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"So not only did you both defy orders, put yourselves in danger and completely fuck up the plan of action but you left her behind" Bones screamed so loudly she thought the blood vessel that was popping out at the side of his forehead might burst. That would be some mess to clean up. She suppressed the urge to smile at the thought, aware that in such dire circumstances smiling was not what she should be doing.
"I'm sorry sir... but at least we know he's alive and we can rescue them quicker" he was shouting so loud now that her ears were shutting off. It had been hours since she'd left them. Brains was doing well but her mind kept wandering back to the two left behind. People that meant so much to her.
"We're wasting time, we need to move. Now" she protested "You ain't moving anywhere sweetheart except to the back of the line at the job centre"
"You can have me dishonourably discharged or whatever the fuck you like after we've found them. He's bleeding out, and they are alone. I can't stress how quickly we need to move Bones. He's going to die out there"
He nodded his head "This ain't over Lane. Kit up. Against my better judgement I'll need you to come along, as my own twat of a medic is awol"
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Charles
There's blood, sweat, agony, crying which I've now come to realise is my own. And there's her. My love. The unfailing love of my life, who has never let me down in my times of need. Molly.
I'm letting her down again. Trapping her in this hellish game of hide and seek with dangerous men who want to kill me. I beg her to go, I need her to be safe but she won't. She lies here next to me, every few minutes placing her hand on my chest to make sure I'm still alive until she just decides to leave it there. It's the only warmth there is, considering the climate is so hot here. That can't be a good thing for me. I once told her I wanted her to be the last thing I see and it appears I will get my wish. This is karma for being a bastard. Lady Luck is dangling her in front of me, ready to love me once again and it's all going to be taken away. I'm going to die out here.
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They'd spent a whole night in this hell. He'd deteriorated so badly they couldn't move any further. It was a case of who would find them first. He woke with a start "Molly?" He called, his hands fumbling in the space around him looking for her.
"I'm here.. I'm back. I went to find water" she'd been unsuccessful. She tipped the rest of what they had sparingly into his mouth. "A little bit for later. They'll be here soon" she reassured him but she wasn't entirely sure where 'here' was. They'd taken cover in a cave but it seemed an obvious place for those who knew the terrain better than they did to look. She was surprisingly alert considering she hadn't slept and was becoming dehydrated. She had laid in the crook of his arm for some time whilst he slept, watching the rise and fall of his chest become increasingly more laboured. Infection was taking hold of him now, time was running out.
She tightened his blast bandages after noticing the pool of blood beneath him growing, causing him to cry out "Sorry Charlie. I'm so sorry" she rest her hand in his red hot cheek "I'm sorry I've been to stubborn to tell you how much I love you. But when we get out of here, I'm never letting you out my sight again. We're gonna be happy me and you do you know that? So happy like we were. I can't lose you Charles, stay with me"
The click of the gun behind her head sent shivers through her spine. She wasn't sure what they were saying or even what language they were speaking but she understood they wanted her on her feet.
She rose slowly with her hands in the air before they forced her to drop her rifle that was slung over her shoulder. She was unarmed and Charles was unconscious.
"Please don't hurt us. I'm just here to rescue him"
The dirty, frightening face staring back at her screamed something so loudly it made her jump "Please don't hurt us. He's dying, please just let us go" She inched as slowly as she could towards the only exit she had. He'd shoot her if she tried to run or he'd shoot Charles. If one of them was going to be shot then she'd rather it was her.
"Listen he's no good to you now, he's dying. He's got a few hours left. There's more coming for us"
His gun inched closer to her face, his body closer to hers. He pulled at her trousers "off" he demanded. She looked back at him confused "OFF" he shouted again.
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"I swear to you, this is exactly where I left them. Look there's blood is everywhere" Georgie confirmed.
Bones was treating her terribly considering she was here helping "Well we've established they aren't here so your very few uses just became even fewer until we find then. So keep your gob shut and follow orders"
"Sir" She was almost crying now. Where were they?
She was working through the hours since he'd been injured in her head. They didn't have long, If anytime at all before infection set deep and moved into his blood. She'd wondered if Molly's feeling for him would hinder her being able to care for him, wether she could keep it together long enough for her to get back and take over. They belonged together and the idea they'd spent so long apart and she'd played such a big part in that caused her chest to tighten. If he died now, how would she live with herself?
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"Molly?" Charles woke with a start but she wasn't there. He dragged himself backwards towards the rocks that were sheltering them. panicked by terror at the entrance of the cave that housed them.
"Please" She was pleading for their lives. He reached for the pistol still strapped to him. If he could just get up and into a good position, he'd blow his brains out. His weak arms were failing the further he tried to drag himself. As quietly as possible.
"I said OFF" he was shouting, manhandling her. Charles needed him to drop the gun, he couldn't risk shooting only for his gun to go off and injure Molly. Likely killing her at short range.
She spotted him as he moved across the wall unsteadily, dragging his injured leg painfully "Oi" Charles called. The gunman turned around, raising Molly's rifle in the process but he was too late. Charles had fired and hit his target.
Charles knew him as Miguel when they'd held him and Brains and knew he was the furthest down the pecking order of all the group. "Molly, we have to move. Our position has been compromised"
She was rooted to the spot. The second time she'd seen someone shot at such close range. "Come on Molly. I need you to help me"
She moved back into the cave to grab the med Bergen. Disarming Miguel's gun in the process. She was using her whole weight to support him, he was barely able to keep himself upright.
"On the count of 3 Charles. Grit ya teeth"
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Bones stopped dead "Silence" he commanded as he listened to the echoes of Charles' shot around him.
