Fragments of a Broken Timeline [Book 3]

Ch.13 Bartending Bug

"Little buddies! 'The Murray' has arrived!" Murray announced as he rushed over to the two.

"Heya, big fella. Belle here was hurt pretty bad, so think ya can take her back?" Tennessee asked.

"Fear not! Leave it to me, little buddy! I'll get her back safe and sound!" Murray said as he approached Georgia. "Alright, little buddy, I'm gonna pick you up, okay?"

Slowly, Murray began to lift the injured Georgia up into his strong arms, the fox grimacing in pain as he did so, not that it wasn't unexpected. Once Georgia was safely into Murray's arms, he turned to Tennessee. "Okay, let's head back, Kid! Rae can fix her up real good!"

"I sure as hell hope so..." Tennessee said as he followed Murray back to the Safe House.

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"Oh my God! What the hell happened!?" Sly exclaimed when Murray entered the hideout with the injured and bloody Georgia in his arms.

"We just had a little accident in the mine." Tennessee replied.

"Murray, bring Georgia over here so I can take a look at her wound." Bentley instructed.

"Righ--"

"No." A voice cut in, everyone turning only to see Rae herself standing in the doorway. "Bring her to my room and I'll assess the damage." She said, heading toward her room.

Sly then cleared his throat as Rae brushed past him. "H-hey, Rae, do you need any--"

"No, I don't. Just stay the hell out of my way and let me tend to Georgia. The last thing I need right now is you screwing something up again." Rae replied in a harsh tone. "Murray, bring Georgia to my room and lay her on the bed, and Tennessee, you come too so I can make sure you're not hurt either."

Both Murray and Tennessee nodded, following Rae to her room as Georgia was carefully laid on the bed. Once that was done, Rae asked for Tennessee to grab her the first aid kit while she removed the bloody sash around Georgia's waist. Once removed, her eyes narrowed upon seeing a semi-deep bullet wound gash along her left side, close to her hip. Rae made quick work of cleaning away all the blood, having asked for a bowl of warm water and a wash cloth. Georgia cringed in pain the whole time Rae was cleaning her wound, her ancestor trying to coo to her in an attempt to keep her calm. Once all the blood was painfully cleaned away from Georgia's fur, Rae was able to get a better look at the wound she was faced with.

"Hmm..." Rae hummed. "Well, the good news is that this doesn't seem deep enough to require stitches."

"And the bad news?" Georgia asked.

"You've lost quite a bit of blood from what I can see, so once I've patched you up, I'm gonna need you to rest for a little while."

"How long is "a little while"?"

"Maybe a couple of hours, just because I'm going to apply a special cream I've formulated that helps to speed up the healing process. Hopefully, by the time you have another mission, the wound will be closed up enough to bear with so it shouldn't cause too much discomfort. For now though, I strongly advise that you rest so the cream and your body can do their job. Trust me, I'm trying to make your life easier here." Rae explained.

Georgia gave a nod. "Nah, I understand." She replied.

"All I ask is you rest for a just a couple of hours, which should be long enough for the wound to clot and close up just enough so it doesn't cause you much issue." Rae said.

Georgia gave another nod. "Do what ya gotta do, hun."

Rae nodded before she got to work. I hate seeing Georgia in pain like this... Hopefully by the time we need her again, her wound shouldn't cause her much trouble... She thought hopefully as she began to patch Georgia up.