Helluva Distraction

Chapter 7

Loona's phone rang on the other side of the room, she quickly answered it with an uninterested, "hello?". You listened in carefully as the room suddenly felt tense and Loona's silence became deafening. Loona was always quiet, but this had an entirely different feeling and undertone.

"Yeah, yeah, fuck, okay yup" Loona said, scrambling through the leather bound book that was still placed on her desk.

"What's going on?" you asked, standing and walking toward the secretary desk. Loona had her phone pressed between her cheek and her shoulder, her paws frantically scouring through hundreds of pages.

"Blitz got shot," Loona said matter-of- factly. Your heart began to thump inside of your chest harder than it ever had before. You snatched Loona's phone from its fragile placement and placed it against your ear with panic.

"Hello? Hello, what's going on" you're barely able to get the words out.

"He's fine, he's fine, we just need the portal like right now" Moxxie instructed. You stared at Loona who finally found the correct page through her panic. She pointed as she read the text aloud and the wall began to split open once again revealing Moxxie and Millie holding up a tattered and weak Blitz.

You hung up the phone and dropped it onto the desk, running toward the portal and meeting them as they stepped through. The portal shrunk into the brick behind them as they laid Blitz down flatly on the ground. He looked up at you, a smirk resting on his face as he stared at you knowingly. Moxxie quickly ran across the room grabbing an emergency kit from a cabinet, Millie tore open the bottom of Blitz's shirt revealing an oozing wound on the right side of his stomach. Upon further inspection you could see the end of a bullet sticking out of the wound's surface through the glistening blood.

"I need something to get this out" you commanded as Moxxie crouched down by your side, his hands rummaging through the emergency kit and pulling out a pair of forceps. You took them tightly in your hand, watching as Millie placed a folded towel into Blitz's mouth. You took a deep breath and dug at the bullet hole, the forceps grasping and slipping on the piece of metal. Finally with one more dig, the bullet came loose and was able to be pulled out by the pincers. Blitz's muffled wails filled the room, his face holding an expression of agony as you worked.

"Alcohol, swabs, gauze, bandage" Moxxie listed, handing you the items one by one.

"I'm sorry" you said before you poured the alcohol onto his wound. His body flinched forward, his back arching, tears pushing their way out of the corners of his eyes. You quickly swabbed at the wound, clearing out any debris that you could see.

"I'm gonna need help sitting him up so I can wrap this around his torso" you commented. Loona bent down and helped Millie and Moxxie force Blitz into an upright position despite the limpness of his body. You quickly went to work bandaging and wrapping Blitz's gunshot wound. Once the bandages were secure the four of you laid him back down on the floor and took the towel out of his clenched teeth. Blitz set his hand over his wrapping and exhaled deeply before closing his eyes, his face slowly relaxing.

"How did this one happen?" Loona asked, focusing on Millie and Moxxie.

"Last job of the day. We thought the guy was dead but it turns out he was just unconscious. Woke up, grabbed his gun and shot" Moxxie explained, his eyes filled with concern. You gently set your hand on his back and gave him a soft pat knowing he felt guilty.

"He's gonna be okay" you reassured everyone, "maybe out of commission for a little while, but he'll be okay" you rested the palm of your hand over his forehead and gently brushed his horns.

"This isn't the first time I've been shot and it won't be the last," Blitz coughed loudly.

"Can we at least hope that it'll be the last? For my sake?" you whimpered, reaching down and setting his head in your lap.

"Sure, won't happen ever again" he chuckled, his hand still over his wound.

"I think we should wrap up today...get Blitz home and comfortable" Loona offered before bending down and lifting Blitz off of the floor, positioning him in her arms.

"Millie and I will lock up, sir," Moxxie stated before turning to you and Loona, "keep us updated, okay?" you nodded in response before grabbing Blitz's keys and following Loona out of the offices and into the parking lot.