out of the
rubble
chapter
one
- kai -
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There's a prologue, in case you're CONFUSED AND
UNINFORMED.
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"Damnit, Kel." I
cursed.
The "clinic" was the biggest tent in the facility.
There was concrete for the walls in some parts, and supposedly
air-tight seals in some rooms. Which was good I suppose.
"Stephan?" I called
out, I was getting dizzier by the second.
I ventured from the waiting room (basically an empty room with a
chair in the corner and a tiny crumbling desk) and made my way
down the hallway, leaning on the walls for support. Kel was
right, I felt sick.
"Stephan!" I yelled again, holding an arm over my mouth
in a pointless attempt to stop myself from being sick.
There was a pang of pain coming from my stomach and I keeled over
and crossed my arms over it.
"Ste-"
"Heeeey, Kai." Stephan said, catching me before I
fell.
I gave a weak thumbs up in greeting, catching my breath.
"Come on." He pushed me towards the door at the end of
the hall. "Glad to see you found your wat back. I thought we
were going to have to send out search parties without our tech
genius!" He continued, chuckling.
"What's wrong with me?" I managed to get out.
"Well, judging by the reasonably sized bloody welt on your
head, you probably have a concussion of some sort, and waking
from the concussion followed immediatly by a lot of physical
activity isn't the healthiest thing. Radiation poisoning and
adrenaline loss probably didn't help much either. Also,
you're apparently losing blood all of a sudden from a cut on
your stomach. "
I noticed the blood all over my hands. Great.
"Here." Stephan shoved some pills down my throat, which
I swallowed reluctantly.
"What were those for?" I asked.
"To knock you out, basically." He said, smiling.
"Oh."
I woke up, again.
At least this time I was laying in bed.
Not for long.
I sat up, Or at least tried to. It was more like sitting up,
making a couple inhuman part screaming, part moaning noise, and
then proceeding to flop back down onto the mattress with a
sigh.
Ouch.
I examined the various bandages that had been used while I was
out. There was a slightly bloodsoaked wrapping around my ribcage,
and a patch of cloth on my cheek where there was radiation
burning. Cool.
I moved my head to look across the room, you know the way that
grossly distorts your chin and hurts your neck? It was
neccessary. Kel was standing in the corner, leaning against the
wall, legs crossed, talking to Stephan. She said something about
being near an explosion that went off by the facility. She
glanced over my way and added a quick "Oh and Kai's
up."
I rolled my eyes.
"Did you find anybody, Kel?" She knew
what I meant by "anybody".
"Nope. We're sending out another search party later
today though, specifically for Melany, actually. We figured you
would want to come." She replied, voice softer than usual.
"And we need your help anyway."
Stephan walked over and helped me over to the door. I yelped.
Kel chuckled and looked down at me. I glared at her.
"Sorry, bruised ribs, you shouldn't even be
going. Kelly." He said, looking at Kel.
"And we can take this off now." He ripped something off
my neck. I looked at his hand.
"You use Bandaids, Stephan?"
"You underestimate the power of bandaids. Now go."
I was pushed out of the tent by 2 pairs of hands, followed by
Kel. I looked at her for instruction. This was her domain.
"Come on, follow me."
I always do, anyways.
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