Chapter 12 – He's Baaaack!
They let Michael go back into the room and he sat with her until she fell asleep.
In the hallway, going unnoticed, a janitor made a call. "Boss, they lied. She's not dead. She can't talk yet. But, she's definitely awake."
"Damn. I can't believe you botched this up."
"I'm sorry. I injected the amount per your instructions."
Jerry threw the phone. I'm going to have to go finish this myself. He grabbed a disguise and made his way to the hospital.
John had already arrived. He wanted to check on Liz and see what her status was. He looked in the room and saw Michael sitting there asleep. He chatted with the guard next to the room and went back to the nurse's station. He told Epiphany about the news conference and keeping Liz's status under wraps.
Jerry climbed the stairs to the 3rd floor disguised as a janitor. He had another person on another floor start a fire in one of the conference rooms. He heard the alarms go off and smiled to himself. It was perfect timing. He hid in a closet until he didn't hear anyone running around and made his way towards Liz's room. The guard had run off to check on the fire. Only Michael stood between him and Liz.
Lulu and Maxie turned the corner to see Jerry. Maxie covered her mouth to keep from gasping and Lulu pulled her backwards and motioned for her to stay quiet. She could tell that Liz wasn't dead. They didn't understand what was going on.
Jerry walked up behind Michael and took his gun and hit him in the back of the head. As he sunk to the floor, Jerry stepped over him and made his way towards Liz. She opened her eyes just as he got to the side of the bed. Lulu called John and told him to get to Liz's room. But, she knew she would have to do something.
"Ah, my precious Baby's Breath. You're supposed to be dead." He said pulling out the syringe. Liz's eyes got really big. He turned her arm and prepared to inject her with a lethal dose. Just at that moment, Lulu walked into the room.
Jerry jerked his head up. "Screw you Lulu. Well, this is a nice surprise."
Maxie walked up behind her.
"You too?" He smiled. "It will be my added pleasure to deal with you both when I'm done."
Lulu knew she had to buy time. "Why are you doing this?"
"That's none of your concern. Shouldn't you be off painting your nails or gossiping somewhere?"
Lulu rolled her eyes. "Shouldn't you be in jail rotting somewhere?"
"Your big mouth always seems to get you in trouble. Perhaps you'd like a taste of this." He said dropping Liz's arm. He turned and walked towards Lulu. She could see John in the corner of her eye and backed up into Maxie.
John ran past her into the room and yelled, "Freeze" Jerry glanced up for a second and the backed up towards Liz.
"You don't want to do that detective."
"I think I do. Now back off."
Jerry started laughing and then dramatically bought the needle down towards Elizabeth as John fired his weapon. Jerry looked stunned. He turned and looked into John's eyes. "I can't believe you shot me."
"Believe it." He said still keeping his gun trained on Jerry.
Jerry slumped to the floor. A guard ran into the room and kicked Jerry's gun away and stood over him. John checked on Michael who was still lying on the floor unconscious and then he assured Liz that Michael was fine. Lulu snapped out of her shock and dove onto the floor by Michael's side and tried to wake him. Epiphany ran into the room and gasped.
"What the hell is going on in here?"
"Help Michael, please." Lulu pleaded.
Epiphany called for two orderlies who maneuvered Michael onto a gurney.
John called Anna.
"We got him."
"What!"
"Long story, but he came back to finish the job."
"Is Elizabeth alright?"
"Yeah, we got to her on time. Jerry is dead."
"Thank God. Make sure this time. Don't let his body out of your sight."
John chuckled. "You got it."
Lulu waited for Michael to get put in a room and went in and sat down. She didn't want him to be alone. Maxie had gone home. She had no idea where Carly was but she sent her a text. She was shocked when she got an answer back that said she was on her way.
Staring down at Michael, who was lying there so peacefully, she remembered when he had gotten shot in the head and how it had affected him. She hoped that Jerry hadn't done anything to permanently hurt him. She wiped a tear away. Michael had been through so much. He didn't deserve this. A few minutes later, Carly came running into the room. She paused when she saw him just lying there so still but then slowly walked towards the bed.
"He's alright Carly. It's just a concussion."
Lulu got up to let her sit down. Carly started to cry and Lulu put her hand on her shoulder.
"How long has he been like this?" She asked softly as she touched Michael's hand.
"A few hours."
"I came as quickly as I could."
"It's not your fault Carly." But Carly shook her head. Jerry was involved. She knew it was her fault.
"You can go Lulu. It's okay. We'll be fine."
"I'm not leaving you Carly. You shouldn't be alone."
"I'm not alone. I have Michael."
Lulu turned to go. She decided to go sit with Elizabeth for a while.