A/N- Still on those weird meds, This chapter I think is my least favorite thus far. Arcadia, I'm totally trusting you on this one babe! Major thanks to her for Beta-ing for me too! Here ya go!
Disclaimer-You know the drill, not mine.
Male Bonding Gone Wrong
Chapter 4- Holding On
Tyler looked shocked to say the least. With a strangled cry he crumpled to the ground. "Oh my God! Tyler!" Jamie yelled, standing shocked. Hank leapt forward.
"Where were you bit?" He asked.
"The calf." Hank looked at Jamie.
"I need your belt." Jamie fumbled with his belt for a moment before handing it to over to Hank. Hank quickly looped the belt around Tyler's leg, pulling it tightly to cut off circulation.
"Aren't you hot in that thing?" Tyler suddenly asked, motioning to Jamie's leather jacket.
"Nope." Jamie was lying. He just hoped Hank and Tyler would buy it for now.
"We're gonna have to wrap this." Tyler looked towards Jamie, who looked helpless. Moving quickly, Jamie ripped along the bottom of his shirt, making a long strip.
"Here." Jamie said.
"The First Aid kit has a snake bite kite doesn't it?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah, but we didn't bring one with us when we left the plane."
"How far was the plane from the river?" Jamie asked.
"about half and hour." Hank replied
"I'll go back for it." Jamie replied.
"Jamie that's a good hour and a half walk there and then back!"
"Not as much if I run." Jamie replied already heading off, "I'll be back, hang in there Tyler!" With that Jamie disappeared into the woods.
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Caitie stared out the window, only half listening to Brooke play the keyboard. Val was humming something softly to herself. Caitie bit her lip and continued to stare.
"Something's wrong." Caitie murmured for what felt like the hundredth time.
"What?" Val asked turning to look at her friend.
"Something's wrong. I can feel it Val."
"I think your becoming paranoid." Val replied.
"I read this thing once about people who have really close bonds being able to know when each other was hurt..." Brooke piped up.
"That was an article on twins Brooke!" Val replied. Brooke shrugged and went back to her music. Caitie sighed and resumed her earlier pacing. Val tried to deny it, but she was beginning to believe Caitie when she said something was wrong. Casting a glance over at the dark haired girl Val sighed.
"Something's not right." Caitie murmured again under her breath.
"Caitie, would you stop pacing, your making me nervous!" Val exclaimed.
"Maybe you should be." Caitie replied before turning back to the window.
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God, he was tired. Jamie had been running for God knows how long, and he still didn't see the river. Stopping for only a moment to take a gasp of air, he continued his dash through the woods. Pain ripped up through his side and he was force to stop again. Panting, he willed the pain to stop. When it didn't, he clenched his teeth. "Come on, you can't wuss out now Waite, Tyler needs help now!" Jamie berated himself, pushing on. Reaching the river, Jamie very nearly collapsed. Taking a few moments to gather himself, he continued on.
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Hank scanned the tree's. It had been two and a half hours since Jamie had run off and it was getting dark. Tyler was laying against the tree trunk, his breathing rasped and labored.
"Hank?" Tyler rasped out.
"Yeah?" He asked hurrying over.
"Should we make a fire?"
"That's a good idea....firewood..." He scanned the area around him. "Um, no firewood."
"We're in the woods Hank, it can't be too far away!" Tyler said attempting to move.
"Stop! I'll go look....stay here....if you need me, Hoot like an owl or something." Tyler grinned weakly.
"Can do." Hank disappeared in the thicket of trees. Tyler found himself alone. With a sigh he leaned back against the tree. Hearing a snap his eye's flew open and he scanned the area, relaxing when he saw Jamie stagger towards him, the first aid kit clutched tightly in his hand. Dropping to his knee's at Tyler's feet Jamie gasped for air.
"Where's Hank?" Jamie wheezed, feeling rather light headed.
"Went to look for firewood...." Tyler replied. Jamie nodded and opened the kit. Removing a high-suction cup around quickly opened it. Next he pulled out a lymph constrictor, followed by a scalpel and Antiseptic swab.
