CHAPTER 10

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Miss Parker ran up to Jarod, hitting the sweeper so hard he staggered backwards. "Bastard,"she snarled, kneeing him in his stomach. The sweeper doubled over in pain. Another hit of Miss Parker's elbows in his back, made the sweeper collapse at the floor.

"Miss Parker! What are you doing?" Jarod asked shocked. Miss Parker could hear the fear in his voice, but she knew she was doing the right thing. What the consequences would be, she didn't let herself think about.

"I can't let them take you back! I can't lose you Jarod!" Miss Parker said, desperately trying to get the handcuffs off him. She had almost managed when she suddenly heard a gunshot; she felt a fiery pain in her right thigh. With a scream she collapsed at the floor, clutching her wound. Miss Parker heard Jarod scream her name, but almost immediately more gunshots were fired. Miss Parker could swear she heard Lyle's voice. But she wasn't sure since the pain in her leg made it hard to focus.

After what she thought was an eternity, the room became silent. She managed to get into a sitting position, leaning against her elbow. She looked around, the two sweepers were lying on the floor, and so was Mr Raines. Miss Parker gasped, shocked. Raines was dead? Who killed him? Suddenly she felt someone lifting her up. She let out a loud moan as her gunshot injury sent waves of pain through her leg.

"It's alright Parker, Jarod is alright too..." The person said softly as he carried Miss Parker up the stairs.

"Lyle?"

"Yes, it's me...I'm sorry I didn't come earlier. I understood Raines were going here as he said they had a lead on Jarod. I'm sorry, does it hurt much?"

"I'll live... Where's Jarod?"

"He's just getting something to take care of your wound with. I know how much he means to you. I really do that now... I understand why you saved him," Lyle explained.

Lyle slowly and carefully put her down at her bed. Miss Parker whimpered and a few tears escaped her eyes.

Just then, Jarod entered the room. He gave Miss Parker a sad look.

"So how is my hero doing?" he smiled a little. He still couldn't believe Miss Parker risked her life to save him. It was something he'd never expected to see her do.

He walked up to the bed and waited until Lyle had helped Miss Parker to a half sitting position. Then he gave her a glass of water and a painkiller. With a weak smile she took it and swallowed it. Then she handed the glass back to Jarod and slid down onto her back again.

"I have been better," Miss Parker said.

"I need to take off your pants," Jarod said in a low voice.

"Just do it..."

With a sad look at Miss Parker, he unzipped her pants. Miss Parker inhaled sharply as they slid over her wound.

Lyle took her hand and squeezed it tightly, doing his best to support her.

"Miss Parker, the bullet hardly hit you, this is just a flesh wound," Jarod stated.

"What?" Miss Parker whispered. "It sure as hell felt like it did," she added.

Jarod smiled. "You are going to be just fine. I just need to stitch it up!"

"You? Are you sure you can do that?"

"Parker, I'm a pretender. I can do anything," Jarod smirked.

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TBC.

AN/ Sorry this chapter was so short. But as I said before, it makes it easier for me to update like this, since I don't have so much time to write, and I guess you didn't want to wait for too long, to find out what happened!