A Shell For Two | JWCC | Yaz x Fem Oc

27: Mission Critical

Mae leans back against a small boulder. Makeshift bandages cover her abdomen, blood soaking through. While the group doesn't know where exactly Hecate is, they figured she's the reason they only had to deal with one velociraptor instead of all three.

"I'm sorry," Sammy whispers, legs curled against her chest, "if you all hadn't stopped me, id probably be dead right now."

Brooklyn shakes her head, "You facing Kash wasn't about it being the brave thing to do, it was about whether it was the smart thing to do." She tosses the pebble she was fiddling with aside, changing her sitting position to get more comfortable, "Hecate was right earlier, Kash didn't hesitate to try to kill Mae, he wouldn't hesitate to hurt us either."

"Easy, B," yaz replies, "If Sammy hadn't tried to confront him, then we wouldn't have been there to save Mae."

"it's okay, yaz, she was right," sammy sighs, "the only way for us to all get the answers we want is to play the long game."

"Than that's what we'll do," Darius says. Yaz can't help but roll her eyes. Maybe a bit of her girlfriend's dislike of the boy is rubbing off on her.

All heads turn to ben as he returns from watching Kash, "Guys," he starts, "Kash has a phone."

...

Hecate sits against the airlock wall, breathing heavily. She was able to take out the second velociraptor, but was unable to avoid its claws while doing so.

Three deep slashes decorate her left thigh, blood pooling on the floor under her leg. She tore part of her pants to make some bandages but it didn't do much to help.

Two dinosaur corpses lay collapsed in front of her. Truth be told, she didn't have to kill them. She could've just knocked them unconscious. But hell, getting rid of them completely just ensures that they won't cause another problem later in the future. She'll have to tell Mae it was an accident.

Hecate pushes herself up using the wall, wincing as she puts pressure on her leg. She might go back to Mae's makeshift house before trying find the others. Hopefully they were able to take care of the last velociraptor easily. If not..well as long as Yaz is okay..and Brooklyn. And maybe Sammy.

Hecate glances at the dead velociraptors as she passed by them, leaning against the wall as she walks. If she was back on Isla Nublar, she would've gathered any resources she could from them. She sighs, frowning. Maybe Darius is right. Is she really heartless?

She shakes the thought from her head. There's no time to worry about herself, not when the others could be in trouble.

The travel to Mae's cave takes much longer than Hecate wanted, though expected thanks to her leg. She remembers there being a first aid kit in the snow gliders but she's not sure if she could make it there with her leg the way it is, fucking dinosaurs.

Hecate pushes her way inside the cave, thankfully Kash hadn't decided to return. She stumbles towards the closet, blindly grabbing clothes and ripping them into strips. She figures a few ripped up clothes would be the least of Mae's worries when someone is trying to kill her.

She glances around the room, looking for any type of bag she could stuff extra cloth strips in. They could come in handy in case someone else gets hurt. She finds one in Mae's room, a simple one that she probably used to carry her iPad and other supplies.

Once she fixes up her thigh to the best of her ability, she stands, the bag over her shoulder filled with a few water bottles and snacks she could find shoved under the makeshift bandages. Hecate makes her way back outside, heading back to where she left Yaz and Mae. Hopefully they didn't stray too far so it's easier to find them.