My Time of Dying
Chapter 7
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Jack had been following Booth's SUV for ten minutes. He had been at such a distance he hoped would not be visible to Booth's sniper vision. They were approaching the hospital and he still didn't have a plan. The highway would end soon and he wanted to keep the drama away from the city and as far as he could from the hospital.
"Oh well. Will have to use the chopper as a blockade," he muttered speeding up so he could set down at the end of the highway.
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Booth had been watching Hodgins' chopper since it had broke the horizon. He had turned up the music so Angela could not hear its approach. No need to worry her unnecessarily.
They were nearing the hospital. The signs were counting down the kilometers for him. All he could think of was getting to the woman he loved. I was the home stretch now.
Suddenly he watched the chopper creep closer and closer. 'He is going to throw a spanner in works' he thought. Booth pulled his gun from the holster, a move that didn't go unnoticed by Angela.
"Whoa. Don't shoot me. She will never forgive you if you shoot me." She murmured, hoping not to startle him into doing something stupid.
The noise from the chopper could no longer be kept disguised by the music. Angela's eyes flicked to the mirror to see the source. "Oh Jack," she sighed as the chopper went over their head.
Out of the corner of her eye she caught Booth's movements. His gun was pointed directly at her fiancé. She twisted her body at a most awkward angle, considering her hands were still cuffed to the 'Oh Fudge' handles.
"No," she screeched, trying to get the gun off him with her feet.
She managed to knock him unconscious with a kick to the head as he pulled the trigger. The trajectory of the bullet changed and now Angela had a nice 9mm hole in her stomach.
Jack had landed in front of them but with Booth's unconscious foot on the accelerator there was no stopping them now.
"Jack, move you Gumby," Angela whispered as the SVU headed straight for and through the chopper.
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Zach and Janice pulled up at the Doctors surgery and almost fell out of the little brown ford in their hurry to get to Sam and 'Lynda'.
The door swung open and revealed Sammy. "Mum, you're here."
"Sammy, I'm so glad. Are you ok?" Janice sobbed gripping his face searching for any sign of injury or fatigue.
"I'm fine mum, but I'm not sure bout Lyndy."
He took her hand and led them over to the bed with Temperance lying on it. She was deathly pale and convulsing. Dr. Renoly was getting a sedative out of his drawer, while Zach checked her pulse and the baby's heart rate.
"Dr, the baby is in distress. You need to get it out now!" he looked around, "Where is your sterile equipment?" Zach asked.
"Top shelf, cabinet to your left." He administered the sedative and her shakes were subsiding slowly.
With a laden glance to Sam, Zach got the sterile equipment out of the cabinet and set them up on the tray while Sam moved his mother out to the waiting room.
Dr. Renoly strapped her down on the bed and washed up quickly but thoroughly. He handed a needle to Zach. "Give her this. You a doctor?"
"PhD, not MD. Anthropology."
"Means you know your anatomy. I am going to need your assistance. Hopefully we can save them both."
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Jack had hoped out of the chopper expecting Booth to at least slow down, but when he couldn't see anyone at the drivers seat and only Angela's hands still tied to the handles, with the car still hurtling in his direction, fight or flight response kicks in. He jumped into the median strip hands over his head praying for Angela's life.
When the screech, the crumples, bangs, and all the noise stopped, he rose and raced over to the car. His life was nothing if he couldn't share it with Angela.
There was blood everywhere. It was difficult to figure out who it was from, until he noticed it still pumping out of the wound in Angela's stomach.
With a strength he knew he would never feel again, he ripped the 'oh fudge' handles from the vehicle and carried Angela to the side of the road. Clear of the wreckage.
"911. What's your emergency?"
"I have a SUV and helicopter crash on the highway outside… I don't know when I am. But my fiancé has a bullet wound in her stomach… We are about 6km outside Scared Heart Hospital… Hurry Please. There is also a man trapped in the SUV… No I don't know if he is alive… Jack Hodgins…Look Lady I know this is your job but what can I do to help Angela." Although his voice was steady, tears dripped down his face and onto Angela's dark curls.
That future he was planning was now in the hands of fate.
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"It's a girl. She's not breathing." Zach stated.
"Never a good sign, keep trying. I am almost done here…. Oh sh$&… Janice ring Scared Heart Number is on the desk. We need emergency services here ASAP. She's hemorrhaging! I need help in here!!!" Dr Renoly yelled frantically.
Sam raced in, "What can I do?"
"Come here and hold this." He instructed, "and maybe ring and warn the morgue." He muttered under his breath.
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AN: Sorry its short. Needed to get it out and keep the pace.