Disclaimers in Prologue
Team One - Part Eight
It had been pretty easy walking from their apartment to Kinsey's even carrying automatic rifles and pistols. SG1 had brought along their black combat gear and Quinn had her own version which she wore.
After their planning session closed, Jack and Quinn had shown the others of the team the armament that Quinn had brought for them and they spent the rest of the evening getting things ready. All the weapons were checked and loaded, all the transmitters and receivers had been checked to make sure there would be no glitches in communication. Quinn had already checked and loaded her backpack with the gear to get her in the house. Then they all lay down to rest.
Approaching Kinsey's house from the alley side, all five kneeled down when they reached the corner of the fence. One guard could be seen walking in the backyard heading towards the front. He was smoking a cigarette and was easy to spot. The red tip of the it glowed like a beacon in the dark.
Quinn pointed out where she was going to get in and showed Daniel where he could stand watch.
Lights were on in the kitchen. Through the curtains, they could make out movement inside.
"We wait," whispered Jack.
"No," said Quinn. "We don't know how long whoever it is in there is going to be. It might even be Kinsey's partner. I'm going in."
"But ..."
"No Colonel. This is my call. I'm going in. It actually helps. See?"
She pointed.
She pointed and Jack could see that there were three guards outside. The guard they had originally spotted had moved out of their view, but they could see two more approaching along the side of the house from the front.
"Kinsey's meeting with someone and he doesn't want witnesses. See the balcony? Those doors lead to the upstairs hallway. That's how I'm getting in."
Indicating that Daniel should stay here, she led the rest to the other corner, where they left Teal'c. Circling the fence, they watched the guard as he crossed the left side of the house and emerged in the front. The other guard hadn't been spotted yet. He was probably on the far side.
Jack chose to stay at this corner of the house, closest to the guard shack, so Quinn led Carter around the back of the house again to the other side. The women spotted the second guard as he made his turn from the right side to the back of the house. In the quiet of the night, they heard a radio cackle and the guard speak indicating that everything was clear.
Quinn left Carter and headed back to Daniel's location.
Climbing a tree whose branches over hung the fence, she waited until all three guards were out of sight. Dropping quietly to the ground, she moved without sound through the stand of trees that were shielding her from the house until she was at the reline. There she waited and Daniel lost sight of her for a moment. The next time he spotted her, she was running across the open area and climbing up the stairs that led to a the balcony that ran the length of the back of the house. She had timed her run so that she could make it to the back of the house before the guard emerged on the side of the house from the front. He lost sight of her again when she knelt down by the double glass doors. A minute later he saw one of the doors open and shut. He waited to see if he was going to hear an alarm and when none went off, he whispered into his mic, "She's in." He heard two clicks indicating that his message had been received.
***
Quinn knelt down on the balcony and shook off her backpack. Looking inside through the sheer curtains, she didn't spot the anyone in the hallway. She checked the door to see if it was locked and wasn't surprised when it was.
Opening her pack and pulling out a small case, she took out one of the utlra thin magnet strips, slowly easing it between the double doors. Sliding it down until she came into contact with an obstruction, she paused. Then she gently wriggled it gently in between the magnet in the one door and the steel stud in the other. Once that was done, she pulled another thin strip of metal from the case. This she inserted on the magnet side. Ripping off a piece of black electrical tape, she held it in her teeth while she picked the lock on the door. With one hand holding the plain metal strip in place, her other eased open the door. She placed the tape over the piece of metal so that it was making a firm contact with the magnet in the door frame. The magnet strip held itself to the steel stud in the other door. She grabbed her pack and slipped inside, shutting the door quietly behind her.
Not knowing if whoever was downstairs would soon come upstairs, she worked as quickly as possible. Removing a small electronic device from the backpack, and a small electric screwdriver, she went to work on the keypad of the door to which she was closest. Once the front plate was off, she hooked up her device to two small terminal poles in the keypad. Turning it on, she watched numbers flash on the screen of her electronic lock pick. They quickly counted down and she soon had the combination. She hastily put the cover back on the keypad and opening the door, moved inside and quietly closed the door.
She was in the small library. Moving quickly, she went to the connecting door leading to Kinsey's office. Punching in the combination on the keypad there, she was rewarded when the indicator light went from red to green. She went in and after closing the door behind her, she entered the combination on the keypad on this side setting the system back on the library.
