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Chapter 12 – Just a feeling.
Thursday November 19th, 2020
No ones POV
"Tori Run!" Those words screamed through Tori's head as she ran for the door not looking back. She knew Jade wouldn't want her to look back.
She was going on pure adrenaline.
Suddenly Tori heard several more shots ring out behind her.
She desperately wanted to look but once again Jades words echoed through her head.
"Tori Run!"
She was about 2/3's of the way from the door when it suddenly flew open. Several men in black with what appeared to be machine guns burst in the door. Each one had the words POLICE written in big letters on their chest.
Being the daughter of a cop Tori knew a few things about police and police procedure. She recognized the men as Police tactical officers; they were for special and very dangerous situations. They would wearing full body armor and carry submachine guns. They were not to be taken lightly.
As she ran towards them she knew to raise her hands, not wanting to be mistaken for an unfriendly and shot. Several of them ran past her deeper into the garage.
Suddenly someone grabbed her by the arm, it was another cop who had come in from another door.
"Get her out of here" someone yelled.
The officer that had her by the arm was joined by a second one who started to hurry her out of the garage. She hadn't taken more than 3 steps when she heard someone yell.
"Freeze Police"
She then heard 3 more shots.
She had gotten just to the open door when she suddenly heard a very loud barrage of semi automatic weapons fire. A second later she was outside. There must have been 10 cop cars and 2 ambulances outside. She could see a number of police scattered about, weapons drawn and aimed at the factory.
The two officers without saying a word quickly started to rush her towards one of the ambulances sitting nearby.
At this point Tori was pumped full of adrenaline and hardly even knew what to think. The whole day had been utterly overwhelming. Her mind seemed to be going a thousand directions at once.
As she got to the ambulance only one thing went across her mind.
"Jade?"
"Where's Jade?" She said to a police officer who was escorting her.
He looked a bit confused and said "I'll see what I can find out about your friend."
Tori was starting to get very worried and scared. She wanted to know where Jade was.
As a paramedic started to check her out suddenly she heard a voice coming from the door of the garage.
"Get an ambulance in here, NOW, we've got an officer down!"
Tori's heart suddenly dropped.
"JADE!" She screamed as she attempted to run back to the warehouse. She needed to be with her Jade.
As two officers suddenly restrained her she suddenly felt her right side, it was wet.
She lifted up her right hand and looked at it, her hand and her right thigh both had blood on them.
All of a sudden she felt very light headed and dizzy and within a few seconds passed out.
Tori woke in a hospital exam room where she was on an exam table. The first thing she saw was Cat standing next to the exam table. Beck was standing behind her. On the other side was a doctor who was looking at her thigh.
"Jade!" Was the first thing out of Tori's mouth.
"Relax sweetie" Said Cat in a reassuring tone. Tori could not help but see the worry etched across their faces.
"Miss Vega?" Said the young doctor who was attending to Tori.
"Yes"
"I'm Doctor Floyd, I need you to relax a bit, one of the bullets grazed your thigh. It's not bad but I need you to stay still so I can finish stitching it up. I gave you a local, so the pain shouldn't be too bad"
Tori's thigh hurt but not too bad.
"What about Jade?, I need to know about Jade." Tori Pleaded with Cat, Beck and the Doctor.
Cat and Beck looked at the doctor who paused from his work.
"I'm sorry but your girlfriend Jade West suffered multiple gunshot wounds, it's quite bad I'm afraid, she is alive but barely. They rushed her into emergency surgery as soon as she got here. That's all I know."
As Tori absorbed the news she suddenly started gasping for breath as it felt like all the air had suddenly been taken from her lungs.
Cat quickly took Tori's hand as the doctor called for a nurse to administer oxygen.
"Relax Miss Vega, she is in very good hands" said the nurse trying to Calm a very upset Tori down.
"Relax Tori" Said Beck as he put his hand on her shoulder.
After the nurse lifted the oxygen mask Tori looked at Beck and Cat
"She came for me, she saved me, I had her back, she promised she would never leave me" The words came out in a torrent.
"Tori listen to me, you haven't lost her, she's going to be fine, Just relax, Jade wouldn't want you freaking out" said Beck.
Tori started to calm down, she knew beck was exactly right, Jade wouldn't want that.
"Miss Vega" Said the Doctor, "I'm finished here, 10 stitches, but considering your ordeal, I would like to admit you overnight for observation."
Tori nodded in agreement.
"Good, the nurse will take you up to a room, I'll check on you later." The doctor said just before he gave some instructions to the Nurse about Tori.
