A few moments later Matt joined the group which was a relief , atleast they had all made it out alive , barely but it was a blessing none the less. He wasn't much better looking then Relena but atleast she didn't seem to be freezing to death in the snow. " Matthew for god sakes get a jacket on before you freeze your ass off!"
As Trel looked over the wound she called Nikita over , it seemed bad enough and although they didn't have the comforts of things like a warm place to deal with this it was going to need attention real soon. The rest of the group seemed to split off as Trel pulled out a silver sheet , it was a thermal blanket and although she really couldn't see how something paper thin could work she was not about to start second guessing a med kit just yet , which in turn freed Matt's jacket up so he could keep from being the second patient. Jason had returned with a tent which was going to make some things alittle easier but man what she wouldn't give for a space heater at the moment to keep the kid from freezing to death , or even a saline solution.
After they had it set up the first thing to do was get Mariemaia in and this whole thing over , it was likely swelling would already be in full swing to keep the area from any further injury which was going to make removing it messy but the cold air would atleast keep any air borne bacteria down to a minimal which would be helpful in their new field hospital.
Trel steeled herself and apologized as she tore away the shirt that was obstructing the wound , looking it over while Nikita tended to the pain the poor kid was in. Being a chicken when it came to causing pain Trel started out slow and gentle , after a trauma like this the last thing the brain needed was more pain to slip it's self further into shock.
" Scalpel " said Trel to Nikita , she was almost to afraid to take her eyes off the oozing wound for fear of just not having enough nerve to turn back to it. Nikita handed it over and Trel winced as she had to cut some of the swelling meat away , looking for any signs of the metallic glint that had created this whole mess. With no luck she knew it was going to end up in a fishing job.
"Clippers" in her own nervousness she had messed up and called the clamps clippers , but Nikita must have caught on as she handed over the clamp without correcting her.
A few minutes later Trel felt the definite click of two pieces of metal meeting and wormed her way around to grab the bullet with the small tool , pulling it out with disgust and dropping it in the near by tray as she sighed in relief , the bullet hadn't gone as deep as she had feared which only went to show Matt had been gentle enough with her that it hadn't forced its way in deeper. She pulled out a few bigger gauze pads and used them to clean the area up some before they started to cover the wound , thankfully it only seeped which meant the bullet had missed any major arteries and hopefully all the vital areas.
With the major concern out of the way they wrapped her in the thermal sheet and a blanket , leaving the light in the tent incase she needed anything else with a warning about not to move if she could really help it before they left her to rest , Trel making a mental note to go and grab her own bag later since the poor thing would definitely need a different shirt later.
" Well the operation was a success. What do you think Niki?" she asked , having taken a seat at the near by fire after getting rid of the gloves she had been using , watching the fire in the hopes to forget such a nasty wound but finally just looking over at Niki with a hopeful face.
" I think it went better than expected." Nikita's face didn't look much better then her own , sooner or later this would be something to be proud of she hoped , in reality it was no worse then fishing glass out of a foot , except this had been in the main torso.
Trel looked around but saw no sign of Amy or Jason , but it wasn't like they were bound to go far outside of ear shot. With Mariemaia in the tent she was glad she hadn't messed Treize up to badly , what with the lack of Une being here that left the kid's only surviving relative tied to his Gundam , but now was definitely not the time to gloat over that factor. Relena had decided to stay outside the warming ring of fire over by the water , it was almost tempting to go and tell her all was going to be okay but it was Matt who stood up , walking towards her ..... they all knew he had seemed reserved since they touched down and Trel doubted he had even said a word since they had arrived but was that because she was here or due to his guilt about the kid she had no clue.
" So " Savanna started as she took a sip of her tea " will Mariemaia walk again?"
Trel smiled back at Savanna. "Well it didn't seem to bad , I would guess it hit at an odd angle because it wasn't to deep in , but I wouldn't suggest she move around to much for the first bit , may start it to bleeding again"
" Come on spit it out!" Relena's voice drifted back to those at the fire which caused a hush to fall over the other pilots , both understanding as to Matt's silence and a taste of what they likely had coming to them. The pacifist was yelling which meant they'd likely be in for worse , well all but Nikita and Jason.
" If I did come to see you, you would have been killed! OKAY!" Matt yelled back at her , well there goes his perfect soldier mask , and even though it was the truth she made a mental note not to use that one in her argument , what was death to Duo Maxwell , after all he was the self proclaimed God of Death anyway.
" Look Relena I wanted to see so bad in the ball room when you gave that speech I wanted to be there with you. When you were crying in the cell at Mariemaia's colony and base I wanted to hold and tell you everything would be all right, but I couldn't and I wanted to so bad." there it was , so she hadn't been the only one that was totally miserable about this whole thing , and as bad as it was to hear it she did feel better , ,once again she'd broken his mask.
" Look if you don't forgive me I understand, but know this I'm sorry." Trel didn't realize it but they had all been starring at the quarelling couple by the water , and when it seemed one was moving back towards the dim light given off by the fire the second figure moved , the shadows merged into one which made Trel blush and look away , after all she felt rude enough listening in.
" You little " was heard a moment later but it had been silenced before it could be finished , she laughed and the others started clapping , it soon turned out to be a standing ovation for Matt and Relena which did manage their way back to the campsite. Relena had been interested to hear what had been going on so far but the sounds of bagpipes soon drew them from the conversation at hand.
Amy had appeared out of the forest with Fred Dannon playing the bagpipes and his group following along playing the drums.
Amy shouted " Mommy, they followed me home can I keep them?" it was enough to keep the group in stitches which woke Jason from his nap. Between some of the group joining up finally and watching Jason stumble over camp the whole thing seemed to be alittle lighter in the mood , and if Fred had found them then surely the others were soon to join them. Now all that was left was to tar and feather the docs for causing all the problems and they'd be in fine humor.
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Oh my god , I have a review .... almost makes me wanna work on some of my stories ..... okay I was working on three in the last 24 hours but only one that I can take credit for .... Banchy's story was mainly spell checking and some wording , the secret one I have just laid the outline down for and my cute little POV here