p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; text-align: center; line-height: 32px;" align="center"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Chapter Twenty/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" When they could no longer hear the men and were sure that they were gone, Charlie turned to Alan to signal him that they needed to talk./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "What do we do now?" Amita whispered/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "I am not sure but we need to do something, quick." Charlie whispered/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "But Agent Granger told us to stay put." Larry said quietly, sounding like he was thinking of something himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "He and David may need our help." Charlie said, "And I'm not sure if they would be able to stop these monsters before they get to Don and Megan."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" Alan saw that his youngest was really determined which quietly made him proud but he was concerned that they themselves wouldn't be able to do anything./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "What about Nikki? Where is she?" Alan asked, trying to remember where she went during this crazy day./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "She was heading to the other hospital where Merrick was supposed to be," Charlie said, suddenly thinking of Walt as he is possibly dead from injuries but he wasn't entirely sure about that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Can you call her?" Amita asked, thinking of the best way to get help to ensure everyone's survival./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "We can't" Alan said solemnly, "The hospital take cell phones before you go into the ICU to avoid interfering with the machines"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" Charlie had a feeling that his father was speaking from experience./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Dad?" Charlie asked, "Was it like that when mom was sick."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Yes, son," Alan said, "However, we do need to come up with a plan to deal with these… people."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Yeah, because right now… It seems we are on our own." Charlie said/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" When they could no longer hear the men and were sure that they were gone, Charlie turned to Alan to signal him that they needed to talk./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "What do we do now?" Amita whispered/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "I am not sure but we need to do something, quick." Charlie whispered/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "But Agent Granger told us to stay put." Larry said quietly, sounding like he was thinking of something himself./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "He and David may need our help." Charlie said, "And I'm not sure if they would be able to stop these monsters before they get to Don and Megan."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" Alan saw that his youngest was really determined which quietly made him proud but he was concerned that they themselves wouldn't be able to do anything./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "What about Nikki? Where is she?" Alan asked, trying to remember where she went during this crazy day./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "She was heading to the other hospital where Merrick was supposed to be," Charlie said, suddenly thinking of Walt as he is possibly dead from injuries but he wasn't entirely sure about that./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Can you call her?" Amita asked, thinking of the best way to get help to ensure everyone's survival./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "We can't" Alan said solemnly, "The hospital take cell phones before you go into the ICU to avoid interfering with the machines"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" Charlie had a feeling that his father was speaking from experience./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Dad?" Charlie asked, "Was it like that when mom was sick."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Yes, son," Alan said, "However, we do need to come up with a plan to deal with these… people."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 32px;"span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" "Yeah, because right now… It seems we are on our own." Charlie said/span/p
