Of all Things Red (10k love story)

Chapter 7

"Okay, Warren, Mack, and Addy, you're with me." Garnet said as he looked to John.

"Alright." He said as he nodded.

"Doc, 10k, you stay and watch our companions." Warren said, she tilted her head to both Murphy and Charmane.

Charmane look to her for a second before shaking her head.

She watched as the team of 5 entered the building.

"Your name is 10k?" She asked as she turned her head to the teen standing on the truck bed.

"It's the number of zombies I'm going to kill."

"And you're a long shot?" She asked tilting her head to the riffle.

"I also have a knife." He nodded.

Doc smirked to himself, Murphy mumbled something and Cassandra just watched.

"I see, I'm good with medicine and hand to hand combat." She said a small smile on her face.

"Hand to hand combat?" Doc asked, a bit skeptical. "You survived this long only with hand to hand combat?"

Charmane just gave a secretive smile and a bit later the others walked out the house.

"John!" Charmane gasped out as she ran to the older male.

He held his forearm that had a long cut bleeding across it, it was thin but from the way it bled, it was deep.

"There was a Z in the kitchen I killed it but, I ended up running into a knife." He said as Charmane guided them to their truck.

"How did you manage that?" Charmane asked she opened their door and pulled out a bag that seemed to be filled with medical supplies.

She pulled out all the needed materials.

Everyone seemed to stare as she poured alcohol on a paper towel and dabbed it on the cut and John hissed.

Charmane sighed as she pulled on a sterile glove and rubbed some ointment of some kind on his arm over the cut.

Pulling the glove off she pulled on another pair.

"Does it still hurt?" She asked as she threaded a needle with thread.

"No." John said with a shake of his head.

Charmane nodded before she starting stitching the wound close. After she finished she cut and tied it before placing a bandage over the cut.

"It shouldn't get infected but if it starts getting sore, red, and puss starts to develop tell me John." She stressed the last part as she looked him in the eye.

He nearly nodded and turned to the group still watching them.

"What was that ointment you rubbed on him?" Doc spoke up mildly curious.

"A homemade topical numbing salve." Charmane said as she put up the medical supplies.

"Homemade?" Warren asked.

"I specialize in medicine, they taught me quite a bit when I was in the facility." She grimaced as she said facility.