Maci's turn! Sami wont be writing for a while. She's having boy troubles, so we told her we'd keep the story going for her. Hope you enjoy this next chapter!
Maci and Diana ran for cover when the town started to explode from every direction. They turned a corner and ran right into Liebgott and Tipper.
"Careful girls." Liebgott said with a smile. "You here to help clear buildings?"
"You going to let us go in?" Maci asked.
"You both out rank me." Liebgott replied
"Then we are here to help clear buildings." Diana. Replied. Liebgott smirked back at her.
"Just don't tell Winters I let you girls go into the houses." Liebgott said. "Wouldn't want my ass chewed."
"How about you boys go in first and we'll be right behind you." Maci said with a smirk. Liebgott nodded. That was the easiest way to keep Winters off his ass for allowing his girlfriend to go into the buildings.
Liebgott lead the way into the first building followed by Tipper then the two girls. Tipper and Diana went towards the back. Diana headed up the stairs to the second floor as Tipper checked out the back door. Liebgott and Maci went ahead to the next building.
"All clear down here." Tipper called as Diana came down the steps.
"Clear up here." Diana said with smile. Diana just reached the bottom of the stairs when the front of the building exploded. Diana hit the wall hard knocking her out cold.
Maci turned pail when she saw the building Diana and Tipper where in get hit. She couldn't move. Liebgott raced past her with two other men calling out for Tipper. When Maci saw Tipper walk out of the building, her heart sank. She had never seen such a scene in her life. Tipper some how walked out of the building with both legs badly mangled. Liebgott helped him sit down and calmly told him he would be ok. Maci started to see why Estee liked Liebgott. He was sweet when he needed to be. Maci snapped out of her thoughts and raced into the building.
"What are you doing?" Liebgott called after her.
"Diana was in here too." Maci replied. Liebgott became pail. He had the other two men help Tipper to safety as he went inside with Maci.
"Do you see her?" Liebgott asked worriedly. When Maci didn't answer he looked over at her. Maci was standing over Diana in complete shock. Liebgott rushed over and checked Diana's pulse.
"She's ok, Maci." Liebgott assured her. "Lets get her out of here."
Maci nodded slowly as Liebgott picked Diana up. Maci followed him to the aid center in complete silence. He was a little worried about her, but at that moment he had to make Diana his main priority. Winters would kill him if something happened to Diana. Roe was explaining to another medic about Jeff's shoulder wound when he spotted Liebgott. He rushed over to him and helped place Diana on a cot.
"What happened?" Roe questioned as he checked Diana over.
"She was in the building with Tipper." Liebgott replied. Roe looked even more worried. Both men knew hell would be paid when Winters found out. Roe looked over at a very quite Maci then back to Liebgott.
"What happened to her?" Roe asked.
Liebgott sighed. "She saw the building blow. And she found Diana."
Roe nodded. "Have her go lay down in the back. I'll take a look at her after I figure out what happened to Diana."
Liebgott lead Maci to a cot in the back and had her lay down. Maci didn't even put up a fight.
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"Hey Winters." Estee said walking up to him as he sat in front of Welsh with his left boot off. "How's it going?"
Winters smirked. "I've been better."
Welsh took out a pocket knife and started to dig at a wound on Winters leg. Estee gasped and turned away.
"Are you crazy! that could go wrong in so many ways." Estee demanded. Welsh ignored her and attempted to get the bullet out of Winters leg. When Welsh brought the knife away from the wound, Estee grabbed it from him. "No, no, no, no! Bad Winters! We have medics for a reason."
Winters gave Estee a look. He knew Estee still hadn't gone to get her arm checked out. And know her hand was bleeding from grabbing the knife from Welsh. Estee seemed to know what he was thinking and showed him her hand.
"I'm not going till you go." Estee replied. Winters sighed. He knew he'd never win. Welsh helped walk Winters to the aid station as Estee skipped ahead of them. Welsh smirked. He couldn't understand how Estee could be so bubbly at a time like this. But with how little time he spent with her, she always seemed to be a little on the bubbly side. Unless she was in a fight with Liebgott. Estee walked into the aid station and plopped down in front of Roe.
"Fix me up Doc." Estee said with a smile. Roe looked at her confused.
"What do you want to fix up?" Roe asked with a smirk. "Your lip, your arm, or your hand?"
