"He's alive?" Anna asked in surprise. There was a quick intake of breath around the room, but no one spoke. Most of them seemed to be holding their br...ath, waiting..."I think so," I replied. "There's a slight pulse. Regular, but almost nonexistent." What are those?" Anna asked, referring to the sparks we were seeing in his brain."I was going to ask you the same thing," I replied. "You're the head doctor."Anna's thoughts suddenly became erratic. She was excited and trying to tell me something,. My blood began to boil inside me. ICould feel Mother squeeze my arm entreating me to keep quiet. However,The rage I felt was beyond my control. I confronted the guys and got into aFight with them. I got in a few good blows but it was an unequal battle. I wasAlone against three much bigger guys and I was soon overpowered. I wasStruck down to the ground. I had blood gushing out from my nose, while myLips were smashed and an eye blackened. The guys began raining kicks onMe as I lay on the ground.. The only good thing about it isbeing married to a Countess, this particular Countess, anyway."There was some good-natured chuckling, a better response than anythingI had ever managed before when speaking on my own behalf. Susie hadgone a little pink, I noticed, but she had a happy smile on her face."But we are delighted to be here," I continued. "Martha is awonderful lady, and Davey is a very lucky man."Cries of "Hear, hear!"Susie was tugging on my trouser leg: a sure sign it was time for me. Now!" He yelled into his radio."Ready?"I just nodded holding my 9 mm straight out as he opened the door a crack.There was another shot and we moved into the back of the bank in a hurry.What I saw next stayed with me until this day. Sometimes the memory would explode into my brain at the oddest times. Two of the hostages were lying on the marble floor in pool of rapidly spreading blood and one of the hostage takers had a woman on her knees in front of him holding her by the hair. He had a gun to.