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The stalker part2
by elessar73
*** 28. chapter: It's late, too late ***
Megan and David returned to 'Sun-Valley' at the speed of light and found the whole facility brightly illuminated and busy. Security officers, nursing staff and several other employees were running around like a nervous flock of sheep outside the facilities, obviously looking for something.
Cold fear captured the agents' hearts. Instinctively they knew that something really bad had happened.
The SUV came to a halt at the iron front gate. David impatiently showed his badge. "What's happened?" he asked in a tight voice, not sure if he really wanted an answer.
The officer at the gate swallowed hard. "An inmate escaped, killed an orderly first and then up and away." The young man waved his hand, grinning sardonically.
"You think that it's a joke!" David cursed under his breath. Out of the corner of his eye he observed Megan's reaction. The female agent grabbed the door handle tightly and held her breath.
"Who escaped?" David demanded brusquely.
The officer flushed and looked shamefacedly to the ground, realizing his mistake. "Mary Clark."
"Damn it!" The black agent hit the steering wheel. "Open the gate!" His order left no room for contradiction.
The officer stormed into the guardhouse and operated the door release. Slowly, too slowly in David's opinion, the gate slipped open. As soon as the gap was big enough for the SUV to pass, David pressed on the gas pedal and shot like a black arrow onto the clinic area. The gravel crunched under the wheels and flew up in to the air behind them.
Stressed, Megan held her breath, expecting the car to drift onto the green and hit one of the nearby trees. Though the situation was everything else but funny, David couldn't help but grin at Megan's behavior. "Trust me, Megan. The car and me understand and trust each other," David declared convincingly.
"Well, that really helps me to calm down." Megan looked at her teammate. "You understand the car. Hopefully it's a male one."
"What?" David shook his head smiling brightly. "The psychologist is taking over."
Megan nodded her head. "Something like that." Amicably, she laid her hand on David's arm. "However, slow down. We won't gain anything when you crash the car."
"Aye, Aye Captain!" David reduced the speed and they reached the main entrance safe and sound.
The moment the car stopped David pushed his door open and slipped out. Megan glanced at him, concerned. She'd known David for years and was well aware that the agent was close to the edge, in great danger of losing his temper. Nobody could say what David would do once he'd found Prof. Sullivan.
Megan followed closely behind her friend. She reached out her hand and grabbed David's arm. The man stopped and turned around looking inquiringly at Megan. He raised his eyebrow.
"Keep cool, David, okay?" Megan's voice was just a whisper but it held enough determination to make David think twice. "It'll help nobody if you lose it. We need the help of the professor to find out what's happened."
"But," David tried to argue. He could barely subdue his rage.
"Think about Charlie. If Clark is out there, he may be in danger..." No further words were needed. David bowed his head in defeat.
"Damn it!" He spat out all of a sudden. "We have to inform Colby. He must increase surveillance to ensure Charlie's safety."
Megan paled by the words and clapped her hand across he mouth. "Shit, that's the most important thing. I can't even imagine Don's reaction if something happens to Charlie. I guess the apocalypse is nothing compared to him."
David acted immediately. He grabbed his cell phone and speed dialed Colby's number, praying one more time that they weren't too late.
TBC
