Thank you for the love again! Going to try and condense these chapters now as its getting so many and im going through my ending. Then i will do outside the Cordon...if they get out of course lol...
"And this is what? Going to save us all?"a man asked Jake. Scoffing. Jake raised an eyebrow. He had been out in the park for 4 hours collecting samples of blood for Cannerts.
"That's the idea. One of you could have the cure for all of this" Jake states simply. That's how they needed it. Nothing wrapped up in cotton wool. He needed to give it to them straight.
The man nodded to him as he went towards a nurse who was suited up to take a sample of his blood.
Over the last few days, more and more people came. Word spread about the potential cure and it gave hope. So one after another, friends and family members came and did their bit.
"Well well, look who it is"
Jake didn't have to turn round to know that voice. But he did anyway. Trey was standing with his men. All in black gear.
"Mr Good Cop. Hows life?" Trey smirked.
It was another man Jake couldn't stand in this Cordon.
"You here to help or cause a problem?" Jake stated, not answering his question, "because if its the latter. 'Im not in the mood"
Trey and his man laughed, he moved further forward to Jake. He had his visor down. But he still backed away.
"Why would i help exactly?" he asked.
"Then leave" Jake spat. He wasn't playing this game. He had a job to do. Keep people safe and collect the samples. If Trey wasn't here to help. Jake had to go into protect mode. He turned to the people noticing Trey and his men. He didn't want to scare any of them off. They needed these people. One of them could be it.
"I'm having fun though. Surely cooped up in that hospital has got to be dull as hell!" Jake's eyes widened. How did he know that? "I have eyes" Trey spoke, almost like he read Jake's mind. Instead he read his expression.
"Why do you care where i am?" Jake responds, trying to keep his cool.
"People talk" Trey told him, shrugging, "there's less people in this cordon then you think. Word spreads" his voice is like a slither, as he moves forward like a snake, "The brooding lone ranger cop and a pretty brunette teacher..."
Jake seethed, this time he choose to get closer to him, he kept his lips tight as he spoke, "As i said. Why do you care where i am?"
Trey smirked again, a signature look, "Ammunition i suppose...care to do something for me?"
Jake didn't like where this was going. He knew about Katie. This scared him. She hadn't experienced Trey and his men, and she wasn't going to if he had anything to do with it. But Jake wasn't going to give up, he scoffed at him, "You cant threaten me" he turned and started walking away.
"No but i could threaten her and the kid"
Jake stopped in his tracks. No. His blood boiled. He had to do it. But giving in to someone like Trey went against everything he believed in. Before the outbreak he would have taken down someone like Trey without a second thought. But now, Trey had his weakness and was using it against him.
"What do you want?"
Trey walked round to him, face to face, "Your buddy, that other Police Officer, outside of the Cordon. I need you to arrange a meeting with him"
Jake frowned, why? But he wasn't going to question it, "I haven't spoken to him in days. We haven't been meeting. So getting a meeting with some scum of the Cordon... yeah i cant really see happening right now, hes got better things to do"
A man similar to Trey moved forward at this comment, "Brother" he said. Trey glared at Jake while ignoring the man. Jake knew he shouldn't have called him scum, but he couldn't help himself. But he spotted this man, his brother?
"If i were you. I'd watch your back" Jake told him, carrying on his confidence building, "you can threaten me all you like...but you don't threaten the people i care about"
"You do realize, me and my men...there's more of us then there are of you...poor little good cop. Your men dropped like flies man, surely your next?" Trey smirked again.
Jake clenched his fists to his sides. Katie. Think of Katie, he repeated over and over. She hated when he got angry. Taught him to calm down. Not respond to every situation with violence.
"You think i care?" Jake replied, raising his eyebrows, "look around!" he shouted in his face spreading his arms out, drawing attention from the crowd giving their sample of blood, "this is what humanity is!" he then laughed, "i don't expect you to get it. But while your stealing and killing, these people are trying to help us find a cure...what if one of your men got sick huh? Would you care? You gotta care about someone here right?" he questioned him, Trey shuffled on his feet, then Jake smirked back at him, realizing what it was, looking behind him to the man that spoke before to his left, he pointed over his shoulder, "your brother?"
Trey's face twitched and he got in Jake's face, "Not another word"
Jake knew it, he found his Achilles heal, "Think about it" he told him, "think about your brother before you threaten me. Your not getting that meeting" he started moving backwards towards the nurses. No way was he helping this guy by getting Lex involved, "be part of the solution, not the problem"
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Katie had spent hours in the room with the files in, her mind was blurring. All she saw was numbers when she closed her eyes. Her head hurt. Thankfully Cannerts was only in for 2 hours to help as he still had some of Thomas's blood left to use for testing.
She walked into the corridor and Bert came out of the room that he kept the rats in.
"Hey Bert" Katie smiled.
"Katie, hello" his soft and gentle smile returned.
"How you getting on?" she asked him.
"Oh i'm ok. Doctors Cannerts wanted some more lab rats to test on. Figured i could be helpful and get them for him" he motioned at the 4 rats in a clear perspex box that he was holding.
She nodded, whenever someone in the hospital mentioned Cannerts now. She never said anything. Quentin always said she had a big mouth and usually she would tell him off for saying it. But in this instance, she knew if she spoke about Cannerts, none of it would be kind, so she changed the subject "Hows Micheline?"
"Lonely. But i tried to go home to her when i can. Its getting harder though. People are getting restless. The path home is getting more dangerous" he sighed. This saddened Katie, she didn't spend much time outside of the hospital for many reasons, all probably for the best, she was pulled out of her thoughts by Bert carrying on, "Your boy is doing good out there though. Heard him today" he told her.
Jake. Katie raised her eyebrows, "What happened?"
"A gang of some sort" as soon as she heard this it worried her, but he carried on, "i didn't hear all of it, i was passing, but Jake held his ground. Told him and his men to look at the people helping and if he wasn't going to help, then to leave...well it was that to some extent, he used better words then i did"
Katie nodded, an overwhelming feeling came over her.
"You should be proud. Hes proving himself out there. So many respect him. Its only the stupid that go against him" Bert smiled, "happiness awaits you both. I just know it"
Katie had tears in her eyes and she nodded quickly, "Thank you Bert" she whispered.
"You look after those boys of yours" she nodded to him as he spoke, "now i am going to go home. Doctors Cannerts said he wouldn't need me for a few days. He has my home number if he does. But he knows i need to get home to my wife"
"You do. Take care of yourself Bert" Katie told him. He smiled and walked down the hall.
Katie sighed heavily, leaning against the wall and sliding down it. Pride. So much pride. What did she do to have a man like Jake love her? He always talked about how much he admired her. But he didn't see himself they way she saw him either. She never knew the Jake of before the Cordon, but he was honest and had told her of his personality and what he was like before this all. But she knows the actions he took today were of a strong and brave man. Willing to protect the people of this city. They already had the virus as a threat, they didn't need the people turning against each other as well.
