Chapter 5: Lucy's Assassin
"Don't we even have a God dammed map around here?" Peter screamed.
"I'm sorry, but- did you here that?" Lizzy asked, after a scream.
"Kovac can handle it, it's probably just a patient. Peter, I think I have a road map in my car..."
"Perfect! Thanks, Mark!" Peter said, and he followed Mark and Carol out. Lizzy paused, looking back down the corridor. There was something about that scream...
Kovac put Dave on another bed and tried compressions. He put Alison on her bed. As he tried to get Dave to breath again, Alison sneaked up behind him and hit him on the head.
"Stop helping him! He's a killer!" she screamed. She hit him again and he fell to the floor.
"Luka? Dave? Are you in here? OH MY!" Corday gasped, lost for words. Before her was a frightening scene. Luka Kovac was laying, spread-eagled on the cold hard floor and their patient, Alison, was poised over Dave Malucci with a scalpel, anger written all over her face. She immediately ran to her and took the scalpel away from her. *Not another schizophrenic,* she thought.
"Relax! Stay away from him!" She screamed at Alison.
"He wants to kill Lucy!" Alison cried. Her expression changed and she dived into Elizabeth Corday's arms, tears staining her cheeks. Corday tried hard to comfort her.
"It's all right... No one wants to hurt or kill anyone here..."
"But he does! Lucy told us all! She said that one day he would come for her!"
"This is the Lucy Nickels I've heard of?" Corday assumed. Alison looked up at her, confused.
"I guess... Remember, we have no last names... Lucy's the Doc. She told me her real name was Lucy when she was helping me."
"Look at that man there," Lizzy said, gesturing to Dave, who was still unconscious. She did as if she never seen him before.
"Yes?"
"That is the man you tried to kill."
"What? No, I tried to kill him!"
"Who?"
"Daniel Atkins!" Lucy screamed.
"In the flesh... Or not..." replied the blond man with the gun.
"Go to Hell!"
"Thanks, but I've been there already. You want to give it a shot?" he laughed, believing he was funny, "I've been trying to track you down since you ran away. But you already know that!"
"Lucy, what is he talking about?" Abby asked.
"I lied. They didn't release me. I begged for them to, I even offered them the deal that I told you they agreed to, but they, um, never actually agreed to it... I ran away. They sent him after me. A cold-blooded assassin. He goes after the... 'stray angels.' But I'm not ready to leave yet."
"Too bad..."
"WAIT! You hurt a mortal! Look!" Lucy pointed at Carter, "he needs help! You can't kill a mortal!"
"I can do what ever I want. And besides, I was aiming for you. It was his own fault he got in the way."
"Abby, go help Carter and try your phone again."
"But-"
"I can handle Dan..." she said, her tone made it clear that there was no arguing with her.
"The only way you can handle me is to let me kill you. Then, we can all get back to our happy lives," he sounded slightly sarcastic, saying the last sentence.
"Or deaths..." Lucy scowled, angrily. But her attention turned to Carter when he began to cough up blood. That's when Atkins took his chance. Lucy screamed.
"OK, what's the way to the trailer park?" Benton asked. He requested to drive the ambulance.
"Turn now. I think this should be the road..." Carol said, looking at the map. They weren't far from town, but they were already in farmland. Even when they turned down the road, they saw three stopped cars in the distance. A black Mercedes the most noticeable. As they got closer, they saw two bleeding bodies on the concrete road. One male, one female. Another woman was running back and forth between the injured male, and a fourth person, barely keeping calm. She then went over to the fourth person, a male. They recognized the woman. It was Abby. Benton speeded up the ambulance. When he got there, he saw the other male with a gun, pointing it at the bleeding female. Abby was trying to get the gun away from him.
"Carol, call the police," Mark said, stepping out of the car with Benton. She took out her cell phone and began to dial. The man with the gun looked up and laughed at them. He kept his gun firmly on the blond woman.
