Whoa, it's been almost a year. So I decided it was time to update. I hope
you guys like it. I'll write more later, but I have other fics I need to
attend to now. Please tell me what you think!!!
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Chloe winced and pulled her pillow over her head. But the sound didn't go away, in fact, it just got worse. 'What IS that NOISE?' she wondered.
Sitting up, she noticed Betty sitting on her bed, looking around confusedly.
"What is that?" Betty questioned.
"I have no idea," Chloe replied. "But I think we should go find out."
Walking into the living room, they found the other girls already out there, heading out the door, some of them barely pulling their shirts on. Squinting into the suns' glare, Chloe looked and saw green planes flying overhead. Flying very low.
"Those aren't our planes," Sandra whispered and the girls were suddenly rocked with a loud explosion.
Evelyn turned around, eyes wide and yelled, "Everybody to the hospital. NOW!"
***
When they arrived at the hospital, everything was a mess. People were running around confused, no one knew what to do. Everyone stood around looking at each other until the girls finally took charge and started yelling orders.
"Get the patients away from the windows!" yelled Chloe.
Pulling the soldiers out of their beds was not an easy task. Working together, they finally managed to pull the soldiers to the floor. Another explosion suddenly rocked them and the girls dove to the floor as part of wall was torn off from the force.
'Bombing a hospital,' Chloe thought. 'How cowardly.'
As the hours wore on, things got more complicated, and Chloe couldn't shake Danny from her mind. She wondered where he was, if he was OK, if she was going to see him when this was all through.
Supplies were running dangerously low, and Evelyn had her fingers in some generals' neck, holding his artery together.
Chloe was instructed by a doctor to go outside and bring in only the soldiers they could save. 'Great,' thought Chloe. 'I get to play the Angel of Death.'
Running outside, Chloe was engulfed in even more confusion and terror. Soldiers were all around her, some laying on the ground, being held by their friends, soothed into their last minutes of air. And some were already dead.
Taking a deep breath, Chloe managed to push through the crowd and start her task.
'How are we going to extinguish the savable from the non-savable?' she thought bitterly. Finally, she had an idea. Pulling her lipstick from her pocket, she started marking the foreheads of soldiers she thought could be saved. After the marking, she would instruct their friends to take them to the front of the building, inside if possible.
Suddenly a hand grabbed her wrist. She looked down and her breath caught in her throat.
"I don't want to die," whispered the soldier. He couldn't have been more than 18. His friend was holding him, tears running down his face.
Chloe smiled weakly, and grasped his hand in hers. "Everything will be OK, don't worry," she said, soothing his hair from his face. He nodded shakily and closed his eyes.
"It hurts," he told her.
Looking at his friend she whispered over his head, "Get him doped up on morphine. He doesn't have long."
***
"Oh Ev," Chloe said. "I hurt all over. We've been running on adrenaline all day."
"I know," came the reply. "But we have to."
"Yeah, I know," Chloe whispered back.
She'd finally been able to come back inside. Things were winding down; it was later that afternoon. The Japs had left, and in turn, left the island.especially Pearl Harbor, a mess.
Chloe jumped when a hand landed softly on her shoulder. Turning around, she felt the tears well up in her eyes.
"Oh Danny," she whispered, burying her head in his chest. "I didn't know whether you were dead or alive. I was so worried."
"Shhh.I'm here now. It's OK," he replied, wrapping his arms around her and slowly rocking back and forth.
"We came to give blood," Rafe said, and Chloe looked up startled. She hadn't even seen him there.
"Good," she told him. "We need more."
After getting the lines started into Coke bottles (it was all they had) she sat by Danny, holding his free hand.
"The Harbor's a mess," Danny told her. "Rafe and I were the only ones able to get up in the air. We shot a couple Japs down, not enough do really do any damage, but." he trailed off.
"Oh Danny," she said, and ran her hand along his jaw. He in turn, turned his face into it, reveling her soft skin on his course shadow.
"I'm so glad you're OK, I was so afraid you weren't," she told him. "So many people died.it was awful. I felt like I was working in a morgue instead of a hospital."