Going directly to the desk she ran her hands under the lip. Finding the small button she was looking for, she pushed it and part of the wall behind her silently slid out of sight. Behind was a safe and two shelves. The shelves had notebooks on them; the kind a person might use to keep a journal in. Pulling the first one down, she sat in Kinsey's chair. Taking a small pen light from her pocket, she scanned the book. Smiling to herself she said sotto voice, "I found them Colonel."
Outside SG1 heard her and they all breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"The Stargate?" asked Jack.
"Not yet. I've got to go through them. It'll take me a minute. I'll let you know."
She stood up and put it back, took down another one and thumbed through it. She managed to make it through all of the journals, before she heard someone coming up the stairs to the second floor.
"Still have three guards outside?" she asked. A double click told her there were. "Well at least I won't have to come and find you, Senator," she said to herself.
There was a pause in the steps outside the door. Quinn sat down again in Kinsey's chair and waited. She kept the last journal in her hand and she pushed the button to close up the back wall. Knowing that the Senator would notice that the security was off in this room, she hoped that he would think someone forgot to set it and not call his guards. Quinn didn't want intruders just yet.
The door opened slowly and Senator Kinsey entered the room. Switching on the overhead light, he paused.
"Commander Masters. I thought we'd cross paths again," said Kinsey casually as he walked into the room.
Quinn swiveled Kinsey's chair to face him. "Senator Kinsey. Nice place you've got here. Have a seat." She pointed to the couch opposite the desk with her pistol. "We have to talk."
***
Outside Jack put his finger on the receiver in his ear and cursed. "Damn. She planned this."
"What do you mean Colonel?" asked Carter.
Jack kept his eye on the man in the guard shack while he talked. "Remember what she said? Kinsey will never tell anyone about the Stargate."
"Yes."
"She's going to kill him."
"Sir, how can you ... Do we go in?"
Jack shook his head. "No, we wait."
"But sir ..."
"I said we wait, Captain. That's an order."
"Yes sir."
***
Kinsey sat on the couch and leaned back. "What's there to talk about?"
"Oh, this." Quinn waved one of Kinsey's journals in the air.
Kinsey paled slightly when he saw what she was holding, but he recovered fast.
"It's fascinating reading. You know Senator, you have a way with words. You should have been a writer."
Kinsey didn't respond.
She waved the book a little. "Of course, you don't know which one of your little journals this is, do you? It's the one about the Stargate. Proof that you had Major Samuels leak the Stargate information to Armin Zelig."
"You'll never get out of here," he threatened.
"Oh sure I will. But you know what I find interesting in this?"
"Wha.." Kinsey's voice cracked. He cleared his throat and tried again. "What?"
"There's several places in here where you mention your mysterious partner in crime ... the person you sold the Stargate to, but it doesn't quite read right. I mean, in your other journals you name names, but in this one you don't. It's as though someone went through this and rewrote some parts so that the name of the company you're working with isn't mentioned. Whoever did it, did a good job of it too. I don't think anyone would ever be able to tell."
Quinn dropped the journal onto the top of the desk and leaned back in her chair. She looked casual, but she was keeping a close watch on Kinsey ... his reactions to her words.
"You've been rolled Senator. You finally found someone greedier than you. They want you found out. That's why they sent $200,000 and a cryptic hint about you to Zelig. They knew Zelig would dig until he had proof it was you. Then they figured that Zelig would have to give up your name sometime and you'd be out of the picture. Any profits from the Naquadah they wouldn't have to share with you. There's no real proof, just your word if you were to turn on them. And I would imagine it's someone you've never had any dealings with before ... oh, say like a mining concern. So they felt fairly safe. After you were gone, they'd leak the story to someone else.
"But then, you knew all that, didn't you Senator? Zelig contacted you didn't he? That's why you had two of your thugs run down him down. As long as he didn't know your name, you were safe. But as soon as he did you had to get rid of him.
It's over. Who'd you sell the Stargate to Senator?"
Kinsey rearranged himself on the couch trying to look casual but failing miserably. "You'll never prove it."
"I don't have to Senator. All I need to know is that the story will never go public. You're going to tell me who you were working with and then you're going to promise me that you won't tell a soul about the Stargate. Oh, and you're going to retire from public service. In exchange, I'll let you live. If you don't want to deal with me, well then ..." Quinn showed Kinsey the Glock she had in her right hand.
"You won't shoot me."
Quinn smiled. "I wouldn't count on that, Senator. I'm still a little pissed about what you did to me and my team."
