"Buffer, who is shot?" repeted Kate.
"I don't know. It came from..." Buffer cut himself in the middle of his sentences. He start to run for uper deck. EJ followed him.
"Buffer! From where came a shot?" asked Kate, now she was panicking.
Buffer run on uper deck.
"You allright Bomber?" he asked and knelt by shot medic.
"I am. He shot me in the vest." answered Bomber and tried to stand. Buffer suported her with an arm.
"We didn't even see that he is having another gun. He pointed into me and Bomber pushed me away and he shot her." added Bird. Dutchy didn't say or ask anything, but he was concerned for young cook.
"He..." started EJ pointing on the guy.
"Is unconcious." finished Bomber and leaned on rail.
"We are returning back. Spider, Ryan is going to came here. You are staying on the yacht." said Buffer. Spider nodded his agreement. Boarding party returned back on Hammersley.
"What happened out there? How you didn't notice that guy before Bomber did?" asked furious Kate.
"I didn't pay any attention in that moment." answered Buffer.
"That almost costed your and EJ's life and on the end Bomber's life." said Kate.
"I know. It is my fault."
"Dissmist." said Kate and Buffer left his cabin.
Bomber was in wardroom. Bird made her to she throw a look on his wound.
"Bird, I had a vest. I am fine." complained Bomber.
"But bullet maybe broke a rib." answered Bird looking onto bruise on Bomber's torso.
"I am a medic too. I know how hurt broken ribs very well."
"Can you please turn on other side to I see backs?" Bird ignored her and moved with her examination.
"I am sick of it Bird. I am fine."
"I want to be 100% sure in that." said Bird. "Finished." she added and moved. Bomber put her t-shirt back. In that moment, Buffer came in wardroom.
"How is she Bird?" he asked second medic.
"I am fine." answered Bomber.
"Bird?" he ignored Bomber too.
"She is fine. It is just a bruised ribs. Bullet didn't broke them." answered young second medic.
"About..."
"Yes. She should be on light duties for couple days, because it is going to be painfull for hard work."
"No fucking way!" interupted Bomber jumping from bed and that couse her a pain so she sat back on it.
"I need to check that guy in austiere." added Bird and went out leaving Bomber and Buffer alone. Bomber was ignoring Buffer's presence and she took uper part of her uniform and she start to put it on.
"How are you feeling Bomber?" he asked and sit by her side.
"Fine." she answered not looking into him.
"You shot a guy..."
"It wasn't my first or last time."
she said and rised from bed. Her ribs ached but she decided not to show her weakness, but suddenly she lose her balance and find herself in Buffer's arms.
"One for change, can you stop to be so stubborn and listen someone another?" asked Buffer while he was helping her to sit back on bed.
"It is just aching. I know now how ET was feeling." she added with a smile.
"Look Bomb, I wanted to impologise for that in sailor mess. It was just a joke." said Buffer.
"I know. It is not big deal." she asnwered and looked into him.
"You changed since I saw you last time." he added with a grin.
"No I didn't. I am same. Just older."
"That is a change too. Now take some rest." he added and rised from bed where he was sitting.
"It is really neccesarly..." she started rising too, but again because of pains she lost her balance.
"I think it is." answered Buffer helping her to stand. Bomber managed to stand and then she was schocked seeing her and Buffer in very unproffesional position. He was having his arms around her waists and she was having her hands on his shoulders. That someone saw them there in that moment, they could suspicious everything.
"Thanks for help. I can on my own." said Bomber and moved from his arms, while in her head was bouncing one little voice:'This is very unprofessional Rebecca. Keep it proffesional.'
"Are you sure? I don't want you to collaps on middle of corridor." he said while he was still having one hand on her backs.
"Yes I am sure." she said and start walking.
This all thing was saw by EJ what in that moment was passing by wardroom. Now she knew it why Bomber was so tough at her. She probably was having something with Buffer or she had. EJ didn't want to one ex cook take her chance. EJ liked Buffer since she came on the board and he was first guy what interested her so much after her abusive fiancee. When EJ saw that Bomber was leaving a wardroom she hurried up to they don't see her.
Bomber went in her cabin and collapsed on her bed. Her heart was still bouncing because of it in wardroom. She was in Buffer's arms and it was amazing feeling. She liked him too much. Bomber always tought that that was just simply attraction because what woman wouldn't be attracted by someone as Buffer, but now when she came here again, she start to scare that there was something more. She holped that she didn't blushed in that moment and that no one didn't saw them. She sighed, but that couse her a pain.
0700 pm first night watch
Kate was on bridge sitting in her chair. From some reason she didn't like too much her electronic tehnician. Every time when she looked in EJ she had that feeling what was telling her that she will bring new problems on this ship.
"Where are everyone?" asked Bomber seeing Charge and Kate only on the bridge when she came there.
"Shouldn't you be in the bed?" asked Kate looking into young medic.
"I am fine. I sleep it off and I am feeling better. Painkillers are doing their job." jocked Bomber. "Any sign of Tawls?" she added and sit in RO's ampty chair.
"No. In the morning we will search couple of islands. Maybe they are there." answered Kate looking into the sea.
"Poor people. They have gone on sealing what should be a holiday and they finished somewhere where no one doesn't know." said Bomber.
"That is a life. Sometimes he brings unexpecting things." added Charge.
"You two, go down bellow and take some sleep. You are Bomber on light duties and you Charge are on the diet and your shift finished two hours ago." said Kate. "That is an order." she added sending them of from bridge.
Charge and Bomber were walking for bellow decks.
"Do you know what today is day?" asked Charge walking in front of Bomber. She looked into him and answered: "It is Wednesday."
"I know that. I wanted to ask you do you still remember what happened 5 years ago?"
"Of course I do. Today is 5 years how that all happened with Walsman, how Buffer was kidnapped." answered Bomber and leaned on the wall. "You talk with him?"
"No you?" said Charge.
"I didn't know what to tell him. If I saw him later I will." added Bomber and walk away from her cabin.
1100 pm, night watch
Buffer was standing on the deck, looking into the sea. Today was exactly five years how Walsman kidnapped him. He didn't show that he is remembering, but he did. Buffer was distracted with his thoughts, that he didn't noticed that he had a company.
"I holp so that I am not bodering you." said EJ.
"No." he answered and looked into young woman besides him.
"Are you ok?" she asked gently and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Yes I am."
"I heard Charge and Bomber in corridor. Who is Walsman?"
"Long story, but shortly he almost kill me. His mercenaris almost killed Charge and Kate." answered Buffer still looking into EJ.
"I didn't know." she impologized.
"It is ok!" he said and smiled on her.
"We both survived some kind of the Hell. My fiancee when I left him tried to kill me." said EJ, tears were falling down her cheek. Spontaneously, without thinking, Buffer pull her into the hug. She hugged him too, while she was still crying. After a while she calmed down. She moved from Buffer grip. EJ looked into his dark eyes and leaned in and kissed him. Exactly in that moment, on the deck came Bomber and saw how Buffer and EJ were kissing.
