A/N: Yay, another chapter! Something I forgot to mention in the last chapter is that I do not own anything, I'm just playing in their sandbox. English still isn't my first language so the grammar might be wonky and the spelling off.

I also want to thank everyone who has followed, liked and reviewed with all my heart. I basically squealed when I saw the notifications.

WARNIG! In this chapter there will be talk of injuries and symptoms of said injuries, if this bothers you or trigger you don't read the italics.

Chapter 2: The one with all the pain.

"…hear me?"

What was that? What happened?

"…can you hear me?"

Someone was touching his shoulder. Where was he?

"General can you hear me?"

Wait…that sounds like…

"Cody?" Obi-Wan tried to say but it came out as a mumbled groan. It hurt to talk. Why did it hurt?

"Oh thank the all little gods General, we were starting to worry." Cody sounded relived. "Can you open your eyes?"

"Is he awake?" Bones asked.

"He's awake, yes, but I don't know if he's coherent." Cody said hesitantly.

As Obi-Wan opened his eyes the first thing he sees is Bones crouched before him, analyzing and cataloging his injuries. As he tried to pull himself up in a better sitting position, he could feel something in his chest shift, something that shouldn't move. And then came the pain, and once he felt that pain the rest of it obviously decided that it was time to be acknowledged.

"Wha' hapn?" Obi-Wan asked and the pain in his throat made him flinch.

"We don't really know General." Cody began. "But from the looks of it, we crashed."

"You don't say." Obi-Wan laughed but it ended with a groan, "Please don't make me laugh."

"Can you tell me where it hurts General?" Bones queried patently.

"Everywhere?" Obi-Wan huffed. "But the most worrying is the feeling of something shifting in my chest when I breath or move and from the feeling from my shoulder I can almost with certainty say that it's dislocated."

"Cody you're going to help me get him up." Bones directed. "And General, it's going to hurt. I can't give you a stim for the pain before I've found all the injuries."

"I understand." Obi-Wan braced himself for the pain as Cody and Bones grabbed him and pulled him up as swiftly as possible.

The pain almost makes Obi-Wan black out again and he tries to scream but nothing comes out. As he stands there trying to focus on what is happening around him instead of the pain, he realizes that Bones has opened his tunics and checking his ribs by pressing his hands gently along them. It's not overly painful until he presses at a spot closer to Obi-Wans sternum and it's almost like his whole ribcage shifts. The pain flares up again and Obi-Wan distantly realizes that he will need to apologize to Cody later for the bruises he is squeezing into his shoulder.

"The shifting feeling in your chest is a sternum fracture." Bones said wearily.

"Is that bad?" Cody asked with a frown.

"Sternal fracture is commonly associated with injuries to the heart and lungs; if a person is injured with enough force to fracture the sternum, injuries such as myocardial and pulmonary contusions are likely. Other associated injuries that may occur include damage to blood vessels in the chest, myocardial rupture, head and abdominal injuries, flail chest, and vertebral fracture. Sternal fractures may also accompany rib fractures and are high-energy enough injuries to cause bronchial tears. They may hinder breathing. Due to the associated injuries, the mortality rate for people with sternal fracture is high, at an estimated 25–45%." Bones explained cautiously.

"What does that mean?" Obi-Wan was almost afraid of the answer.

"It means that you could have several injuries or internal bleeding that we can't see and that I can't fix because I don't have the tools and we have no way of the planet." Bones sounded wary.

"Bleeding internally? But that means I'm fine, internally is where the blood is supposed to be." Obi-Wan tried to joke and Cody snorts.

"Funny." Bones deadpan. "Now, Cody give him your glove so he can bite down on it while I fix his dislocated shoulder."

"I'll count to three." Bones grabs Obi-Wan.

"As I'll ever be." Obi-Wan places Cody glove between his teeth.

"One…" Bones pushes the shoulder back in its place.

"What happened to two and three?" Cody growls, surprised and a little bit angry.

"Yeah, what happened to two and three?" Obi-Wan gasps.

"Two, three." Bones smirks.

"You absolute…" before Cody can finish that sentence, they hear Waxer screaming for Bones.

Bones rushes of to where to call came from leaving Obi-Wan and Cody in the dust.

"We should make our way over there." Obi-Wan gave a tired smile.

They began to make their way over to where they could see the rest of the troopers. Obi-Wan looked around the crash site and noted for the first time that they where in outskirts of a forest. Absentmindedly he observed that the trees of the forest were probably the biggest trees he had ever seen. Before he could analyze anymore of their surroundings they had arrived by the rest of the troopers.

Bones was checking Oddball over frantically. AS he did Obi-Wan took the chance to check on the rest of the men. They all had bumps and bruises, maybe some small cuts. The worst of he could see was Waxers arm in a sling.

"Everyone okay?" Obi-Wan inquired.

"Yeah, everyone is a bit banged up and Waxer has a broken arm." Longshot hesitated. "Well everyone except Oddball."

"What's wrong with Oddball?" Cody demanded to know.

"We don't know. We got him out of the cockpit and managed to wake him up and everything seemed fine." Waxer started to explain.

"But then his words started slurring together. It was then that Gearshift noticed that there were fluids leaking from his ear, one of his eyes and his nose and then he just collapsed, that's when Waxer screamed after Bones." Boil finished informing them.

"Well I have bad news, worse news and good news, which of them do you want first?" Bones asked, sitting back after finishing his examination of Oddball.

"Worst news first, then bad and last good." Trapper decided for all of them.

"Okay, worse new is that Oddball has a crushing head injury, some of the symptoms are: Distorted head shape and intense swelling. The jaw, cheeks, or nose might also be involved. Bleeding from the nose, eyes, or ears. Fluid leaking from the nose, eyes, or ears. Bleeding from the head. Intense head pain. Loss of consciousness. Coma. Sudden loss of consciousness; some brain injury survivors appear fine, but then become intensely sleepy or faint. Changes in cognition, intelligence, or ability to understand speech. Difficulty with motor skills, especially walking."

"The bad news?" Wooleys voice sounded strangled.

"The bad news is that I don't have the equipment or enough medicine to be able to help him." Bones sighed.

"You said you had good news!" Crys desperate cry echoed.

"The good news: He's still alive and I plan to keep him that way." Bones swore.

"Okay this is what we'll do," Obi-Wan, who had been quietly listening to Bones, spoke up. "Bone you stay with Oddball. Longshot, Crys Wooley and Boil you four will collect everything we can salvage and that could be of use. Waxer and Trapper go look around if you can find drinkable water close by. Gearshift and Threepwood, could you two build a stretcher of some kind for Oddball?"

"Yeah we can fix something." Threepwood nodded. "We're moving then?"

"I feel to exposed here and something is pulling me in that direction." Obi-Wan pointed towards the forest on the left of them.

"Cody could you help me find anything we can use to repair the comm unit?" Obi-Wan started to walk towards the crashed LAAT/i with Cody following.

"Not so fast General." Bones stopped them before they could get very far. "I know I can't stop you from helping but I'll be damned if I don't bind your chest and ribs first."

Obi-Wan just sighed and, with a little help from Cody, took off his tunics and raised his arms out of the way as Bones started to wrap his chest tightly with a roll of bandages from his medical bag. When he was done Obi-Wan put on his tunics again, tied the obi in its correct place and went with Cody to find the parts to be able to fix the comms.

A/N: Hope you liked the chapter, feedback and constructive criticism is always welcome but be kind about it.

Until next time

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