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Chapter 7 - No
"Good morning." Tex greeted Danny as he walked into the supply room where Danny was just double checking their weapons.
"Good morning to you too."
"Have you slept at all?" Tex asked not sure when Danny had left the cabin.
"I did! Nearly slept like a baby."
"Why am I not believing a single word you are just telling me?" Tex asked, getting over to his desk where his weapons and tactical vest where stored.
"You are going to need my help with the vest Sir?" Tex asked playfully.
"Oh I will but this time we don't need to hide it." Danny answered, greeting Taylor and the Captain as they walked in too.
"So Miller, are you ready?" Danny checked on his youngest team mate, looking over his shoulder as he got his weapons prepared.
"Yes Sir! Thank you for this chance Sir!"
"You are welcome. Make sure your radio is working."
"I will Sir."
"Good."
"Finally one member of your team that is treating you with respect Sir." Tex joked playfully.
"Yeah HE is a good marine."
"I don't get that hierarchic system you are all so thrilled about."
"Really? I wouldn't have noticed that Tex. Thanks for mentioning it. Come on help me with my vest, it's time to put it on." Danny said walking over to his desk with Tex following close by.
"Lieutenant Green, how do you feel with the vest?" Captain asked after he spotted Tex helping his commanding Lieutenant into his tactical vest.
"Sore but it's going to work."
"Alright. Head to the combat room to get your camera checked." Chandler said enjoying the puzzled look on Green's face. He winked and Danny smiled back in return.
"I will Sir." He answered before heading towards Kara.
"Lieutenant Foster? Captain asked me to check the camera and the connection." Danny announced as he walked into combat room joining Kara at her monitor.
"Oh really?" Kara asked a smile circling around her mouth too.
"Okay, then switch it on and we will have a look." As the camera came to life Kara could see her face on the screen.
"Seems like its working perfectly fine." She said looking up at Danny again.
"I am glad we checked." He answered still a smile on his face.
"How is the vest?"
"Heavy."
"Danny you know what I mean."
"I am still sore but Tex helped me in and now that I am wearing it it's not such a big deal anymore." "Oh speaking of Tex. I told him to shoot every dengue fiber mosquito that is trying to make an attempt on you." Kara said, getting Danny to laugh.
"Oh that's going to be interesting then." He answered before his expression changed.
"I will be careful I promise and when I come back we will watch that little baby, that's all I will think of today."
"Yeah me too." With a firm nod Danny turned around before heading back to his team.
They had reached their destination and the rib boats where already waiting for them.
It was time.
As soon as they reached Salvador Danny switched his camera and his comm. Link on immediately hearing Kara's soft breathing in his ear.
"Bridge this is the Captain. It's a bright and sunny day and we have reached our entry point." Tom spoke up before turning to the group of highly armed soldiers in front of him.
"Okay, you all know what to do. Get those items we need and then we will head back to the ship. We are three teams and we have 2 clinics and 1 lab that could possibly be intact, so get whatever you can get." With that the Captain turned to his team and they all spread out into different directions. Danny looked down at his compass, the coordinates memorized in his brain. If it would all go as planned they should reach the lab after a 30 minutes walk. Cobra team had a 15 minutes walk and Vulture team approximately 30 minutes as well. Cobra and Vulture were heading to the clinic while Danny's Tiger team was heading to the lab as Danny had the camera with him so Dr. Scott could exactly tell him what she needed.
"Are they already on their way?" He could Rachel hear over his open comm. Link right in this second. He could nearly hear Kara gesturing her to be silent. Kara had told him everything the Captain had asked her not to do while Danny had to concentrate on the task ahead. And Danny was thankful for that as he needed to focus and be highly alert.
"On our way Dr. Scott." He answered.
"I am sorry." Rachel said quietly and Danny had to smile.
"All good." He answered
"Am I the only one recognizing that there are no signs of life here?" Tex asked, taking a quick look around.
"No." Danny answered. They had seen a few body's along their way, all of them with clear signs of the red flu.
"So you think there are no survivors here?" Miller asked.
"We can't be sure of that so we need to be alert but right now it does not look like there are any survivors in this part of Salvador." Danny explained heading further and further inland.
"Kara?" Danny asked mentioning their group to stop for a second.
"I am here."
"Can you please have a look on the coordinates. Due to the map it should be right here but obviously it's not." Danny said turning around trying to see the lab or what was remaining of it. "The coordinates are right. I will inform the XO." Kara said before gesturing the XO to head over to her.
"Tiger Team is at the exact coordinates of the lab but there is no lab and no signs that there has ever been a lab." Kara explained quickly.
"Do you think it's a trap?" Miller asked, still looking around.
"I am not sure. It's not feeling right." Danny answered truthfully making eye contact with Tex. "Man I don't like it to tell you the truths."
"Me neither Tex, me neither." Danny agreed still looking out for any signs. It was just completely calm and they where standing out in the open with no protection but the vests.
"Green, I want you to get out of there." The XO now spoke up. Danny could hear him over his radio and the open comm. Link so he was standing directly next to Kara. It was right in that second that Danny could hear the first shot ringing out.
"Taking fire!" He yelled, ducking before returning the fire blindly. He had taken in their surroundings. There was a small spot behind a burned down car.
"Move north!" He yelled and walked backwards as soon as possible while firing his gun. He could hear the XO and Kara yelling some orders in the background but he couldn't pay any attention to it. He knew that they where getting general quarters ready now.
It was just seconds after starting to move backwards that Danny could feel all the air leaving his system out of nowhere as he crashed backwards. He tried to suck in some fresh air as dizzy spots started to dance in front of his eyes. Kara. The baby. It all went blank.
"Green has been hit!" Tex screamed into the radio pointing the obvious out.
Kara couldn't hear the shots ringing through her ears anymore, she couldn't hear Tex screaming orders, all she could hear was Danny's labored breathing echoing in her ears. She closed her eyes and pressed the earphones against her head. He was breathing. She could see Tex grabbing Danny under his armpits, dragging him to the small piece of safety, a burned out car, not to far from their current location.
"Danny! Hey buddy! Buddy! Talk to me." Tex said kneeling down in front of his friend and comrade while Miller was still firing.
"Buddy! Come one!" He slapped Danny's cheeks while Kara could hear him taking in a deep breath.
"Talk to me. Where did they get you?" Tex continued, searching the vest for any impacts.
"It's in the vest." Danny said rolling to his site a little to take some pressure off of his burning ribs and the hip where the bullet had meet his vest. Kara's eyes filled with tears as soon as she heard him speaking up.
"Kara, it's in the vest. I'm okay." He said not paying attention to any protocol.
"Oh Danny." Kara just answered as calm as possible.
"Everyone okay?" Danny asked, looking at Tex and Miller. He could see the fear in Millers eyes and regretted his decision immediately. He didn't want to put Miller through all of this.
"Tiger team this is vulture. We are on our way." "Cobra Team on the way too." Danny could hear the Captain and Taylor through his radio.
"Still taking fire." He answered before pressing himself upright, starting to shot again.
Danny raised his eyebrows as the fire stopped abruptly.
"Do you think we hit them?" Miller asked.
"All at once? No. Prepare for ambush." Danny said standing up a little, still ducking behind the little shelter the car gave them.
"15 to 20 people highly armed moving in on us." Danny said over the radio as soon as the group got into his view but it wasn't the count of people that got his attention, neither was it the fact that they where highly armed.
"Its a bunch of kids." He said his voice low.
"Come again?" Tex asked getting up to see for himself.
"Holy mother." He agreed as Danny stood up slowly.
….to be continued!
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