Ultimate Attack by Michael P. Spradlin

Author:Michael P. Spradlin
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

FOR ONE OF THE FEW TIMES IN HIS LIFE, CALVIN GEAUX defied the rules. As he darted through the crowd, dozens of hospital personnel yelled at him to turn around and go the other way. He just put his head down and kept going. Once inside the lobby, he found it was even more chaotic than outside. Some of the patients being evacuated were no doubt seriously ill or injured. It was a carefully coordinated dance to get everyone out as quickly and as safely as possible.

Just past the information desk, Calvin spied a police officer helping an orderly push a large, heavy gurney.

“Officer! I need to report a crime!” Calvin said.

“Kind of busy right now, kid,” the officer replied.

“It’s Dr. Catalyst! He’s here at the hospital. My name is Calvin Geaux, my mom is —”

The police officer was actually a Dade County sheriff’s deputy. His nameplate said SGT. J. D. ARTH. He was medium height, his black hair lined with streaks of gray. And he was concentrating on the task at hand — not paying attention to Calvin.

“Catalyst? You mean that joker from down in the Glades? The one that’s been all over the news? What would he be doing at South Miami Hospital?” The officer never looked at Calvin as he spoke, his attention focused on the crowd and the patient he was assisting.

“Right now he’s trying to kidnap my friend Emmet. Look, my mom is Dr. Geaux. Dr. Rosalita Geaux. She’s the head of the governor’s Dr. Catalyst task force. She’s in surgery. We were attacked by one of Dr. Catalyst’s newest genetically enhanced creatures tonight.”

“Listen, kid, we’ve got an emergency here. Why don’t you call it in and if we can get a spare person down here we’ll take your statement, and —”

Calvin didn’t wait for him to finish. He dodged through and around another group of evacuating patients and dashed toward the elevators. Now he was certain Dr. Catalyst was behind the fire. It was the perfect cover.

“Hey, kid!” the deputy shouted. “Get back here; you need to get out!”

All Calvin could think to do was to make his way back to the OR waiting room to find Nurse Hernandez, if he could. She would believe him, and at least find help. Emmet didn’t have much time. Dr. Catalyst had planned this perfectly. No matter how convincing Emmet was, he’d never get anyone to believe that he wasn’t just trying to evade the police.

There were two orderlies watching the elevators, making sure they were being used exclusively for patients who could not walk. Calvin tried to get on one when the door opened, but one of the orderlies put out his hand.

“No way, kid. Patients only on the elevators. You need to exit the hospital.”

Calvin was beyond the point of listening to the authorities. Instead of leaving as he’d been instructed, he raced to the nearby stairway. It was also crowded with a crush of descending patients and staff. Calvin dodged his way through and around them as he made his way up toward the OR waiting room.

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