"How long has he been gone?"
"Not long. He told me to hoot like an owl if I need him." Jamie raised an eyebrow.
"We're in the woods..." Tyler shrugged helplessly.
"Do you know how to work that thing?"
"Yeah." Jamie said.
"We wouldn't want another firehose incident." Tyler joked weakly. Jamie grinned.
"Okay, so I give, I should have read those directions. I do however, know how to work this." He took the scalpel and gently sliced open the skin. Wrapping the Lymph constrictor around Tyler's leg and turning it on, he noticed Tyler cringed a bit. "Sorry." He then put the high-suction cup over the bite mark and watched. As soon as the suction cup stopped pulling liquid he pulled it and took the lymph constrictor off. Taking the antiseptic swab he cleaned the would and rewrapped it with fresh gauze. Jamie seemed to be having trouble catching his breath.
"Did you run the entire way?" Jamie nodded.
"Jamie!" Tyler protested.
"What?!" Tyler shook his head and attempted to stand.
"What are you doing?!" Jamie demanded.
"I wanna move, something keeps falling on me here." Jamie hurried over and threw one of Tyler's arms over his neck.
"Hank's gonna hurt us you know."
"He wouldn't dare." Tyler replied. Deciding to settle by a large rock, Jamie began to help easy Tyler down. As he was coming down Tyler's other arm grabbed around Jamie's upper body to help lower himself to the ground, he felt Jamie stiffen. When he pulled away from Jamie he looked down at his hand, then over at Jamie, then back down at his hand.
"Why didn't you tell us you were bleeding?" Tyler asked softly, staring at the blood on his hand.
How long has Jamie been bleeding? Tune in to Chapter 5 to find out. And Mad Cow and anyone else who was wondering, the "John Wayne" Method of slashing open a snake bite and sucking has NO effect. Your just sucking on someone's blood. Venom rarely enters directly into the blood stream, it goes to the Lymph fluid....so that's why Jamie had to get the snake bite kit...that's our lesson for the day from Professor BE-A-TLE (What can I say, I was Zoologoy major before I switched my major.)
Disclaimer-You know the drill, not mine.
Male Bonding Gone Wrong
Chapter 4- Holding On
Tyler looked shocked to say the least. With a strangled cry he crumpled to the ground. "Oh my God! Tyler!" Jamie yelled, standing shocked. Hank leapt forward.
"Where were you bit?" He asked.
"The calf." Hank looked at Jamie.
"I need your belt." Jamie fumbled with his belt for a moment before handing it to over to Hank. Hank quickly looped the belt around Tyler's leg, pulling it tightly to cut off circulation.
"Aren't you hot in that thing?" Tyler suddenly asked, motioning to Jamie's leather jacket.
"Nope." Jamie was lying. He just hoped Hank and Tyler would buy it for now.
"We're gonna have to wrap this." Tyler looked towards Jamie, who looked helpless. Moving quickly, Jamie ripped along the bottom of his shirt, making a long strip.
"Here." Jamie said.
"The First Aid kit has a snake bite kite doesn't it?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah, but we didn't bring one with us when we left the plane."
"How far was the plane from the river?" Jamie asked.
"about half and hour." Hank replied
"I'll go back for it." Jamie replied.
"Jamie that's a good hour and a half walk there and then back!"
"Not as much if I run." Jamie replied already heading off, "I'll be back, hang in there Tyler!" With that Jamie disappeared into the woods.
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Caitie stared out the window, only half listening to Brooke play the keyboard. Val was humming something softly to herself. Caitie bit her lip and continued to stare.
"Something's wrong." Caitie murmured for what felt like the hundredth time.
"What?" Val asked turning to look at her friend.
"Something's wrong. I can feel it Val."
"I think your becoming paranoid." Val replied.
"I read this thing once about people who have really close bonds being able to know when each other was hurt..." Brooke piped up.
