Every Last Mother's Child
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As they got to the car it took a moment or two for the shots that rang out to register. One of them hit Georgia in the arm. It was intended to take her down so she wouldn’t be able to protect Lisa. It didn’t work She bundled Lisa into the car, and started to yell into her implant, “Healer is under fire. I am hit. We’re in the car, but we aren’t safe.”
Kellogg who had been wandering a few steps behind them saw where the shots had come from. They were coming from the roof of a hangar about a hundred feet away. There seemed to be only one shooter. Kellogg now hidden behind a trash can took out his side arm and started to lay down fire. A Port Police officer who had been hit also saw what Kellogg was doing and began laying down fire also. But the car carrying Lisa was blocked in. It couldn’t move as a passing car had been hit and its driver killed. Their driver who was in the men’s room came out and saw what was happening. He tried to get to the staff car; but the cross fire was too intense for him to even start for the car.
“Attention on Trenaport Fire and Police, report of a shooting in the embarkation area at the space port,” The Emergency Service Dispatch AI called across the emergency services network, “EMS 15, Medic 12, Battalion 5, Air Rescue 1, Evac 23, The area is not secure! Responding companies respond on Trenaport F and P. SWAT 1 take this run. Be advised that there is one officer down.”