Breathless

One moment she was laying down cover fire, the next she couldn't breathe as she watched him fall to the ground. Her world stopped as she ran to his side, no thought to her own safety as the chaos of battle continued around them. She knelt next to him and relief flooded her body. He was alive. But a moment later she heard Daniel's frantic, panicked cries crackling over the radio. So she did what she had to do, raising her weapon and taking position she continued to beat back the monsters hell-bent on spilling more of her family's blood.