Chapter 15 - Rescue

As Yue Yue went in, she sees multiple hostages and several men with black mask. She calmly approached the young woman while the man followed her with a rifle behind her head. She prepared a sterilized place and placed a cloth underneath the woman. She asked permission before she started.

Yue Yue asked two more people to help and support the woman as she was about the give birth. She sanitized her hand and wore medical gloves. She covered the lady's knee with a thin cloth and told her to breathe in and out slowly. As she was helping the lady with her childbirth, Zhi An monitored the situation closely above her. Several other SWAT members were all in place and ready to act when ordered.

After the baby was delivered, Yue Yue stood up and put both of her hands up meaning she is not harming anybody. She requested an ambulance. Zhi An radioed to request an ambulance.

"Mother and baby have to go to the hospital, their condition is not looking good. I don't have proper equipment with me. Please allow them to go. Otherwise they will be in danger." The masked man looked at her and said, "I can let them go but you need to take off your bullet-proof vest." Just then, Yue Yue heard Zhi An's voice in her earpiece.

"Don't listen to him. You cannot take it off. Without my permission, you cannot." Zhi An warned Yue Yue and she stopped.

"How about this, you let all of the people go and I'll stay here. I won't go anywhere else. I promise." Yue Yue told the man. Then, they all heard someone talking, it was the negotiator.

"I know we talked about it, you guys cannot harm any civilians. You let those people go, we can get you what you want. Okay? We don't want to hurt anyone. I understand you guys might be in a difficult situation but we can talk it out. But first, you let those people go so I can see they are not harmed."

One of the man asked the man who pointed the rifle at Yue Yue, "Should we let them go?" He signalled him and the man asked everyone who was in hostage to line up. When the man who pointed the rifle was distracted and looked away, Yue Yue helped the pregnant lady with her baby.

When the other man unlocked the door to release the hostages, he quickly locked the door after letting them leave except for Yue Yue and the pregnant lady who couldn't get up. Several of the men with the mask were distracted so Zhi An took the lead.

"Police! Drop your weapons! Hands up! I said, drop your weapons!" Zhi An went in front of Yue Yue along with other SWAT members. The paramedics came through the other door and took the pregnant lady and her child. The men with the mask were surprised and immediately dropped their weapons.

"Yue Yue, leave. Don't worry about me, I'll protect you. It's my job." Zhi An pointed his assault rifle at one of the men. Just as she was about to leave, another man with a mask suddenly came out and pointed his rifle at Zhi An.

"Zhi An, watch out!" Yue Yue instinctively went behind Zhi An and blocked the shot. The man who was going to shoot Zhi An was shot to death by Xiao Xia.

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"This is Sniper 1, shooter eliminated." Xiao Xia reported.

"Copy." Haobing replied.

As Yue Yue and Zhi An went out, he immediately took her to the ambulance to have a check up.

"Nurse, can you check if she's okay." He was worried Yue Yue will get injured because of him.

The nurse smiled, "You're very lucky, the bullet haven't penetrated. She's fine. No major injuries. She does have some minor scratches but those will heal in a couple of days. Unless, she feels pain then it's better to get to a hospital." Zhi An thanked the nurse. Yue Yue woke up feeling a bit dizzy few minutes afterward.

"Zhi An, are you alright? Were you hurt?" She asked. Zhi An shook his head, "I'm fine. Thanks to you." He let her lean against him and he caressed her hair, "I'm sorry."

Yue Yue was confused and asked, "Why?"

"You almost got killed because of me. If I lose you, I will really go insane." He held her hand and she smiled, "I won't go anywhere unless you tell me to."

After a while, Yue Yue slowly got up and got out of the ambulance.

"Are you sure you don't need to go to a hospital?" He asked and she shook her head, "I'm not that weak. I'm alive and kicking."

Just then, Xiao Xia and Yu Qi came and greeted her.

"Looks like you're still alive." Yu Qi was glad in a way that no one was seriously injured beside the man who got unlucky.

"Dr. Zhang, it was Xiao Xia who shot the man in the end before he shot you again." Yu Qi told Yue Yue.

Yue Yue looked at Xiao Xia and gave her a friendly hug, "Thank you for saving me and Commander Li." Xiao Xia looked horrified, "I prefer not to get hugged but it was my job. Glad you are safe. By the way, I'm sorry for my previous bad behavior. It was wrong of me. I also wanted to apologize to Commander Li. I know he's not the type of person who will kill his own teammates. I bet he told you everything since you two are a thing."

Yue Yue smiled, "I'm glad you apologized for your previous mistakes and bad intentions but I trust Commander Li. He won't do anything that will harm us. Besides that, you look very cool." Both of them giggled.

"Dr. Zhang, do you think Commander Li will hold a grudge against us and Yu Haobing?" Yuqi asked.

"I'm sure he won't but if you properly apologize to him face-to-face, I'm sure he'll let it go. He's not as scary as he seem. But that incident sure do have some suspicions." Yue Yue told them and Yuqi said, "Dr. Zhang, since you're here... do you think it's someone from our group? Perhaps, a spy of some sort?" Yue Yue shook her head, "I'm not too sure yet. I haven't discuss too much about this to Commander Li. But, if I do, I'll let you know."

Xiao Xia and Yuqi both went back to their van after saying farewell. They were grateful that none of the things that happened for the past month was actually reported to the Chief otherwise they will be in serious trouble.

"Xiao Xia, you literally changed 360 degrees. Wow. I applaud." Yuqi was surprised and Xiao Xia said, "If I don't change, she will hate me forever. But to be honest, I'm glad she's here. She's kinda hot...I mean... beautiful kind of hot. But what do we do about Yu Haobing though?"

"I don't know. Wait til he's alone and we talk to him? To be honest, Commander Li and Haobing were so close like brothers. I'm kinda sad things turned out like this." Yuqi also sighed and closed her eyes.