Chaper3
For that split second, the familiar brown eyes turned to look at her. The same shock was mirrored on his face as he exclaimed
" Megumi! What the hell are you doing here?" then at the same time, he remembered the man he was carrying, and hastily laid the man down on the operation table, " Let's talk later. Please, do whatever you can for this man. He's been wounded badly and needs immediate attention."
Megumi nodded, and bent down to examine the casualty. True enough, as Sano had said, the man was in critical condition. One of the wounds was quite near to his heart, while another was locked in his right shoulder. The one in his leg was lodged in between his shin. He would have to be operated on immediately.
" Sano, I have to operate on him. If not, he will die." Megumi spoke, once she had finished examining him.
" Right, whatever you say. It's very important that he does not die. I will assist in whatever way that I can. Just tell me what to do."
" I'm going to cut away his shirt and part of his pant leg. Then I'm going to clean away the blood as much as I can. I will need you to hold him down while I take out the bullet."
" Right." Sano replied, and pushed up the sleeves of his shirt.
Megumi used her sleeve to wipe away the sweat on her brow. She was very nervous, and her fingers were shaking as she clean away the blood. Then she felt a hand on hers and she looked up.
" Don't worry, you can do it. If you could heal my hand, you can do anything." Sano said to her.
Megumi took a deep breath, and nodded, feeling a bit better by the assurance that Sano had given her. She would do her best, as she always did.
As Megumi took up the scalpel, she looked up at Sano, who then placed his hands on the man's left shoulder and on the right, while being careful not to come into close contact with the bullet wound on his right shoulder. Pulling her mask over her mouth, Megumi bent down and focused on the wound located near the heart. Using the scalpel, she probed open the wound. The man stiffened as she did so, and Megumi paused, looking at his face. Thankfully, his eyes stayed closed, and she resumed her probing. Once she had located the bullet, she prided it out and it clattered on to the metal tray beside the body. Thankfully, the bullet had not pierced the heart, though the wound in the lungs would still need some attention for quite a while. Once, she was sure that the man was not in critical danger; she set to work on the other wounds.
The operation took them almost five hours. When Megumi finally finished with the last stitch, it was almost dawn and the sun's rays were almost peeping through the horizon.
" It's done." Megumi said as she took off her mask and gloves. " He'll need to stay here for a few…"
" No, I'm taking him away now. Thank you for operating on him. It's almost dawn now, and I can't waste much time." Sano interrupted Megumi as he took hold of the man by the shoulders. Megumi laid a hand on his arm, preventing him from picking the man up.
" No. Sano, you don't understand, he can't be moved around at the moment, his stitches might break and…"
" I will be careful. What it is, he's not safe here." Sano replied and shook her hand away.
" But, Sanosuke! You've got to listen to me; it's just not safe yet. At least let him stay for the day. You can't be moving him right after the operation!"
" I'm sorry Megumi, I have to take him away. I don't have a choice. They would kill him if they found him here." Sano nodded to the man he was carrying in his arms now.
" Who is this man anyway, and why is in such a great danger… unless…" realization dawned on Megumi now as she glanced from the man to Sano. " You're part of the rebel group…"
Sano didn't reply, but instead, he made his way to the back door of the clinic. Megumi hurried after him, and watched as Sano cautiously pushed open the back door and looked around his surroundings before quickly making away across the street. Megumi watched then, from the back door, as he disappeared into the shadows of the alley, and then he was gone…
You disappeared again Sano…I never even got the chance to talk to you.
For that split second, the familiar brown eyes turned to look at her. The same shock was mirrored on his face as he exclaimed
" Megumi! What the hell are you doing here?" then at the same time, he remembered the man he was carrying, and hastily laid the man down on the operation table, " Let's talk later. Please, do whatever you can for this man. He's been wounded badly and needs immediate attention."
Megumi nodded, and bent down to examine the casualty. True enough, as Sano had said, the man was in critical condition. One of the wounds was quite near to his heart, while another was locked in his right shoulder. The one in his leg was lodged in between his shin. He would have to be operated on immediately.
" Sano, I have to operate on him. If not, he will die." Megumi spoke, once she had finished examining him.
" Right, whatever you say. It's very important that he does not die. I will assist in whatever way that I can. Just tell me what to do."
" I'm going to cut away his shirt and part of his pant leg. Then I'm going to clean away the blood as much as I can. I will need you to hold him down while I take out the bullet."
" Right." Sano replied, and pushed up the sleeves of his shirt.
Megumi used her sleeve to wipe away the sweat on her brow. She was very nervous, and her fingers were shaking as she clean away the blood. Then she felt a hand on hers and she looked up.
" Don't worry, you can do it. If you could heal my hand, you can do anything." Sano said to her.
Megumi took a deep breath, and nodded, feeling a bit better by the assurance that Sano had given her. She would do her best, as she always did.
As Megumi took up the scalpel, she looked up at Sano, who then placed his hands on the man's left shoulder and on the right, while being careful not to come into close contact with the bullet wound on his right shoulder. Pulling her mask over her mouth, Megumi bent down and focused on the wound located near the heart. Using the scalpel, she probed open the wound. The man stiffened as she did so, and Megumi paused, looking at his face. Thankfully, his eyes stayed closed, and she resumed her probing. Once she had located the bullet, she prided it out and it clattered on to the metal tray beside the body. Thankfully, the bullet had not pierced the heart, though the wound in the lungs would still need some attention for quite a while. Once, she was sure that the man was not in critical danger; she set to work on the other wounds.
The operation took them almost five hours. When Megumi finally finished with the last stitch, it was almost dawn and the sun's rays were almost peeping through the horizon.
" It's done." Megumi said as she took off her mask and gloves. " He'll need to stay here for a few…"
" No, I'm taking him away now. Thank you for operating on him. It's almost dawn now, and I can't waste much time." Sano interrupted Megumi as he took hold of the man by the shoulders. Megumi laid a hand on his arm, preventing him from picking the man up.
" No. Sano, you don't understand, he can't be moved around at the moment, his stitches might break and…"
" I will be careful. What it is, he's not safe here." Sano replied and shook her hand away.
" But, Sanosuke! You've got to listen to me; it's just not safe yet. At least let him stay for the day. You can't be moving him right after the operation!"
" I'm sorry Megumi, I have to take him away. I don't have a choice. They would kill him if they found him here." Sano nodded to the man he was carrying in his arms now.
" Who is this man anyway, and why is in such a great danger… unless…" realization dawned on Megumi now as she glanced from the man to Sano. " You're part of the rebel group…"
Sano didn't reply, but instead, he made his way to the back door of the clinic. Megumi hurried after him, and watched as Sano cautiously pushed open the back door and looked around his surroundings before quickly making away across the street. Megumi watched then, from the back door, as he disappeared into the shadows of the alley, and then he was gone…
You disappeared again Sano…I never even got the chance to talk to you.