Survival: Live or Die
Chapter 9
By: Kary G.
Erica pushed the button and began to speak hoping to be heard by Walker and Alex. "Walker? Alex? Can you guys hear me?" Erica began to throw questions at them, and pause just a moment to see her friends' reaction through the monitor.
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Walker and Alex stopped dead in their tracks and stare one another. "Erica?" Alex spoke out loud.
'Alex…thank god you can hear me. I'm inside Roger's office. Jimmy is here with me. We'll explain later, just follow my instructions. I'm going to get you out of there. Let's see if I can contact Sydney and Gage…' Erica bit her lower lip to stop her voice from breaking, and kept talking...her finger still on the button, with her free hand she pushed another button and began to talk with Sydney and Gage.
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'Sydney? Gage?' Erica spoke for the second time.
"Where are you Erica?" Gage questioned.
'I'll explain later…just follow my instructions. Once you guys get here we'll call for help…just follow my instructions' Erica tried to control her breathing when she noticed Gage and Sydney with the kids on their arms. She wanted to scream, but she also needed to be calm.
Finally, the three rangers and the D.A. followed Erica's voice. Jimmy stayed hid, and at the same time trying to see that Roger didn't return to his office.
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"I see the door Erica," Sydney told her friend. Sydney ran to open the door just as Walker and Alex found the junior rangers along the way.
"Angela!" Alex panicked running to Gage's side to hold her daughter. Alex wept silently holding her daughter close. Walker embraced both of his girls. Sydney pushed back her tears, and began to talk with Alex.
"Alex, I want you and Erica to take care of the kids, and call for help. I know is hard doing what I'm telling you to do, but if you want Angela to be ok…you'll need to do what I'm telling you," Alex nodded and wipe the tears from her face.
Walker took Max, and Gage took Sienna from Syd's arms. Sydney opened the door and hurried to Erica's side.
"Max!" Erica ran to check on her son. Sydney asked Alex to call for help. The female ranger turned around and stop dead in her tracks. The color from her face drained to see what was happening in front of her. Sydney had to act quickly; she looked around the room until she found some weapons. She tossed one at Gage.
"Erica! Help Alex to call for help," She walked out of Roger's office and open the doors that lead to the patio where Roger was with her kids. Sydney held up her gun. "Son of a bitch, you're going to die!"
"Hello Ranger," His smile became bigger when he noticed the gun that Syd was pointing at him. "You seemed a little cranky. Which means you didn't have a lot of fun in that labyrinth. Did you?" He laughed so hard that made Sydney shiver inside.
"Let the kids go!" Gage yelled at Roger joining Sydney.
"No. Because, if I let your kids go, I'll be going straight to jail…and that's not going to happen. Now, is it?" Matthew started to fuss in Roger's arms and started to call for mommy, which made Sydney mad. "Oh, don't cry….my pets hate when their food cry," Roger told Matthew.
The alligators started to come near Roger demanding their food. "Let them go Roger!" Sydney spoke pointing her gun, ready to shot.
"Ok," Roger said to the female ranger letting Matthew slipped from his arm, just as the alligator opened his jaws.