"It'll be OK now," he told her, and hoped with all his heart he was right. ***
Please tell me what you think!! If you review I promise I'll write more!!
***
Chloe winced and pulled her pillow over her head. But the sound didn't go away, in fact, it just got worse. 'What IS that NOISE?' she wondered.
Sitting up, she noticed Betty sitting on her bed, looking around confusedly.
"What is that?" Betty questioned.
"I have no idea," Chloe replied. "But I think we should go find out."
Walking into the living room, they found the other girls already out there, heading out the door, some of them barely pulling their shirts on. Squinting into the suns' glare, Chloe looked and saw green planes flying overhead. Flying very low.
"Those aren't our planes," Sandra whispered and the girls were suddenly rocked with a loud explosion.
Evelyn turned around, eyes wide and yelled, "Everybody to the hospital. NOW!"
***
When they arrived at the hospital, everything was a mess. People were running around confused, no one knew what to do. Everyone stood around looking at each other until the girls finally took charge and started yelling orders.
"Get the patients away from the windows!" yelled Chloe.
Pulling the soldiers out of their beds was not an easy task. Working together, they finally managed to pull the soldiers to the floor. Another explosion suddenly rocked them and the girls dove to the floor as part of wall was torn off from the force.
'Bombing a hospital,' Chloe thought. 'How cowardly.'
As the hours wore on, things got more complicated, and Chloe couldn't shake Danny from her mind. She wondered where he was, if he was OK, if she was going to see him when this was all through.
Supplies were running dangerously low, and Evelyn had her fingers in some generals' neck, holding his artery together.
Chloe was instructed by a doctor to go outside and bring in only the soldiers they could save. 'Great,' thought Chloe. 'I get to play the Angel of Death.'
Running outside, Chloe was engulfed in even more confusion and terror. Soldiers were all around her, some laying on the ground, being held by their friends, soothed into their last minutes of air. And some were already dead.
Taking a deep breath, Chloe managed to push through the crowd and start her task.
'How are we going to extinguish the savable from the non-savable?' she thought bitterly. Finally, she had an idea. Pulling her lipstick from her pocket, she started marking the foreheads of soldiers she thought could be saved. After the marking, she would instruct their friends to take them to the front of the building, inside if possible.
Suddenly a hand grabbed her wrist. She looked down and her breath caught in her throat.
"I don't want to die," whispered the soldier. He couldn't have been more than 18. His friend was holding him, tears running down his face.
Chloe smiled weakly, and grasped his hand in hers. "Everything will be OK, don't worry," she said, soothing his hair from his face. He nodded shakily and closed his eyes.
"It hurts," he told her.
Looking at his friend she whispered over his head, "Get him doped up on morphine. He doesn't have long."
***
"Oh Ev," Chloe said. "I hurt all over. We've been running on adrenaline all day."
"I know," came the reply. "But we have to."
"Yeah, I know," Chloe whispered back.
She'd finally been able to come back inside. Things were winding down; it was later that afternoon. The Japs had left, and in turn, left the island.especially Pearl Harbor, a mess.
Chloe jumped when a hand landed softly on her shoulder. Turning around, she felt the tears well up in her eyes.
"Oh Danny," she whispered, burying her head in his chest. "I didn't know whether you were dead or alive. I was so worried."
"Shhh.I'm here now. It's OK," he replied, wrapping his arms around her and slowly rocking back and forth.
"We came to give blood," Rafe said, and Chloe looked up startled. She hadn't even seen him there.
"Good," she told him. "We need more."
After getting the lines started into Coke bottles (it was all they had) she sat by Danny, holding his free hand.
"The Harbor's a mess," Danny told her. "Rafe and I were the only ones able to get up in the air. We shot a couple Japs down, not enough do really do any damage, but." he trailed off.
"Oh Danny," she said, and ran her hand along his jaw. He in turn, turned his face into it, reveling her soft skin on his course shadow.
"I'm so glad you're OK, I was so afraid you weren't," she told him. "So many people died.it was awful. I felt like I was working in a morgue instead of a hospital."
"It'll be OK now," he told her, and hoped with all his heart he was right. ***
Please tell me what you think!! If you review I promise I'll write more!!