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Rescue
Murdock, and it would seem Bert and Ernie too with the looks on there faces, heard a very loud crash which actually sounded a lot like the side of there house crashing down. They both ran up the stairs as quickly as they could to locate the source of the noise and destruction when they found to their shock and disbelief that the side of their house had in fact crashed down and a big black van was sat in the middle of it. The side of the van was open and three men immediately opened fire with machine guns at Bert and Ernie. Amazingly they survived as they were running as fast as they could out the back door.
"Face go check on Murdock" Ordered Hannibal as he was running towards the back door after the two men. "If he's ok, come and meet us up here, we might need you." He shouted "B.A." he addressed the tough looking man. There was no need to shout anything else, the team was a well oiled machine partly because they could just about read each others minds and understood each other so perfectly.
B.A. ran outside with Hannibal and they both ran in the same direction as Bert and Ernie, they kept firing the weapons and eventually, Bert and Ernie came to a halt at the fenced off edge of the property. They attempted to climb it and did quite well too but Hannibal and B.A. had no trouble at all following them quickly and had caught up with them within seconds (although it felt like much longer). They shot at the fence not intending to kill the two men, just to make them fall and their efforts paid off as both men fell to the ground in a heap, they scrambled to the feet but before they had even regained their balance Hannibal landed a punch in Bert's stomach just as B.A. knocked Ernie out with one punch to the face. Bert doubled over from Hannibal's punch and one more punch to the head left him sprawled on the floor unconscious.
Hannibal and B.A. ran back to the house both with the same concern. Face didn't come and meet them, something must be wrong with Murdock. They ran into the house and quickly dived down the basement stairs but were not exactly prepared for what they saw….Blood
As they looked around the now lit room, they saw a lot of blood on the ground, their friends' blood and Face was sat towards the right hand side of the room comforting Murdock. One look at Murdock showed the seriousness of his condition, he was very pail, sweating and shivering at the same time. His eyes looked as though he was having trouble focusing on anything and his clothes were soaked in blood which seemed to start from the shoulder outwards (as the blood was thicker and darker there) face was now covered in blood too. It was surprising Murdock was still alive.
"Come on guys, let's get him to the van" said Hannibal trying to sound strong for the sake of his team mates when inside his heart was in his throat and he was overwhelmed with worry for the pilot. He looked over to B.A. and knew what B.A. was feeling. They all new how close B.A. and Murdock really were and B.A. couldn't stand the thought of his friend being hurt and unlike the others, he did mind showing it either. In most cases he wouldn't care but at times like this when things were serious, this was when B.A. showed his weak side for the captain
"Come on man, you can make it" encouraged B.A. as he held one side and Hannibal held the other. Face was helping along the way where possible and they all cringed at the show of pain in Murdock's face. He'd needed serious medical attention and soon.
With a lot of hard work, they managed to get Murdock up the stairs and were heading towards the van when Murdock suddenly started shaking all over, neither B.A. nor Hannibal could hold him properly like that and they weren't sure what was wrong at first. "He's going into shock" Said Hannibal as he realized the signs and with blood loss like that it isn't surprising. All three tried to comfort him until he calmed down and finally fell to unconsciousness. They then picked him up and carried him the rest of the way to the van then lying him down in the back of the van.
B.A. drove to the nearest hospital at speeds which none of them remembered him ever doing before (and they've tested the van's speeding capabilities many times in the past) Hannibal and Face stayed next to Murdock to keep an eye on his condition and check his vitals regularly.
Finally, they arrived at the hospital just in the niche of time as Murdock's vitals started becoming erratic. Face ran into the hospital and shouted for nurses, doctors, paramedics, basically anyone with the power to help them. Several nurses came running, two with a gurney, and some others to assist. They soon had Murdock transferred to the bed on wheels and the team watched and tried to keep up as they wheeled Murdock down a maze of corridors eventually leading to a ward labelled ICU. Those three letters meant so much, they're three letters everyone dreads, and it's a ward many people would never want to visit simply because it meant things were critical. The Intensive Care Unit was the ward that people who were close to death went to and it's is so heart breaking to see people who you love and care about in such a condition. Hannibal, B.A. and Face had to reluctantly wait outside but they decided to play by the rules here, they didn't want to draw attention and the staff to realize who they were and get the military police on them and they didn't want to have to leave Murdock completely. They had to be here for him.
"It's all my fault Hannibal" said B.A. Kicking himself for letting Murdock get kidnapped.
"How is it your fault sergeant?" asked Hannibal, knowing full well it wasn't B.A.'s fault and just wanted B.A. to see that.
"I told him off for singing his songs, I made him upset and then told him to go get my tool box, it wouldn't have happened if I went to get it myself" Stated B.A.
"Now you know as much as we do that that had nothing to do with it. This would have happened either way and Murdock knows that too" said Hannibal trying his hardest to make his team mate feel better and stop blaming himself for something that he had no control over.
The team fell silent; they were too concerned for their friend to talk. They new he would be in surgery now and then he'd need to recover but they wanted to know he made it and would be ok. It seemed so long ago that all of this happened and time was just going so slowly.
Finally, after what seemed like forever. A doctor entered the waiting room and walked towards the three men. "Are you the men who brought Mr Murdock in? " He asked
"Yes" They replied very urgently at the same time
"Can I ask if your family members?" He asked slightly confused about these men's' identities
"Yes, I'm his brother Sam Murdock" replied Face automatically, lying and scamming had become so natural to him that it took nothing and he thought nothing of it anymore
"I'm his uncle John" Replied Hannibal taking Faces' lead and holding out a hand for the doctor "How is he?"
The Doctor shook hands with Hannibal clearly accepting these identities and motioned for the men to take a seat (This sent a shot of fear down the spine of all three men)
"We have managed stop any more bleeding and we've stitched the wound. There was infection which had set in and we're currently treating him with anti-biotics. The other problem which I'm sure you were aware of was the substantial blood loss" said the doctor wondering what explanation he'd get if he asked how the injury had come about "I'm afraid Mr Murdock had lost a lot of blood and he has a fairly rare blood type which unfortunately we are quite low in but for the time being he is fully stable in the ICU. We just hope we can keep it that way."
"Me and him have the same blood type" said B.A. at once as he jumped out of his seat to confront the doctor and show him there's no choice in the matter "If he needs blood, I'm more than willing to give it"
The Doctor looked quite surprised at this outburst but jumped to the opportunity
"Well of course Sir, we'll need to run some quick tests on your blood and you'll need
to fill in a form but it would be greatly appreciated and a huge help if you would do
that." Replied the doctor with extreme enthusiasm
"I'll do anything for that fool" B.A. said to Hannibal as he sat down again and Hannibal was pleased B.A. had the same blood not just because it would really help Murdock but because he knew it would help B.A. to feel better if he could do something to help.