Kinsey licked his lips and his eyes twitched to the doorway. A ghost of a smile played about his mouth and was gone. "I guess it doesn't matter now. It's Consolidated Mining."
"There, that wasn't so difficult was it?" Kinsey swivelled the chair to face the door. Her pistol aimed at the person standing there. "Hello Major Samuels. I was wondering when you were going to show up. Although I wasn't real sure if it was you or Kinsey's business partner who were holding the little pow wow downstairs. Why don't you come in and join us?"
Major Samuels had pushed open the door to Kinsey's office and now just stood in the doorway. He was holding a .45. His face was pale and the hand holding the pistol shook slightly. Kinsey stood and shouted, "Kill her you fool."
***
Jack yelled, "Now! Everybody in." He ran across the street and headed for the guard shack. By the time he reached it he heard the first shot from inside the house. The guard in the shack had jumped up and grabbed the phone, but Jack reached him before he could do anything with it. The butt of Jack's MP9 connected with the guard's temple and he went down. Jack entered the shack and pushed the button that opened the gate. Carter ran through with Jack right behind her. He heard the sound of an MP9 coming from the back of the house and knew that Daniel and Teal'c had scaled the fence and had probably taken out the two guards.
A couple more shots could be heard from the interior of the house. Jack sprayed the front door with his MP9 and kicked what was left of it open. A guard was running up the stairs leading to the second floor. He turned when he heard Jack and lifted a pistol. Jack didn't hesitate. One shot to the torso and the guard was rolling down the stairs. Jack jumped over the body and headed upstairs, Carter close behind. He slowed at the top of the stairs and moved down the hallway to the open door. Then he looked in the room.
***
Major Samuels and Quinn fired simultaneously. Quinn's bullet hit Samuels in the chest. Samuels bullet hit Quinn high in the chest just below the shoulder blade of her left arm spinning her and the chair she was sitting in around. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kinsey drop to the floor. Her left arm numb, she slowly rose from the chair looking for Kinsey. Spotting him on the floor in front of the desk, she saw him rising. When he came up, he had a small .32 in his hand. She raised her pistol and fired. His pistol went off at about the same time. Quinn never saw if she hit Kinsey as his bullet tore into the right side of her head. She spun around and dropped to the floor.
Kinsey rose, clutching his left arm. Walking to where Quinn lay unmoving on the floor, he nudged her with the toe of his shoe. Quinn took a shuddering breath. Kinsey raised his .32 again. "Good bye Commander Masters."
The sound of the shot was loud in the small room as it tore into Kinsey's spine. Kinsey was pushed forward into the wall where he slid down to the floor next to Quinn. Jack rushed in followed by Carter who checked Samuels first. By that time, Jack had reached Quinn and he was checking her for a pulse. Carter left Samuels and went to Kinsey. Jack raised a questioning eyebrow and Carter shook her head. "Quinn?" she asked.
"She's got a weak pulse."
"I'll call an ambulance." Carter rose and went to the phone on Kinsey's desk. Before she could dial, she heard footsteps running up the stairs and down the hall. She raised her rifle and then dropped it when she saw it was Daniel and Teal'c. She quickly dialed 911.
Daniel and Teal'c came slowly into the room.
"Oh my god ... is she?" asked Daniel.
"She's alive. But barely."
Quinn opened her eyes. "Colonel," she smiled, "it's about time you showed up."
Jack bent over so that he could hear her better. "You didn't give us much notice."
"Kinsey?"
"He's dead. So's Samuels."
"Did you hear?" her voice was barely audible.
"Yes, I did. You did good Quinn."
"Colonel, tell the Reverend Mother ..." Quinn coughed and doubled up. Jack reached out and took one of her hands.
"Don't talk. An ambulance is on the way."
She shook her head. "No, tell the Reverend Mother that Jonathan knows where my will is."
"She's not going to need it."
"Tell her not to spend it all in one place." A ghost of a smile crossed her features and then was gone. Quinn's eyes closed.
"Quinn? Quinn! You are not going to die on me." Jack frantically checked for a pulse. Not finding one he started CPR. "Quinn!" he yelled. "Daniel, get over here and help me." Daniel ran over and knelt down. Positioning her head, he began mouth to mouth. Jack continued talking to her as he pumped on her chest trying to get her heart going again. "I am not going to go back to Colorado and tell the Reverend Mother and 17 kids that you are dead. Do you hear me Quinn? Carter, where's that damn ambulance?"
