Sucked Away: Eragon

XXVII

I felt as if I had gained 40 pounds and decided to go on a crazy fast roller coaster. I was lying face down on something that was moving very fast. Pain was going throughout my entire body from my wound causing my eyesight to turn fuzzy and different colors to run throughout it. What made it worse was that a 40 pound.... something was on my back sticking something into my wound to try and stop the bleeding. Not only did it make it hurt worse, but I felt like I was being crushed by the forty pound thing on my hurt back. My ribs felt like they were about to burst. I slowly felt the blood leave my head and exit through my back. The gun shot wound just would not stop bleeding. 

After what felt like forever to me (it was really only a few minutes, but I was injured and so it felt like forever), I passed under a loose piece of material into a damper area. It felt warmer in there too. The speed continued until it stopped with a jolt and I was then placed down hastily with with a huge bump. Both of these caused me pain. I groaned through the colors I saw. I heard voices all around me. They were from Eragon, Aray, Angela, and Solembum. 

The colors were starting to fade, and as they did everything turned black. I was almost out when someone shook the shoulder attached to the wound. I groaned again. Colors erupted once more, and I saw through green, orange, and red that I was in a tent. To my right I heard Arya's voice talking sternly to me. "Sadie, you must stay awake! We can't help you unless you help us! Now, what happened." 

"I was shot," I croaked through the colors. 

"Yes, we understand that. But with what?" 

"I was ....shot!" 

"Shot with what Sadie!? With what!?" 

"A gun. Ian shot me with a ....gun." 

"What's a gun?" 

"It's like.... a super ...................advanced crossbow." 

"Sadie, there is no arrow sticking out of your back!"

"Because a gun... doesn't use an arrow..."

"What does it use Sadie?" 

The colors were starting to subside again, and so I was starting to black out again. "Bullets........." I said sleepily. I heard my name, but didn't come back again until I felt someone bump me; causing the colors again. 

"Sadie!! What are bullets?!" 

"Metal... balls." 

"Is it still there? In you?" 

"Yes." 

"You're sure?"

"Yes.... I can... still feel it there." 

"How do we get it out?" 

"I don't know." 

"No Sadie! You have to tell us what to do!!"

"How do you ...get out an arrow head?"

"We have to cut out arrow heads." 

"Then you'll have to cut out the bullet." 

There was silence. I was starting to black out again, but was fighting it as best I could. I heard Angela's voice next. "Do you realize we'll have to make the wound about 3 times bigger than it is now if we cut it out, Sadie?" 

"Then do it. It... has to come out." 

I heard people shift uncomfortably in the tent. I heard someone draw a dagger or knife of some kind. That's when the thought very strongly came into my mind: MAKE SURE THEY STERILIZE IT FIRST!! I sucked in one last breath and froze for a moment, that wasn't my voice!!! But I soon realized the foreign voice, that I had never heard before, was right. If they didn't sterilize it first, I could risk infection, rust, or cause worse damage to the already bad wound.