"Take your pick." Estee said and Roe smiled.
He held his hand out to her and she placed her hand in his. He cleaned the cut then bandaged it up. He then lightly cleaned the blood from her face. Estee tried her hardest not to hold her breath at his touch, but she was finding that very hard to do. She couldn't understand why, but he seemed to mesmerize her. After her lip was cleaned he helped her remove her jacket. Jeff watched from his cot and sighed. He could see the sexual tension between them from across the room. The way Roe lightly ran his fingers down her arm as he removed her jacket. And the way Estee bit her lower lip and watched Roe's face. He knew then that letting her go was the best thing he could have done for him.
"Are you cold?" Roe asked. Estee looked at him confused. Roe smiled at the confused look on her face. "You got Goosebumps."
Estee blushed. "Oh...um no. I'm not cold. I'm just fine."
Roe seemed to understand then, that it was his touch that had caused such a reaction. He hid a smirk as he took a look at her arm. "Looks like you have a piece of something in your arm. I'll have to take it out. It may hurt a bit."
"Hurt a bit? Or should hurt like hell and you were trying not to worry me?" Estee asked a little worried.
"All depends on how deep it really is." Roe admitted. He then called Liebgott over. "Joe, you mind keeping Estee calm while I get this out of her arm."
Liebgott let Estee lay her head on his chest and grab his hand. She nodded at Roe and as gently as he could took out a two inch splinter of wood. Estee whimpered a bit and buried her face in Liebgott's chest. Roe quickly cleaned the wound and bandaged her arm up. The whole time Estee never moved her face from Liebgott's chest.
"There you go." Roe said when he was done. "All fixed up."
Estee looked at him then at her arm. She stood up and lightly kissed his cheek. "Thanks Roe, your the best. Know you get to fix up Winters."
Roe blushed when he realized Winters was sitting behind him. And by the look on his face, Winters had seen Estee's reaction to him. "What can i help you with?"
Estee got up and made Winters take her spot. "He got a ricochet."
"Lets see what I can do." Roe said and Estee let him get back to work. She walked up to Diana's bed and sat down next to her. Diana still hadn't woken up.
"She'll be ok." Liebgott said walking up behind her. "Roe says she only got knocked out. She'll wake up any time soon. But Maci needs a little help."
Estee saw Maci laying on a cot staring up at the ceiling. Estee sighed and started to walked over to her. She was almost to Maci's side when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Estee turned to see Speirs standing behind her.
"Let me talk to her." Speirs said and Estee smiled.
"You got it lieutenant." Estee said. "Go get her Speirsy."
Speirs gave her an odd look then walked up to Maci. He sat down on the edge of her bed. He didn't talk, just sat there staring at the ceiling. After a while Maci looked over at him.
"Its about time you moved." Speirs said still looking up at the ceiling. "You want to talk about why you haven't moved the last few minutes?"
Maci shook her head. "Not to you."
Speirs looked down at her and smirked. "Yeah, but I'm the only one free to listen at the moment. Estee just got her injuries attended to and has the struggle of picking out what man she wants. Diana is still passed out cold. Sami is still on patrol with Compton and the rest of Easy is either on patrol or helping with the injuries. So talk."
Maci bit her lower lip and held back tears. "I can't do this. I thought I had lost Diana again. How many times am I going to lose them. The first time I thought Diana was gone was bad. But this time... I cant do it again."
Speirs looked around at Maci's friends. Estee was sitting next to Liebgott as she kept her eyes on both Maci and Diana. Diana was slowly starting to stir and Sami was teasing Lipton about his injury. Maci loved each girl like a sister. Loosing them would be the worst thing for her. Speirs looked back down at Maci. "Lose is a part of life. But I've seen how much Easy men care for you girls. They'd risk their lives for all of you. And so would the other men in the 506. Because we know you that if we get one of you killed, any man from Easy would kill us. And i think some non Easy men think your very attractive."
"Our ex-fiancés don't count." Maci said rolling her eyes.
"This is a war, Maci." Speirs replied standing up. "A war full of men that haven't seen a woman in a very long time. To them, you girls are the best looking girls they have ever seen."
"Oh gee, thanks. That makes me feel a hell of a lot better." Maci said sarcastically. But she actually did feel a lot better.