Carter cried out, falling back against the wall. He held the gash on
his shoulder. The bullet had grazed his shoulder, leaving a deep wound.
Blood slicked his fingers, and he bit his lip from crying out again. Abby
stared at him in concern. Jim pointed the gun at her and told her to sit.
She slowly sat down.
Jim glared at Carter, satisfied that he had made his point to him.
Abby stared across the room at Carter. He bit his lower lip, his eyes closed tightly as he held onto his wound, the arm of his scrub top red with blood. He opened his eyes, immediately finding Abby's. He tried to smile at her, but it came out more like a wince. He didn't want her to worry.he'd live.it just hurt like hell. -----
Nearly three hours later, everyone was getting even more worried. The police had attempted quite a few more times to enter in, or talk Jim out, but none had succeeded. They didn't want to run the risk of killing anyone.
Abby glanced outside. It was dark by now. She could spot through the window, what looked like news vans, and helicopters flew around. If he wanted attention, he sure got it.
Carter's head pounded, he could barely see straight. His wound had stopped bleeding as much, but it still hurt him, and his loss of blood had made him a little lightheaded.
Susan's eyes felt heavy. She was tired.but she wouldn't sleep.her stomach growled. Abby looked at her. "I'm hungry too."
Jim glanced over at them. "What?"
Abby looked up. "Nothing."
Jim walked over to them. "What were you talking about." "Are you writing a book?"
Susan shot at him. He made a face at her, he was not amused. "I was just telling her that I was hungry. That's all."
Jim looked around. "Well, we can't exactly order pizza now can we. Deal with it."
He walked back to the counter. Abby rolled her eyes. It's not like she suspected him to actually do something about it. She sighed, leaning her head back against the wall, studying the specks on the ceiling.
The phone rang, yet again. Susan rolled her eyes. "He's not going to answer it, why do they keep calling?"
Jim looked around, figuring he'd humor them, he picked up the phone. "What?" "Sir, look, we don't want anyone to get hurt. As we have said, if you just let everyone out, I promise we can work out some kind of a deal. We have the district attorney here, she's promised to make a deal. Sir, you won't win here.just let everyone out."
Jim looked around the room at the restless, almost hopeless people. "Alright, here's what's going to happen. One at a time, I will let one person out. Every so often. It could be ten minutes, it could be another hour till you get another person out. If anything funny happens, or you make a move, then I'm shooting everyone else in here. This is what I want from you. When I come out of here. You do nothing. You don't cuff me, you don't read me my rights, nothing. I walk by." "Sir, we.we can't agree to that." "Then I guess I'll go ahead and shoot someone now.make my point." "No.no.okay.you have a deal." "Promise?" ".Yes." "Alright then."
Jim hung up the phone and walked around the room. Everyone looked at him intently. Jim looked at everyone. "You."
He pointed to the little girl, Amy. "You go out first. No one else MOVES. Got it?!"
Everyone fell silent. Amy looked at Carter with a worried look in her eyes. Carter nodded to her. "It'll be okay."
She stood up slowly, glancing from Carter to Jim. Jim held out his hand for her. "Okay, come on."
She walked towards the ambulance bay doors, shivering when he touched her back to scoot her along. He stopped by the doors as she walked to the doors. She tugged on them. They were locked. Jim didn't take another step towards them. He turned to Abby. "You, come unlock these."
Abby sighed, she tried pushing herself up with her good arm, but stumbled a little. Susan got up instead. "Hey, I didn't ask you." "Well, you got me. Deal with it."
She walked to the door and gently touched Amy on the top of her head. "You'll be okay."
She opened the doors and Amy looked up at her before walking out. Once outside she ran into the arms of her waiting parents, crying. Susan shut the door. She couldn't help but have a small smile on her face. One down. Ten to go.
She walked back to where Abby sat, giving Jim a dirty look as she passed. Susan sat down, looking towards the doors. She was surprised that the police had been true to their word and not taken a step towards the doors. Good for them.
An hour later, Susan, Randi, Abby, Gallant, Carter, and one patient remained. "Alright, who's going next?"
