Chapter 19: Take No Prisoners
Work the next day was predictably boring. Origami became the prominent activity. A little before quitting time, Bobby answered his cell phone, and then declared that he had to go out and meet with a snitch that said he had important information. Strangely enough Myles went with him. In a while Dimitrius got a call from his wife. He hung up as the clock declared that they could go home. He started out, but was stopped by Sue asking, "Why was Donna calling?"
"She was reminding me that if I don't leave now, I won't get home by dinner." D told her.
"Then I guess you should be going." Sue said with a smile. D grinned to himself as he headed out to his car. I wasn't lying, I just wasn't telling everything. D thought. Donna had been calling to remind him that if he didn't leave now, he would late for dinner. But she was also calling to tell him that dinner would actually be a half an hour later so he didn't actually have to leave. Now he planned on going where Bobby and Myles were.
Jack woke the next morning, and breathed a sigh of relief. He had been dreaming that he was back in the black desert. He was very glad to have woken up. Just before when he knew was quitting time at work, the doctor entered to check on him. By this time, Jack had figured out what was bugging him.
"I thought only three people were allowed in ICU at a time." Jack said, laying the groundwork for his trap.
"There were only three people allowed in at a time." The doctor told him.
"Sue was there the whole time." Jack pointed out.
"How would you know how many people were in your room?" The doctor asked giving Jack a disgusted look.
"We told him." Bobby said, entering the room followed closely by Myles. Ordinarily Bobby wouldn't have brought him, but Myles had seen that the call from the snitch had been a fake and maneuvered Bobby into a corner. Bobby didn't mind too much. One more person to give this guy what he deserved was good.
"You have some explaining to do." Myles said, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"You guys aren't going to have a party without me now, are you?" Dimitrius asked, entering the room.
"Naw." Bobby answered. "Come and join the fun."
"Answer the question." Jack said, glaring at the doctor.
"Well, she's not really, uh, um…you know. Not really a person. Not like you and me. She's…" He shrugged, figuring they understood and agreed. He couldn't have been more wrong.
"She is to a person, and she's exactly like you and me!" Jack exploded, sitting up. "She can do anything you or I can, and more. Plus she can do more than half the stuff we can do better than we can do it. The only thing she can't do is hear. That doesn't make her not a person." The doctor went ashen and hurried over to the bed.
"Please Mr. Hudson." He whimpered. "You must be careful." Jack laid back as Bobby grabbed the doctor by the front of his shirt.
"Whenever she comes in, I expect you to treat her like you would anyone else." Bobby growled.
"Or you could just treat her with more respect than anyone to make sure we don't have a reason to come back here and do this again." Myles said.
"And even better, you could treat everyone like they're normal and avoid any embarrassing scenes." Dimitrius added. The doctor nodded meekly and Bobby released him.
"Well, I've got to get going. Donna's expecting me home for dinner." D said. "See you later Jack."
"See ya D." Jack said as D left. When D left the doctor slunk out after him, like he was hoping that they wouldn't notice him leaving, but they just let him go. They had delivered their message.
I would have just loved to have them bash his face in, but seeing as they're federal employees, they would have gotten into a lot of trouble for that.
Trecebo: LOL! I know how you feel.
Nicole: It doesn't show up, but they get started on the way.
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