Family Innocence
Part IV
Once home, Richard questioned Max's unnatural behavior. Max pointed to herself, "Bad."
Darlene gasped, "No, Max, you're-"
Max interrupted, gazing steadfast at Darlene, "Evil!" She turned and bolted towards the living room, screeching to a halt in front of the couch. That's when she realized her hands shaking. The seizure overcame her and she collapsed to the ground as Darlene, Richard and Stephanie entered the room. Max hit a rough patch and the seizures grew worse.
"OH MY GOD!" Darlene screamed and panicked.
Richard scrambled over to Max and held her shaking body to stop Max from banging her head onto the floor. "Call 911!" He yelled to Stephanie.
Stephanie dashed to the phone in the kitchen. She dialed the number and reported the incident. Stephanie gave her house address and hung up the phone. Soon after an ambulance arrived. Richard chose to accompany Max for the ride, with Darlene and Stephanie following behind in the family van.
If Max had been well enough, she would have easily prevented the creation of her public hospital record. It would had also prevented Lydeckers' hacker/squealer from intruding on her file.
"Sir?" The hacker turned from his laptop to face Lydecker.
Lydecker turned his gaze to the hacker and said nothing. The hacker knew to continue, "A hospital record was just created for 332960073452."
"Where?" Came the impatient reply.
"526 Pony Lane....in Billings, sir."
"How long until we get there?"
"Twenty hours, sir."
"Get me Rawson."
Rawson was just leaving for the day, when a secretary came in his office, "You have a call on 2." She replied.
Rawson dismissed her, then picked up line 2, "Hello?"
"Put some of your men on watch at 526 Pony Lane."
Rawson spat out, "Uh, yes sir, Mr. Lydecker, sir." He then hung up and paged two of his finest men, "SAM! PHIL! Get in here!"
Sam and Phil entered the office, Phil spoke, "Yes, chief?"
"I want you, Sam and Casey at 526 Pony Lane, NOW!!" He commands Phil.
Phil nods. They find Casey and leave.
Richard was denied access to escort Max to ICU, and was forced to remain in the waiting room. He had been pacing for what seemed like hours, but was only minutes when Darlene and Stephanie showed up.
"How is she?" Darlene spoke rushing to Richard.
"I don't know." He replied.
"Is she gonna die?"
Darlene and Richard looked down at their daughter. Richard shook his head and knelt, "No, honey. Max will be fine."
Just then the doctor came out. Richard stood and before any questions were asked, the doctor spoke, "Max is ok. We've nuetralized the seizure and she is stable. But I wish to keep her here overnight and execute some tests in the morning."
"I want to take her home." Darlene became slightly angered.
"Look, I said she was stable, but she could have a relapse."
"Maybe we should let her stay." Richard pleaded with his wife.
The family reluctantly leaves, though they will return in the morning.
Max awoke hours later. She could feel the sedation wearing off and the seizure creeping up on her. She climbed out of the hospital bed and left the room.
Max could remember this same scenario. One of the various tests that Manticore required them to do was a "Search & Obtain" Mission. That meant being sent to a 'faux' business building to retrieve what Lydecker stated was valuable merchandise. She knew it was only a test. Though, at that time, her siblings accompanied her. This time, it was just her.
Max quickly went into stealth mode and made her way in search of the medicine room. Upon escaping from Manticore, she learned that tryptophan helped her seizures in a big way. She turned the corner and froze.
An orderly walked out of a room, chatting with another orderly. Luckily they were headed the other way. Max overheard on mention tryptophan while pointing to a small bottle. Max adjusted her eyesight and zoomed in to read the label on the bottle: Tryptophan.
Relief struck Max and as she crept closer to the room, her seizure began to return. She reached the door and found it locked, but Max was able to undo that.
Max entered and scanned the shelves while her body entered a slight spasm. She spotted the bottle and dashed over to it. Time was running out, the seizure was gaining intensity. She grabbed the bottle and ripped off the lid, gobbling up a few of the pills inside.
The intensity of the seizure weakened. Max stood up and stuffed the bottle into her underwear, creating a place to hold and hide the bottle. She exited the room and headed back to the one she came from. She made it safely back to the room and decided to rest up and heal.
The hacker then found another place where Max stayed. He left his seat to report to Lydecker. "Sir, 332960073452 has been staying with a family."
"What's the address?"
The hacker scuffled through some pages, "Uh, 629 Guevara."
"Let's pay a visit to them as well." Lydecker exited the truck and climbed back into the hummer and was soon just hours from Billings.
