So, here is the next chapter and finally we will find out about Spider´s tattoo!
I hope you all enjoy the story and I would be delighted over some feedback :)
"Well, here I am", Bomber announced as she entered the wardroom and was hit immediately by a frightened gaze from Spider.
"Spider, I am not here to amputate your foot!", she grinned and put on some of the latex gloves. "Buffer, what did you do to him?"
"I did not even scream at him, I swear!"
Bomber raised one eyebrow and shot a sceptic look at him, then she turned to Spider who watched her vigilantly, pressing his lips tightly together.
"Spider, if you don´t take your shirt off I can´t help you. Do you want to suffer from blood poisoning? This can happen faster as if you would think!"
The whining sound Spider made mostly swallowed the small giggle from Nikki, who was standing in the door frame, next to Buffer. Bomber could almost see how it was working inside of Spider´s head, then he finally pulled his shirt over his head and leant over the table in the middle of the room.
"Buffer, it really was not fair to do this."
"I knew you would take side for Spider as soon as possible!", Buffer smirked and was rewarded by death glares from two different persons until Bomber turned to her patient again and pushed him down on the table. Buffer handed her some disinfectant and gauze from the med closet.
"Everything okay, Spider? You´re very quite."
"Yeah... just some headache... How... how about you?"
"Me? I can barely recall on anything that happened yesterday!", Bomber laughed and removed the first layer of compresses from Spider´s shoulder.
"Frustrating, isn´t it? I had hoped for some gossip!", Nikki sighed. "Buffer just did not wanted to tell me anything. You don´t even know what he gave you yourself, right?"
"No... ", Spider answered with a contorted expression on his face. "But despite this my mum will kill me if she finds out. Thank you, Buffer!"
"Well, by means of you the X and me almost were not able to work together any more!"
"I thought I already paid for this when you pushed me in the dryer!"
"Obviously you did not listen to me, Spider! Don´t you remember that I promised you you would pay for this as long as you are a sailor in the navy?", Buffer grinned devilishly and watched Bomber relaxed as she was about to put away the last compress. Nikki also stretched her neck as good as possible to have a better look from behind of Buffer.
As Bomber removed the last part of the bandage and she saw the bare part of skin, she suddenly felt extremely dizzy as a flood of memories from the past night hit her brain.
Spider an her on deck of Hammersley... His lips passionately covering hers... His hands touching her skin... her legs wrapped around his hips... Pauly leaning over the snoring Spider telling her:"I heard this would be dedicated to you!"
She tried to catch her breath and heard Spider, like he was far away, asking:"Is it already that bad?!"
Slowly she turned to look at Buffer, her lineaments some kind of murderous.
"BUFFER!", she screamed so loud that Nikki, Buffer and Spider jumped – and then Buffer went for a quick escape. "I WILL KILL YOU!"
Bomber immediately started to hunt him and Nikki could take a look on that ominous tattoo that had been on her mind for the whole day.
"Well... this looks... ahm..."
Spider rose and hurried over to the small mirror hanging over the sink and as he saw the picture that decorated his sun tanned skin, he lost the colour in his face and turned white.
"She... she is going to kill me, too!", he murmured abashed. "I think she remembers everything from yesterday..."
"What did happen yesterday? Spider, tell me!"
Nikki watched him with a threatening face and took a large step towards the young sailor who agitatedly drove one hand through his hair.
"We... we kind of... m... made out."
"You did make out?!", Nikki asked, suddenly looking happily enthusiastic. "When? Where?!"
"When... when we came back to the ship... I called her babe and... we kissed and then... oh shit..."
He buried his face in his hands as his face started to turn from white into red.
"What?" Nikki wanted to know, completely excited, and pushed the door shut. "You did not do more, did you? Did you have... you know... sex?"
"Noo! But if she had not had a sudden clear moment, then we would have continued..."
"Oh my gosh, this is totally like gossip Christmas!", Nikki rejoiced and Spider was horrified by her unusual behaviour.
"You... you won´t tell the others about this, don´t you?! If the boss or the X hear about what happened, then... damn it, Nav, I could pack my bags! We could both forget about a Navy career!"
"Oh Spi, don´t worry, you know me, I will only tell it the trustworthy persons...", Nikki grinned and reopened the door, ready to leave. "Well, I will take a look if I can pick up some shreds of our Buffer that Bomber might have left over. And you stay here, you still need to treated."
"BUFFER, JUST STOP, YOU BLOODY BASTARD!", Bomber yelled as she was right behind Buffer, racing through the small hallways of Hammersley. They also passed Kate and Mike, who had just exited the cabin of the CO together, but Bomber had no time to think about this. She just heard them both gasp loudly as she slightly pushed them against the wall to continue her sprint.
On the quarterdeck she was finally able to stop him and with the force of an angry woman she pushed him against one of the smokestacks.
"Where you even thinking about what you were doing?!", she hissed and raging gazes left her dark eyes.
"Bomb, let me explain..."
"Oh, I already see it! You not only made him drunk and gave him this tattoo against his will, you also had the idea to play a terrible hoax on me! Or what other reason would your motif idea "I love Bomber – My sweet galley girl" pursue then?! What did I do to you that you felt the need to be so insulting! Tell me, Buff!"
"Okay, Bomb, just calm down a bit first!"
He carefully shoved her away one step and cleared his throat, then he started to talk:"I just could not watch you two any longer, doing your...sorry, eye sex thing and denying the feelings you have for each other! So I took the issue into my hands!"
Bomber stared at him, but was not able to say a single word. Buffer made sure she wasn´t about to strangle him and went on:"You love each other, this is even visible for a blind one. Do you know how many times we had to listen to Spider talking to you in his sleep? Believe me, this is serious and I just wanted you both to realise this, damn it!"
"Buff...", Bomber finally said after some time of silence and he believed she would go nuts for the second time this morning, but surprisingly and to his relief a small smile became visible. "You... you may be... okay... you´re right, but... this way was so... buffer-like... It was not right to do this, after all!"
Peter nodded, then shrugged with his shoulders and looked a her like "The purpose sanctifies the medium.
"And this is why you will be heavily punished, Buff! And of course from the mistress of torture herself, alongside the X. Nikki, come out, I know you´ve been listening!"
"I wasn´t!", Nikki protested, coming out of her (not) hiding place near the RHIBs, hands deeply buried into her pockets as she approached her comrades.
"However, it is your duty to suitably punish Buffer for his doings! And don´t be to softly, even if he turns to be a bit girlish, he deserves it!", Bomber explained with a nasty grin, before she turned to go inside.
"And what are you doing now?", Nikki asked while gripping Buffers forearm to prevent him from clearing out. Bomber laughed and yelled:"I still have a patient waiting for me!"