Chapter 43
Kate walked to Tegan's room and tried to open the door. Weird, it's stuck... She tried again... it didn't budge. "Dr Morgan, Sara's in there she.." said a nurse. "WHAT? Sara's in there? Call security... call Alex he's in the conference room" she said and jogged over to the video feed screen at the nurses station. "Who the fuck is that?" she screamed looking at the man next to Tegan's bed. "I... uh... I just assumed it's Dr Brown... the specialist from San Francisco you had..." the nurse trailed off. "Well it's not... shit!" screamed Kate banging her palms on the counter.
Alex, Charles and 4 security guards came running towards the nurses station followed by Emy. "Kate... what's going on..." said Alex sounding panicked. "Sara is in there, somebody's with her... the door is locked" said Kate. Emy was hanging onto the counter looking shaken. "Sara's in there, oh God... Sara!" she whimpered. A nurse rubbed her back. With that Erin came limping in... "Erin... oh my God Erin" said Alex as he threw his arms around her. "You're okay, are you hurt... Erin..." Erin simply tore herself out of Alex's grip and headed for Tegan's room. She tried to open the door and screamed "I've got to get in there!" Alex ripped her away as nurse held up a phone. "Alex... it's the man in Tegan's room" she said looking pale. Alex ran over and grabbed the phone, Charles pressed the speaker phone button. "What... what do you want... don't hurt them... we'll give you whatever you want" he panted. "Firstly, I want Erin in here... now. Send her in and nobody gets hurt. The rest of you stay outside... if you try any funny shit I'll send Tegan into cardiac arrest so fast your head will spin. Evacuate the rest of the CCU... do it and I'll give you further instructions" said Jake. They heard the phone click. "I'm going in" said Erin determined. "You're not going anywhere" said Alex holding her. "Erin, no, don't go in there please" pleaded Kate. "I'm going... he'll kill Tegan... and then he'll kill Sara if I don't. I'm going..." she said. One of the guards pulled off his bullet proof vest and handed it to her. She grabbed it and pulled it on. Alex had tears rolling down his cheeks. "Please Erin... don't do this" he pleaded. "I'll be okay... it's the only way. Just do what he says" said Erin calmly as the guard clipped the vest in place. Kate started ordering the evacuation, the one other patient in CCU was already being wheeled out by medical personel. Erin turned to Alex. "I love you. I'll be out soon..." she whispered and swallowed hard. She walked to the door and opened it. "This changes everything, I'm calling the SWOT team" said Charles. Alex was losing it. "No... I can't believe I let her go in there" he wailed. "Alex, calm down... she needs you calm" said Kate hugging her brother.
Erin closed the door and held her hands in the air. Jake was standing with a gun in one hand pointed at her chest. His other hand had his thumb on the plunger of the syringe. "Sara, against the wall over there... Erin, take that IV stand and knock down the camera" he said. Erin took the IV stand and did as instructed. "Now close the blinds" he instructed. Erin again did as told. "Okay get next to your friend" he said. He picked up the phone and dialed the nurses station. "I want a helicopter... on the roof... the medevac one will do just fine. Fueled up. Then I want you to transfer the money... do it now. I'll give you five minutes... don't try anything funny or all three gets it."
"Why... why are you doing this? We'll give you what you want... just please... don't..." Sara got cut of by an irate Jake. "Why... fuck you Quin... you and your fucking lesbo sister... you want to know why?" Jake had a crazed look in his eyes. It was clear he was emotionally unstable. He seemed more and more like a madman. "I... I had the perfect girl... she was perfect... she was my everything... we had it all... I had a fucking awesome job... and I had an amazing fiance... And then, one day she told me about this band she liked "Tegan and Sara" ... at first I didn't think anything of it... but as time went by she became almost obsessed with you... she was watching you fuckers on YouTube the whole day... Tweeting you... listening to your fucking aweful music all day... she had a folder with hundeds of photos of you... And then... one day... she told me that she didn't love me... that she wanted out of the engagement... I didn't understand why... then she told me she was gay... she was a fucking lesbo just like you... only... she wasn't ... I knew her... she wasn't ... she was confused... she wasn't gay... you two made her gay! You took her away from me! and then... " Sara tried to interject. "shut up and let me finish... I lost my job because all I did was try and get her back... and my life sucks now..." he screamed. Sara breathed heavily "and Susan?" she asked carefully. "Susan's just a toy, a means to an end... I would not have been able to pull this off whithout her but oh well... I guess that's the end for us" he smiled. "I... I'm sorry about what happened... but... It doesn't work that way... you can't turn somebody gay..." said Sara softly. "The fuck you can't!" screamed Jake, spit bubbling from the sides of his mouth. He was crying and shaking. "I'm... I'm sorry" said Sara. "You will pay..." said Jake as he turned to Tegan. He put his thumb back on the plunger. "No... nooo please... if you kill her there's no way they're letting you go... please think about it... they will kill you" said Sara petrified. "Yeah well, maybe that's not such a bad thing." he said looking dejected. His thumb still hovered over the plunger. The phone rang and he jumped to answer it.