Josh explained the situation to Syila and Nigel and they under stood.
"I see thanks for all you have done for Nene." Syila said.
"It was the least we could do. If it weren't for a few jokes we played on each other and on Jack Walther we would have arrived in time to stop either of them from getting hurt. I take full responsibility for it." Josh said.
"That may be true but if you never showed up they would both be dead. So don't worry it all turned out fine." Syila said. "Where is Linna?"
"She went to go change out of her armor and into her civvies." Josh said.
"Civvies? Are you a Military man?" Syila asked.
"Ex Special Forces we all are that's how we met." Josh answered showing the tattoo on his arm with a red sword and a shield with the words The Crimson Knights above the sword and shield and 108th Special Forces under the sword and shield.
"I see how is Linna doing?" Syila asked.
"I don't even know she never even took her helmet off hell I don't even know what she looks like." Josh said.
"You'll see her soon enough I'm sure." Syila said. "You know you can go change out of your armor if you want Nigel has some jump suits you can wear."
"Well I think I'll take you up on that offer but no need for the jump suits our cloths are on under these." Josh said and followed Nigel out to the living room. "Hey guys lets get out of this armor"
They all followed Nigel into the pit there they took off their suits and placed them on a bench.
"Over there is the showers if you need it but it sounds like Linna is in there now so you three guys will have to wait but Terry you can go ahead." Nigel said pointing to the showers.
"Ok I will but if anything changes with Nene just call me."
Terry said and headed into the shower.
Linna are you in here?"
"Yea where are the guys?" Linna asked.
"There out there but they will wait their turn but I won't I'm coming in." Terry said.
She found Linna standing under the showerhead with her hand over her ribs.
"Now I get a chance to see your injury." Terry said.
"Why do you want to see it?" Linna asked not moving her hand.
"I was a medic in the US Army 108th Special Forces under the command of Sergeant Major Joshua Thompson." Terry said showing her tattoo on her right arm it was the same as Josh's.
"Oh I see that's how you knew Nene was in trouble." Linna said.
"That's right." Terry said.
"Joshua Thompson isn't he the guy that saved me tonight" Linna asked.
"Yea that's him" Terry said. "Now can I see your wound I want to see if you have any broken ribs."
Linna moved her hand from her side and Terry saw a dark bruise where the pipe had hit her.
"Are you still having trouble breathing?" Terry asked.
"A little but its passing." Linna said and winced when Terry put her hand above the injury.
"Ok I'm gonna push a little and move down as I do I know this hurts but I need you to tell me when the pain spikes." Terry said and began pressing 4 inches above the injury and moving down slowly.
Once she got about an inch away from the bruise Linna gave a sharp cry of pain. Terry felt in the area and noticed that her 3 last ribs were broken off near the tips.
"Ok you have at least 3 broken ribs but they are far away from your lungs so there is no danger of them getting punctured. I'd have to say that you are at least 80% battle capable." Terry said.
"Well that's good now that I am the only Knight Saber that can fight till Priss gets back." Linna said.
"Is Priss the other one?" Terry asked.
"Yes but she is on her Honey Moon in Hawaii." Linna said.
"Does she know what has been happening?" Terry asked.
"No we are waiting for her to call but she hasn't yet." Linna answered.
"Well there is no reason to spoil her Honey Moon you got us here until this is all over." Terry said.
"Well we'll leave that up to her." Linna said and turned off the shower. "Umm is Josh out there?"
"Yea why?" Terry asked looking at Linna.
"Oh well no reason forget it." Linna said and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her self.
She peaked her head out of the shower and was the tree men with standing looking at Linna and Priss's suits. Which were right next to the showers.
"Umm excuse me but I need to get my clothes I didn't know you all would be down here could you know." Linna said peaking her head out.
"Certainly." Josh said. "Squad aboouut face."
All three men turned on their heels and faced their backs to Linna so she could get to her clothes. She quickly dressed and began drying her hair.
"Thank you. You can turn around now." Linna said.
They turned around and Kenny and Mike kept looking at the suits but Josh turned and faced Linna
"Your welco.." He stopped struck by the beauty o the woman standing before him.
Kenny picked up on the way he cut off in mid word and turned to look at him. Seeing his jaw almost on the floor Kenny elbowed Mike.
"What?" Mike asked.
"Look at him." Kenny whispered pointing at Josh. "All we need is for he tong to roll out and he would like a wolf out of those old cartoons."
"He he he yep" Mike said and turned back to the suits.
"So umm a how are you feeling?" Josh finally managed to say.
"I'm much better now." Linna smiled.
Josh felt like he would faint at the sight of her smile but managed to keep his composer.
"That's good it was a nasty hit you took I was surprised you didn't faint some people do when they get the wend knocked out of them as bad as you did." Josh said. "You are very strong."
"Thank you. You 4 are amazing your self's the way you handled those Boomers when we could not even dent them." Linna said.
