Chapter 6 - The Hospital Ward Raid
At 2:00 AM, heavy footsteps echoed through the silent hallways of St. Jude's Pediatric Ward.
Two men wearing black security uniforms walked past the nurses' station, their faces hidden beneath pulled-down baseball caps.
They slipped into Room 412, where Tommy lay sleeping soundly under the warm glow of a small nightlight.
One of the men pulled a syringe containing a clear liquid from his jacket pocket, stepping toward Tommy's intravenous drip line.
Suddenly, the bathroom door burst open, and Marcus stepped out, leveling a silenced pistol directly at the intruder's chest.
"Step away from the boy right now," Marcus commanded in a deadly whisper that froze both men in their tracks.
The man with the syringe lunged forward, but Marcus reacted instantly, driving his heavy elbow hard into the attacker's jaw.
The intruder hit the floor with a heavy thud, dropping the syringe onto the linoleum tiles as his partner scrambled out into the hallway.
Marcus pressed his foot onto the downed attacker's neck, pulling out his radio. "David, they sent a hit team to the hospital."
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"Move the kids to my estate in Lake Forest immediately," David answered through the earpiece, his voice laced with pure rage.
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