They all looked at each other. Susan motioned for the last patient to stand up. He looked at her, unsure. His eyes darted around the room. Jim walked over to him. "You, get up."
He did as he was told. Jim pushed him towards the door. "Go!"
He ran towards the doors and burst through them. He ran outside, looking for his family or his friends.whoever was there to greet him. Carter sighed. He somehow felt a bit of an ease that the patients were all out of harms way.the rest of them could be a different story.
Jim sat on the counter. He found the remote for the TV and turned it on. He flipped channels until he found the news station. "Hey look. I'm on TV."
Susan rolled her eyes. Randi scoffed. "Woo hoo for you."
He made a face at her. "Okay, you leave. You're annoying."
Randi stood up, looking at her friends. "You don't have to tell me twice."
She gave them an encouraging smile, knowing it would all be over soon. The police would never let him walk. Never.right?
She made her way outside. The lights blaring in her eyes. "Okay, I need some major time off."
Was the first thing she said when she saw Kerry standing there. Kerry didn't respond. She nodded to Randi and looked intently at the ambulance bay doors, praying for the best.
Snipers set up outside. On the roof, behind ambulances, nearly out of sight in the dark of the night. News vans crowded around, trying to get the closest they could to the police line. The patients who had been in the hospital sat with their families, talking to police.
Inside, the remaining four started to get a little hopeful, but they knew anything could happen. Jim looked around the room. "You."
He pointed to Gallant. "You go next."
Gallant looked at Carter, then to Susan and Abby. "Let them go first."
He said, nodding to Abby and Susan. Jim looked at him. He looked to Abby and Susan. He debated if he was going to yell at Gallant, but figured it wouldn't do much. "Fine. You three will go out together. One by one."
Abby looked at Carter. Jim followed her eyes to Carter. "You'll stay here and go last. Now you three get out."
Gallant stood up and walked over to help Susan and Abby up. Abby looked past Gallant to Carter. She didn't want to leave him.especially alone with Jim. Carter looked at her. 'Go' He mouthed, giving her an encouraging smile.
She frowned and turned to leave. Jim pushed them toward the doors. Susan went first, followed by Abby, then Gallant. Jim watched them go, then turned back to Carter. "Looks like its just me and you."
Carter stood up, wincing at the pain in his arm. "Sure."
Jim looked at him before looking up at the TV. "Alright, Doctor. You'll go out with me, to make sure nothing happens, in front of me."
Carter nodded as he slowly walked toward the door. Jim followed him, gun in hand. He glanced back. "Wait."
Jim said as they were about to step through the door.
Outside the snipers radioed back to their commander that they were all in place, ready to take down Jim as soon as Carter cleared.
Carter turned to Jim. "What?"
Jim stared at the TV. Two newscasters were talking about the situation. "It was rumored that the police are going to just let him walk out of there." "Well, they may have said that so he would let the hostages go. The police would NEVER let him go, he is a threat to the public, obviously. They probably have ten, maybe twenty people ready to take him down."
Jim narrowed his eyes. He turned to Carter and grabbed him, pushing the gun against his temple. Carter winced, shutting his eyes for a second, his breath increased, his heart pounding against his chest. Jim glared outside. He raised his voice. "You all thin you are SO smart! I got one of 'em! You won't take me down before I kill him!"
Abby stepped quickly towards the hospital, tears filling in her eyes. She watched Carter. The police grabbed her. "You need to stay back miss." "He.you have to stop him!" "We're doing everything we can miss." "You CAN'T LET HIM KILL HIM!!"
Tears freely streamed down her face. She had always been so emotionally shut to everyone.not now.she didn't care about that now.
Carter's eyes darted around, trying to find Abby. He just wanted to see her.see her before he died. His eyes finally fixed on her, the lights from a car shone around her.he couldn't help but think that she looked like an angel.
Jim cocked his gun. "Say goodbye to your friends, Doctor."
The officer in charge radioed to the snipers. "Take him. Take him now." "Sir, We don't have a clear shot." "Take it as soon as you get it!"
