[center][h1][color=fff200][i][b]UNDERCOVER AGENTS[/b][/i][/color][/H1][/CENTER]

Angela was laughing softly at something Lara had said and she was leaning against the wall. Paige was carrying in more baby stuff into Angela's room to set up for the baby's impending arrival. Paige was as tickled about the baby as Angie was but she had to pretend that she was so so on the baby thing so as not to raise Francis' suspicions. She had just turned her head and looked at where Angie said to put the box of toys when she heard a sharp intake of breath. Paige turned her head started moving towards Angie as fast as she could. The heavily pregnant teenager was collapsing against the wall. [color=f6989d]"FRANCIS!" [/color]She screamed in panic. [color=f6989d]"Angie! Angie wake up honey what's wrong?" [/color]

Francis and Mary came running down the hall and Francis grabbed Angela up and Mary helped Lara up and they followed at a quick pace. Mary called one of the congregations' doctors while shouting orders to Ellen about clean sheets. Lara ignored her and ran into the room where Francis was laying Angie on a bed. He pulled her pants off and got her ready for inspection by the doctor who arrived within a moment or two. 

Once the doctor had arrived Lara was allowed to stay up by Angie's head. She held her friend's hand as the doctor came in and checked on the baby's progress. While he was, Angie woke up groggily and shrieked in pain as the doctor was rough with her. [color=f6989d]"Doctor please be gentle with her."[/color] Lara begged while looking at Angie's tears. [color=f6989d]"What is wrong? Why did she collapse?" [/color]Paige was worried enough that she forgot that she shouldn't ask before Francis did. He glared at her for it and she backed down. [color=f6989d]"I'm sorry, I -I'm just so worried about her." [/color]She apologized to Francis.

The doctor proceeded to give Angela a shot and it hurried her labor. Within an hour or so Angela gave birth to an imperfect baby girl. It was obvious that there was something wrong with the baby. She was deformed. Her head was misshapen and her eyes were offset from each other and her arms were of different lengths at first glance. The doctor looked at the infant and listened to it's heartbeat. He wouldn't look at Angela only Francis. Paige was panicked at the baby's condition. She covered her mouth with her hand and she cried softly for Angie.

Angela heard the baby making an odd crying sound as if it were struggling somehow. [color=f26522] "Well? How is my baby?"[/color] The doctor refused to acknowledge her and Francis said nothing as his face turned redder and redder in anger. Paige squeezed her hand and quietly and as calmly as she could told her, [color=f6989d]"Your little girl ....I'm so sorry to have to tell you but she is...not breathing right and....something is seriously wrong, maybe Down Syndrome."[/color] Paige's voice broke and Angie demanded. [color=f6989d]"You are lying! Give me my baby!"[/color] She yelled at the doctor.

Francis turned his face away and Lara took the baby from the doctor's hands gently and she handed the struggling infant to her mother. Lara watched Angie's expression as she saw the baby. Lara was surprised to see pain in her eyes, the love behind that didn't surprise her though. What did surprise Paige was what happened next.

Francis' anger was growing and within moments he had gone from a worried expectant father to a vicious and crazed maniac. He turned to Angela as she cuddled and kissed her unhealthy child. [color=fff200]"YOU!"[/color] He screamed pointing at Angela. Angie held onto her baby tightly and protectively drawing her body around it. 

[color=fff200]"You have born me a disfigured and Impure child!"[/color] 

Angie shrank back and cried out, [color=f26522]"No! She is not impure. She is not!"[/color] Paige was on the other side of the bed from Francis and couldn't stop him when he struck Angela hard across the face. She jumped when he ripped the baby from her arms and Angela slid off of the bed screaming [color=f26522]"NO! Give her back to me, please Francis I beg you."[/color]

Francis shoved Angie back against the bed and screamed at her while flinging the baby around by one arm. [color=fff200]"Does THIS look like a perfect and PURE child to you?" [/color]

[color=f26522]"Francis! No please, we can try again. I'll do anything just let me keep her."[/color] Angie pleaded desperately.

Francis dropped the baby carelessly on the chair behind him. It's squeals of pain at the cruel mistreatment loud and clear. Paige saw the baby and ran around the pair fighting and grabbed up the baby and wrapped it in a small blanket that had been brought in for the infant. She took the baby out of the room and through her tears she saw Mary glaring at her and the doctor, who refused to acknowledge the child as a human being as it was not Pure according to the laws they followed, in the hallway. 

The fighting and screaming went on for what seemed like forever. Paige didn't trust anyone to keep the baby safe and she could hear the hitting and screaming as he beat Angie. Finally a loud crash that made her jump and then the room went quiet. Mary turned away with a sour look on her face and the doctor stepped toward Paige to take the baby from her. Paige backed up and shook her head. [color=f6989d]"No." [/color]

Mary looked at her and shook her head vehemently, almost desperate. [color=39b54a]"Do not cross Francis on this matter Lara." [/color]Mary took the baby from her and put it in the doctor's hands. Once he had the infant in his hands he put it into his medical bag and left with it. 

