Chin started to get into the other harness "Steve?...come on brah can you hear me….Steve!" "Kono give me a hand to get down and then call and see how far that chopper is out …there's lots of room out on the road for them to land"
"Ok Cuz but be careful"
"Yeah should never have let him go"
"you know what he's like you wouldn't have stopped him"
"Yeah you're right but he better be ok"
Chin slowly climbed down to the ledge, he pulled loose from the rope and gave Kono a thumbs up. He moved between Danny and Steve, Chin shook his head they were both out. Steve was slumped, in what Chin figured was completely uncomfortable for him considering his condition. His breathing was laboured. "Steve? Steve?" Chin tapped his face to get him to respond, he got a groan and some movement that was stopped abruptly by the obvious pain it caused. "Hey easy Brah"
"Kono!...Kono!"
"Yeah cuz"
"How long before they're here?"
"They said another 30, they got tied up longer than they thought…how are they?"
"They're both out….I need that other blanket, can you toss it down for me?"
"Ok here it comes"
Chin grabbed the blanket and rolled it up smaller to make a pillow, he then maneuvered Steve away from the wall so he could lay him down flat to help ease his breathing, Steve was semi-conscious and tried to fight the movement.
"Hey..hey …hey easy brah…It's just me…. I just want to make you more comfortable"
"Chin?"
"Yeah…don't fight me…there you go…just relax…ok stay put I'm going to check on Danny" Chin hesitated waiting for a fight but Steve was exhausted he closed his eyes and was out.
Chin turned and concentrated on Danny, he was sweating, pale and shivering "Hey Danny can you hear me?...Danny?" He groaned and moved his head in the direction of Chins voice. Chin ran his hand across his forehead, he had a fever, he pulled the blanket up and back revealing the bruising. He ran his hand gently across his stomach and pulled his shirt away from his side showing the bruising running up his side. "Jesus Danny, Steve was right, you are a mess" He covered him back up tucking the blanket gently around him to keep him warm. Chin squeezed his shoulder…"come on Danny wake up "he shook him gently …Danny started to stir as fever bright eyes opened trying to focus on him.
" Hey brah…how you doing?"
"Chin?" Danny looked around…"Was I dreaming?"
"Dreaming Danny? About what?"
"I thought Steve was here" a panicked look crossed his face
Chin put his hand on his chest …anchoring him "he's here Danny relax…look?" Chin leaned back so Danny could see.
Danny frowned "he's sleeping?….I told him he needed a nap"
Chin smiled and patted him on the shoulder "Yeah he needs more than a nap brah…help will be here soon ok? I'm going to check on him….you try and stay awake for me"
Danny gave him a look and nodded tiredly "you're bossy too"
Chin laughed "yeah well you should be use to bossy by now"
Kono came back to the edge "Hey how's it going Cuz?….chopper will be here in 10"
"Dannys awake" Chin looked as Dannys eyes were sliding shut "…sort of….. but Steves out….let them know we have two to get out of here"
Chin went back to Steve, his breathing was laboured "what did you do brah?" Chin tapped him lightly on his face "come on Steve….wake up buddy…..Steve!...hey " Tired blue eyes opened "there you are….how you doing?"
"Tired….Danny?"
"He's fine….chopper will be here in a few"
Steve nodded, shifted and grimaced, he tried to hold in a groan but failed.
"Hey try not to move too much ok…you over did it…I'm just going to check your side…ok?" Steve nodded as Chin reached over undoing his shirt, he pulled the strap loose on the brace around his ribs and gently opened it to see how much more damage he had caused. He had swelling on his side that wasn't there before, the bruising had magnified and it seemed like he was having trouble getting air. Tired eyes followed his movements…Chin looked at him and noticed "I should have slipped you both those pills and knocked you on your ass" He got a tired grin in response.
Then the sound of a chopper filled the air…..