"Jess, you okay, you're coughing a bit" Trent asked now they were alone, the cough was like the one Zah would get when she was struggling to breath
"I'll be fine, I'm probably just bruised a bit" Jess said softly, her body exhausted by what she'd just been through, she was hurting all over
"Can see them starting already, that hurt" Trent said examining her neck
"Mmhhmm" Jess groaned
"I want you to go straight to the infirmary when we get back for X-rays and monitoring, you're already bruised and there's swelling of the throat, I doubt it's all out however, not this quickly, your O2 is down a fair bit as well, try not to talk" Trent said informing Jess of his decision, she knew there was no point arguing with him about it
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"Nice op everyone" Eric said greeting his team as they returned to the C130
"Would have been nice to bring the guy in alive, have him answer for his crimes" Jason said as the team stopped to talk to their CO, with the exception of Trent and Jess who walked straight on the plane, Eric watched as Trent immediately helped Jess sit down and began examining her
"Yeah well it couldn't be helped, Jess injured" Eric asked concerned
"She got cornered by Abdullah, he tried to strangle her while using her as a bargaining chip, Trent's concerned about bruising and swelling" Ray said watching the scene
"How the hell did she get cornered" Eric asked suddenly annoyed
"Uncertain, she was with the two marines who were killed" Jason said glaring at the 3 remaining marines and their CO
"Leave it for the moment, don't go confronting them yet, just do your reports and hand all your footage over, let General Blair and I handle it, understood" Eric said noticing Jason's look, last thing they needed was a incident between the 2 teams, they'd lost 2 of their own after all, last thing they need was a bunch of angry tier 1 operators demanding to know how their sister had been injured
"Yes sir" the team said in unison as they walked onto the plane and found seats as far away from the marine contingent
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"Well if it isn't the infamous Petty Officer Turner herself, I was hoping to get a chance to examine you while you're here, what happened" said the doctor in the infirmary as soon as she saw the pair walk in
"Jess was injured on our last mission, the target tried to strangle her and she took a fall, she's already got some pretty nasty looking bruises coming out, and there's a lot of swelling. Her O2 stat's have dropped to 89 and she's in a bit of pain" Trent said briefing the doctor on what had happened
"Right, let's check you out" the doctor said walking the pair over to a cubicle
"I'll leave you to it doctor, do you want your bag brought over Jess" Trent asked, he knew Jess would cooperate with the doctor, he didn't need to stay and hold her hand, he had a lot off work to do, gear to pack away, he'd assured Jess he'd handle her gear as well
"Thanks Trent" Jess said softly, as she hopped up on the bed so the doctor could begin examining her
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"Heard anything from the infirmary yet" Sonny asked as soon as he saw Trent enter the room, he'd finally gotten his paperwork done, packed his and Jess's gear away and dropped Jess's medical bag off at the infirmary, he'd accessed her port, and he'd prepared a feed and put in a ice bag so Jess could hook up as soon as the doctor gave her the okay to have it
"No, they work out what happened yet" Trent asked grabbing a seat so he could talk to the others
"Nope, see somehow the marines have lost their camera footage between the mission and when they were asked to hand it in" Jason said frustrated over the whole thing
"All 5 of them, now that is strange, Jess's" Trent asked, Jess was wearing a camera herself
"Her camera was smashed in the fall, Davis is trying to recover it" Clay said handing Trent a beer to enjoy