"Oh that? That was nothing more like luck." Josh said rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oh God, Mike I hope you got your rubber boots on because the bullshit is getting deep." Kenny laughed and walked away.
Terry finished her shower and dried off and but her clothes back on.
'No cheep thrill for Kenny this time.' She thought with a smile and walked out and passed Josh and Linna who were talking about his carrier in the army.
"Wow you made Sergeant Major in just 2 years that's amazing." Linna said.
Terry walked over to where Mike and Kenny were standing looking at Linna and Josh.
"That's disgusting how long have they been going on like that?" Terry asked.
"About 10 minutes." Mike said looking at his watch.
"Well I wish him luck its good to see that he is interested in a woman again. Ever sense Sherry he has been different." Terry said.
At the mention of Sherry's name they became silent with a sad look on their faces.
"Sherry man I miss her." Kenny said.
"Yea I know me to." Mike said.
"We should have been there. If we were she would still be alive." Terry said.
"Terry what happened happened there is nothing we can do to change that. We just have to keep her alive in our memories." Kenny said putting his arm around her.
"Yea I know but sometimes its hard." Terry said letting out a small sob.
She chocked back the tears and composed her self.
"I'm gonna go check on Nene." She said and headed for the door. "Hey Linna I'm gonna go check on Nene and see if she is awake."
"I'll go with you." Linna said and turned around to follow her and walked into her locker. "Oops." She said and turned to look at Josh and smiled.
Mike and Kenny walked up to him smiling.
"What?" Josh asked.
"What? Man your tong was waxing the floor." Kenny said.
"Was not." Josh said.
"Right. Any lets go the sooner we get clean the sooner Kenny buys the beer." Mike said.
"Don't you have a date?" Josh asked.
"Oh shit that's right." Mike said looking at his watch. "Ok I got an hour I need to be fast." He said and ran in the shower.
Kenny and Josh just listened for a second and the herd the sound they were waiting for a big wet thud.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to run in the shower?" Josh said as he walked passed Mike who was lying on the floor.
Mike got back on his feet and finished his shower and was out in the pit warring only is pants when Linna came walking in. He had his back faced to her and the saw 2 round scars one on his right shoulder and a larger one on his lower back.
"Umm mike right." Linna said and he turned around Linna saw the scar on his abdomen was a little smaller then where it was on his back. "Are those scars from bullets?" She asked.
"Yes this one on my abdomen entered here and exited from my back that is why it is a little bigger on my back. And the one on my shoulder lodged in the bone." Mike said.
"That must of hurt." Linna said.
"Yea it did." Mike said. "More than you could imagine." He said with a sad expression on his face.
"I bet any way Nene is awake." Linna said and left the room.
Mike stood there for a minute looking at his scar.
"Sherry I'm sorry." She said then walked over to the shower. "Hey you guys Nene is awake."
Josh came walking out putting his shirt on.
"That's good." He said. "I'll go up and see her in a minute but first I need to call Jack and let him know the situation." He said and pulled his phone out of his jacket and dialed Jacks number.
"Jack its Josh the Pit bulls have been destroyed." Josh said.
"Good and what of the Knight Sabers?" Jack asked.
"They took a beating one of them required surgery to close up some internal bleeding and the other hade some broken rids but they are both alive." Josh said.
"That's good where are you now?" Jack asked.
"We are at the Knight Sabers base." Josh said.
"You are really where is it?" Jack asked.
"I can't tell toy that." Josh said. "Terry is gonna stay here with the one that was hurt and make sure she don't die of complications. So I'll be coming by to get our things I'll give her her things and I'll take the others to the hotel."
"Ok I under stand I'll see you when you get here then." Jack said and hung up.
Terry was checking Nene's vitals when the others joined them in the living room.
"Thanks for all you have done for me." Nene said weakly.
"Your welcome. Oh here are the others I was telling you about." Terry said. "This is the rest of the Crimson Knights that's our leader Joshua Thompson. That's Mike Hessen and that's Kenny Chambers."
"Thank you all for your help." Nene whispered.
"Oh Josh Syila wanted to see you when you get a chance." Linna said giving him a smile.
"Ok I'll go see her thanks Linna." Josh said and walked to Syila's room. "Linna said you wanted to see me." He said as he knocked on the door.
"Yes I did come in. I know that Terry is staying for a while until Nene is out of danger where are the rest of you staying?" She asked.
"Oh we are gonna stay at a hotel until we can find a place to stay." Josh answered.
"Well it would be a mistake to separate the team so why don't you all stay here I have plenty of rooms." Syila said.
"Only under one condition." Josh said.
"What?" Syila asked.
"You let us pay rent 500 a month each." Josh said.
"But you don't have jobs where will you get the money?" Syila asked.
"Jack Walther paid up 1 million dollars each to come and help and for that kind of money we could not say no." Josh said.
"Very well 500 a month." Syila agreed.
