Since you've been gone

10

"So not only did you both defy orders, put yourselves in danger and completely fuck up the plan of action but you left her behind" Bones screamed so loudly she thought the blood vessel that was popping out at the side of his forehead might burst. That would be some mess to clean up. She suppressed the urge to smile at the thought, aware that in such dire circumstances smiling was not what she should be doing.

"I'm sorry sir... but at least we know he's alive and we can rescue them quicker" he was shouting so loud now that her ears were shutting off. It had been hours since she'd left them. Brains was doing well but her mind kept wandering back to the two left behind. People that meant so much to her.

"We're wasting time, we need to move. Now" she protested "You ain't moving anywhere sweetheart except to the back of the line at the job centre"

"You can have me dishonourably discharged or whatever the fuck you like after we've found them. He's bleeding out, and they are alone. I can't stress how quickly we need to move Bones. He's going to die out there"

He nodded his head "This ain't over Lane. Kit up. Against my better judgement I'll need you to come along, as my own twat of a medic is awol"

-OG-

Charles

There's blood, sweat, agony, crying which I've now come to realise is my own. And there's her. My love. The unfailing love of my life, who has never let me down in my times of need. Molly.

I'm letting her down again. Trapping her in this hellish game of hide and seek with dangerous men who want to kill me. I beg her to go, I need her to be safe but she won't. She lies here next to me, every few minutes placing her hand on my chest to make sure I'm still alive until she just decides to leave it there. It's the only warmth there is, considering the climate is so hot here. That can't be a good thing for me. I once told her I wanted her to be the last thing I see and it appears I will get my wish. This is karma for being a bastard. Lady Luck is dangling her in front of me, ready to love me once again and it's all going to be taken away. I'm going to die out here.

-OG-

They'd spent a whole night in this hell. He'd deteriorated so badly they couldn't move any further. It was a case of who would find them first. He woke with a start "Molly?" He called, his hands fumbling in the space around him looking for her.
"I'm here.. I'm back. I went to find water" she'd been unsuccessful. She tipped the rest of what they had sparingly into his mouth. "A little bit for later. They'll be here soon" she reassured him but she wasn't entirely sure where 'here' was. They'd taken cover in a cave but it seemed an obvious place for those who knew the terrain better than they did to look. She was surprisingly alert considering she hadn't slept and was becoming dehydrated. She had laid in the crook of his arm for some time whilst he slept, watching the rise and fall of his chest become increasingly more laboured. Infection was taking hold of him now, time was running out.

She tightened his blast bandages after noticing the pool of blood beneath him growing, causing him to cry out "Sorry Charlie. I'm so sorry" she rest her hand in his red hot cheek "I'm sorry I've been to stubborn to tell you how much I love you. But when we get out of here, I'm never letting you out my sight again. We're gonna be happy me and you do you know that? So happy like we were. I can't lose you Charles, stay with me"

The click of the gun behind her head sent shivers through her spine. She wasn't sure what they were saying or even what language they were speaking but she understood they wanted her on her feet.

She rose slowly with her hands in the air before they forced her to drop her rifle that was slung over her shoulder. She was unarmed and Charles was unconscious.