While the teachers were trying to get the kids inside, Francis and the other guards ignored the agreement to stay on the perimeter of the school grounds. They hopped the fence, making sure they had eyes on on all the kids. Rick and Jackson radioed in that they had eyes on the boys. Francis had seen Alyssa duck around the backside of the playground and out of sight.
He ran to go get Alyssa, but didn't find her by the playground. He heard rustling on the other side of the fence and went to check it out.
He caught a glimpse of Garrett's backside and Alyssa being carried away.
"Stop right there," Francis said, drawing his weapon.
Before Francis could react any further, Garrett drew his weapon and fired, while maintaining a hold of Alyssa with the other hand.
The bullet hit Francis in the gut. Alyssa took advantage of the opportunity to scream.
Francis fell to the ground as Garrett continued to take off with Alyssa.
Francis managed to radio Jackson his location and that Garrett had Alyssa before passing out.
Jackson found Francis and was calling for an ambulance.
Lorenzo who had been across the street trying to get an update from the cops and school officials when the ambulances showed up.
He saw Rick talking with one of the cops. He tried to convince the cop to let him through the barricade.
"I can't let you through," the officer said.
"Why is my niece's guard for her children talking to your other officers?" Lorenzo asked as Rick went with the paramedics, including Sage, across the courtyard.
"I don't know," the officer said, "You'll just have to wait."
"Is there someone from the school I can talk to?" Lorenzo replied, "I just want to know if my nephews and niece are accounted for."
"I'll take it from here," Principal Schultz said.
"What is going on?" Lorenzo asked.
"We got a tip about a potential gunman on the premises during recess," Principal Schultz said, "We put the school on lockdown and were trying to get all the kids inside. We can account for all the kids except Alyssa."
"I can only account for two of the three guards," Lorenzo said.
"Some of the students saw Alyssa head to the back side of the playground," Principal Schultz said when the paramedics came rushing back with Francis on the stretcher. Jackson and Rick were running behind.
"Oh my god," Lorenzo said as Sage rushed by with the gurney.
"Sage what happened?" Lorenzo said.
"You'll have to ask Jackson and Rick," Sage said, "We have to get Francis to the hospital now."
"Garrett took Alyssa," Jackson said to Lorenzo as they approached him.
General Hospital
Monica was looking over Kellie's initial labs when Kim entered her office.
"You wanted to see me," Kim said.
"We've got some of Kellie's bloodwork back," Monica said, handing Kim the results. Kim looked them over.
"Her hcg hormones are elevated," Kim said, flipping to another page, "Her thyroid screening tests came back normal. Did her records from California come in yet?"
"No," Monica said, "We're still waiting on those."
"Her tubes are tied making pregnancy impossible and her thyroid function is normal," Kim said, "Then we may be looking at…."
"Ovarian Cancer," Monica said, grimly.
"She's young for it," Kim said, "But it will mimic pregnancy symptoms like she described. How soon can we get that ultrasound to confirm."
"Not soon enough," Monica said, "We have no idea when we can get her in for it. It's been a madhouse today. "
"Do you want to come tell Kellie and Jason with me?" Kim asked.
Monica took a deep breath, "Let's go."
Monica and Kim made their way to Kellie's hospital room.
Monica was surprised when they entered the room and found Michael with Kellie instead of Jason.
"Did Jason go to the cafeteria and vending machines?" Monica asked.
"No, he's looking for Carly," Kellie said.
"We think Ryan Chamberlain took her," Michael said.
"Of course," Monica muttered under her breath.
"What's going on?" Kellie asked.
"We got some of your blood work back," Kim said, "Your hcg hormones are elevated. That's the hormone that would usually be elevated when a woman is pregnant."
"That's good news then," Michael started to say when he saw Kellie shaking her head.
"After Alyssa was born, Tyler and I decided we didn't want any more kids," Kellie said, "Since I'd already had my birth control medications messed with once by Carlos years ago, I opted to…"
"If you can't get pregnant…." Michael said.
"We look for other causes for Kellie's illness and the elevated hcg hormone," Monica said, "We looked at an issue with her thyroid, but all those tests came back normal."
"Which leaves us with one other alternative," Kim said, "But we'll need the ultrasound to confirm it."
"no…." Kellie said, understanding starting to dawn on her.
"I'm sorry, but we have to consider Ovarian Cancer," Kim said.
"How soon can we get Kellie an ultrasound?" Michael said.
"We've been trying to get a rush on Kellie's," Monica said, "But it's not doing any good."
"We'll do everything we can," Kim said, "Including getting you started on a treatment plan as soon as possible. Given that this type of cancer is aggressive and usually in the advanced stages when it's diagnosis, time is crucial."
"I understand," Kellie said, stunned and fighting tears.
"You're going to fight this," Michael said, "We'll get whatever specialists you need."
"How am I supposed to put my kids through this again?" Kellie said, her tears falling, "They already lost their father, Michael, and now…"
Monica and Kim silently moved out of the room, giving Kellie time and space to process.
"It's good thing you don't know the meaning of the phrase, "Don't fight,"" Michael said.
"Michael," Kellie said, "That particular cancer has really bad odds."
"You've fought worse odds," Michael said, "You're going to beat this. Now do you want to call Jason?"
"Let's let him focus on finding Carly," Kellie said, "And wait until I have the ultrasound to call him."
"Are you sure?" Michael asked.
Kellie nodded as her phone rang. She answered, seeing as it was Lorenzo.
"Are you sitting down?" Lorenzo asked, "And is any one with you?"
"Why?" Kellie asked, "And Michael is with me."
"What about Jason?" Lorenzo asked.
"Trying to find Carly who Ryan Chamberlain probably kidnapped," Kellie replied, "Since you were headed to the school to check on the kids, I assume something is wrong."
"There's no easy way to say this," Lorenzo said, "But Garrett has Alyssa."