Continued (may contain some inaccuracies due to the presence of beer at the time).
Gek meets Deject on floor 5. Deject is still manhandling the portly man downstairs. At this point Deject motion scanner starts to beep, indicating apartment number has signs of life in there. Gek takes over escort duty and continues the man's journey down. Deject takes his IR scope and puts it to the keyhole of the door in question. Within he can only make out the blurs of some small objects, nothing man sized at least.
Kicking down the door into a darkened room, Deject hears scrabbling sounds from behind the settee. Moving inwards he senses something brush past him which he makes a grab for. His hands close around the arm of a small, terrified young boy. Overcoming his surprise, he takes another look round the room and finds the boy's younger sister. Grabbing them both by the arms and legs he continues to sprint with them downstairs and outside (at one point even passing Gek who is still struggling with the portly fellow).
At the same time as all this has been going on, Dirk is on the 7th floor outside room number 1. He has knocked and heard muffled cursing from within. He knocks several more times, aware that someone is inside, and yells that they need to evacuate the building. A single shout of refusal from inside prompts Dirk to kick the door down, where he yet again finds himself looking down the wrong end of a gun barrel.
Inside is a heavily pregnant woman on the settee. Standing over her is an extremely nervous looking young man. The man is pointing the gun directly at Dirk. Appraising the situation, Dirk realises that combat is not the best course of action. With his hands in the air he manages to talk the young man to lower gun. After a few tense moments he complies. The man, Geoff, explains that his wife is too near to labour to be able to move - he insists that they're staying put until the birth. Checking his watch Dirk realises that they have a little under 10 minutes to clear the building before the doors are opened and the nasty things charge in. Geoff, still not keen on moving Mary (his wife), says that he will only move if the local Bayou midwife is outside and ready to help. He gives Dirk her phone number who asks her to get there as fast as she can (whilst skirting round the issue of whether he is SLA or not). Dirk and Geoff start to carry Mary downstairs, but it is slow going and precarious due to her condition. Over the comms headsets Dirk requests that Gek ask the TV director to delay the opening of the doors, and for Deject, with his first aid skills, to come and help.
Gek, having deposited his rotund cargo outside the buildings doors, heads over to the TV van where the station director is. He notices that the Contract Killers due to enter the building very shortly are already lined up outside, checking their weapons and eying him suspiciously - they don't want anyone to steal their limelight. Bursting into the TV van Gek explains the situation - a pregnant woman being escorted out of the building, more time needed before opening the doors. The director flat out refuses and states that it was the squad's responsibility to clear the building, and anyone caught in the there when the doors opened would just be light entertainment fodder - that's showbiz!.
Gek leaves the TV van and finds Grimmie waiting outside. After explaining the situation they decide to enter the building and help to hold off any nasties that flood out. They intend to get Mary out safe.
Taking up defensive positions outside the basement door, they see Deject, Dirk, Geoff and Mary coming down the stairs. There can be little more than a minute left before the doors open. Deject has detected the movement of several creatures on his motion sensor, and Grimmie can see the Contract Killers eyeballing them from the front door. With aching slowness Mary is escorted to the front door. With what must be mere seconds to spare she is ushered through the front door and into the care of a nearby medic team. The squad emerge from the front doors with camera crew capturing every moment. It might not go out on the GoreZone show, but even so they still think it's a job well done.
Unfortunately Andre Desverger, the contact, disagrees. He storms over and gives them a furious dressing down (again, all of which is captured on camera). He accuses the squad of holding up the show and putting civilians in harm's way. Due to fact they went past their deadline for exiting the building (which should have been 20 minutes before the doors open, not 20 seconds), he deducts a large amount of credits from the BPN reward as a penalty.. The squad tell him to stuff his credits, they are just glad that Mary got out safe. Desverger is on the verge of exploding again when he feels a tap on his shoulder. The not inconsiderable frame of Jacob Haynes, the financier, is hulking behind him. He mutters something into Desverger's ear. The pseudo Frenchman goes pale before storming off back to the TV van.
Haynes congratulates the squad on completing the BPN before turning to leave. Hurrying after him the squad apologise for angering the TV people, and explain their motives. Far from being angry, Haynes actually seems pleased. He offers them all a ride home in his personal hovercar and tells them not to worry about Desverger. He says he will look forward to working with them in future.
Later that evening Dirk receives a phone call from a sheepish sounding Andre Desverger. He thanks them for clearing out the building and informs them they will receive the full reward for the BPN, no penalties. Dirk thanks him, and says it has been the utmost pleasure working with him. Without saying anything, Andre hangs up.