***
To be continued ...
Team One - Part Eight
It had been pretty easy walking from their apartment to Kinsey's even carrying automatic rifles and pistols. SG1 had brought along their black combat gear and Quinn had her own version which she wore.
After their planning session closed, Jack and Quinn had shown the others of the team the armament that Quinn had brought for them and they spent the rest of the evening getting things ready. All the weapons were checked and loaded, all the transmitters and receivers had been checked to make sure there would be no glitches in communication. Quinn had already checked and loaded her backpack with the gear to get her in the house. Then they all lay down to rest.
Approaching Kinsey's house from the alley side, all five kneeled down when they reached the corner of the fence. One guard could be seen walking in the backyard heading towards the front. He was smoking a cigarette and was easy to spot. The red tip of the it glowed like a beacon in the dark.
Quinn pointed out where she was going to get in and showed Daniel where he could stand watch.
Lights were on in the kitchen. Through the curtains, they could make out movement inside.
"We wait," whispered Jack.
"No," said Quinn. "We don't know how long whoever it is in there is going to be. It might even be Kinsey's partner. I'm going in."
"But ..."
"No Colonel. This is my call. I'm going in. It actually helps. See?"
She pointed.
She pointed and Jack could see that there were three guards outside. The guard they had originally spotted had moved out of their view, but they could see two more approaching along the side of the house from the front.
"Kinsey's meeting with someone and he doesn't want witnesses. See the balcony? Those doors lead to the upstairs hallway. That's how I'm getting in."
Indicating that Daniel should stay here, she led the rest to the other corner, where they left Teal'c. Circling the fence, they watched the guard as he crossed the left side of the house and emerged in the front. The other guard hadn't been spotted yet. He was probably on the far side.
Jack chose to stay at this corner of the house, closest to the guard shack, so Quinn led Carter around the back of the house again to the other side. The women spotted the second guard as he made his turn from the right side to the back of the house. In the quiet of the night, they heard a radio cackle and the guard speak indicating that everything was clear.
Quinn left Carter and headed back to Daniel's location.
Climbing a tree whose branches over hung the fence, she waited until all three guards were out of sight. Dropping quietly to the ground, she moved without sound through the stand of trees that were shielding her from the house until she was at the reline. There she waited and Daniel lost sight of her for a moment. The next time he spotted her, she was running across the open area and climbing up the stairs that led to a the balcony that ran the length of the back of the house. She had timed her run so that she could make it to the back of the house before the guard emerged on the side of the house from the front. He lost sight of her again when she knelt down by the double glass doors. A minute later he saw one of the doors open and shut. He waited to see if he was going to hear an alarm and when none went off, he whispered into his mic, "She's in." He heard two clicks indicating that his message had been received.
***
Quinn knelt down on the balcony and shook off her backpack. Looking inside through the sheer curtains, she didn't spot the anyone in the hallway. She checked the door to see if it was locked and wasn't surprised when it was.
Opening her pack and pulling out a small case, she took out one of the utlra thin magnet strips, slowly easing it between the double doors. Sliding it down until she came into contact with an obstruction, she paused. Then she gently wriggled it gently in between the magnet in the one door and the steel stud in the other. Once that was done, she pulled another thin strip of metal from the case. This she inserted on the magnet side. Ripping off a piece of black electrical tape, she held it in her teeth while she picked the lock on the door. With one hand holding the plain metal strip in place, her other eased open the door. She placed the tape over the piece of metal so that it was making a firm contact with the magnet in the door frame. The magnet strip held itself to the steel stud in the other door. She grabbed her pack and slipped inside, shutting the door quietly behind her.
Not knowing if whoever was downstairs would soon come upstairs, she worked as quickly as possible. Removing a small electronic device from the backpack, and a small electric screwdriver, she went to work on the keypad of the door to which she was closest. Once the front plate was off, she hooked up her device to two small terminal poles in the keypad. Turning it on, she watched numbers flash on the screen of her electronic lock pick. They quickly counted down and she soon had the combination. She hastily put the cover back on the keypad and opening the door, moved inside and quietly closed the door.
She was in the small library. Moving quickly, she went to the connecting door leading to Kinsey's office. Punching in the combination on the keypad there, she was rewarded when the indicator light went from red to green. She went in and after closing the door behind her, she entered the combination on the keypad on this side setting the system back on the library.
