Kong Li Christmas : A Sue Story 4
By Crystalquirt
Tobue. Kong Li messes up Christmas by trying to take Sue out of the celebration for good. Scary situations, violence, action, romance, angst, oh yeah.
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Tobey watched Nana guide and instruct Sue with the bow. He was a little jealous because Sue was learning archery first AND got a present before Christmas. He pinched himself for having such selfish thoughts and focused back on the problem.
Nana gently guided Sue's hands into the right place on the bow, let Sue load an arrow and showed her how to line up her shot from behind the corner. The Sphere didn't detect the slow movement of just Sue's arms and the bow at the end of the alley. Sue kept her body behind the wall and Nana stayed close behind her. She whispered quiet instruction into Sue's ear. Nana's learned, steady hands gently touched Sue's elbows, and once all was right she whispered. "Release it."
Sue did everything Nana said and the arrow flew straight down the alley so fast the sphere didn't have time to shoot at it. The arrow hit the sphere right in the center and made it explode in a shower of sparkles like small fireworks. Even the pedestal disappeared. Taking no time to congratulate herself Sue ran down the alley looking for Sid with Tobey and Nana right behind her. She saw Sid huddled in a shallow recess in the brick wall, put the bow down and kneeled next to him.
"Sid?" Sue felt like she died a little when her brother didn't answer her. She reached in and rolled him toward them. The movement startled him and he yelled when the burns on his back touched the ground and hurt even more, but he kept his eyes squeezed shut.
"Sid, it's okay!"
"Sue no! Get out of here!" Sid said weakly, his eyes stayed shut.
"Everything's fine Sid, we took care of the sphere, Nana and Tobey are here too." Sue put her hand on Sid's shoulder and made him groan. Then she saw his shirt and skin was burned where she touched him.
"Oh man, I'm Sorry Sid."
"It's okay, how did you get rid of that thing?"
"Nana showed me how to shoot an arrow. We got it first try."
"That's great."
Nana noticed he still wouldn't open his eyes to look at them and asked, "What's wrong with your eyes Sid?"
"The bricks exploded . . . it feels like there's broken glass in my eyes!"
"Keep your eyes closed then, we will help you out." Nana and Sue helped him roll out of the small space. Sue took his uninjured hand into hers to help him up, but when she saw how wobbly he was she told him to sit back down. The painful spots where he had been shot burned even more when he tried to move and he groaned. "Ow Nana, it really hurts! What was that thing?"
"That sphere, called in the old texts a 'Stone Mine' is a very nasty thing that I hoped Kong Li wouldn't even know about! It is said to have held entire armies at bay for months." Nana took her bag from around her shoulder.
Sue unfastened Sid's helmet and took it off. "Lie back Bro." she guided him down so his head was on her leg for a pillow. "Thanks Sue." Sid was still breathing fast, like he was still scared. Sue tossed Sid's helmet to Tobey and he went to tie it on his bike. When he came back, he turned on a small but powerful flashlight and started counting the burn marks in Sid's clothing, and on his skin.
"Hey man! How many times did you let it shoot you?"
"Tobey! I didn't 'LET' it shoot me!"
"Sorr-rey." Tobey pointed the light in Nana's bag where she was looking for something.
Sid stayed quiet, but Sue could tell he was in a lot of pain. His breathing was getting faster and he kept squeezing his eyes shut tighter and clenching his jaw. He held his burned hand up, afraid it would touch something.
"Nana hurry." Sue couldn't stand it.
"I'm okay Sue, now if it was Tobey, he would have fainted by now."
"Not true Sid! Everyone knows I'm the bravest – and the strongest!" Tobey kicked and chopped the air, the light from his flashlight flashing all over the alley. "Tobey! Light." Nana reminded him and he settled down and aimed the light back in her bag.
Nana was cooking something up that would help. Sid waited more patiently than Sue did, but soon Nana came toward him with a little bottle like the kind Avon perfume spray comes in. Sue helped him roll over so Nana could spray his worst wounds on his legs and back through the holes in his clothes. While he was on his side Nana spread a towel out to let him lie on so dirt wouldn't get back in the burns. With Sid on his back again she treated his arms, shoulders, chest and side.
"Thanks Nana, it feels a little better already."Sid's nose was wrinkled, his eyelids were twitching, and tears were coming, his own body trying to wash his eyes out. He was so uncomfortable he put his hand up to his face, but Nana stopped him by holding his hand.
"No rubbing Sid, it will make it worse."
"Its hard to believe it could feel worse!"
"That should sooth the burns for now, we need to get you home and get you cleaned up so your wounds do not get infected, but now I will be touching you around you eyes, are you ready?" Nana got another small bottle out and took the lid off.
"Yeah, I'm ready."
Sid felt Nana's gentle hands on his face barely touching near his eyelids, "Open if you can." he tried to open his eyes, but was only able to open a tiny bit for a second, tears ran down his temples and into his hair. "Ow!" he cried and Sue held on to him tighter, very worried, she really hated seeing her brother in pain!
"I'm sorry Sid, I know it hurts." Nana readied the bottle by holding it right over his eye and turned his head slightly. She poured a little of the fluid over his eyelid and while the liquid sat in a little puddle in the corner of his eye told him to open again. He felt some go in, and she repeated the same thing on the other side.
The antidote she gave him soothed his eyes so much, the next time they tried she was able to rinse his eyes out pretty well and they stopped stinging enough that he could almost see clearly again.
Tobey watched nervously too, and now that Sid looked better he relaxed a little, "Ha Sid, now it looks like you've been crying."
"I'll show you crying Tobey!"
"Alright Sid, leave him alone, Tobey's kinda right." Sue kindly put her hand on her brother's forehead to keep his head in her lap. He couldn't have gotten up yet anyway without a lot of effort and probably some help.
"He didn't have to say it out loud did he?"
They heard the quick beep of a car horn. Nana put her things back in her bag. "Oh, the cab is here to take Sid home, I will ride with him and keep flushing his eyes. Sid, what ever you do, don't rub your eyes. My treatment has numbed them a little and if you rub before I get all the debris out, you could scratch your eyes badly.
"Alright Nana."
"Can you two bring his bike home please."
"Of course Nana, take it easy Bro."
Tobey turned off his flashlight and let Sid lean on him while he walked to the cab. Nana held onto his other side and kept the towel around his shoulders. After he was safely in the cab, Tobey went back for Sid's bike and strangely, Sue, who hadn't moved yet.
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Tobey continued . . .