"Ha! You think you can stop me? This woman needs to die," he laughed. Her face was obscured by her hair and blood. She was not conscious. Neither was the bleeding male, which they realized was Carter. Benton made his way over to him while Mark tried to reason with the gunman.
"You're lucky. She isn't dead yet. This stupid one hit me when I shot and so I got her in the left shoulder. You can watch her die," he smiled.
"OK, put the gun down, we can work something out..."
"Mark you're no cop! The police are on their way," Carol said, coming up to him.
"The police!" the man laughed, "HA! You really think they can stop me? You mortals are so stupid!" he turned to the bleeding girl who was regaining consciousness slowly, "I can't believe you wanted to come back, Lucy! If you ask me, it's the stupidest thing you could ever ask for!"
"What the hell is he talking about?" Mark whispered to Carol.
"Why the hell are they so mad at her for anyway?" Abby screamed. The man turned to her, "All she wanted was to see Carter again and all she's done was help people who couldn't afford it! If you ask me, she deserves to get what she wants for once!"
"But it isn't my decision! They ordered me to bring back a run-away and I am going to do it! Say good bye to your friends, Lucy Knight," but before he could shoot her again, there was another gun fired from behind and he fell to the pavement. Behind him, they saw Dr. Corday with a gun.
"What the heck do you think you're doing?" Mark screamed. Then he saw there was a police officer with her. The gunman fell to the ground and disappeared.
"OK, this is really freaky now!" someone said.
"Dave is having difficulty breathing, Luka is unconscious and the Doc and Carter are bleeding lethally all thanks to him!" Corday said. Everyone was shocked at what she said. Even Benton looked up from treating Carter at her words, "Now I don't know what is going on here, but I know that Lucy, alias the Doc, will explain it to us! After she has recovered of course!" Lucy looked up; her face was still undistinguishable. Her eyes were tired, but grateful. They took Carter and Lucy into the ambulance and that's when they realized.
"Oh my God this isn't Lucy Nickels! It's Lucy Knight!" Mark exclaimed.
"Don't we even have a God dammed map around here?" Peter screamed.
"I'm sorry, but- did you here that?" Lizzy asked, after a scream.
"Kovac can handle it, it's probably just a patient. Peter, I think I have a road map in my car..."
"Perfect! Thanks, Mark!" Peter said, and he followed Mark and Carol out. Lizzy paused, looking back down the corridor. There was something about that scream...
Kovac put Dave on another bed and tried compressions. He put Alison on her bed. As he tried to get Dave to breath again, Alison sneaked up behind him and hit him on the head.
"Stop helping him! He's a killer!" she screamed. She hit him again and he fell to the floor.
"Luka? Dave? Are you in here? OH MY!" Corday gasped, lost for words. Before her was a frightening scene. Luka Kovac was laying, spread-eagled on the cold hard floor and their patient, Alison, was poised over Dave Malucci with a scalpel, anger written all over her face. She immediately ran to her and took the scalpel away from her. *Not another schizophrenic,* she thought.
"Relax! Stay away from him!" She screamed at Alison.
"He wants to kill Lucy!" Alison cried. Her expression changed and she dived into Elizabeth Corday's arms, tears staining her cheeks. Corday tried hard to comfort her.
"It's all right... No one wants to hurt or kill anyone here..."
"But he does! Lucy told us all! She said that one day he would come for her!"
"This is the Lucy Nickels I've heard of?" Corday assumed. Alison looked up at her, confused.
"I guess... Remember, we have no last names... Lucy's the Doc. She told me her real name was Lucy when she was helping me."
"Look at that man there," Lizzy said, gesturing to Dave, who was still unconscious. She did as if she never seen him before.
"Yes?"
"That is the man you tried to kill."
"What? No, I tried to kill him!"
"Who?"
"Daniel Atkins!" Lucy screamed.
"In the flesh... Or not..." replied the blond man with the gun.
"Go to Hell!"
