging him over his decision not to take the baby. Jake had felt sorry for Sam, but he couldn't say he was surprised by Meese's actions, having worked with him in the past.

"Hey, Q, buddy," Jake walked over to where Quentin was sleeping and shook his shoulder to wake him. "It's time to go."

Quentin blinked a couple of times before he focused on Jake. He stared at Jake for a moment before he nodded and sat up with a yawn. While Quentin was getting ready, Jake turned to face Sam. Who was standing by the window, staring out at the street below them.

"Hey, Sam," Jake cleared his throat.

Sam turned and looked at him.

"Do you," Jake paused for a moment. "Do you want to come with us? I mean the hospital could use all the help it can get and the backup generators been a bit faulty lately… And if the generator cuts out, a lot of people are going to be in a lot of trouble. You'd be surprised how many people where sick before the virus came into play…"

Sam blinked at him, before looking back out the window. There was nothing here for him, he'd missed his chance to get out and he doubted there'd be another. Meese hadn't given him his money, so he wouldn't be able to pay, even if a second opportunity came up.

"You sure?" Sam asked, turning back to face Jake.

"Yeah," Jake nodded. "We really could use the help."

Sam nodded and gave Jake a small smile in return and Jake grinned at him. At the moment Quentin returned and Jake turned to him.

"You ready to go, buddy?" Jake asked.

Quentin nodded and Jake ruffled his hair.

"Right then," Jake said. "Let's get going."

It didn't take them long to reach the hospital and luckily they didn't encounter any more trouble along the way. But Jake couldn't help but be on edge, the streets were so quiet, it was unnerving. Thankfully the streets had been cleared of bodies, where people had taken it upon themselves to move the bodies and burn them in the local park.

"Jake," A voice called out as Jake, Quentin and Sam entered the hospital.

Jake looked round to see Dr Cannerts hurrying towards them.

"Doctor Cannerts," Jake greeted him.

Dr Cannerts smiled at him, as he drew level and Jake tried to recall a time he'd see the Doctor smile like that before, but couldn't think of any.

"Quentin," Dr Cannerts caught sight of Quentin beside Jake. "I'm glad you're still here."

"Was there something you needed?" Jake asked, shifting nervously.

They were standing incredibly close to the entrance to the hospital and could be clearly seen from outside and someone had already tried to kill Doctor Cannerts. It be too easy for someone walking past to simply step through the door raise a gun and pull the trigger and all hope for a cure would go down the drain.

"Miss Frank has woken up," Dr Cannerts answered.

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Hey, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm so sorry I haven't updated sooner. Until next time,

Blessed be,

TreeOfLife1997.