Going directly to the desk she ran her hands under the lip. Finding the small button she was looking for, she pushed it and part of the wall behind her silently slid out of sight. Behind was a safe and two shelves. The shelves had notebooks on them; the kind a person might use to keep a journal in. Pulling the first one down, she sat in Kinsey's chair. Taking a small pen light from her pocket, she scanned the book. Smiling to herself she said sotto voice, "I found them Colonel."
Outside SG1 heard her and they all breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"The Stargate?" asked Jack.
"Not yet. I've got to go through them. It'll take me a minute. I'll let you know."
She stood up and put it back, took down another one and thumbed through it. She managed to make it through all of the journals, before she heard someone coming up the stairs to the second floor.
"Still have three guards outside?" she asked. A double click told her there were. "Well at least I won't have to come and find you, Senator," she said to herself.
There was a pause in the steps outside the door. Quinn sat down again in Kinsey's chair and waited. She kept the last journal in her hand and she pushed the button to close up the back wall. Knowing that the Senator would notice that the security was off in this room, she hoped that he would think someone forgot to set it and not call his guards. Quinn didn't want intruders just yet.
The door opened slowly and Senator Kinsey entered the room. Switching on the overhead light, he paused.
"Commander Masters. I thought we'd cross paths again," said Kinsey casually as he walked into the room.
Quinn swiveled Kinsey's chair to face him. "Senator Kinsey. Nice place you've got here. Have a seat." She pointed to the couch opposite the desk with her pistol. "We have to talk."
***
Outside Jack put his finger on the receiver in his ear and cursed. "Damn. She planned this."
"What do you mean Colonel?" asked Carter.
Jack kept his eye on the man in the guard shack while he talked. "Remember what she said? Kinsey will never tell anyone about the Stargate."
"Yes."
"She's going to kill him."
"Sir, how can you ... Do we go in?"
Jack shook his head. "No, we wait."
"But sir ..."
"I said we wait, Captain. That's an order."
"Yes sir."
***
Kinsey sat on the couch and leaned back. "What's there to talk about?"
"Oh, this." Quinn waved one of Kinsey's journals in the air.
Kinsey paled slightly when he saw what she was holding, but he recovered fast.
"It's fascinating reading. You know Senator, you have a way with words. You should have been a writer."
Kinsey didn't respond.
She waved the book a little. "Of course, you don't know which one of your little journals this is, do you? It's the one about the Stargate. Proof that you had Major Samuels leak the Stargate information to Armin Zelig."
"You'll never get out of here," he threatened.
"Oh sure I will. But you know what I find interesting in this?"
"Wha.." Kinsey's voice cracked. He cleared his throat and tried again. "What?"
"There's several places in here where you mention your mysterious partner in crime ... the person you sold the Stargate to, but it doesn't quite read right. I mean, in your other journals you name names, but in this one you don't. It's as though someone went through this and rewrote some parts so that the name of the company you're working with isn't mentioned. Whoever did it, did a good job of it too. I don't think anyone would ever be able to tell."
Quinn dropped the journal onto the top of the desk and leaned back in her chair. She looked casual, but she was keeping a close watch on Kinsey ... his reactions to her words.
"You've been rolled Senator. You finally found someone greedier than you. They want you found out. That's why they sent $200,000 and a cryptic hint about you to Zelig. They knew Zelig would dig until he had proof it was you. Then they figured that Zelig would have to give up your name sometime and you'd be out of the picture. Any profits from the Naquadah they wouldn't have to share with you. There's no real proof, just your word if you were to turn on them. And I would imagine it's someone you've never had any dealings with before ... oh, say like a mining concern. So they felt fairly safe. After you were gone, they'd leak the story to someone else.
"But then, you knew all that, didn't you Senator? Zelig contacted you didn't he? That's why you had two of your thugs run down him down. As long as he didn't know your name, you were safe. But as soon as he did you had to get rid of him.
It's over. Who'd you sell the Stargate to Senator?"
Kinsey rearranged himself on the couch trying to look casual but failing miserably. "You'll never prove it."
"I don't have to Senator. All I need to know is that the story will never go public. You're going to tell me who you were working with and then you're going to promise me that you won't tell a soul about the Stargate. Oh, and you're going to retire from public service. In exchange, I'll let you live. If you don't want to deal with me, well then ..." Quinn showed Kinsey the Glock she had in her right hand.
"You won't shoot me."
Quinn smiled. "I wouldn't count on that, Senator. I'm still a little pissed about what you did to me and my team."
