They’re hoping to travel here soon but we’re working for them until they can reach the States and start proceedings. I’ll only need a quick visit and a word with her physician to clarify her injuries.’
The nurse nodded and glanced at her screen.
‘Level Three, Doctor Hazeem Reyen is the duty physician. He’ll inform you of everything you need to know.’
Angela flashed the nurse a bright smile of gratitude and made her way to the elevators. Within moments she was travelling up to the third floor, the elevator humming as she held her card in one hand and waited patiently for the elevator to reach its destination.
The doors opened onto the third floor and Angela followed the signs to the private wards as she sought out some sign of Doctor Reyen. She spotted a Middle Eastern looking man near the reception desk and hurried over.
‘Doctor Reyen?’ she asked.
Hazeem Reyen turned to the attractive blonde in the smart suit and shook her hand, responding to Angela as men always did, surprised and delighted at her attention. Angela smiled back as the doctor introduced himself and she informed him of what she required.
‘Of course,’ Reyen replied, ‘Miss Lopez is in room five. I’ll show you there now.’
Doctor Reyen led the way to the ward and as he reached room five he glanced back at Angela.
‘I didn’t realize that there was any valid insurance claim for Miss Lopez’s family? She survived the shooting and should make a full recovery, given time.’
‘They’re looking into legal action against the government,’ Angela explained. ‘Miss Lopez was unsupported when she tackled two terrorists in the Capitol, and they feel that her safety was neglected by the police.’
Doctor Reyen opened the door to room five and gestured for Angela to enter. She walked into the room and turned to look at Nicola Lopez, who was laying in silence before her, the heart monitor beeping softly.
‘I’ll just be a moment,’ Angela said to the doctor.
Doctor Reyen smiled.
‘That’s fine, but I cannot leave you alone with the patient I’m afraid. I’ll have to wait until you’re done here before I can leave.’
Angela smiled gently. ‘I understand. Could you close the door for me?’
Doctor Reyen turned and pushed the door closed.
The blade was slim and easy to conceal as Angela let it fall from the inside sleeve of her jacket and swung it overarm toward Doctor Nazeem’s back, aiming for a spot directly between his shoulder blades where the spinal column travelled up toward the brain stem. The blade flickered in the light as it rushed down upon the doctor, but then something slammed into Angela’s shoulder with tremendous force and hurled her aside.
Angela’s head smacked into the unforgiving wall as the blade in her hand slashed down the back of the doctor’s arm and he cried out in surprise and pain. Angela turned in the direction of the blow that had struck her and saw Lopez propped up on her elbows, her dark eyes flaring with rage and one leg outstretched where she had launched her attack.
Angela fought to get to her feet even as the door to the room was hurled open.
Doctor Reyen staggered backwards out of the way as a large man burst into the room, dark eyes glaring down at Angela.
*
Nicola Lopez hauled herself off the bed as she saw the blonde woman on the floor look up in terror as Aaron Mitchell’s boot swung into her slim wrist with a hefty blow. The blade in her hand spun through the air as Lopez heard the brittle bones in the woman’s arm snap like twigs.
The blonde woman screamed, the scream cut off abruptly as Mitchell’s boot slammed down onto her face and silenced her with a brutality that sent a pulse of fear writhing through Lopez’s guts.
Lopez slid off the bed in panic and almost fell as her legs betrayed her, weakened from lack of use. Mitchell loomed before her and she gathered her strength and swung her best effort at a punch to his jaw. Mitchell blocked the blow with ease and
The nurse nodded and glanced at her screen.
‘Level Three, Doctor Hazeem Reyen is the duty physician. He’ll inform you of everything you need to know.’
Angela flashed the nurse a bright smile of gratitude and made her way to the elevators. Within moments she was travelling up to the third floor, the elevator humming as she held her card in one hand and waited patiently for the elevator to reach its destination.
The doors opened onto the third floor and Angela followed the signs to the private wards as she sought out some sign of Doctor Reyen. She spotted a Middle Eastern looking man near the reception desk and hurried over.
‘Doctor Reyen?’ she asked.
Hazeem Reyen turned to the attractive blonde in the smart suit and shook her hand, responding to Angela as men always did, surprised and delighted at her attention. Angela smiled back as the doctor introduced himself and she informed him of what she required.
‘Of course,’ Reyen replied, ‘Miss Lopez is in room five. I’ll show you there now.’
Doctor Reyen led the way to the ward and as he reached room five he glanced back at Angela.
‘I didn’t realize that there was any valid insurance claim for Miss Lopez’s family? She survived the shooting and should make a full recovery, given time.’
‘They’re looking into legal action against the government,’ Angela explained. ‘Miss Lopez was unsupported when she tackled two terrorists in the Capitol, and they feel that her safety was neglected by the police.’
Doctor Reyen opened the door to room five and gestured for Angela to enter. She walked into the room and turned to look at Nicola Lopez, who was laying in silence before her, the heart monitor beeping softly.
‘I’ll just be a moment,’ Angela said to the doctor.
Doctor Reyen smiled.
‘That’s fine, but I cannot leave you alone with the patient I’m afraid. I’ll have to wait until you’re done here before I can leave.’
Angela smiled gently. ‘I understand. Could you close the door for me?’
Doctor Reyen turned and pushed the door closed.
The blade was slim and easy to conceal as Angela let it fall from the inside sleeve of her jacket and swung it overarm toward Doctor Nazeem’s back, aiming for a spot directly between his shoulder blades where the spinal column travelled up toward the brain stem. The blade flickered in the light as it rushed down upon the doctor, but then something slammed into Angela’s shoulder with tremendous force and hurled her aside.
Angela’s head smacked into the unforgiving wall as the blade in her hand slashed down the back of the doctor’s arm and he cried out in surprise and pain. Angela turned in the direction of the blow that had struck her and saw Lopez propped up on her elbows, her dark eyes flaring with rage and one leg outstretched where she had launched her attack.
Angela fought to get to her feet even as the door to the room was hurled open.
Doctor Reyen staggered backwards out of the way as a large man burst into the room, dark eyes glaring down at Angela.
*
Nicola Lopez hauled herself off the bed as she saw the blonde woman on the floor look up in terror as Aaron Mitchell’s boot swung into her slim wrist with a hefty blow. The blade in her hand spun through the air as Lopez heard the brittle bones in the woman’s arm snap like twigs.
The blonde woman screamed, the scream cut off abruptly as Mitchell’s boot slammed down onto her face and silenced her with a brutality that sent a pulse of fear writhing through Lopez’s guts.
Lopez slid off the bed in panic and almost fell as her legs betrayed her, weakened from lack of use. Mitchell loomed before her and she gathered her strength and swung her best effort at a punch to his jaw. Mitchell blocked the blow with ease and
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