Kooshball Note: Yes, Bob is a very bland name, but I couldn't be bothered
thinking of another name. If you don't like Bob, pretend his name is Fred.
;)
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Izzy forced herself through twelve hours of wading through people who were literally dying before her. On several occasions, she felt like she was going to be sick, but she just swallowed hard and tried to think of something else. She wasn't too worried by the bombs going off, she just pretended they were fireworks going off, like it was New Years on the Harbour. Her main worry was that people would die because of her lack of medical knowledge. Finally, Hawkeye pulled her to one side.
'Take a break,' he said kindly. 'You've been running around for hours.'
'If I stop, I'll be sick. If I'm sick, I won't be able to keep on helping,' Izzy said, shaking her head.
'Look, Bob and Margaret are asleep, you should get some as well,' Hawkeye told her.
'But you need help,' Izzy argued, half aware that she was almost asleep on her feet.
'I'll be having a rest as well. Someone from the 8063rd is coming later to replace us,' Hawkeye said, leading Izzy to where Margaret and Bob were asleep. Izzy lay down without any more fuss, and looked up at Hawkeye, who didn't sit down with them.
'Do you know why I came?' Izzy asked, trying to keep her eyes open. Hawkeye looked surprised at the question. Izzy closed her eyes as she continued. 'I wanted to prove I'm not just a kid, and I can look after myself.' It was then that she fell asleep.
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Izzy jumped awake at the sound of a bomb landing nearer to the building than usual. She looked up, to see the roof swaying.
'Hawkeye! Margaret! Bob! Get up!' she yelled, struggling to stand. The other three woke, and also noticed the roof. All four struggled to get out of the small room they had taken up for sleeping, just as the roof fell in. A stray beam struck Izzy, and ripped down the back of her jacket and scratching her back.
'You ok?' Hawkeye demanded, both he and Margaret turning Izzy around so they could check her back.
'I'm fine,' Izzy replied, trying to ignore the painful scrape down her back. 'Are you guys alright?'
'I'm ok,' Margaret said, sounding as shaken as Izzy felt. Bob and Hawkeye nodded.
'We'd probably be dead if you didn't wake us up,' Bob said, handing Hawkeye some ointment for Izzy's back. One of the field surgeons came running up.
'What happened?' he asked.
'Nothing. Roof fell in, that's all,' Izzy said.
'Casualties?' the field doctor asked.
'Just the Private, her back got hit by a rafter, but she says she's ok,' Bob said.
'Are you sure? The kid isn't a doctor, you know,' the field doctor said, glancing at Izzy.
'She's not just a kid,' Hawkeye said. 'She's a helluva young woman.' Izzy gave a shaky grin.
'We have more wounded,' the other man said, beckoning Hawkeye. Izzy sighed loudly, hoping the replacement doctor would be there soon.
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Heading back for camp, Izzy decided she'd never followed Hawkeye out to the front ever again. It was too dangerous. The only good thing that came out of the trip, she supposed, was not being called "just a kid" by Hawkeye any more. Izzy smiled to herself. It was about time he treated her like an adult, and after that episode, he probably would.
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Izzy forced herself through twelve hours of wading through people who were literally dying before her. On several occasions, she felt like she was going to be sick, but she just swallowed hard and tried to think of something else. She wasn't too worried by the bombs going off, she just pretended they were fireworks going off, like it was New Years on the Harbour. Her main worry was that people would die because of her lack of medical knowledge. Finally, Hawkeye pulled her to one side.
'Take a break,' he said kindly. 'You've been running around for hours.'
'If I stop, I'll be sick. If I'm sick, I won't be able to keep on helping,' Izzy said, shaking her head.
'Look, Bob and Margaret are asleep, you should get some as well,' Hawkeye told her.
'But you need help,' Izzy argued, half aware that she was almost asleep on her feet.
'I'll be having a rest as well. Someone from the 8063rd is coming later to replace us,' Hawkeye said, leading Izzy to where Margaret and Bob were asleep. Izzy lay down without any more fuss, and looked up at Hawkeye, who didn't sit down with them.
'Do you know why I came?' Izzy asked, trying to keep her eyes open. Hawkeye looked surprised at the question. Izzy closed her eyes as she continued. 'I wanted to prove I'm not just a kid, and I can look after myself.' It was then that she fell asleep.
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Izzy jumped awake at the sound of a bomb landing nearer to the building than usual. She looked up, to see the roof swaying.
'Hawkeye! Margaret! Bob! Get up!' she yelled, struggling to stand. The other three woke, and also noticed the roof. All four struggled to get out of the small room they had taken up for sleeping, just as the roof fell in. A stray beam struck Izzy, and ripped down the back of her jacket and scratching her back.
'You ok?' Hawkeye demanded, both he and Margaret turning Izzy around so they could check her back.
'I'm fine,' Izzy replied, trying to ignore the painful scrape down her back. 'Are you guys alright?'
'I'm ok,' Margaret said, sounding as shaken as Izzy felt. Bob and Hawkeye nodded.
'We'd probably be dead if you didn't wake us up,' Bob said, handing Hawkeye some ointment for Izzy's back. One of the field surgeons came running up.
'What happened?' he asked.
'Nothing. Roof fell in, that's all,' Izzy said.
'Casualties?' the field doctor asked.
'Just the Private, her back got hit by a rafter, but she says she's ok,' Bob said.
'Are you sure? The kid isn't a doctor, you know,' the field doctor said, glancing at Izzy.
'She's not just a kid,' Hawkeye said. 'She's a helluva young woman.' Izzy gave a shaky grin.
'We have more wounded,' the other man said, beckoning Hawkeye. Izzy sighed loudly, hoping the replacement doctor would be there soon.
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Heading back for camp, Izzy decided she'd never followed Hawkeye out to the front ever again. It was too dangerous. The only good thing that came out of the trip, she supposed, was not being called "just a kid" by Hawkeye any more. Izzy smiled to herself. It was about time he treated her like an adult, and after that episode, he probably would.