"Wherever that came from, wasn't far but if it was one of our own, they've been comprised so eyes on everyone"
It took just minutes for them to stumble upon the shack Brains had described to them.
"We're going the wrong way" Lane whispered. She was getting on his last nerve now "If you aren't careful Lane, I'm going to accidentally on purpose lose you along the way"
"Do not engage in enemy fire unless unless it's it's absolutely crucial" the Brig commanded over comms "Oh fuck off" Bones shouted. This was his rescue mission, he would do it his way.
"I'll tickle them instead shall I?" He spat sarcastically down the line. Georgie shook her head but took some comfort in the fact it wasn't just her he was rude too.
"We will find them won't we?"
He almost felt sorry for her "Yes. But I doubt they'll be alive. And all because little miss fix it can't follow orders"
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Fatigue, dehydration and shock were doing their best to disarm Molly but she kept pushing on. She had too. He fell to his feet, crying out in agony "Just go, leave me here Molly. I need you to go"
"I'm not going anywhere without you. So we keep moving or we wait here together. For whoever finds us, whatever the outcome of this. We'll be together"
He watched her tend to the leg he was surely going to lose "Don't waste you energy Dawsey. It's too late" she grabbed hold of his face "Now you listen to me, you're the bleedin' Captain here, you ain't giving up on me. It's your job to get us out of this. One last push Charles, be my Captain"
"Lay with me?" He said gently, attempting to cup her face but he was too weak now. She slipped into the crook of his arm "Molly.."
"Ssh. Save your energy, we'll have plenty of time for taking whilst I do your nut in about cushions and resting while that leg heals. Bet that place looks like shithole without my feminine touch" she forced a giggle in an attempt to comfort him.
He wanted to slip into the sleep that was pulling at his eyes, his whole body was heavy and shutting down. "I can't do it Molly. I can't move now, just go. Save yourself and if I'm still alive..." his voice broke "I'm sorry for everything"
She was crying now "You're giving up, you can't fucking give up. You can't leave me here, I don't wanna go without you" she sobbed. She tried to hold on to him but he was slipping further away "I love you. Please don't leave me"
She buried her face into his neck "I love you" she screamed. His hand came to rest on the back of her head, he took in the smell of her "I love you more than anything" he whispered.
His hand fell limply causing her to cry out. Loud, body shaking sobs of fear and grief and love.
"Can you hear that?" Georgie said but Bones and the rest of them had already begun moving in to direction of her cries. They'd been moving for what felt like days and nothing. Finally Georgie felt a flicker of hope.
"Speed up Lane" Bones commanded, the sound came from further than anticipated but it meant that Molly was alive at least. She was his primary focus. All he could see.
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Molly curled her body protectively around his. She wrapped herself around him, no one else would get to hurt him. They'd have to go through her first.
Everything seemed so calm and still as she watched the life trickling out of him. He didn't come too at all now. It was just a matter of time.
Where did that leave her? She wanted nothing more than to curl into a ball and wait for death if that was what was on the cards for him. She certainly wouldn't be leaving here without him.
She surrendered to the wave of fatigue that hit her. She could do no more but wait. Wait to die with him or wait for them to be found.
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"There's a pulse. It's weak but it's there. We need a Mert to get him out of here now" Georgie screamed.
"The trees are too dense here,we need to move"
Molly watched in a daze as Georgie worked on him "Stay with me Boss" they moved him onto a stretcher and through the trees "Molly, sweetheart. We need to move. I need you on your feet darlin' one last push okay?" Georgie thrust water towards her and pulled her to her feet, wrapping her arm around her waist of support. "Sip slowly" she said as she guided her forward.
"He's dead ain't he?" She cried "No Mol. He's not dead, but we don't have much time so let's move"
"Lane on the stretcher" Bones swept Molly off her feet "I've got you" he whispered. The anger he felt somehow fading as he took in her dirty, pale face. "What you trying to do to me Dawes?"
Molly wasn't sure how long it took them. All she could see what him. His grey, mottled face was lifeless.
Shots were fired at them as they came to the clearing. You'd never see grass this green in London she thought to herself. She curled herself around him as the firefight erupted around them, thankful for the long grass that concealed them.
"I love you" she whispered, as if reminding him "And it's James to you. Never changed it back. Never wanted too. I've always been yours"
"Mert is 2 minutes away. We've got this Molly"
Georgie wrapped her arms around them both like a protective shield "He'll be alright" she cried even though she couldn't be sure.
Molly fumbled through his pocket in search of her rings before removing his own from the string around his neck. She threaded all three rings together before tying it around her neck.
"Back where they belong. I'll mind yours for you" she whispered before kissing him in the wind as the Mert landed.
"Come on Molly. Let's give them some space"
She sobbed as she watched them stabilise and strap him to a stretcher.
"With me Dawes" Bones ordered "Sir"
She had no idea the outcome of what had gone on around her but everyone seemed to be present, no casualties on their side.
She rocked back and forth on her feet, desperate to stay with him.
"Don't even think about it Molly" Bones spat as he watched her inch closer to the helicopter "You're in enough trouble as it is"
Georgie squeezed her hand, quiet reassurance he would be okay.
Molly watched as they prepared to move off. She had nothing to lose apart from him. Nothing else mattered. She climbed to her feet and ran towards the Mert "Dawes, on your belt buckle. Don't you fucking dare" Bones screamed as she launched herself into the chopper. The sensation of it lifting off the ground sent her stomach hurtling.
His eyes flickered open, just for a second. He knew she was there. She would always be the last thing he wanted to see.
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