Francis walked out into the hallway and wiped the sweat off of his brow. [color=fff200]"Mary, I believe you have a class in ten minutes."[/color] Mary scurried off with a nod of her head. Paige stood there with tears still damp on her cheeks. He stepped forward and grabbed Lara into a long hug. Francis explained. [color=fff200]"I understand you and Angie were friends and you will miss her but it couldn't be helped. She had to be sacrificed." [/color]Paige noticed that he had a crazed look in his eyes and she just tried to be obedient so he wouldn't kill her just as easily. She couldn't control the tears as they rolled down her face.

Paige barely uttered the next words louder than a whisper. [color=f6989d]"...and the baby?"[/color]

[color=fff200]"Oh now Lara you saw it. It's impurity clearly visible. It has been donated for parts to the local hospital."[/color]

Paige felt numb and terrified of this man and she could only nod. [color=fff200]"Do you understand why it had to happen they way it did?"[/color] 

He looked at her suspiciously so she nodded and in control of herself once more she said, [color=f6989d]"I weep for your loss, for the child it should have been. I grieve for the pain this day has brought and I grieve for the loss of my friend's purity."[/color] Paige put her own feelings aside as much as she could. She had to get through this or he would have her killed. 

Francis smiled, [color=fff200]"Thank you for taking the impurity to the doctor for me."[/color] She couldn't believe it, he actually thought she had been helping him when she took the baby out of the room. She said nothing but gave a half smile. [color=fff200]"You should go and pray and then go lay down and take a nap. I will join you in a little while."[/color] Paige gave a smile and nodded. She went to the church and prayed for fifteen minutes or so and then she walked back to her apartment in back and took her makeup into the bedroom and turned the tv on. 

Paige got to her mascara again and whispered a message to Darric and Blaque. [color=f6989d]"More death today. I'm scared to death. Please get me out of here."[/color] She washed her face and put her makeup on and and when she went into the other room Francis was just coming in as if it were any other day and as if he hadn't just killed a girl and her baby that afternoon. He came up to her, kissed her and took her to his bed. Paige blocked everything out and did what she had to do to stay alive. Afterwards, she couldn't sleep. She was scared and had to push it down so he wouldn't see it. She could only pray that the team would get to her before she was sacrificed for some imagined mistake.
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[color=a2d39c]Subconsciously Paige felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up. She lay there quietly trying to gauge where Francis was. She heard him unzip her purse and start digging around. Her purse was in the other room and she couldn't hear him in the bedroom any longer. Raising her head and finding him not in her sight she slipped from the bed and dressed quickly. She shoved her feet into her sneakers and snuck through the apartment. She found him waiting for her in the living room. Paige gave him a quiet smile and calmly took in his appearance. [/color]

[color=a2d39c]Francis' eyes were darker than normal, almost brooding. There was a muscle in his jaw that was stressed way too tightly for her liking. She noticed the small gun and her purse contents dumped out on the table. He was becoming angry about something. That could be dangerous for her so she slipped into a carefree tone of voice and smiled at him as she walked across the room to him. She wrapped her arm around his waist and kissed his cheek and pretended to only then notice her things. [/color]

[color=f6989d]"Why is my purse dumped out? Were you looking for something?"[/color][color=a2d39c] She reached down and grabbed a stick of gum from her things and put it in her mouth. She pouted at his expression knowing that he was focusing on her full lips. [/color]

[color=f6989d]"If you are curious about the gun. I've always carried one. My mother insisted when I moved to the city. She made me take lessons just to make sure I didn't shoot myself."[/color] 

[color=a2d39c]She cocked her head sideways and gave him a playful smile all the while praying he wouldn't make her use her [i]other[/i] skills.[/color] [color=f6989d]"What is wrong Francis? I can see it in your eyes. Has something happened?"[/color]

[color=a2d39c]Francis reached slowly for the gun and she kept her demeanor calm as he looked at it. Turning it in his hands he raised it in the air to look at it better.[/color] [color=f7941d]"What else don't I know about you?" [/color]

[color=a2d39c]Paige turned deliberately allowing him to wonder what she was about to say. He caught the tension in the air and glared at her accusingly.[/color] [color=f7941d]"You don't like babies and yet the doctor said you were going to fight to save the impure child of your dead friend. You are meta and you carry a gun."[/color] [color=a2d39c]He shoved her gun into his left pocket and took a step towards her grabbing her arm and bending it backwards. [/color]