As the nurse took Tori up to her hospital room Cat and Beck told her the story of Jade's last 7 and a half years. It hit her very hard, she had no idea Jade was in so much pain, as much or even more than she was in.
"She was so afraid that you hated her and you would reject her, that she was too scared to even call you." Cat said at one point.
The part that was the very hardest is that Jade lost herself completely. Tori couldn't help but feel responsible in some fashion for her pain.
"She didn't mean to spook you at the theatre, she saw the pain in your eyes and she felt responsible herself. She panicked and left." Said Beck.
"My poor baby." Said Tori Quietly as she entered her room.
"Do you know that she saw each of your plays at least 5 times?" Said Cat as she helped Tori into the hospital Pajamas while Beck waited outside.
"She did?" Said Tori as her face seemed to light up.
"Yeah she did?"
"Cat, I don't remember any particular feeling when I chose Stuttgart for our vacation, I just chose it, its very strange."
Cat helped Tori into bed, she wasn't too badly hurt but Cat could tell she was very tired and emotionally exhausted.
"Tori, I don't know how it works but you two are truly meant for each other, you and her twice have been drawn to each other. She lives only 5 blocks from you. Its like the universe knew you two belonged together and pushed you back or helped you two find each other again"
Beck knocked on the door and Cat said he could come in. An older doctor was with him.
"I found him outside, he's been asked to give you a briefing' Said Beck.
"I'm Doctor Hill, I've been told to give you a small briefing. Your friend"
"Girlfriend" Tori Corrected him
"I'm very sorry, but your Girlfriend was shot 3 times. Once in the right leg, once in the chest and once in the left shoulder. All three bullet's broke apart in the body and a part of the one in the chest went through her right lung and out her back. She's lost a lot of blood."
Tori swallowed the lump in her throat. "Will she make it?"
"I can't guarantee she will, but she has a fighting chance. She did luck out on one thing."
"What?" Said Tori raising an eyebrow.
"One of the doctor's operating on her currently is Dr Bergman. He is considered one of the top 5 trauma surgeons in the country. He just happened to be at the hospital today visiting our head surgeon who's a friend of his. When he heard your girlfriend was coming in with severe wounds he volunteered and was scrubbed and ready to go in 5 minutes."
"Thank you Doctor Hill" said Tori quietly.
"All I can say is make yourself comfortable, she will be in surgery for several hours at least. We will let you know if there is any change. They will take her to the ICU as soon as she is out of surgery."
Doctor Hill said good bye and left.
Though neither of them said anything, all three happened to wonder just how random it was that one of the very best trauma surgeons in the country just happened to be here today.
"One thing Cat I need to actually confirm, did you actually slap Jade in the face?" Tori seemed quite amazed by that particular fact.
Cat blushed a bit "Yeah, I did and hard too, I think she needed some sense knocked into her"
"You mean Jade West, Jade, you slapped her?"
Rolling her eyes "Yes"
"My Jade?"
"Yes, Yes, Yes, I slapped Jade West in the face" said cat somewhat frustrated.
"In the face?"
"Yes, why is that so unbelievable?" Cat said somewhat annoyed by this line of questioning.
Tori smiled for the first time all day "Because you're still breathing."
"Cat, you are one brave woman, Thank you. Though I wouldn't advise you to do that again."
At this point two police men showed up. They introduced themselves as Jade's superior officers Captain Carter and Sergeant Nichols. Cat and Beck quickly excused themselves.
"We came to check on you, how are you feeling Miss Vega?" said Captain Carter.
"I'm worried about Jade?"
"We and all the other officers in the city are worried as well." Said Sergeant Nichols.
"She saved me?"
They both nodded in agreement.
"We can go over more formal questions later but we simply wanted to see how you were doing."
"Is she in trouble?" Tori asked pensively
The captain sat down next to Tori's bed, "Officer West, went overboard in her efforts to save you, we do know that, but in our opinion she maintained the finest traditions of the New York City Police Department. Besides she's a hero, her name has been across the news all afternoon. Saving the girl and being gravely wounded in the process."
"Thanks, I didn't want her to get in trouble because of me?" Tori said quietly.
Captain Carter Stood up and patted Tori on the shoulder "Don't worry Miss Vega; we take care of our own. She will be fine."
The two police then departed. Cat and Beck returned a few moments later.
"Jade will keep her badge" said Tori.
"That's good" Said Cat.
"Any word on Jade?" asked Tori.