Abby watched Carter. She shut her eyes, praying he would be safe.Her eyes flew open when she heard a gunshot.
Jim glared at Carter, satisfied that he had made his point to him.
Abby stared across the room at Carter. He bit his lower lip, his eyes closed tightly as he held onto his wound, the arm of his scrub top red with blood. He opened his eyes, immediately finding Abby's. He tried to smile at her, but it came out more like a wince. He didn't want her to worry.he'd live.it just hurt like hell. -----
Nearly three hours later, everyone was getting even more worried. The police had attempted quite a few more times to enter in, or talk Jim out, but none had succeeded. They didn't want to run the risk of killing anyone.
Abby glanced outside. It was dark by now. She could spot through the window, what looked like news vans, and helicopters flew around. If he wanted attention, he sure got it.
Carter's head pounded, he could barely see straight. His wound had stopped bleeding as much, but it still hurt him, and his loss of blood had made him a little lightheaded.
Susan's eyes felt heavy. She was tired.but she wouldn't sleep.her stomach growled. Abby looked at her. "I'm hungry too."
Jim glanced over at them. "What?"
Abby looked up. "Nothing."
Jim walked over to them. "What were you talking about." "Are you writing a book?"
Susan shot at him. He made a face at her, he was not amused. "I was just telling her that I was hungry. That's all."
Jim looked around. "Well, we can't exactly order pizza now can we. Deal with it."
He walked back to the counter. Abby rolled her eyes. It's not like she suspected him to actually do something about it. She sighed, leaning her head back against the wall, studying the specks on the ceiling.
The phone rang, yet again. Susan rolled her eyes. "He's not going to answer it, why do they keep calling?"
Jim looked around, figuring he'd humor them, he picked up the phone. "What?" "Sir, look, we don't want anyone to get hurt. As we have said, if you just let everyone out, I promise we can work out some kind of a deal. We have the district attorney here, she's promised to make a deal. Sir, you won't win here.just let everyone out."
Jim looked around the room at the restless, almost hopeless people. "Alright, here's what's going to happen. One at a time, I will let one person out. Every so often. It could be ten minutes, it could be another hour till you get another person out. If anything funny happens, or you make a move, then I'm shooting everyone else in here. This is what I want from you. When I come out of here. You do nothing. You don't cuff me, you don't read me my rights, nothing. I walk by." "Sir, we.we can't agree to that." "Then I guess I'll go ahead and shoot someone now.make my point." "No.no.okay.you have a deal." "Promise?" ".Yes." "Alright then."
Jim hung up the phone and walked around the room. Everyone looked at him intently. Jim looked at everyone. "You."
He pointed to the little girl, Amy. "You go out first. No one else MOVES. Got it?!"
Everyone fell silent. Amy looked at Carter with a worried look in her eyes. Carter nodded to her. "It'll be okay."
She stood up slowly, glancing from Carter to Jim. Jim held out his hand for her. "Okay, come on."
She walked towards the ambulance bay doors, shivering when he touched her back to scoot her along. He stopped by the doors as she walked to the doors. She tugged on them. They were locked. Jim didn't take another step towards them. He turned to Abby. "You, come unlock these."
Abby sighed, she tried pushing herself up with her good arm, but stumbled a little. Susan got up instead. "Hey, I didn't ask you." "Well, you got me. Deal with it."
She walked to the door and gently touched Amy on the top of her head. "You'll be okay."
She opened the doors and Amy looked up at her before walking out. Once outside she ran into the arms of her waiting parents, crying. Susan shut the door. She couldn't help but have a small smile on her face. One down. Ten to go.
She walked back to where Abby sat, giving Jim a dirty look as she passed. Susan sat down, looking towards the doors. She was surprised that the police had been true to their word and not taken a step towards the doors. Good for them.
An hour later, Susan, Randi, Abby, Gallant, Carter, and one patient remained. "Alright, who's going next?"
They all looked at each other. Susan motioned for the last patient to stand up. He looked at her, unsure. His eyes darted around the room. Jim walked over to him. "You, get up."
