35. Kept promise?

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They had reached New Orleans in the middle of the night. Steering the boat near the harbor, they saw the safe zone that was made out of several vessels and cruise ships. It was rather normal to hear the chatter and laughter of people surviving there but they needed to find a place to hide for the time being. Their mission was to observe and find out if it was safe to come there.

Staying at a hotel near the harbor they had their eyes on the blooming safe zone and on day 3 they hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary.

But on day 5.. They heard the gun shots fired from one the vessels and they saw armed people running away and shooting at the civilians that had fired. It was rather puzzling to witness, not sure what was going on, so Commander Slattery took a trip to the vessel and what the civilians told him was terrible. Apparently the armed group had tried to infect them with the virus. Horrified of what they had found out, it seemed that the armed group called themselves the Immunes and thought they were the selected to rise from the ashes of the deadly virus.

A couple of days later the armed group was back, this time with reinforcements and they knew they had to stop them. So they had been standing together with the civilians as there was shots fired back and forth.

"Green. Report back to Chandler. I'm gonna make some new friends." Slattery had said to him as he then "switched" sides.

"But sir.." He looked at Commander Slattery not sure if he had heard him right.

"This Immune nonsense goes way up to the top. We need an inside man." Slattery said firmly.

He nodded and Slattery left them as they were retreating the heavy fire to inside the ship. Luckily the Immunes stopped shooting at them for the time being, but they wouldn't be safe for long. He just hoped Slattery knew what he was doing.

Once inside the ship his eyes glanced at a young woman. He looked straight into her eyes and he recognized the look. The familiar eyes he had seen before.

They were approaching the island, Commander Garnett had ordered almost everyone unnecessary on the ship back to the island. He had heard the gun shot and wondered what was going on, but his focus was on the survivors. A lot of them were just children so he didn't want to alert them by charging to find out about what was happening. But he had seen Garnett's face. What ever it was, it was big.

As they reached the island there was quite a lot of people waiting for them but he kept searching for one in particular.

And there he was, sitting on the beach taking a sip of his water.

He gave a helping hand to the survivors and the particular young woman he had seen in New Orleans. He helped her to sit on the narrow pier on a crate. Because of her obvious round belly, she shouldn't strain herself too much. It had already been a rough journey from New Orleans.

As he turned around he saw Kara coming towards him. He smiled. Her round belly had gotten bigger too. "Hi" He placed his hand on her cheek and kissed her quickly. "We missed you." She said as he broke off the gentle kiss. Nodding to her, he glanced at the man on the beach.

"I need to take care of something. It won't take long." He then said and she gave way for him.

"Good to have you back. I've been boring your wife with all my nonsense." He heard the man as he got up and stood in front of him.

"Somehow I don't think you are boring." He had an amused look as he met Tex's gaze.

"So how's the world out there?" Tex asked and glanced at the new group of survivors on the pier.

"Tex. I found her." He said with a more serious tone and met Tex's eyes as he looked shocked at his words.

"Kat?" Tex was surprised and in disbelief that his only daughter would be alive.

They walked towards the young woman who was still sitting by the pier. He noticed Tex stare at the young woman and stop in his steps. Looking at Tex, he wondered what was wrong.

"That's not Kat." Tex gave a look at him and the young woman heard their conversation.

"What? She said her name was.." Danny began telling and he was interrupted by the young woman.

"I lied." She said embarrassed and he was already blaming himself because he had just given false hope to a man. That he had found his daughter after all.

"Why did you lie?" He said a little too much anger in his voice as he met the woman's eyes, noticing that she was scared. Remembering how it was he that had asked if her name was Kat Nolan. Rookie mistake, he thought.

"I needed to be safe." She explained and placed her hand on her very round belly.

"We would have taken care of you without the lying." He stated with a firm voice.

"Well I heard you guys talking about the Nathan James." She added and glanced towards the ships in the distance.

"My name is Samantha Albright and I.." She began telling, but Tex continued with a soft and caring voice "And you look just like your mother."

"You know her?" He was puzzled.

"How old are you?" Tex asked giving the young woman a soft smile.

"19, will be 20 in may." She looked strangely at Tex.

"Was Charlene Albright your mother?" Tex continued.

"Yes."

"Well Green. You kept your promise after all. Instead of Kat, you found a daughter I never knew I had." Tex explained and looked pretty shocked after this revelation. He had just found out that he was a father to this young woman and would soon be a grandfather. So he hadn't been wrong about the eyes, the young blond woman had her father's eyes.

"Your Kenneth Nolan?" She gave a look at Tex.

"Yeah. Your mother and I.. We were briefly together all those years ago.." Tex said and from the sound of his voice he heard that it was painful to think about Samantha's mother.

But as they were on the pier the young woman quickly began holding her belly more and making a sound that alerted him to the fact that she might be in labor.

"Is that The Nathan James?" She asked as she began to focus on her breathing to endure the pain.

"Yes, but why do you ask?" He wondered. But then it hit him. "When is your due date?"

"I'm over my due date." She said and he began telling back the months. The Nathan James sailed in June last year and if she was over her due date.. The baby was probably conceived just before the Nathan James left to the Arctic. But by whom?

"Cruz! Go get Dr. Scott and hurry." He alerted him and Cruz gave him a look. "Did she say her name is Samantha Albright?" Cruz whispered to him and he eyed the man. How'd he knew about her?

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