"LONGSHOT!" shouted Corvette.
Slowly, Longshot's rig was dropping from yellow to red, the wound he sustained wouldn't stop bleeding. The necromorphs were closing in to finish him off, he then raised his pulse rifle in the air and activated the alternate fire. The barrels of his rifle then shifted to a horizontal position, and it started to rotate with increasing speed. General Virgil noticed what Longshot was about to do, and then he shouted,
"GET DOWN!"
With a pull of the trigger, the rotating barrels of the pulse rifle then started opening fire. Pulse rounds scattered as the necromorphs were shot down multiples at a time, and soon, all of them were dead. Longshot's pulse rifle was now dry, but his finger was still pulling the trigger, leaving the rifle to make repeated clicking noise.
"Longshot!" shouted Corvette as he jumped out of cover and ran towards him.
"Cover the area! Confirm if those necromorphs are really dead..." said General Virgil to the other soldiers.
Michael then also rushed to Longshot, while Emile stood there, and glared at Raylene.
"What are you looking at?" smirked Raylene.
"Oh give me that! Your aim is WAY off!" said Emile while he snatched the Rivet gun.
"Hey! That's mine! I found it!"
"Yeah but guess what, I have the bag of ammunition, you only have an empty gun. Plus! I've had my share of practice!"
"Practice? You're a priest!"
"Ehem! High priest if you don't mind! And my father was the one who taught me how to use a gun a few years ago, unlike you, it was your first time shooting no doubt, nice job... YOU HIT THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL!"
Raylene was speechless as Emile walked away and assisted the soldiers in confirming the dead bodies. Corvette then tried to pull the Rivet bolt off Longshot's leg, it was still bleeding and his rig was still dropping, it was already in the red zone.
"Damn! Does an have a health pack?" asked Corvette.
"Let me handle it..." said Emile as he took out his robe and pulled out a first aid kit.
Emile then examined the wound and immediately pulled out a blade and a stimpack. He used the blade and cut off the larger portion of the rivet bolt and then quickly pulled it out. Longshot groaned and there was blood gushing out of the wound, Emile then quickly pulled out a piece of cloth and injected him with the stimpack, then used the cloth to stop anymore blood from gushing out. After a while, the bleeding finally stopped, and Longshot's rig stopped dropping, it was already on danger red, and soon, he was unconscious.
"What the? Longshot!" said Corvette.
"Relax... he's just unconscious, he'll live.." said Emile.
"What are you a doctor now?" asked Michael.
"One of the senior medical officers yes..."
"Woah... really? Good thing you're here then... Damn we almost lost Longshot there..."
"And we have Raylene to thank for.."
Everyone then glared at Raylene, even Minerva,
"What?" she said.
"What do you mean WHAT?" shouted Emile as he approached her. "You nearly killed a man! A Military personnel on top of that!"
"And so? He was never a nice guy anyway!"
"What in the world? Hey we're trying to survive here! And if it wasn't for him, neither me nor Michael were able to make it to where we are now!"
"You are one cold girl aren't you Raylene?" added Corvette.
"Small one too... Small and terrible..." said Emile.
"HEY! DON'T EVER MAKE FUN OF MY HEIGHT!" shouted Raylene as she tried to punch Emile.
But before Raylene could even land a punch, Corvette caught her hand and shoved it off. But before any one of them could say a word, they heard growls and roars of more necromorphs just a few blocks down.
"We've got no time for this, we've got to keep moving.." said General Virgil. "Corvette and Michael, take Longshot, we'll cover the front, the rest of you'd better keep up if you want to live..."
Corvette and Michael the grabbed Longshot on each arm, Virgil and the other soldiers gathered what they could around and took point, while Emile, Raylene and Minerva linger at the back. But before they proceeded, Minerva stopped Raylene and asked her,
"Hey, by any chance were you planning to kill Longshot?"
Raylene just gave a grin and proceeded, ignoring Minerva's sentence.