[color=a2d39c]Paige went into survival mode and she turned flipping him over her shoulder and onto his back. She slammed her fist into his face and she felt the butt of a gun hitting the back of her head just before she landed on the ground. She hadn't looked throughout the entire apartment to know there was someone else there. She saw a man with dark hair and eyes as her mind slipped into the blackness.[/color]

[color=fff79a]Darric parked the beast around the corner a block away and he eased out of the leather jacket and put on a denim one and made himself look a little more common. He walked up to the church and he opened the door and went inside. The Cathedral was huge inside and there was a woman in one of the side rooms who appeared to be teaching a class. She was ordinary looking, nothing special about her that he could tell. She came out of the room and came up to him with a smile.[/color]

[color=a36209]"Good day! And how does the lord find you this day?"[/color] [color=fff79a]She inquired. She offered him a seat near where they were standing.[/color] [color=a36209]"Have you recently moved here? I've never seen you before."[/color][color=fff79a] Mary asked. [/color]

[color=fff79a]Darric knew he had to make her understand that he was part of the cult as well.[/color] [color=0076a3]"I and my family are new to the area but not to the "church". We were part of the group at the Harrison chapter."[/color] [color=fff79a]He gave her a knowing look and she smiled genuinely. [/color]

[color=fff79a]Darric paid all of his attention to Mary and he took in every detail around him as he answered her questions about his made up family. She kept him on the first floor and took him up in the cathedral showing him all about the history of this particular building. She wanted to have Francis check him out before giving him access to the rest of the activities going on on the premises. Darric was watching people, mostly men coming out of different doors. Finally Darric asked Mary,[/color] [color=0076a3]"Are you Father Francis' wife?"[/color]

[color=a36209]"Yes, he has three wives but I am the first wife. Why?"[/color] [color=fff79a]She responded with pride at being the first wife.[/color]

[color=0076a3]"I figured you were. Only one so knowledgeable could be his first wife."[/color][color=fff79a] He complimented her. One of the others came out of the room and called her over.[/color]

[color=a36209]"Please excuse me for a moment."[/color] [color=fff79a]He nodded and walked away appearing to meander into the more historical section of building while her attention was held elsewhere.[/color]

[color=fff79a]A few moments later she didn't see him and assumed he had left and would come back later when Francis was available.[/color]

[color=fff79a]Darric had slipped into a side of the church that she had avoided taking him to and he went into an old hallway. The walls were made of stone and the flooring was more of a cobblestone. It was cold in there and dark. The lighting was sparse and dim. The voices he heard appeared to be coming from the depths of the cave-like dungeon. Darric felt a wave of fear when he heard Paige's voice waft towards him. He began to move faster. He pulled out the knife he had used earlier on the Caretaker and he approached the room that he heard voices coming from. Darric took no prisoners as he attacked the men hurting the others. He would leave a trail of bodies if he had to, he would kill anyone between him and Paige.[/color]

[color=a2d39c]Paige had woken up in great pain. Her head was pounding like it might explode. She remembered hitting Francis and someone bashing her over the head. After that it was broken in flashes. She remembered someone ripping her clothes off of her, leaving her in her bra and underwear. Then they had tied her hands together. Once she was lifted onto the hook she blacked out again. She was beginning to become aware of her surroundings and realized that she had a black eye and someone had hit her while she was out cold. [i]What cowards [/i]she thought to herself. [/color]

[color=a2d39c]Just as she came out of her sleep state she realized that there was a wad of material in her mouth keeping her gagged so her voice would be muffled. Her eyes opened and Paige began to realize where she was, the torture room where you tried to redeem yourself through pain. She screamed as loud as she could in fear of what was coming next. It was at that moment that the knotted rope hit her delicate yet firm back and buttocks. The fire that ripped through her instantly made her eyes weep and her body spasmed in agony. When the second swing hit home she gritted her teeth and shrieked but managed to get the rope with her foot and whipped it around her leg and yanked the abuser off balance. She could hear more screams,  some louder and surprised ones coming towards her. Paige stood on tiptoe to reach her arms up high enough to get off of the hook. [/color]

[color=a2d39c]Unfortunately, she couldn't just lift off. They had raised it so there was no chance of an easy escape. She looked at the man and the other woman that they had already beaten and realized that they were dead. Her torn muscles in her back kept her from pulling herself up to lift off of the hook and she forced herself to try again. She gritted her teeth as she pulled her body up. Exhausted she could only hold herself up for a mere second or two. Her adrenaline rush held as she managed just barely to slip the ropes over the hook. At that moment her energy physically depleted she blacked out from the pain and fell to the floor.[/color]

