Not You Too
Craig, Curtis and Shannon rushed into the hallway where they'd heard their shots, Dunn had been to weak-stomached to follow.
When they got there, their worst fears were confirmed. Madison was on the floor, she had a deep wound on the right side of the waist. A couple of metres away from her, was Xena, lying limp on the ground.
"Oh man..." stuttered Craig.
So much death in one day.....
Shannon knelt down beside Madison. "Madison... hold on ok, you're gonna be fine."
Madison's eyes fluttered once.
No... not you too... no more death... - Craig was on the verge of losing it.
"Billy....." whispered Madison. Then the young girl's eyes fluttered again and she lay still.
She was gone......
Craig yelled out in fury and slammed his fist into the ground. His knucles came back up cut and bruised. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see it was Curtis. There was nothing but pain in the old man's eyes.
Shannon stood up and away from the body. There was blood on her hands. She tried to keep those same hands from trembling.
"Billy did this," breathed Craig in a subtle fury.
"We've made a huge mistake," continued Curtis, "We've let out a killer."
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When Eric, Tricia and Tyler arrived back at the military, there were three body bags waiting for them. In hushed whispers, they were given an explanation of what had gone down while they were gone.
Eric said nothing. He only walked out of the room and left the others behind. The ones who stayed in the room discussed a proper means of burial for those that were lost.
The only victim of the night that had actually survived, was Xena. The bullet had gone right through and luckily Shannon was able to patch the dog up and stop the bleeding before the rottwheiler had taken in real internal damage. Now Xena was already back to barking and growling viciously at everybody as she was confined to to the medical room.
But the ones they had lost, the ones who couldn't be saved or patched up..... Madison, Tex, Marissa...... those three were gone forever.