Kinsey licked his lips and his eyes twitched to the doorway. A ghost of a smile played about his mouth and was gone. "I guess it doesn't matter now. It's Consolidated Mining."
"There, that wasn't so difficult was it?" Kinsey swivelled the chair to face the door. Her pistol aimed at the person standing there. "Hello Major Samuels. I was wondering when you were going to show up. Although I wasn't real sure if it was you or Kinsey's business partner who were holding the little pow wow downstairs. Why don't you come in and join us?"
Major Samuels had pushed open the door to Kinsey's office and now just stood in the doorway. He was holding a .45. His face was pale and the hand holding the pistol shook slightly. Kinsey stood and shouted, "Kill her you fool."
***
Jack yelled, "Now! Everybody in." He ran across the street and headed for the guard shack. By the time he reached it he heard the first shot from inside the house. The guard in the shack had jumped up and grabbed the phone, but Jack reached him before he could do anything with it. The butt of Jack's MP9 connected with the guard's temple and he went down. Jack entered the shack and pushed the button that opened the gate. Carter ran through with Jack right behind her. He heard the sound of an MP9 coming from the back of the house and knew that Daniel and Teal'c had scaled the fence and had probably taken out the two guards.
A couple more shots could be heard from the interior of the house. Jack sprayed the front door with his MP9 and kicked what was left of it open. A guard was running up the stairs leading to the second floor. He turned when he heard Jack and lifted a pistol. Jack didn't hesitate. One shot to the torso and the guard was rolling down the stairs. Jack jumped over the body and headed upstairs, Carter close behind. He slowed at the top of the stairs and moved down the hallway to the open door. Then he looked in the room.
***
Major Samuels and Quinn fired simultaneously. Quinn's bullet hit Samuels in the chest. Samuels bullet hit Quinn high in the chest just below the shoulder blade of her left arm spinning her and the chair she was sitting in around. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kinsey drop to the floor. Her left arm numb, she slowly rose from the chair looking for Kinsey. Spotting him on the floor in front of the desk, she saw him rising. When he came up, he had a small .32 in his hand. She raised her pistol and fired. His pistol went off at about the same time. Quinn never saw if she hit Kinsey as his bullet tore into the right side of her head. She spun around and dropped to the floor.
Kinsey rose, clutching his left arm. Walking to where Quinn lay unmoving on the floor, he nudged her with the toe of his shoe. Quinn took a shuddering breath. Kinsey raised his .32 again. "Good bye Commander Masters."
The sound of the shot was loud in the small room as it tore into Kinsey's spine. Kinsey was pushed forward into the wall where he slid down to the floor next to Quinn. Jack rushed in followed by Carter who checked Samuels first. By that time, Jack had reached Quinn and he was checking her for a pulse. Carter left Samuels and went to Kinsey. Jack raised a questioning eyebrow and Carter shook her head. "Quinn?" she asked.
"She's got a weak pulse."
"I'll call an ambulance." Carter rose and went to the phone on Kinsey's desk. Before she could dial, she heard footsteps running up the stairs and down the hall. She raised her rifle and then dropped it when she saw it was Daniel and Teal'c. She quickly dialed 911.
Daniel and Teal'c came slowly into the room.
"Oh my god ... is she?" asked Daniel.
"She's alive. But barely."
Quinn opened her eyes. "Colonel," she smiled, "it's about time you showed up."
Jack bent over so that he could hear her better. "You didn't give us much notice."
"Kinsey?"
"He's dead. So's Samuels."
"Did you hear?" her voice was barely audible.
"Yes, I did. You did good Quinn."
"Colonel, tell the Reverend Mother ..." Quinn coughed and doubled up. Jack reached out and took one of her hands.
"Don't talk. An ambulance is on the way."
She shook her head. "No, tell the Reverend Mother that Jonathan knows where my will is."
"She's not going to need it."
"Tell her not to spend it all in one place." A ghost of a smile crossed her features and then was gone. Quinn's eyes closed.
"Quinn? Quinn! You are not going to die on me." Jack frantically checked for a pulse. Not finding one he started CPR. "Quinn!" he yelled. "Daniel, get over here and help me." Daniel ran over and knelt down. Positioning her head, he began mouth to mouth. Jack continued talking to her as he pumped on her chest trying to get her heart going again. "I am not going to go back to Colorado and tell the Reverend Mother and 17 kids that you are dead. Do you hear me Quinn? Carter, where's that damn ambulance?"
***
To be continued ...