"She's been in surgery for at least 4 hours so far and the doctor I spoke with said that she will be in surgery probably for several more. He didn't know anything else." Said Beck.
Not knowing was the worse part of all. Tori wanted to be hopeful and was but just not knowing was the very worst part. The thought of losing Jade a second time was to horrible even to think about. The worry constantly plagued her.
"I'm Tired" Said Tori.
"Why don't you get some rest, I called Trina and your folks and let them know your fine. They said they would be here as soon as they could." Beck Said.
"We will check back in a while. Ok sweetie?" Cat Said cheerfully.
A few moments later Tori was alone, it was now about 6:30 PM and it was already Dark.
She was worn out and exhausted both physically and emotionally. Not to mention her side hurt where she was grazed.
Before she went to sleep she just laid there thinking about that bond Jade and her had. The Yin/Yang tattoos they had symbolizing it. There was some bond between them beyond the physical she now believed that. . She tried to push out the thought of Jade not making it through surgery but it kept creeping in. There was no one else for her on earth but Jade.
A specialist trauma surgeon just happens to be here today, I just happen to go to Stuttgart, Jade happens to move to New York. Something is pushing us back together or we are somehow drawn to each other. Knowing that each of us is only half and we are only complete when we are together.
She eventually drifted off to sleep. She dreamed that she was trying to find Jade in a maze, she kept hearing her voice but could never find her.
When she awoke it was just after 10 pm according to the clock on the wall.
As she began to shake off the last vestiges of sleep she became aware of a strange feeling. It was Just a feeling, but it permeated every fiber of her being. Jade would get out of surgery, barely alive, very soon. Then she would go to the intensive care unit.
For some strange reason Tori knew she had to be there with Jade. Not wanted to be with Jade, she knew she had to be with Jade. Like a premonition she knew that if she wasn't with Jade tonight, she wouldn't be there in the morning.
It was like that bond between them or something was calling out to her. Not whispering things like go to Stuttgart in her subconscious, this time it was practically screaming at her.
She knew that if she wasn't there for Jade this night, that during the night, Jades strength would give out, her body would shut down. Her pulse would drop and her heart rate would become erratic and eventually her heart would simply stop.
Like before Jade West would simply disappear during the night. Jade needed her there with her. It was hard to put into words, but she just knew it.
It was then she saw Cat, who was quietly reading in a chair in the corner.
"Cat"
"Oh I didn't know you woke up. How are you feeling sweetie?"
"A bit better but my side still hurts."
"Where's beck?"
"I told him to go to work and that I would watch over you and Jade"
"Any word on Jade?"
"No, she's still in surgery. She's been there just over 8 hours."
About a moment later a Doctor walked in the room.
"Hello Miss Vega, Your still up that's good, I'm Doctor Grant."
"Any news on Jade?" Tori Said expectantly.
"Yes, she just got out of surgery, it was rough but she made it, just barely. They lost her once on the table but brought her back."
Tori started to feel sick but said "Thanks"
"The slugs from her shoulder and leg were bad but the one that hit her chest was a nasty one, It broke up and pieces went everywhere. I will be straight with you; she isn't out of the woods yet. The next few hours will be the hardest for her."
"I understand doctor"
"They are taking her to the ICU now"
Tori paused for a second but then asked. "It's an unusual request, but I need to be with her tonight. She needs me there with her. It sound strange but I just know she needs me there."
The doctor paused for a moment to think. "You know the governor herself called the hospital to see that officer West got what ever she needed to recover. If that is what she needs to recover, that I think we can make an exception. It will take some time for them to set her up in the ICU."
"Thank you Very much Doctor" Tori said with a look of relief on her face.
"We will let you know when she is ready, it shouldn't be more than a hour." the doctor said before he excused himself.
Cat thought for a second and told Tori she needed a soda and said she would be right back.
She quickly caught Dr. Grant down the Corridor
"Dr. You gave in rather easily." said Cat suspiciously.
"Miss?"
"I'm Mrs. Cat Oliver, I'm a friend of both Miss West and Miss Vega, give it to me straight please?"
The doctor took a deep breath and ran his hands through his brown hair. "Your friend barely made it through surgery and her chances of making it through the night aren't too great. There is a good chance that this is the last night Miss Vega will be able to ever spend with her girlfriend. It's the least we could do, that cop is a hero."
The title of this chapter refers to the Maroon 5 song "Just a feeling". The chapter doesn't have much to do with the song, I just needed a title that I thought fit