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to be continued
Part IV
Once home, Richard questioned Max's unnatural behavior. Max pointed to herself, "Bad."
Darlene gasped, "No, Max, you're-"
Max interrupted, gazing steadfast at Darlene, "Evil!" She turned and bolted towards the living room, screeching to a halt in front of the couch. That's when she realized her hands shaking. The seizure overcame her and she collapsed to the ground as Darlene, Richard and Stephanie entered the room. Max hit a rough patch and the seizures grew worse.
"OH MY GOD!" Darlene screamed and panicked.
Richard scrambled over to Max and held her shaking body to stop Max from banging her head onto the floor. "Call 911!" He yelled to Stephanie.
Stephanie dashed to the phone in the kitchen. She dialed the number and reported the incident. Stephanie gave her house address and hung up the phone. Soon after an ambulance arrived. Richard chose to accompany Max for the ride, with Darlene and Stephanie following behind in the family van.
If Max had been well enough, she would have easily prevented the creation of her public hospital record. It would had also prevented Lydeckers' hacker/squealer from intruding on her file.
"Sir?" The hacker turned from his laptop to face Lydecker.
Lydecker turned his gaze to the hacker and said nothing. The hacker knew to continue, "A hospital record was just created for 332960073452."
"Where?" Came the impatient reply.
"526 Pony Lane....in Billings, sir."
"How long until we get there?"
"Twenty hours, sir."
"Get me Rawson."
Rawson was just leaving for the day, when a secretary came in his office, "You have a call on 2." She replied.
Rawson dismissed her, then picked up line 2, "Hello?"
"Put some of your men on watch at 526 Pony Lane."
Rawson spat out, "Uh, yes sir, Mr. Lydecker, sir." He then hung up and paged two of his finest men, "SAM! PHIL! Get in here!"
Sam and Phil entered the office, Phil spoke, "Yes, chief?"
"I want you, Sam and Casey at 526 Pony Lane, NOW!!" He commands Phil.
Phil nods. They find Casey and leave.
Richard was denied access to escort Max to ICU, and was forced to remain in the waiting room. He had been pacing for what seemed like hours, but was only minutes when Darlene and Stephanie showed up.
"How is she?" Darlene spoke rushing to Richard.
"I don't know." He replied.
"Is she gonna die?"
Darlene and Richard looked down at their daughter. Richard shook his head and knelt, "No, honey. Max will be fine."
Just then the doctor came out. Richard stood and before any questions were asked, the doctor spoke, "Max is ok. We've nuetralized the seizure and she is stable. But I wish to keep her here overnight and execute some tests in the morning."
"I want to take her home." Darlene became slightly angered.
"Look, I said she was stable, but she could have a relapse."
"Maybe we should let her stay." Richard pleaded with his wife.
The family reluctantly leaves, though they will return in the morning.
Max awoke hours later. She could feel the sedation wearing off and the seizure creeping up on her. She climbed out of the hospital bed and left the room.
Max could remember this same scenario. One of the various tests that Manticore required them to do was a "Search & Obtain" Mission. That meant being sent to a 'faux' business building to retrieve what Lydecker stated was valuable merchandise. She knew it was only a test. Though, at that time, her siblings accompanied her. This time, it was just her.
Max quickly went into stealth mode and made her way in search of the medicine room. Upon escaping from Manticore, she learned that tryptophan helped her seizures in a big way. She turned the corner and froze.
An orderly walked out of a room, chatting with another orderly. Luckily they were headed the other way. Max overheard on mention tryptophan while pointing to a small bottle. Max adjusted her eyesight and zoomed in to read the label on the bottle: Tryptophan.
Relief struck Max and as she crept closer to the room, her seizure began to return. She reached the door and found it locked, but Max was able to undo that.
Max entered and scanned the shelves while her body entered a slight spasm. She spotted the bottle and dashed over to it. Time was running out, the seizure was gaining intensity. She grabbed the bottle and ripped off the lid, gobbling up a few of the pills inside.
The intensity of the seizure weakened. Max stood up and stuffed the bottle into her underwear, creating a place to hold and hide the bottle. She exited the room and headed back to the one she came from. She made it safely back to the room and decided to rest up and heal.
The hacker then found another place where Max stayed. He left his seat to report to Lydecker. "Sir, 332960073452 has been staying with a family."
"What's the address?"
The hacker scuffled through some pages, "Uh, 629 Guevara."
"Let's pay a visit to them as well." Lydecker exited the truck and climbed back into the hummer and was soon just hours from Billings.
~~**++**~~
to be continued