I braced myself for the gunshot, my eyes squeezed shut. This was it - the end. At least I'd die protecting my unborn child from Judith's twisted, evil plans.
But instead of the deafening bang of a rifle firing, I heard a strange electrical whirring sound followed by a heavy thud. My eyes flew open to see the squad leader's unconscious body crumpled on the floor, a circular burn mark on the back of his armored vest.
"What the..." I gasped, whipping my head around to see where the shot had come from. That's when I spotted Evelyn, Jack's mother, calmly lowering some kind of futuristic weapon pistol. Two other women in sophisticated body armor flanked her, their own rifles at the ready.
"Get up, Amy. We have to move quickly before more of Judith's fanatics arrive," Evelyn said curtly, alrea