He did as he was told. Jim pushed him towards the door. "Go!"
He ran towards the doors and burst through them. He ran outside, looking for his family or his friends.whoever was there to greet him. Carter sighed. He somehow felt a bit of an ease that the patients were all out of harms way.the rest of them could be a different story.
Jim sat on the counter. He found the remote for the TV and turned it on. He flipped channels until he found the news station. "Hey look. I'm on TV."
Susan rolled her eyes. Randi scoffed. "Woo hoo for you."
He made a face at her. "Okay, you leave. You're annoying."
Randi stood up, looking at her friends. "You don't have to tell me twice."
She gave them an encouraging smile, knowing it would all be over soon. The police would never let him walk. Never.right?
She made her way outside. The lights blaring in her eyes. "Okay, I need some major time off."
Was the first thing she said when she saw Kerry standing there. Kerry didn't respond. She nodded to Randi and looked intently at the ambulance bay doors, praying for the best.
Snipers set up outside. On the roof, behind ambulances, nearly out of sight in the dark of the night. News vans crowded around, trying to get the closest they could to the police line. The patients who had been in the hospital sat with their families, talking to police.
Inside, the remaining four started to get a little hopeful, but they knew anything could happen. Jim looked around the room. "You."
He pointed to Gallant. "You go next."
Gallant looked at Carter, then to Susan and Abby. "Let them go first."
He said, nodding to Abby and Susan. Jim looked at him. He looked to Abby and Susan. He debated if he was going to yell at Gallant, but figured it wouldn't do much. "Fine. You three will go out together. One by one."
Abby looked at Carter. Jim followed her eyes to Carter. "You'll stay here and go last. Now you three get out."
Gallant stood up and walked over to help Susan and Abby up. Abby looked past Gallant to Carter. She didn't want to leave him.especially alone with Jim. Carter looked at her. 'Go' He mouthed, giving her an encouraging smile.
She frowned and turned to leave. Jim pushed them toward the doors. Susan went first, followed by Abby, then Gallant. Jim watched them go, then turned back to Carter. "Looks like its just me and you."
Carter stood up, wincing at the pain in his arm. "Sure."
Jim looked at him before looking up at the TV. "Alright, Doctor. You'll go out with me, to make sure nothing happens, in front of me."
Carter nodded as he slowly walked toward the door. Jim followed him, gun in hand. He glanced back. "Wait."
Jim said as they were about to step through the door.
Outside the snipers radioed back to their commander that they were all in place, ready to take down Jim as soon as Carter cleared.
Carter turned to Jim. "What?"
Jim stared at the TV. Two newscasters were talking about the situation. "It was rumored that the police are going to just let him walk out of there." "Well, they may have said that so he would let the hostages go. The police would NEVER let him go, he is a threat to the public, obviously. They probably have ten, maybe twenty people ready to take him down."
Jim narrowed his eyes. He turned to Carter and grabbed him, pushing the gun against his temple. Carter winced, shutting his eyes for a second, his breath increased, his heart pounding against his chest. Jim glared outside. He raised his voice. "You all thin you are SO smart! I got one of 'em! You won't take me down before I kill him!"
Abby stepped quickly towards the hospital, tears filling in her eyes. She watched Carter. The police grabbed her. "You need to stay back miss." "He.you have to stop him!" "We're doing everything we can miss." "You CAN'T LET HIM KILL HIM!!"
Tears freely streamed down her face. She had always been so emotionally shut to everyone.not now.she didn't care about that now.
Carter's eyes darted around, trying to find Abby. He just wanted to see her.see her before he died. His eyes finally fixed on her, the lights from a car shone around her.he couldn't help but think that she looked like an angel.
Jim cocked his gun. "Say goodbye to your friends, Doctor."
The officer in charge radioed to the snipers. "Take him. Take him now." "Sir, We don't have a clear shot." "Take it as soon as you get it!"
Abby watched Carter. She shut her eyes, praying he would be safe.Her eyes flew open when she heard a gunshot.