Chapter 1

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Cam blinked weakly. Bright light blinded his eyes and before a black veil fell over him again.
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As if from a deep swoon, Cam opened his eyes weakly. The light still blinded him, but now he had the strength to keep his eyes open. Confused, he tried to orientate himself. Where was he? Just a white blanket over him. He tried to turn cautiously, but his body refused to obey him. He was too weak to even turn his head. Then a figure appeared from the left, Cam only recognized the shadowy dark hair and a green robe, then weakness overcame him again and he fell again into a deep hole.
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The next time Cam opened his eyes, he felt a little clearer. The light no longer seemed so bright; on the contrary, it looked carefully subdued. Now he also saw a pole with an infusion hanging on it, standing to his left, had he not noticed it before?Cam slowly dawned on where he was, what the beeping meant around him. He was in the hospital. But why? Carefully he tried to look around a bit again, but when he wanted to use his arms to prop up himself, a tearing pain ran through him and immediately he slumped back into his cushion. "Stay where you are!" Suddenly a voice rang out from his right. Slowly he managed to turn his head, ignoring the dull pulling in his chest and saw a sister in green clothes, making a bed standing next to him. With practiced fingers, she folded the blanket, swung it over the mattress, made a crease, and stepped over to Cam by the bed. "Nice that you are already awake. But I have to ask you to stay lying down, you were very lucky and have to take it easy now." As she spoke, she busily pulled out a folder at Cam's foot end and with it behind Cams Head to disappear.That was too much for him all at once. Why was he suddenly so slow? Or was this woman that fast? Cam was just trying to turn his head a little more to see where the nurse had gone when she slipped next to him again and brought the folder back to the foot end. "Your values ​​are slowly becoming more stable. I like that very much." She quickly gave him a smile and started again towards the door when Cam stopped her with a croak. Damn, actually he had wanted to call after her, but his throat was so dry that he couldn't make a sound. When trying to clear his throat, Cam grabbed a strong cough that shook his body. Startled, the nurse came back to him and turned him on his side with nimble hands to ease his cough. When it finally worked again, Cam fell back exhausted in his upholstery. The urge to cough had caused new pain and he felt miserable."Please give me a glass of water ..." he breathed weakly. "I'm sorry, the anesthesia wasn't that long ago and your stomach still needs to be spared a bit, but I'll add a new infusion of liquid to you right away, yes? Then at least the feeling of thirst is gone, fine, yes?" Cam faintly suppressed a growl. "Then please at least tell me where I am. And what for God's sake happened?" The nurse gave him an apparently appraising look. "You were admitted here with 2 gunshot wounds, were unconscious. You have had an emergency operation and are now in intensive care. We would like to know where you got these injuries from. What I know is that you have 4 more with you Seriously injured people were admitted. Otherwise you have to think for yourself. "Just as Cam was about to reply, a loud beeping sounded from the hallway and the nurse ran off. "The rounds will come to you at about half past ten.The doctor can then tell you more, "and she disappeared through the door." And what time is it? "But no one heard Cam. Exhausted, Cam let out a sigh. A gunshot wound? 4 more injured? What the hell ... but suddenly the memory came back: DeCloud! He and Ben were trapped! And his family! Suddenly Cam was wide awake. DeCloud had his family! He had to do something, he had to get out of here, inform his colleagues! But as soon as he straightened up, he was stabbed again by a stab of pain. But he couldn't give in now, he had to bite through His head began to throb, but Cam fought on. He tried not to be intimidated by the numerous wires stuck to his chest or through the Venflon under his skin and pushed his legs over the edge of the bed. Behind him the device started beeping threateningly faster and went into an alarm. Just as his feet touched the floor and he pushed forward, the door to his room was thrown open.But suddenly Cam lost consciousness and everything went black again.

"He's a fighter, that's clear. But if something like that happens again, I don't know if he'll be as lucky again. I've given him light tranquilizers once, I can't expect his weakened organism to be stronger. but if he gets restless again, report it immediately. ”With a groan, Cam opened his eyes. In front of him stood the sister from before and apparently a doctor. When he saw that Cam was awake, he immediately approached him. “Mr. Brown, how are you?” Cam groaned. "I can imagine that," replied the doctor, without waiting for a real answer, "I'll let you rest now." But again Cam did not want to be fobbed off. "Wait!" He managed with difficulty. "I have to talk to someone! My family is in danger! I have to call for reinforcements!" The doctor gave him a skeptical look: "You have had two serious injuries.One bullet barely missed your lungs and the other one was even more lucky, it went through the back of your head and barely missed vital structures! It is lucky that you are still walking, talking, yes, that you are still alive. And when you got up beforehand, you almost tore the seam of your shoulder and when you passed out you hit the back of your head back on the edge of the bed. You have a really hardworking Guardian Angel. So please listen to me and keep calm now. There are colleagues sitting outside who want to talk about what happened. I told you that you still need some rest. But if you want, please let your family know. "Cam shook his head annoyed at the doctor's lack of insight, but stopped again immediately, he read that stabbing pain again, no wonder if a bullet had landed back there, he thought, startled." Then send me in my colleague , Ben Stone, he will know what to do and I also promise not to get up again."The doctor looked at him seriously." I'm afraid I can't. Your colleague, Detective Stone, was unfortunately not as lucky as she was. He lost too much blood and died on the operating table. "Cam had to swallow hard, what still came up to him today? It was slowly getting too much! Because of a stupid mistake, his friend and loyal partner had died! Before Cam could answer anything, the door opened and a sister scurried in to the doctor. "Dr. Johnstone, if you would please come, the gentlemen from the police have just learned something new. ", she quickly gave Cam a look, but couldn't withstand his, and stepped up to the doctor to whisper something to him. The doctor turned pale." I'm coming, "and quickly both disappeared from the room again. The nurse and Cam saw After you worried, what did that mean now?