Writer's Note: Wow, this wasn't an easy chapter to write, I don't know why. Anyway, thank you all for the reviews, the concern and loyal reading! I know I haven't been updating regular and I'm sorry for that. Life's a bit crazy, but I will try to update more regular. Anyway, please leave your review, they help me write! Enjoy!
Chapter Twenty Five
CO Lincoln exited the WING Ops centrum and walked back outside. For a moment he overlooked the huge crowd and was glad to see that so many people had showed up. He squinted as he saw a man with a baseball cap walking away quick from a closed hangar. The man looked familiar to him, but as he wanted to look closer, the door behind him open and Jackie appeared behind him.
"CO? They landed with the divers. Quinn and Puckerman are guiding them back in."
He nodded and followed Jackie back inside. They entered the WING Ops centrum and Jackie grabbed the radio.
"This is Roswell Base for RMT 02,over," she said.
"Roswell base, this is RMT just went into the cave," Rachel reported.
"Copy that, Rachel. Keep us posted."
"Will do," Rachel replied.
Jackie looked up at the CO, who looked concerned.
"Quinn knows what's she's doing, sir," she said.
"I know," the CO replied quietly.
Quinn and Puck made their way back into the cave, followed close by two divers. When they arrived at the tunnel, they saw the water had risen higher and now there was no way they could communicate with the couple on the other side. Quinn and Puck exchanged looks as they saw it and the blonde worried if the couple would be alright. The divers prepared themselves to go into the water and soon they were ready to go. All suit up, one of the man walked over to Quinn and Puck.
"We're ready to go. So, there are two people?" he asked.
"Yes," Quinn told them.
"Okay. See you in a bit."
With his parent he walked into the water and they disappeared under water. Quinn sat down on the rock, Puck came sitting next to her.
"How's Rachel holding up with that Jesse's on the loose?" he asked.
"She's scared, but doesn't show it. I know she's tough, but it's normal to be scared. I'm scared," Quinn said, hugging her knees to her chest.
"Yes, it is normal. I really hope he'll leave you two alone, otherwise he'll have to deal with me," Puck replied and looked aside at the blonde.
"Thanks, Puck."
Quinn smiled at him and he hugged her. Staring at the water, Quinn was glad Puck joined the crew. She had missed her friend and to be honest, she missed a lot of her friends from high school. She hadn't talked to Santana or Brittany in ages and she missed them. Suddenly, one of the divers came up and he took out the breathing mask.
"We have a problem," he said.
The CO walked past the kiosk deep in thoughts. It was only when he had passed the kiosk completely, he turned around and walked back. Questioning, he looked at the two men behind the kiosk who were selling the shirts. The CO walked forward.
"Do you want to buy this lovely shirt?" one of them said cheerful.
"No. Who are you?" he asked stern.
"I'm Kurt, this is my boyfriend Blaine. Who are you?" the man asked suspiciously.
"I'm the CO of this base. What are you doing behind that desk?" he asked stern.
"O. Well, Rachel and Quinn had to leave, so we're just helping them out."
The CO frowned at hearing the names of his two co-workers. How did these two know them?
"You know Rachel and Quinn?" he asked.
"Yes, we went to school with them," Kurt answered and folded one of the shirts.
"Right. Okay."
He looked at the couple and suppressed a smile. He was glad they stepped in to help, but he rather had heard from it earlier.
"Is there any news on the rescue?" Blaine asked curious.
"Unfortunately not. That last thing we heard was that the divers went into the cave," he informed them.
"Okay."
The CO nodded and walked away. Right after him, Mercedes came to the kiosk, looking curious at the CO. She stepped behind the desk and sat down behind Kurt and Blaine.
"Who was that?" she asked.
"The CO," Blaine told her chuckling.
"I think he thought we were robbing the place or something," Kurt added.
Mercedes laughed and shook her head.
"What is it?" Quinn asked, getting up on her feet.
"The woman isn't breathing. My partner is giving her life support," the man informed them.
"Shit. Is she in cardiac arrest?" Quinn asked.
"Not as far as I know. I'm going back to pick up the man, he's in needs some medical attention as well," the man said.
Quinn nodded and the man disappeared again. The blonde medic went with her hand through her hair and closed her eyes.
"I should've swim over when it could," she said.
"And then drown? It's a good thing you didn't go. You made the right call."
