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She closed her eyes and tears rolled down her cheeks as she tried to look anywhere but towards the syringe she knew was coming.
Oh God guys, please hurry. She thought miserably,
"It's ready."
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She couldn't handle this, she couldn't just sit still and let them control what was going to happen to her and her daughter. So, she began to struggle, hard against her restraints.
The woman let out an enraged snarl, and grabbed something out of her pocket,
"NO!" The guy yelled as the woman made a move towards Jules with the knife. The man grabbed her hands right as she made it about 6 inches from Jules's chest, and Jules let out the breath she'd been holding.
"Do you want the goddamn baby or not?" The man growled, and the woman's eyes cleared slightly,
"Give her the shot."
Jules protested into the duct tape, something along the lines of,
No, no, please!
But, was it really to her captors or to someone else?
Please, if this happens, please let Sadie be alright.
She felt the sharp sting and let out a cry of terror and despair.
The Team
For them to get a mile away, felt like ions to Sam, and he barely fought the urge to rush Ed and Sarge to let them begin the chase.
We're coming Jules. You just hang on. He thought anxiously.
"Boss! That's a mile!" Spike announced, and they pulled out almost immediately, no orders needed. They tailed the car, separating slightly to dampen the intimidating feeling that the SUVs could emanate when they were traveling in their straight line down the road.
"The van's stopped!" Spike said, as they took a turn off road.
"Where Spike?" Ed asked, beside Sam.
"Boss, turn right here. Into the woods." Spike said, sounding bewildered, until they saw the small nearly inconspicuous dirt path.
They moved quickly but carefully thought the woods,
"About 50 more feet," Spike informed them,
"Let's stop here, go on foot." Ed said, and they pulled over.
They moved quickly, suiting up with the equipment.
"Stick to hand signals for now." Ed ordered,
"How are we moving in, Ed?" Wordy asked quietly, and Ed gave out the instructions. They'd be coming in from all sides, to surround them and to avoid any chances at escape.
"Wordy, would you mind staying behind, just in case…" He swallowed, "In case they've followed through with their plan to use Pitocin. EMS won't be able to navigate the forest path, clear out the back..."
Wordy nodded solemnly, "You got it."
Sam felt like he could be sick. But, didn't let it over whelm him, Jules and Sadie needed him right now.
They ran to positions, but still navigated so that hand signals could be used effectively…
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Jules
"Give her more." Kirsten ordered, Jules simply closed her eyes, and tears rolled down her cheeks, as he upped the dosage through the IV.
I'm so sorry, Sadie.
It hurt. It was like a stabbing pain that could overwhelm anybody, as the first contraction hit. At least, that's what she was pretty sure it was…she had not gone through this before. She gave a small scream as it hit its peak then slowly vanished, but left her with a painful feeling of breathlessness.
There was a bang, "KIRSTEN HATHAWAY, AND JACK MICHAELSON OPEN THE DOOR NOW, HANDS IN THE AIR!"
A stab of relief pierced her heart, and made tears prick at her eyes when she heard Ed's voice outside the door.
"The gun, the gun, where's the gun!?" Kirsten searched frantically, and Jules hoped to God that she wouldn't find it, and for the first time that day it seemed her prayers were heard, and Sam and Ed yanked the doors of the back of the van open, they were both there MP5s up and ready.
"Hands in the air!" Ed ordered,
"NOW!" Sam growled loudly. Scanning, Jules's body with his eyes. Sam's tone scared even Jack and they tentatively did as he said, then it hit Jules again, that deep cramping pain and she let out a pained cry, and small sob broke through her body. The pause between had only been about 5 minutes.
"Out of the car, on the ground now!" Ed ordered as the rest of the team joined them at the back of the car.
It was hard to admit it, but Jules actually felt somewhat embarrassed at her current predicament. Being tied down, and helpless, but it was long gone and forgotten when once again, the contraction hit it's peak and she cried out in pain.
Sam was suddenly there at her side, with Ed and Ed pulled the IV out of her arm as Sam worked at her binds until she was free. He wrapped his arms around her and picked her up bridal style. The rest of the team watched their backs as Sam moved out of the back of the van, then they closed around him, and while he was holding Jules in a protective bundle against his chest, they moved back towards the trucks. Three quarters of the way there, she let out a small sob,
"Sssshhh, baby, you're gonna be okay." Sam spoke softly so only she could here.
"Oh my God." She choked.
"Wordy! How far away is EMS!?" Sarge asked,
"15 Minutes at the least." Wordy said,
"Son of a bitch," Sarge replied.
The Team
"Sarge." Wordy said, quietly, "I can help. I was there with Shelley for all three of our daughters."
A small pang of reality hit Sam. Sadie was coming now, and there was no stopping her.
Right now, his daughter and his wife's lives laid in their hands…
And they were about to perform an emergency delivery.