[color=fff79a]Darric was a bloody mess. When he rounded the corner he had startled two of the congregation who were abusing children at the moment. After he killed the men he set the children free and they followed him. The next room Darric passed was the sacrificial room. The executioner was in there and there was at least seven or eight men in there with him. He shushed the kids and they slipped passed that closed door and went further down the hallway. The instant he saw her back and her lifting the ropes off of the hook he ran to her and caught her head just before she would have slammed it onto the ground in her unconscious state.[/color] 

[color=bc8dbf]Darric held Paige and the little girl grabbed a blanket from the corner and she gave it to Darric to cover her with.[/color] [color=0076a3]"Baby, wake up, it's time to go home."[/color][color=bc8dbf] Paige thought she was dreaming for a second. There was no way...[/color]

[color=f6989d]"Darric?"[/color] [color=bc8dbf]she murmured. He held her tight a moment thankful that she was still alive. [/color]

[color=0076a3]"Yeah, it's me. Can you walk? I need to be able to fight our way out of here."[/color]

[color=bc8dbf]Paige nodded as she came awake.[/color] [color=f6989d]"I'll find a way. Let's get out of here."[/color][color=bc8dbf] Paige showed him the way out that would cost them the least amount of time and energy. She knew that they would be found out soon if they didn't hurry. Francis would come back to check on her. The kids held onto her and kept her on her feet while they let Darric fight the way out. There were several times that Paige cried out in pain and had to stop a moment because of the damage to her back. Once they were outside Darric picked her up and told the kids to keep up as he ran her to the car. By the time he got her inside the car she was passed out again and the children were there and so were some of the more violent of the men. Darric pulled his AK out and shot them down in the street as his own body took several bullets. He got into the driver's seat and told the kids[/color] [color=0076a3]"Put your seat belts on and stay down!"[/color]

[color=bc8dbf]Darric didn't stop until he got them back to the bar. He called his friend Mike who was a doctor that wouldn't ask him any questions and he came right away.[/color]
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Paige had passed out in the backseat of the car. Darric had laid her on her stomach so as not to aggravate her wounds further. The children he put in the front seat. When he got back to the bar he parked around back and took them all inside the back entrance which went down into the main part of the headquarters for the group. He carried Paige to the room used for medical care. The children looked around and followed him. It was at that moment that an older man came running down the stairs. 

Darric had laid Paige on the table carefully face down. A sheet was covering her from the end of the wounds down and on the sides of her. Darric put the kids in a waiting area and went to speak with Mike as he started to examine Paige's wounds.

[color=0076a3]"Well?"[/color] Darric asked as he looked at the bloody lashes that were gouged into Paige's soft skin. He gritted his jaw and reached for her hand.

Mike glanced up at him and with a grim expression. [color=662d91]"Well, we have two problems here. The first is that her back was hit by knotted ropes with glass knotted into them so it did considerably more damage than it needed to. That we can repair to a certain point. It may take a while before she is in action again. The second is....more delicate."[/color]

Paige was starting to come to and tears started flowing from the pain in her back. Her shock came at the next words Mike uttered. 

Darric searched Mike's eyes for an answer. [color=0076a3]"What?"[/color] Mike hesitated for a second. [color=662d91]"She is about 6 weeks pregnant."[/color] Darric closed his eyes and took a deep breath before answering.

Paige laid unmoving as she began crying aloud. [color=f6989d]"Get it out! Get it out of me! I don't want that devil's spawn inside of me!"[/color]

Darric knelt down to her and pushed her hair back and kissed her forehead. [color=0076a3]"Okay baby, we'll get it out. You just go back to sleep. I'll be here with you."[/color] He wiped her tears and she closed her eyes and passed out again.

[color=0076a3]"Knock her out and get her back medicated then get the abortion done. I don't want her to have to worry about that anymore than she is right now."[/color] Mike nodded as he gave her medication through an IV he was hooking up. He worked on Paige's back for over two hours getting the glass shards out of her open wounds. After her bandages were on he took a break before starting the other procedure. While he was doing that Darric stayed beside her and held her hand, kissing it every so often as he spoke softly to her.

It was several hours later that Paige started to come to. Her head felt fuzzy and the pain...THE PAIN was so atrocious that tears were running down her face before she could find the strength to open her eyes. She heard Darric's voice. [color=0076a3]"She is waking up and in pain."[/color] She heard the rustling of paper and her eyes opened just in time to see Mike injecting pain medicine into her IV.

Paige looked at Darric and she could see the terrible strain he was under seeing her like this. [color=f6989d]"I'm not doing this again. I'm not...I can't ...it's too hard on both of us. I'm not going so deep undercover any longer. No more sex with anyone else no matter what." [/color]She reached for his hand and pulled him to her so she could hug him. She spoke to him her voice cracking with emotion. [color=f6989d]"I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry."[/color]

Darric held onto her and they spoke quietly and lovingly until Paige fell asleep again.