"Thanks, but I've been there already. You want to give it a shot?" he laughed, believing he was funny, "I've been trying to track you down since you ran away. But you already know that!"
"Lucy, what is he talking about?" Abby asked.
"I lied. They didn't release me. I begged for them to, I even offered them the deal that I told you they agreed to, but they, um, never actually agreed to it... I ran away. They sent him after me. A cold-blooded assassin. He goes after the... 'stray angels.' But I'm not ready to leave yet."
"Too bad..."
"WAIT! You hurt a mortal! Look!" Lucy pointed at Carter, "he needs help! You can't kill a mortal!"
"I can do what ever I want. And besides, I was aiming for you. It was his own fault he got in the way."
"Abby, go help Carter and try your phone again."
"But-"
"I can handle Dan..." she said, her tone made it clear that there was no arguing with her.
"The only way you can handle me is to let me kill you. Then, we can all get back to our happy lives," he sounded slightly sarcastic, saying the last sentence.
"Or deaths..." Lucy scowled, angrily. But her attention turned to Carter when he began to cough up blood. That's when Atkins took his chance. Lucy screamed.
"OK, what's the way to the trailer park?" Benton asked. He requested to drive the ambulance.
"Turn now. I think this should be the road..." Carol said, looking at the map. They weren't far from town, but they were already in farmland. Even when they turned down the road, they saw three stopped cars in the distance. A black Mercedes the most noticeable. As they got closer, they saw two bleeding bodies on the concrete road. One male, one female. Another woman was running back and forth between the injured male, and a fourth person, barely keeping calm. She then went over to the fourth person, a male. They recognized the woman. It was Abby. Benton speeded up the ambulance. When he got there, he saw the other male with a gun, pointing it at the bleeding female. Abby was trying to get the gun away from him.
"Carol, call the police," Mark said, stepping out of the car with Benton. She took out her cell phone and began to dial. The man with the gun looked up and laughed at them. He kept his gun firmly on the blond woman.
"Ha! You think you can stop me? This woman needs to die," he laughed. Her face was obscured by her hair and blood. She was not conscious. Neither was the bleeding male, which they realized was Carter. Benton made his way over to him while Mark tried to reason with the gunman.
"You're lucky. She isn't dead yet. This stupid one hit me when I shot and so I got her in the left shoulder. You can watch her die," he smiled.
"OK, put the gun down, we can work something out..."
"Mark you're no cop! The police are on their way," Carol said, coming up to him.
"The police!" the man laughed, "HA! You really think they can stop me? You mortals are so stupid!" he turned to the bleeding girl who was regaining consciousness slowly, "I can't believe you wanted to come back, Lucy! If you ask me, it's the stupidest thing you could ever ask for!"
"What the hell is he talking about?" Mark whispered to Carol.
"Why the hell are they so mad at her for anyway?" Abby screamed. The man turned to her, "All she wanted was to see Carter again and all she's done was help people who couldn't afford it! If you ask me, she deserves to get what she wants for once!"
"But it isn't my decision! They ordered me to bring back a run-away and I am going to do it! Say good bye to your friends, Lucy Knight," but before he could shoot her again, there was another gun fired from behind and he fell to the pavement. Behind him, they saw Dr. Corday with a gun.
"What the heck do you think you're doing?" Mark screamed. Then he saw there was a police officer with her. The gunman fell to the ground and disappeared.
"OK, this is really freaky now!" someone said.
"Dave is having difficulty breathing, Luka is unconscious and the Doc and Carter are bleeding lethally all thanks to him!" Corday said. Everyone was shocked at what she said. Even Benton looked up from treating Carter at her words, "Now I don't know what is going on here, but I know that Lucy, alias the Doc, will explain it to us! After she has recovered of course!" Lucy looked up; her face was still undistinguishable. Her eyes were tired, but grateful. They took Carter and Lucy into the ambulance and that's when they realized.
"Oh my God this isn't Lucy Nickels! It's Lucy Knight!" Mark exclaimed.