Doubting, Quinn looked at Puck. She didn't quite believe him, but she knew he was right. She would've drowned. Desperately looking back at the water she prayed they could save her. A few minutes later, the diver surfaced again, this time with the man along his side. Puck helped the man on the rock, while Quinn looked back at the diver. He silently shook his head and disappeared again. Quinn knelt down next to the man and saw he had an ugly large cut on his leg. Carefully, she cleaned it as good as she could and bandaged him up.
"My wife," the man said, trying to get back to the water.
Puck held him down, while Quinn worked on him. "They are getting her now, man. Calm down," Puck said and briefly exchanged looks with Quinn.
The blonde had a worried glance in her eyes, which she didn't show the man. She didn't need him more to panic then he already was.
"Shall I bring him back to the helicopter?" Puck suggested, but Quinn shook her head.
"Better not. You will get lost here," she said and gave the man something against the pain.
Puck nodded in agreement, he would probably get lost. He looked up as he saw air bubbles and motioned to Quinn. They saw two dark spots in the water and then one diver surfaced, quickly followed by the second one and the woman. Quinn was glad to notice she had a breathing mask on and Puck helped her on the rock.
"She's still unconscious, but she's breathing," the diver told her.
Quinn nodded and quickly gave her another breathing mask. While the divers got out of the water, Puck and Quinn laid her on the stretcher. The man had gotten up and was holding his wife's hand.
"Is she going to be okay?" he asked.
"We're doing everything we can," Quinn promised him.
When the divers were ready to go, they left the cave. When they reached the helicopter, Quinn noticed the woman wasn't breathing.
"Set her down, Puck. She isn't breathing."
Quinn quickly checked her pulse and started reanimating.
"Come on, you're almost there," she gasped. "Lift her in the helicopter. We have to go to the hospital, now!"
One of the divers and Puck lifted her in the helicopter, while Quinn was still reanimating. Soon the helicopter took off, heading towards the hospital.
"…but the woman is in a critical condition. She's being reanimated right now by our medic."
Kurt and Blaine exchanged looks as they heard the messages. A sigh went through the crowd as a response to the message. Jackie came walking towards them and looked content at the smaller amount of shirts.
"We should've hired you sooner," she smiled. "Good job."
"Thanks. Is that woman going to be okay?" Kurt asked concerned.
"I don't know," Jackie replied honestly and stepped behind the desk to grab a bottle of water. "I hope so," she added.
"This sort of call outs, how often do you get them?" Blaine asked.
"That's different every day. But we do not have often lazy days, that's for sure," Jackie chuckled, taking a sip from her water.
"And you coordinate everything?" Mercedes asked.
"Yes. I'm what you call a WING-OP," Jackie explained.
Suddenly she caught sight of a man with a baseball cap. She narrowed her eyes as she recognized him. She flew out of the kiosk and grabbed the man from behind.
"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked.
Jesse smirked at her, confident she wouldn't recognize him. But as she kept staring at him furiously, he realized she had recognized him and realized he had lost his sunglasses.
"Enjoying the airshow," he smirked.
Jackie dragged him out of the crowd and grabbed her radio. "Edmund, can you meet me across the kiosk? We have a uninvited guest," she said.
"On my way," Edmund replied.
Jackie held a tight grip on him and sends him death glares. She didn't have to think long how he had gotten in, it had been so busy and he probably had disguised himself. Finally Edmund showed up and Jackie handed him over.
"It's Jesse," she said and Edmund nodded, knowing what the story was.
"I'll kick him off," he said and he walked away with Jesse.
Jackie looked after them and walked back to the kiosk, finding a really curious Kurt, Blaine and Mercedes, all looking at Jesse.
"Wasn't that Jesse st. James?" Mercedes asked.
"Yes," Jackie answered shortly. "You know him?"
"Yes, we do. He dated Rachel for a while and was our competition," Kurt replied and looked questioning at Jackie. "What's going on? Why is he here?" he asked.
"Long story and I think you should ask Rachel that," Jackie answered and sighed.
Kurt nodded and exchanged looks with Blaine and Mercedes, who both looked worried. Suddenly, Mercedes realized something and looked up at Jackie.
"I thought he was in jail," she said.
"He was. Someone paid his bail," Jackie replied.
"How is that even possible?" the black woman asked out loud.
"I have no idea." She stood up. "I have to get back. Keep up the good work."
