Chapter 9 - The Mother's Fall
My mother calmly stepped into the sterile operating room, keeping her weapon perfectly steady.
She ordered Elias to step away from the surgical table and drop the laser scalpel onto the floor.
She callously declared that Sophie was a necessary sacrifice to protect the future of the medical syndicate.
I begged my mother to take my life instead, completely willing to die if it meant my daughter could live.
She laughed coldly, stating that she fully intended to kill us both as soon as the implant finished its job.
The digital scanner on the tray beeped rapidly, signaling exactly sixty seconds left on the explosive timer.
Sophie's breathing grew shallow, and her small body began to tremble violently from the immense physical trauma.
Elias slowly lowered the glowing laser scalpel, pretending to surrender completely to her demands.
But as the heavy tool neared the metal surgical tray, he intentionally dropped it directly onto a pressurized oxygen tank.
The high-intensity laser instantly melted through the thick steel valve of the cylinder.
The highly pressurized oxygen exploded violently outward, creating a massive concussive blast in the small room.
My mother was thrown violently backward against the concrete wall, dropping her handgun completely.
Elias did not waste a single millisecond recovering from the deafening blast.
He grabbed the laser scalpel from the floor and aggressively resumed the delicate spinal surgery on my screaming daughter.
I pinned my dazed mother to the floor, wrapping my hands tightly around her neck to prevent her from interfering.
She clawed frantically at my face, but I did not let go of my ruthless grip.
Elias carefully cut through the thick scar tissue, desperately searching for the tiny metal device.
The timer hit exactly ten seconds, and the red light beneath her skin turned blindingly bright.
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He plunged a pair of surgical forceps deep into the wound and forcefully yanked the metallic implant completely out.
He threw the bloody device across the room just as the internal timer finally reached zero.
