Chapter 312 - Code B

Silvia found the boy's behaviour very strange and weird. She was trying very hard to figure out what was wrong. 

The little boy kept on making hand gestures, asking Silvia to go away but when Silvia kept on trying to enter the room again and again, the boy picked up a paper holder from the desk and threw it towards Silvia. 

When the medium-sized paper holder hit Silvia's shoulder, she winced in pain. "Damn it, what the-"

Just then the boy started coughing vigorously and collapsed on the floor. 

Silvia widened her eyes in shock and quickly rushed inside the room, ignoring the acute pain on her shoulder.

When Silvia somehow managed to enter the room, she coughed vigorously. The smoke inside the room was very thick and suffocating. 

Covering her mouth, she quickly made her way toward the little boy who was lying on the ground in an unconscious state. 

Silvia's heart sank when she touched the little boy's arm. It was as cold as ice. 

Picking him up, Silvia rushed out but she burned her arm when she accidentally hit the hot window panel.

Walking a few metres away from the room, Silvia placed the boy on the floor and checked his pulse which was very weak. Rubbing his super cold palm, Silvia patted his cheeks. "Hey, wake up." 

Pressing her thumb finger on his neck, Silvia checked his carotid pulse[1]. After a couple of seconds, when she couldn't feel the pulse, Silvia cursed under her breath before kneeling down in front of the boy. 

Placing her left on his forehead, keeping the tilted back, she placed the heel of the other hand in between his b.r.e.a.s.tbone and started performing the CPR[2].

After fifteen compressions, Silvia took out a handkerchief from her pocket and shoved it inside his mouth making sure to cover his mouth properly. Pinching his nose using her thumb and forefinger, Silvia started blowing air inside his mouth. 

Pulling away, she again gave him fifteen compression and then a mouth to mouth respiration.

After thirty compressions(one cycle), Silvia inched closer to check his carotid pulse.

"Ahhhhhhhh." Silvia winced in pain when something pricked her on her neck but before she could check the pulse or turn back, her hands, legs and body turned limp and she collapsed on the floor.

Clutching her hand on the boy's t-shirt, Silvia tried to open her eyes but everything started turning blurry. 

She then saw a man coming towards her. Blinking her eyes for a couple of times, she tried to see his face but no matter how many times she tried, she couldn't.

The man smiled and squatted down right in front of Silvia.

Running his fingers across her face, he chuckled, "You look like her but you are nothing like her. Though you have her eyes but your eyes are filled with kindness and innocence unlike her. How could a demon like her give birth to someone like you?"  

Leaning forward, the man whispered, "Adieu, my child. I hope you have a peaceful afterlife." 

…..

Outside.

As soon as Silvia ran inside, the police arrived and completely sealed the hospital.

The bodyguards, Ron nor Janet were allowed to enter the building. 

"You don't understand sir, my friend is inside." Ron shouted.

"Please relax, our men are looking for her inside." The policeman tried to calm them down.

"It's already been more than 15 minutes, why haven't they brought her out? And where the hell is the fire brigade?" Janet yelled. 

"Please be patient, the fire brigade is stuck somewhere and it's coming. Our top priority are the patients who are still inside the hospital. Luckily the fire isn't spreading and is still on the third floor. We have to evacuate the building so please calm down." 

"But-"

Just then the bodyguards shoved the policemen aside and rushed inside the building. They were trying very hard to abide by the rules and didn't want to go against the government officials. They were patiently waiting for the policemen who had entered the hospital to come back but when they didn't, the guards had to switch to code B.

The guards trained under the Austin family were not violent and never resorted to violence at once. Since the Austin family was connected with the military and other governmental departments, they couldn't brazenly break rules and resort to violence. They weren't gangsters and mafia. 

The guards had to strictly abide by the two codes no matter what. 

Code A: Never try to go against the government officials, never try to intervene in their work and never use force. They were taught and trained to cooperate with the police and government. 

Code B: They could break Code A only when they had a strong reason behind it but later, the incharge had to come forward with a very strong reason behind deciding to break code A.

Turning towards Janet, Ron said, "Stay here and for God's sake, do not come inside."

When Janet nodded her head, Ron rushed inside.

After a few seconds, Kevin arrived along with Rocky.

Pulling Janet into his embrace, Rocky asked, "Are you okay?"

Janet nodded her head and said, "I am fine but Silvia-"

Cutting her off, Kevin asked, "Where is Silvia?"

"She rushed inside and-"

Without waiting for Janet to complete her sentence, Kevin rushed inside and Rocky followed him.

…..

Inside the hospital.

When the guards entered the hospital, they saw a policeman lying on the floor in an unconscious condition.

Taking out their guns, one of the guards gestured others to spread out. 

Just then Ron arrived and frowned when he saw the unconscious policeman. 

'Pass me a gun.' Ron mouthed before stretching his hands towards one of the guards.

The guard quickly took out a gun from his back and passed it to Ron.

Slowly and steadily, they started spreading out. After climbing a few steps, they found another policeman on the floor in an unconscious state. 

Ron tightened his grip around his gun and hoped for Silvia to be safe. 

Ron and the other guards made their way towards the third floor while the others started spreading out on the second floor. The unconscious policeman was a proof that it wasn't a normal fire breakout.

When Kevin and Rocky saw one of the guards, Kevin asked, "What happened? And where is your madam?"

"Boss that-"

"She is up here." Ron shouted. 

Without wasting any time, Kevin rushed towards the third floor.

….

Third floor 

When Kevin saw Silvia lying on the floor in an unconscious state, he froze and his heart sank. 

"Silvia." Kevin shouted before rushing towards her.

When he touched her arm, Kevin's soul almost left his body. Her body was freezing cold. 

"Ron, why is she so cold?" Kevin yelled.

…...

[1] The carotid pulse (CP) is a pressure signal acquired over the carotid artery as it passes near the surface of the body at the neck. It delivers a pulse signal signifying the variations in arterial blood pressure and volume with each heartbeat.

[2] Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest or whose carotid pulse(CP) cannot be detected.