Tank Borne

Part 6: new destination

"Thank you." Liana said and extended her hand to try and shake Syn-syn's. He looked at her and copied her but Liana had to grab his hand and shake it up and down for him. He drew his hand back and look at it wondering what that was about but got the point that she was grateful for his help so he thumped his chest again and nodded to her.

Liana smiled at his childlike behavior and asked, "so what now?"
She thought for a minute on where to go and knew he needed to get back to his own kind so she said, "Syn I go home. Youtja hunt there. Could run into one."

Syn-syn hugged trying to understand but didn't get to reply when both of them heard a loud pop and bang then Liana screamed. Blood spurt out from the left side of her stomach. Syn-syn saw what caused it and grabbed Liana before the other shot range and a bullet missed her. Before the person who was hiding in another room could fire again Syn-syn dodged over  and grabbed the man by the throat and roared as hard and high as he could onto the man's face. While he did Syn-syn grabbed the rifle and threw it into the wall breaking it.
Liana was holding her side bleeding when she turned around and saw who it was.
"Parker! You fucking coward!" She yelled then fell on her knees. Syn-syn looked at her like how do you want me to kill it?

She looked at Syn-syn and told him, "follow me." She got up and went to the air lock. A tight fit for a person but Syn-syn shoved him in and Liana locked the chamber then slumped back to the floor. Syn-syn grabbed her and picked her up laying her in his arms wondering what to do.

She pointed to a medical pouch she had on then the pilot seat. He knew what she meant and sat her back down and she put back the seat rest. He handed her the pouch and she grabbed what she needed.
"Need to get the object out. Seal wound." She said and he helped her get out the tweezers to grab the bullet but when she couldn't get it and passed out from blood loss Syn-syn got to work understanding what needed to be done and used his claws to pick the bullet out and dressed the wound as best as he could with some gauze. He didn't know to wash it but wrapped her torso with the gauze and waited for the bleeding to stop. When it wasn't he put his hand over the wound like Liana had been doing before she passed out.

Holding the wound works. Pressure. He noted mentally.

When she stopped bleeding he removed his hand and noticed Liana was sweating and cold. He looked at her coverings and thought, female must need more coving her. I'll find something.
He then put the medkit  on the floor and walked around the shuttle and found a sleeping quarters with a bunk bed. On the very top of it was a case that had bedding and a blanket. He took the blanket out and brought it with him.
Back at the pilot seat he saw Liana had her eyes open and put placed the blanket on top of her before picking her up and carrying her over to the bunk bed. On the way to the sleeping quarters was the air lock and Parker was still inside. When he saw them he was banging on the glass and yelling for someone to open the glass. Syn-syn stopped for a second and flared his mandibles growling. Parker moves away and sat on the floor cowering in the corner after that. He knew he was dead, he shot a traitor (in his mind) that befriended a monster. He was dead soon.

Syn-syn in the sleeping quarters with Liana put her on the bottom cot and laid her down gently leaving the blanket on top of her.

She was till awake and looked up at Syn-syn saying, "You know I didn't think I'd make a friend when I joined the team into space but looks like I made a good one. How am I going to repay you?"

Syn-syn didn't understand a damn thing she said and took it as maybe she was afraid. Not knowing what else to do he sat on the floor by the bed with his back to her.
Feeling like he should be doing something he just stayed to keep her company.
Liana felt bad knowing he didn't know what to do and that he was trying his best.
What a shitty day to be born. Born one second, kills a few humans and now is drifting with one in space. Her feelings got to her as she looked at his 'I don't know what to do and I'm lost' look. So she put her Iggy hand on his shoulder and started to rub him their, petting his tough hide and saying, "you did good."

Did good, for some reason echoed in his head and he said it to her while looking over his shoulder, "ooman did good."

She smiled and said, "yeah we did."