CH 3 Couldn't save a life
I cautiously approached the exit to the alley hoping that there was no more surprise Geth.
My hopes felt liked they had just been mugged, stabbed in the balls, and left to writhe in a dark alley. Around the corner there were at least half a dozen Geth. Fuck my past life, this one, and the next. I saw 3 figures in the distance coming up behind the Geth. It had to be Shepard's group.
As soon as the shooting started I motioned for my friends to follow me and we crouch ran from cover to cover. Then we made a mad dash to the next area. I heard a grunt and turned around to see Austin curled up on the ground. He must have gotten hit by a stray bullet.
I ran back over to him. I dragged him with my good hand to the next piece of cover and waved Billy over. He was bleeding from his stomach. There was a blood trail from where I had dragged him. I pointed to his legs and Billy grabbed them then I grabbed his arms.
Both of us together could barely get him off the ground. We were on Eden Prime so the place where the doctors are should be… right there! We put him down next to the door and started knocking on it as loud as we could. Billy started screaming at them.
"Open the door! Please, open the damned door!"
The door slid open so we grabbed Austin and got in. They locked it behind us.
"Please you have to help, our friend was shot!" Billy continued to scream at them.
The crazy doctor was just standing in the corner, the other one approached us.
"I'm sorry but we can't do much, we're low on supplies as it is. The best we can do is TRY to stop the bleeding. That's it."
I put Austin on the table in the middle of the room and helped Billy put pressure on the wound. He was bleeding heavily. I didn't have the heart to tell him he wasn't going to make it or the vocal cords. Austin looked at me.
"Well guys, I didn't make it very far did I huh?"
Billy started shaking. Austin said his last words.
"This… sucks."
His body went limp, he shuddered, and… that was it.
End Of CH 3