Told ya it was coming now....(it gets a little rough so be prepared-some of you may not be happy...)
Chapter 11: What Was A Bloodless Battle
Gabrille ran down the hallway and helped Jack carry Kid Blink's weight. She could see blood pouring from the area around his heart. She found an empty bed and called for a doctor. One came running and asked what the situation was.
"We were caught in the explosion. He was shot near the hear seconds before it happened..." Jack explained, "Broken leg and arm too..."
The doctor replaced his gloves and went to work on trying to get the bullet out. After several minutes he called for a surgeon. Gabrielle had bandaged most of his other wounds and cleaned him up as best she could. He was wheeled into another room for surgery. She helped clean up Jack who also had obtained several bad wounds, including a severd finger.
She attempted to continue working when she saw the surgeon emerge from the room, obviously looking for someone, "Is there a Gabrielle anywhere?"
She ran to him, "I am..."
"I'm about to lose him, but he's awake-he asked to see you but you've gotta hurry..."
She pushed through the doors and went to the side of his bed, Jack entering not long after.
She took his hand, "Blink-Claire sent me a telegram. She said to tell you...she loves you..."
He smiled as best he could, she could barely recognize him, "Tell her I'm sorry..." he inhaled sharply as his body started to fail him, "Tell her-I love her and never to forget about me...give her this.." he handed her a folded peice of paper-it was filfy and had splotches of his own blood as well as others.
She took it, "Blink-please, no.."
"Find Mush Gabrielle-he loves you more than you'll ever know.."
That was it. The line went flat. She fell back in disbelief and Jack caught her, locking his arms around her to keep her from flailing. She fought as hard as she could, screaming 'no' at the top of her lungs, her voice peircing all ears. But he was too strong. She gave up and collapsed into him, sobbing. He didn't fight back any tears himself, knowing it didn't matter if he cried-he'd lost one of his men.
A nurse came in a wheeled Blink out-they needed to prepare the bed for the next patient. She wanted him to be alive-Claire needed him like she needed Mush. How would she tell her? She didn't want her to find out through another source-that would be even worse. She had fought such a cold, bloodless battle with her own parents-she thought she'd never survive that. Now all she saw was red...
Jack wiped away her tears, "Come on-you've got a job to do. I'll help, you can't stop now. More men need you Gabrielle..."
He pulled her to her feet and led her out of the room. She pushed all emotion down into the pit of her stomach and fought it away as she tryed to clean up and keep moving. As she went back into the hallway she slid the letter into her pocket, never reading it...
A/N: I know-I'm sorry. Trust me. That's all I can say. (you can't expect all the newsies to go to war and ALL come back alive now can you? im sorry Blink lovers!) review-im saving the next chapter-but ive prettymuch got my story from here so let me know what you think...