Chapter 92- Nina's Fury

Kevin pressed his coat to Sam's abdomen while Mac went down to the basement.

Sam's eyes closed.

"S-Sam…" Alexis called out. "Sam…."

Felicia rose and swayed a little. She held pressure to the stab wound on her shoulder.

"Wait until the ambulance comes," Kevin said. "You need to sit down."

"I'm going upstairs to look for Frankie," Felicia said.

Kevin tilted his head towards the doorway. "I don't think you need to."

"No… no… no! We're not going back in there!" Esme wailed and pulled away from Frisco. When she put her left foot down, her leg gave out and she dropped to the ground with Ace.

Two ambulances and two police cars drove up the lawn.

Frisco bent down to help Esme. She looked up at Kevin and screamed. She made to run, but her leg gave out again. She cradled Ace and the backpack in her arms and tried to slide backwards on her butt instead. "No… no…."

"Frankie, Frankie…." Felicia rushed out and knelt beside her. She wrapped her good arm around her and kissed the top of her head. "It's okay, sweetheart. It's Kevin. You're safe now. What happened to your leg?"

Paramedics jumped out of the ambulance.

"Sam needs help first," Felicia instructed. "Her injury is the most severe. Alexis is barely awake. And my daughter has hurt her leg. She also has a little baby." She looked down at Ace and stroked his hair.

Dante got out of one of the police cars and hurried over to Sam. "Sam… what happened?"

The paramedics dispersed between Sam, Alexis, Felicia, Esme, and Nelle while the police searched the house.

GHGHGH

Mac gaped around the basement at the bodies of Bobbie Spencer, Shiloh, Julian Jerome, and Ryan Chamberlain.

"HELP!"

He glanced up at Carly screaming on the table. He hurried over and pulled off her binds.

"I'm in labour," she cried. "Help me, Mac."

"We need some help down here!" he called upstairs.

A paramedic, Jordan, and Chase came down.

"What the—" Chase stared around the room.

The paramedic went over to Carly.

Mac joined Jordan and Chase. "I promised Felicia I would look for Esme and Ace."

"They're outside," Jordan said. "Felicia is with them now."

Carly screamed as she pushed. Soon they heard a newborn crying.

"It's a boy!" the paramedic said. "Can someone hold him?"

Chase took the baby.

"Sonny…" Carly gasped.

"We need to investigate," Jordan said. "We're not here to help deliver babies.

Carly screamed again and they heard more cries.

"It's a girl!" The paramedic handed the second baby to Jordan.

"Carly," Carly said softly. She pushed again until they heard the final baby cry.

"It's a girl!" the paramedic said again.

"What?" Carly scoffed. "I was told two boys and a girl. His name was going to be Jason. It was very poetic. Jason can't be a girl."

"Sorry, ma'am," the paramedic said. "Definitely a girl. I'll get a stretcher for you."

GHGHGH

Nina jumped off the elevator and joined Lucas, Michael, and Willow when Patrick came out to speak to them.

"I know this is scary, but this is actually very normal with Wiley's condition," Patrick explained. "He will probably continue to have dizzy spells and seizures for the short term."

"So, it's not because Nelle wasn't caring for him properly?" Michael asked.

"I'm not saying she was or wasn't caring for him properly, I really don't know," Patrick said. "But she didn't bring on these side effects. This is a result of the bullet that was lodged in his brain. I'm going to keep him overnight, then we'll re-evaluate after another brain scan. He's very sleepy, but you can visit him."

Nina rubbed Willow's back. "I know he has a long road ahead of him, but I'm sure he'll pull through this."

The elevator doors opened and the paramedics wheeled in an unconscious Nelle.

Nina gasped and rushed over. "What happened?"

Patrick came over and checked Nelle over.

"The patient is suffering from a bullet to the left side of her chest," the paramedic said.

"What?" Nina squeezed her hand. "Nelle, honey, it's okay. I'm here. Your mother is here. You're going to pull through this."

"Nina, we need to get her into surgery," Patrick said, and he wheeled her off.

Nina's hand went over her mouth. "Who would do this to her?"

