PIERS' POV.

- Enough! Both of you! – I heard the Captain yell from behind me. – I think you both made your point.

I turned away from the girl in front of me. She was driving me insane since the moment she set her foot on this battlefield. I knew that she was trouble, I just knew it. *I swear to God, if she was a guy, I would ram my fist into her face this instant.* I thought as I tried to calm myself down.

- Piers! – I heard her scream.

- What?! – I yelled turning at her.

Before I could react I heard a gunshot and Minnie fell towards me. I caught her, but because of the unexpected contact I stumbled and fell on my back with her on top of me. Before we hit the ground I heard someone shout "Sniper" and then there were a few gunshots coming from our side of the bridge. When we landed on the ground I heard Minnie whine as she rolled off of and lay beside me on the ground. She was still whining and I felt a strange sticky feeling on my hands. When I looked at them I saw that it was blood and then the reality hit me. *Minnie took the bullet.* Horrified, I sat up and tried to take a look at her wound. But the moment I touched her she whined even louder, curled up into a ball and shoved my hand away.

- Show me the wound. – I said, still trying to take a look at the wound. By now the soldiers were gathering around us. All of them had worried or terrified looks on their faces. Especially Finn. It seems that he found a liking towards this girl.

- Leave me alone! – She screamed a high pitched voice as she hit my hand once again. Before I could do anything more, Captain Redfield appeared next to her. By now there was a small puddle of blood forming beneath the girl.

- Show me the wound, Minnie. – He said sternly. – Someone call the medic! – He ordered us. Not waiting another second I contacted HQ.

- HQ, this is Alpha. We have a badly wounded soldier. It's a bullet wound. We need a medic on the bridge, now! – I yelled into the earpiece.

Captain tried to get a look at Minnie's injury, but she wouldn't let anyone come near her.

- How's it going with the medic, Piers? – He asked.

- Still no answer, sir. – I said as I looked how the girl curled up even more. It was strange that after losing such an amount of blood she was still conscious.

- Come in, Alpha, this is HQ. – I heard a familiar voice in my earpiece. – All free medics are too far away from you to make it in time. We're putting through a medic, he will tell you what to do.

- OK, listen here. – I heard a male's voice. – Your first priority is to stop the bleeding and remove the bullet to prevent infection from spreading. Do you have any instruments that could be used to remove the bullet? A pair of tweezers or something? – We looked at one another and Finn took out a pair of pliers.

- We have pliers. – I said into the earpiece.

- Those will have to do. – The medic continued. – Now listen carefully. Hold the pliers in the fire so that they would get disinfected. If you have any sort of disinfectant or alcohol – pour it on the wound. If not, then you'll have to go through without it. Once the pliers are disinfected, use them to take out the bullet and bandage the wound. The poor bastard is in for a lot of pain. Any questions?

- No. Over and out. – I said and looked at the pliers.

- Well, you heard the man. – Captain ordered. – We don't have much time. Get the pliers ready. Eric, help me get her up.

The soldier quickly moved next to the Captain and helped him lift Minnie up so that she was kneeling in front of the Captain with her back to him. At the right side of her back I saw the wound. During the lifting, she was screaming at the men to leave her alone. Before Eric could step back from her, she clenched her fist and punched him in the leg. Not only did he fell down, but he flew a few feet away from her. And by saying "flew", I mean literally. The man wasn't touching the ground with his feet for a moment.

- How the fuck does she have this much strength?! – Eric cursed as he stood up. At this point, Minnie started moving, trying to get away from the Captain, but he had a firm grip on her.

- Are the pliers ready?! – Captain asked as he was holding her.

- Right here, sir! – Finn stepped in front of us extending the pliers.

- Good. – He said. – Piers, I need you to hold her while I take out the bullet.

- Yes, sir! – I said as I kneeled in front of her.

- I have to warn you. She has quite a lot of strength, you might get hurt. – He said the last part so silently, that only I could hear it. I nodded, understanding that there was something more to this girl than meets the eye. – Hold her in place, she can't move while I'll be removing the bullet.

I put my hands on her upper arms and squeezed them tightly. Only then I noticed how small she actually was. My hands almost came all the way around her upper arms. She was breathing heavily and mumbling something under her breath. *Wow. She's still conscious.* The moment the Captain put the pliers in her wound her head shot up and she started screaming like a banshee.

- Just a little more, Minnie. – I heard Captain say. – Hold her, Piers!

I strengthened my grip around her arms and the she turned her slightly open tired eyes at me. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her as I looked straight into her emerald eyes. What shocked me was that her eyes were starting to become red. But I don't know if I was right, because the next moment she grabbed at me with so much strength that I thought she would push me to the other side of the bridge. I moved a bit, but still didn't let go of her. Then she just dug her nails into my flesh. That's right. The strength of her hands was so big that her nails ripped through my jacket and right into the flesh of my left shoulder and my right upper arm. I flinched at this, because trust me, the feeling of your skin and flesh being tore open isn't the most pleasant one. Fortunately this lasted for just a couple of moments because Captain got the bullet out and she buried her hear into my right shoulder from exhaustion. Little by little she released her grip on me and fell limp in my arms. *She probably lost her consciousness.*

Captain dropped the pliers with the bullet in them on the ground and wiped the sweat off his forehead. He took out his first-aid kit and extended it to Finn.

- Bandage her up, Finn. – He said breathing heavily. It looks like the Captain was the most worried of us all. Finn quickly started doing his job, gently wrapping the bandage around her bear torso and covering up the wound. Captain Redfield was monitoring every move Finn made, like a father watching over his daughter. Just then I noticed that his hands were trembling slightly. – How are you holding up? – He asked looking at me. Before I could answer, Finn interrupted me.

- All done, sir. – He said stepping away from Minnie. All this time she was lying limp, leaning on my not injured shoulder.

- OK, let's get her to that cave. – Captain said motioning to the cave we had to use in order to reach the city hall. – We'll all rest up a bit and then start moving. This will take a couple of hours at most. – He stood up ready to carry Minnie to the shelter, but I felt the responsibility to do so. After all, she was in this condition because she was trying to save my life. So, instead of handing her over, I positioned her in my arms and stood up. Captain just nodded and we started moving towards the cave.

- What's with all the super human strength, Captain? – I mumbled quietly so that only he would hear. I knew that he saw the wounds she made me, so he just nodded implying that he will explain everything to me. I sped up a bit, eager to hear the story about the petit girl that was lying in my arms exhausted and looked so fragile.