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For Lex everything after she and Hel burst through the heavy steel door was a blur of adrenaline and gunfire.
Six guards. All dressed in dark blue uniforms and one carrying one of those damned techie wannabe guns. She could see however that all carried regular projectile weapons as well.
They seemed to be taken by surprise that it was two beautiful teenage girls coming at them and not the hardened butt-ugly criminals they must've been expecting.
In that instant of hesitation the Hel and Lex cut down half the group. As their group fell the three left standing finally jumped into action.
One of the guards grazed Hel's shouler before a bullet from Lex's gun caught him between his wide dark eyes. He fell to the ground, dead before he hit the cold metal floor.
Hel had just taken out the fifth guard when Lex got hit.
Lex looked down and watched her shirt blossom with blood. She looked up and watched Hel blow away the final guard. Then Lex slowly crumpled to the ground.
Lex gasped, her eyes filling with tears as she lay on the floor, her cheek against the icy metal surface. All her senses seemed muffled, as if she was underwater. Vaguely she could hear Hel talking to her and dragging her out of the facility.
The only things that pierced the fog she was in were the blinding pain in her abdomen and the slow pounding of her heart. Her last thoughts before blackness overwhelmed her was of the one she loved.
"James." She whispered as her tears ran down her cheeks and she passed out.
flashback
"Stay." James murmured when Lex pulled out of his arms.
Lex smiled and gave him a quick kiss before sliding out of the warm bed to gather up her clothes that were strewn about the bunk. "You know I can't. If my brother found me here…"
"He'd rip me limb from limb, I know." He grabbed her wrist and gently pulled her back towards the bed. "But it'd be worth it." He grinned at her.
Lex couldn't help smiling back. "Well, I guess one more hour wouldn't hurt. He's still asleep right now." She slid back beneath the covers, and back into his arms.
"An hour, huh?" James wiggled his eyebrows roguishly, making Lex laugh. "I can work with that."
end flashback
Deep, endless black. Lex groaned. Pain blinding her, her vision coming in flashes as she drifted in and out of consciousness.
Hel, her hand pressed against the gaping wound in Lex's abdomen, trying to stop the bleeding. Wiping tears off her face as she sent a distress call to the ship.
Their arrival back at Freedom. Jess driving the mule. Hel crying and holding both hands on Lex's stomach, blood oozing between her fingers.
Gel yelling that there wasn't enough time to get her into the infirmary. Pulling the bullet out in the middle of the damn cargo bay. Jess looking panicked as he saw all the blood.
flashback
Lex was walking down to the Engine Room. James appeared and pulled her inside the part cluttered room. He gave her a hard kiss and a smile.
"Hey." He whispered, holding her close.
"Hey." She whispered back, followed by a kisss.
"We can't keep sneaking around like this." He said between kisses as he pressed her against the bulkhead.
"I know." She grinned, thinking of the past few weeks.
"Let's get married." He kissed her again.
"Really?" She looked deeply in his brown eyes.
"Yeah. I love you and want to be with you forever." He kissed her several more times.
"I love you too." She smiled. "Let's do it. We can announce it after the mission."
James grinned and held her tightly as they kissed. Then he pulled away slightly to whisper in her ear. "Be careful okay, I don't want anything to happen to you."
end flashback
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