"That was an article on twins Brooke!" Val replied. Brooke shrugged and went back to her music. Caitie sighed and resumed her earlier pacing. Val tried to deny it, but she was beginning to believe Caitie when she said something was wrong. Casting a glance over at the dark haired girl Val sighed.
"Something's not right." Caitie murmured again under her breath.
"Caitie, would you stop pacing, your making me nervous!" Val exclaimed.
"Maybe you should be." Caitie replied before turning back to the window.
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God, he was tired. Jamie had been running for God knows how long, and he still didn't see the river. Stopping for only a moment to take a gasp of air, he continued his dash through the woods. Pain ripped up through his side and he was force to stop again. Panting, he willed the pain to stop. When it didn't, he clenched his teeth. "Come on, you can't wuss out now Waite, Tyler needs help now!" Jamie berated himself, pushing on. Reaching the river, Jamie very nearly collapsed. Taking a few moments to gather himself, he continued on.
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Hank scanned the tree's. It had been two and a half hours since Jamie had run off and it was getting dark. Tyler was laying against the tree trunk, his breathing rasped and labored.
"Hank?" Tyler rasped out.
"Yeah?" He asked hurrying over.
"Should we make a fire?"
"That's a good idea....firewood..." He scanned the area around him. "Um, no firewood."
"We're in the woods Hank, it can't be too far away!" Tyler said attempting to move.
"Stop! I'll go look....stay here....if you need me, Hoot like an owl or something." Tyler grinned weakly.
"Can do." Hank disappeared in the thicket of trees. Tyler found himself alone. With a sigh he leaned back against the tree. Hearing a snap his eye's flew open and he scanned the area, relaxing when he saw Jamie stagger towards him, the first aid kit clutched tightly in his hand. Dropping to his knee's at Tyler's feet Jamie gasped for air.
"Where's Hank?" Jamie wheezed, feeling rather light headed.
"Went to look for firewood...." Tyler replied. Jamie nodded and opened the kit. Removing a high-suction cup around quickly opened it. Next he pulled out a lymph constrictor, followed by a scalpel and Antiseptic swab.
"How long has he been gone?"
"Not long. He told me to hoot like an owl if I need him." Jamie raised an eyebrow.
"We're in the woods..." Tyler shrugged helplessly.
"Do you know how to work that thing?"
"Yeah." Jamie said.
"We wouldn't want another firehose incident." Tyler joked weakly. Jamie grinned.
"Okay, so I give, I should have read those directions. I do however, know how to work this." He took the scalpel and gently sliced open the skin. Wrapping the Lymph constrictor around Tyler's leg and turning it on, he noticed Tyler cringed a bit. "Sorry." He then put the high-suction cup over the bite mark and watched. As soon as the suction cup stopped pulling liquid he pulled it and took the lymph constrictor off. Taking the antiseptic swab he cleaned the would and rewrapped it with fresh gauze. Jamie seemed to be having trouble catching his breath.
"Did you run the entire way?" Jamie nodded.
"Jamie!" Tyler protested.
"What?!" Tyler shook his head and attempted to stand.
"What are you doing?!" Jamie demanded.
"I wanna move, something keeps falling on me here." Jamie hurried over and threw one of Tyler's arms over his neck.
"Hank's gonna hurt us you know."
"He wouldn't dare." Tyler replied. Deciding to settle by a large rock, Jamie began to help easy Tyler down. As he was coming down Tyler's other arm grabbed around Jamie's upper body to help lower himself to the ground, he felt Jamie stiffen. When he pulled away from Jamie he looked down at his hand, then over at Jamie, then back down at his hand.
"Why didn't you tell us you were bleeding?" Tyler asked softly, staring at the blood on his hand.
How long has Jamie been bleeding? Tune in to Chapter 5 to find out. And Mad Cow and anyone else who was wondering, the "John Wayne" Method of slashing open a snake bite and sucking has NO effect. Your just sucking on someone's blood. Venom rarely enters directly into the blood stream, it goes to the Lymph fluid....so that's why Jamie had to get the snake bite kit...that's our lesson for the day from Professor BE-A-TLE (What can I say, I was Zoologoy major before I switched my major.)