Russellâs eyes are wide at the sight. He didnât even know this lady as far he was concerned. Yet she had just run in front of him and gotten herself shot by the Spy that he was trying to deal with.Â
âHoly shit!â he can only shout when his mouth finally decides to work. The Spy also looks shocked, which he uses as his chance. He fears a bullet into the REDâs head and his body keels over backwards before vanishing entirely to respawn.
He then steps over to the woman, his heart pounding.
âShit, shit, shit⊠are you okay? I got medical stuff⊠like proper stuff the Medics use⊠you really didnât have to do thatâŠâÂ
While he should probably thank her for saving him an unwanted trip to respawn if the Spy had managed to shoot him, his focus is on healing her first.Â
âOkay nevermind that sounds great,â she sighed, giving in to the pain and taking two of the pills with a messy gulp of water. She wiped her mouth on the back of her wrist, âthank you you sweet and funky soul. Heâs your dad? Well that makes me feel better, I can pretend it was the urgency of family connection that made me so dumb. Not to say that I regret it! Iâd do the same thing over.â
âI donât blame the poor guy, he didnât see me coming. But! He hit me in just the right spot so itâs all fine,â She pointed her right shoulder which was practically re-sealed at the entry wound with the pills- there being no exit wound for some reason, âSee? No worries buddy-o. That piece of meâs reinforced like nobobbyâs businessâ she pointed at the bloody bullet on the ground, âexhibit a. And really, itâs my job to get hurt. Sorta-aha! Hereâs the it.â
Messenger had finally found the letter. She handed it to Russell with a big cheery grin.
âItâs, ehe, itâs fine,â Russell replied, rubbing at the back of his neck, âAs I said, itâs the least I can do for you like, doing that, eheheâŠâ
He then nodded.
âYeah, he owns a theatre, so I can only assume thatâs who you mean by a theatre dude,â he said with a small smile. But then sympathy crept across his face, âNah, it wasnât dumb. You were just focussed on delivering.â
He fidgeted.
âHe was just salty because RED lost and we Scouts seem easy targets to pick on,â he added, âHonestly, some of them need to just accept their loss and try to do better next time.âÂ
His eyes widened and he let out a low impressed whistle. He then glanced down at the bullet.Â
âHoly shit, thatâs actually rather clever,â he said, âAs long as youâre all right. Thatâs the main thing. But try to look after yourself if you can. Itâs no oneâs job to just âget hurtâ.âÂ
He then carefully took the letter. Yep, that was his fatherâs handwriting. He couldnât help but smile on seeing it.Â
âThank you for bringing this to me.âÂ
She grinned at his awkwardness in empathy, her hand instinctively going to the back of her neck too, and nodded, âIâm sticking to my guns on the dumbness of me, but I really appreciate you saying that. And yâknow, Iâm not a fan of unprofessionalism like that- just because somebody can re-spawn doesnât mean it doesnât hurt them to die.And like, if youâre not friends itâs just a dick move. Mmmayhaps heâll think twice after hitting the wrong target.â
She snorted at the clever comment, âyou could say that. Iâll pass it along to my doc whoâs gonna have fun chewing me out today,â she grinned again, kinda flushed a bit at his kindness and genuine concern, âOh uh, youâre welcome. And Iâll try to uh, not get shot. More.â She stood, wincing a bit as she rolled her shoulder, âGood to meet you Russell! Thanks again, and uh keep eyes on spiesâ
She saluted and finger gunned as she began jogging backwards before turning and trotting off on her way.