Jackie walked out of the kiosk back inside. She entered the empty WING Ops centrum and sat down. While grabbing the radio, she hoped Edmund had kicked Jesse in the nuts or something. She hated that man so deeply, he had broken a beautiful girl and she knew she would do everything to stop him hurting Rachel again. Quinn would too, she knew.
"Rachel, what's the status?" she asked and as she looked outside, she saw everyone was listening along.
"She's alive, Quinn was able to get her back," Rachel reported. Outside was a loud cheering and Jackie smiled relieved. "We're almost at the hospital," Rachel added.
"Good to hear, RMT 02. See you soon. Over and out."
"Copy that. Over and out."
Quinn walked through the hospital to Liv's room. She found only Casey in the room, Liv's bed had disappeared. She startled and walked over to the reading Casey.
"Casey, where's Liv?" she asked worried.
"They've taken her for an MRI," Casey answered relaxed and looked at her watch. "She should be back any minute," the tinted girl added. "What are you doing here?" she asked then.
"We had two patients and I had time to check up on you," Quinn explained.
"That's nice of you. How's the air show going?" Casey asked, laying aside her magazine.
"Good, it's pretty crowed," the blonde said.
"Awesome."
The door opened and two nurses brought Liv back. Liv's face lit up as she saw Quinn was in the room. The blonde noticed that Liv looked better and walked over to her as the nurses were done.
"Hey you," Liv smiled.
"Hey. How are you doing?" Quinn asked.
"Better. The swelling has shrunken even more, so it's looking good," Liv told her smiling.
"That's good to hear."
Quinn's pager went off and she looked at it. Sorrowful, she looked at both girls.
"I have to go. I'll step by soon."
They said goodbye and Quinn left the room. She ran through the hospital and as she arrived on the roof, she saw they were already starting up. She quickly jumped in the helicopter and soon they took off.
"How's Liv?" Puck asked.
"Good. She's doing better," Quinn answered.
"Good."
The day had ended and Quinn, Rachel and Puck had taken Kurt, Blaine and Mercedes to Raven. The rest of the crews were also there and the club was packed.
"You guys come often here?" Kurt asked.
"Yes, it's our bar," Puck joked as he came back with the drinks.
Rachel's eyes automatically went to the DJ booth, but someone else was standing in it. She sighed and looked away. Quinn saw her glance and grabbed her hand under the table. The brunette looked up and smiled slightly at her.
"You okay?" Quinn whispered.
"Yeah," Rachel nodded.
They looked up as the band entered the stage. Rachel's face lit up as she got an idea.
"Guys, come on. Blaine, you can drum, right?" she asked while she stood up.
Quinn saw where Rachel was going and smiled. This would be the perfect ending for this day.
"Yes. Why?"
"Come on."
Rachel led them to the stage and quickly spoke with Eva, who nodded and smiled at the group that gathers around the stage. Kurt, Mercedes, Blaine, Quinn and Puck climbed up the stage, all having a microphone in hand. All but Blaine, who sat behind the drums. The music started to play.
Kurt
She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart
While I'm drinking jack all alone in my local bar
Puck
And we don't know how we got into this mad situation
Kurt
Only doing things out of frustration
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
She needs me now but I can't seem to find a time
I've got a new job now in the unemployment line
Puck
And we don't know how, how we got into this mess it's a gods test
Someone help us cause we're doing our best
Quinn
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Sit talking up all night
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time
All
Uuuuuuhh Uuuuuuuuhh...
Mercedes
She's in line at the door with her head held high
While I just lost my job but didn't lose my flight
Puck
But we both know how we're gonna make it work when it hurts
When you pick yourself up you get kicked in the dirt
Mercedes
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard
But we're gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Sit, Talking up all night
Doing things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time
All
Uuuuuuuhh.. Uuuuuuuuuhh...
Rachel
Drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Sit, Talking up all night
Saying things we haven't for a while
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time
Yeah.. for the first time
Oh, for the first time
Yeah, for the first time
Kurt & Blaine
(We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time)
All
Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby
The song ended and the whole bar was in an uproar. They laughed as they got a standing ovation and as the applause died down, they climbed off the stage. Feeling happy and cheerful they made their way to their table, were someone was waiting for them.
"Look who's having a little reunion."
Jesse was smirking evil at them. With big eyes of shock, Rachel stared at him, not able to say or move…
Writer's Note 2: The song is 'For The First Time' by The Script.