Michael and Willow exchanged a look, then went into Wiley's room.

Lucas cleared his throat. "Nina, Nelle isn't the victim here."

Nina clenched her teeth. "Then what is she doing lying there with a bullet to her chest and being wheeled into surgery for?"

"Nina, she stabbed Sam in the stomach and tried to attack me too," Lucas said.

"It must've been self-defense."

GHGHGH

Maxie held Georgie's hand and smiled when she opened her eyes. "Hey, Georgie. How are you feeling?"

"Better."

"Good," Maxie said. "They have you on an IV and gave you a glucose infusion."

"I'm really glad you're here, Maxie," Georgie said.

"Me too. I don't know where Mom and Mac are. Dad just said they're out and he asked me to come sit with you. But they need to be here."

GHGHGH

Kristina and Molly paced back and forth in the waiting room. The elevator doors opened. Sam was wheeled in on a stretcher while Alexis was pushed in a wheelchair. Dante followed in behind them.

Terry came over to check over Sam.

"Mom, Sam…." Molly said.

"What happened?" Kristina asked.

"Nelle," Alexis rasped.

Kristina gasped. "Nelle?"

"Yes, Nelle held Esme, Ace, and Carly captive," Dante explained. "She stabbed Sam and Felicia, and kidnapped Alexis."

The elevator opened again. A paramedic pushed Esme and Ace out in a wheelchair. Felicia followed behind.

"You should be in a wheelchair too, ma'am," the paramedic said.

"I'm fine," Felicia said, her shoulder wrapped in gauze. "Just focus on my daughter."

"Aunt Felicia… Esme… are you okay?" Robin came over to them. "I can take you to a room." She led them to a room. "Esme, can you hop on this bed, with the paramedic's help? I can take Ace for a minute."

"I don't want to let go of Ace…" Esme said.

"It'll just be for a moment, sweetie," Felicia said. "He won't be going anywhere."

Robin took Ace, while the paramedic helped Esme onto the bed. She screeched in pain. The paramedic left.

"I heard there was some crazy stuff going on tonight," Robin said, placing Ace on Esme's lap. "What exactly happened?"

"I jumped out of the bedroom window with Ace," Esme said. "Well, technically I tried to climb out, but then we just dropped. I landed on my left leg first."

Felicia shook her head and reached for her hand. "I'm so glad you're okay."

"And how about you, Aunt Felicia?" Robin asked. "I need to look at your shoulder."

"I'm fine," Felicia said. "I want you to help Esme's leg first."

"Aunt Felicia, you're bleeding. It looks worse than her leg."

"Esme can barely walk."

"I will order an x-ray for her," Robin said. "But I need to look at your shoulder."

"Okay, fine." Felicia pulled the gauze off her shoulder.

Robin pulled out a kit and began cleaning it. "Okay, good news is it doesn't look like a deep cut. It looked worse than it is. You're still going to need stitches though. I'll ask Elizabeth to come and do that for you and I'll go order Esme's x-rays."

Felicia smiled at her. "Thank you, sweetie.

"I'll check on you both in a bit." Robin left.

Felicia walked over and tucked some of Esme's hair behind her ear. "Are you okay, sweetie?"

Esme shrugged.

"Listen, I really want to talk about this, but will you and Ace be okay while I go check on Georgie?" Felicia asked. "Frisco told me he brought her to the hospital because she fainted."

Esme's breathing sped up and tears streamed down her face. "Don't leave me, Mommy. Please don't leave me."

"Oh, Frankie…." Felicia hugged her with her good arm. "It's okay, I'm not going to leave you."

GHGHGH

Nina couldn't sit still while she waited for word on Nelle. She browsed through her phone and stopped when she found a news article about the incident. She skimmed through it and stopped when she read, "PCPD's chief of detectives Mac Scorpio arrived on the scene and shot Nelle Benson to the ground."

The elevator dinged and Mac hopped out. He went right over to the nurse's desk. "Can you please tell me where Felicia Scorpio, Georgie Jones, and Esme Prince are?"

"You did this… you did it." Nina stomped over and punched him in the face. "You shot my daughter!"