The infirmary was normally a quiet place in Serenity. Angel, her real name Sarah, was the only doctor there and was the person in charge of the infirmary.
Right now in the small building there were currently three other people in beds. Two had broken legs the other had some sort of fever, but it was clearing now.
In the stillness you could've mistaken it for a normal hospital before the outbreak had shattered everything.
It was a long room with two double doors at the end. It had ten beds in it, five down either side.
Inside the infirmary it was possible to here the shouts and screams from outside. The chaos was approaching then suddenly the two double doors were bashed open and Angel led the way, her hair cut short to neck length flowed out behind her and her long white coat which one of the scavengers had given her as a gift. She was never short of admirers, she was attractive and a doctor two thing sure to draw the attention of men.
Behind her came the stretcher, which Ben was on, he was now unconscious he'd lost a lot of blood.
Neil and Hawk both pushed the stretcher, they could've let the two nurses do it but it was there friend and they were determined to look after him themselves.
"This bed" Angel ordered, it was near the end and had a window right next to it in which the sun shone through and made Angel look as though she was living up to her nickname.
They pulled the stretcher up parallel to the bed and that's when the nurses took over. "On three" Angel ordered, "One, two, three!" they lifted Ben from the stretcher to the bed.
"Can you please leave!" Angel asked but again it came across as an order.
Neil and Hawk reluctantly left.
X
Sam had been watching the battle from the wall, making sure no one was around he then took out his mobile phone and began to text. However suddenly the phone started vibrating and the screen displayed he was receiving a call.
He answered quietly
"Hello?"
"Sam?"
"Yes?"
"We've just heard the news here, we have lost several men taking these men down, and how many of them are dead?"
"Just one, Clint and old guy who virtually everyone looked up to, the compound's still in shock that he's dead."
"The other two?"
"One's seriously injured he's been shot and lost a lot of blood I'm not sure he'll make it."
"See to it that he doesn't! Their pathetic scavengers are moments away from being wiped out we'll send a text telling you when they are dead."
Then the phone hung up.
Sam glanced around no one had seen him.
He then chuckled to himself.
"Let's see if your God can save you now Ben"
X
Several hours later around four in the afternoon.
Neil was sat with Sam inside the infirmary entrance Ben's condition had apparently stabilized but Angel and the nurses still wouldn't let them see him. Hawk was off in a meeting apparently they'd received a radio transmission from the scavengers. Now Neil was torn between his friend Ben and his love for Squirrel, he knew that Squirrel would be fine she was always adept at looking after herself.
An hour had seemed to pass between Sam and Neil without a word spoken then Neil broke the silence.
"They knew we were going to be there" Neil said his gaze not moving from the floor, he was thinking about Clint.
"Sorry?" Sam who'd been surprised so much by the sounded sounds that he hadn't really heard.
"The military, they knew we were going to find that part, or something from that garage at least." Neil explained more.
"How?" Sam asked shocked, at least pretending to do so very well.
"There's some one here passing them information" Neil replied glancing across at his friend.
"How…what makes you say that?" Sam asked, his acting skills had improved a lot.
"There was no one that lot just happened to be there, besides on our way back they'd formed a road block, they knew we were comin-" his explanation was cut short as Hawk ran into the room.
"We've got a problem, The Scavengers have run into a fight, you might wanna get up to the radio room."
X
Ben's vision was somewhat hazy but when he opened his eyes.
He saw a woman stood in a path of sunlight looking down on him smiling.
"Hello Ben" she said softly.
Ben glanced around and tried to make out some shapes but couldn't his vision was all out of focus and she was the only thing she could see.
"Am…am I dead?" he asked his voice was cracked and broken due to his tired state.
The woman laughed, "No, I'm Angel, Serenity's doctor we've met before remember."
"I'm sure I'd remember a face like yours if we had" Ben replied.
Again the woman laughed.
"Well just rest your charming mouth you need some more rest, you need more blood you've lost quite a lot so you need a bit replacing and if you don't the next face you will see will be an angel's"
Ben grunted then quickly replied, "I'd rather see yours again"
Then he fell into a deep sleep.
Angel was taken back by the comment but she smiled and then set to work.
X
Hawk and Neil both ran into the main building of the compound and ran up about three stories. The radio room was quite high up and was in a small room. They ran past several people going about their work. Forcing these people to lean into the wall to avoid being knocked to the floor as the two sprinted through the building.
The eventually reached the radio room.
Tractor, Mother, Warren and Smith the radio operator were all there.
"We're taki…hea…fire…many wounded……Squir………dead"
Neil didn't need to hear the rest, the tears in his eyes forced their way out onto his face.