12:03 p.m.
Anna knew Braddock must have carried her out of the lecture hall because she was looking up towards the high ceiling of the atrium as he knelt over her. She heard the sharp tearing noise of the Velcro straps on the vest as he pulled it open. Gently, he lifted her shoulders off the ground and slid the vest the rest of the way off.
"There you go, Anna, just breathe. You're going to be ok," he repeated, keeping a hand on her arm and the other near her waist.
She couldn't respond yet. Each breath took conscious effort to pull in, fighting the pain that came with it. Anna just focused on the blue of his eyes. With his face so close to hers she noticed the light freckles that sprinkled his young face.
"Sam, I need an update on Anna! The subject was fatally wounded and is contained in here." Sargent Parker's voice came through in the ear bud.
"She took two to the vest, probably has a few ribs broken, but the vest stopped them," Braddock responded.
Despite the pain radiating through Anna's chest, she also felt a sharp sting coming from near where his hand rested.
"My – my side," She struggled to gasp out the words.
His eyes did another search across the girl's body. His focus had been where the vest clearly took the two rounds, but just below where the Kevlar had stopped on Anna's torso, deep red was spreading slowly outwards.
Braddock's eyes quickly focused on the wound before his hands flew to the spot where the bullet entered.
"Boss, she took a bullet below the vest, I'm trying to stop the bleeding. We need EMS here NOW!" Braddock called out again.
Panicking, Anna started to raise herself up onto her elbows to look at the reddened fabric, still gasping in ragged breaths.
"Lay back, Anna!" He took the back-gloved hand that wasn't firmly pressed to the wound and placed it on her shoulder to carefully, but forcefully, push her back down. "Just breathe and try to relax, we're getting EMS to you soon."
"Ok, thank you. I'm so sorry I went up to him... I just thought he would listen to me."
"It's alright. Here they are, Anna. You're going to be ok." Braddock said to Anna again before turning his attention to the paramedics. "She took one bullet here and two to her vest. I have to get back to my team, send us an update if you can!"