"So how long do you think we're going to be waiting" Beans says.
"If the plane made it back to base, we should get evac in about an hour by chopper." Megan says glumly.
It's about five o'clock now and I can barely keep my eyes open. Loki's lying down at my feet, snoring.
"I'm gonna go back into that camp and try to scavenge some food, anyone wanna come?" I say to our not so merry band
"Sure, it beats sitting around here doing nothing" Megan says.
"No way man, I'm not going back there, gives me nightmares just thinking about it." Beans whimpers
"Whatever, Loki come on." I say
His ears perk up but he stays on the ground.
I lie down next to him and talk right into his ear.
"Hey, lazybones you gotta get up, its time to move." I whisper
He finally gets up onto his but into a sitting position then lies back down. we all laugh at my failure and then finally he gets up and walks over to me.
"No, there is no way you haven't shot a sniper before and you can shoot that well, it's impossible!" I exclaim
"Nope, no training what so ever." she shrugs.
I shake my head and chuckle.
CRAAAAAAK!
A sniper rifle goes off.
"Hit the dirt!" I yell.
I drop to the ground and pull Loki under me.
"Crap." I hear Megan say behind me. She's holding her left side. there is blood spewing out from between her fingers, she's losing blood fast.
"Megan, can you walk." I ask
No response.
"Megan!" I yell.
"Yeah yeah I'm good." she says, dazed.
"Then let's make it back to beans and get you patched up, okay?" I say calmly
"Okay?" I say again
"Yeah, Yeah." She says distractedly.
I pull her arm around my neck and practically drag her back towards our little outpost. Loki runs into the brush looking for the sniper.
"Go get him Loki," I say to myself, "And come back alive."
By the time I reach beans, Megan isn't walking at all. Her eyes are barely open and the blood just gushes through the wound.
"Beans!" I yell.
"What!" he replies
"Apply pressure to this." I say reaching for my pack, hidden behind the rock that beans had been watching the sky from. Everyone says I'm paranoid carrying around a full med pack. Hey, I'm still paranoid but at least I have a reason behind carrying it now.
I pull out the metal tweezers and hover over the wound. Megan's hand lightly tries to brush the tweezers away. Even in a dire crisis she still finds a way to resist. I open the wound up and poke the tweezers in searching for the bullet. After what seems like an eternity of digging through a sea of blood I feel the hard surface of the bullet. I clamp on and pull out with all my force. the bullet comes flying out, like it was shot out of the rifle again.
"Joe, get the disinfectant out of my kit." I order.
"This?" he says, holding up a blue bottle.
"Yeah, that's it gimme that rag too." I say nervously.
He grabs the rag, the disinfectant and also a roll of gauss. Ahead of the curve I see. I clean the wound out and stick the rag in there. then wrap the gauss around her and put on the tightest knot I've tied in years. Done, and under 5 minutes, an accomplishment if I do say so myself.
THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
The sound of a helicopter. I feel like I'm about to burst into tears at the fact that a rescue had arrived. then I remember.
"Loki! I yell into the forest.
The helicopter lands and the helicopter's crew lift me into the aircraft.
"No! Stop! Have to wait for my partner!" I scream at them.
"We're not waiting, son we gotta move." the man carrying me says.
The helicopter blades start spinning up. Then suddenly Loki burst around the corner and charges right towards us. The helicopter starts to lift up off the ground, and Loki leaps into the air. I see it all in slow motion. Loki is flying through the air towards me as the helicopter lifts off. He collides with me and I am blown backwards by the force. But I don't care. He's here with me and not stuck on that stupid island.
