Chapter 3 - THE ESCAPE FROM ROOM 604"Are you insane?" Reese whispered, pulling back slightly. "I'm a hospital nurse! I have a life, a job, an apartment!"
"If you stay here, they will target you too," Ethan argued, his grip on her wrist firm but gentle. "You foiled their hit. Vance saw your face. The Fenris Syndicate leaves no witnesses, Reese. Your apartment is already compromised."
Before Reese could respond, the red emergency phone on the wall began to flash.
Ethan picked it up, pressing it to his ear. "Talk to me, Knox."
"Boss! We have a problem!" Knox, Ethan’s second-in-command, shouted over radio static. "Four blacked-out SUVs just pulled into the hospital parking garage! They're cutting the building's main power grid in thirty seconds!"
CLICK.
THUMP.
The fluorescent lights overhead instantly died!
The hospital plunged into pitch-black darkness, illuminated only by the faint red glow of the backup emergency exit signs!
WAAAH! WAAAH! WAAAH!
The secondary emergency alarms began to blare down the hallway!
Eli gasped, hugging his father’s waist in terror. "Daddy!"
"I've got you, Eli," Ethan said calmly. He ripped off his heart monitor leads, swung his legs over the side of the bed, and stood up. He wincing slightly as his chest muscles strained, but his military training took over instantly.
He grabbed a heavy tactical jacket from the closet, slipping his arms through, then pulled a suppressed 9mm pistol from beneath his mattress.
Reese stared at him in disbelief. "You keep a gun under your hospital mattress?!"
"I keep three," Ethan replied smoothly. He grabbed a second pistol from his bag and held it out to her, handle-first. "Do you know how to shoot?"
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"My father was a combat medic," Reese said, taking the weapon with a steady hand. "I know how."
Ethan’s lips curved into a faint, dark smirk. "Good girl. Follow my lead, keep Eli between us, and don't stop moving."
