My gosh! Marissa did send me her congratulations to my book personally and Travis thanked me for creating my newest video...I am overwhelmed.
And today the eBook version of my book was published. It's all feeling crazy there days.
So for those of you who asked:
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This is the link for the German Amazon site but it is also available around the globe.
So just go to your Amazon site and enter
"Mein Schicksal und du " or "Nina Greitemann" then you will find me
And right in this moment Travis favorited my "Thank you" tweet...UNBELIVABLE
Due to all the craziness I really have trouble to fully concentrate on writing...I got this chapter for you and really hope you will like it. It took me forever as I always changed something. And yeah...there will be another chapter coming. As usual I got some more ideas and I don't want to completely rush it.
SO THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE for the awesome reviews and have fun. I am hoping for MORE of course :-)
Chapter 2 – Coming home
Tom exhaled deeply before opening the door, his heart skipping a beat as he immediately meet Kara's eyes. She was glowing full of enthusiasm about the sub, the crew was clearly relieved. All of them except of him.
"Lieutenant Foster a word?", he asked watching as Kara's face dropped. She followed him outside and immediately started to apologize for not being able to fire as the sonar dropped out.
"Stop." Tom interrupted her, making eye contact.
"I need you to come with me. It's Green." Tom started seeing the shock in Kara's eyes.
"No." she whispered slowly.
"All I know is that he got hit by a bullet. It got stuck in the vest but it seems like it caused some internal damage. Doc Rios and Doctor Scott are on their way to him and we will send the halo out to return him to the ship as quickly as possible.", Tom tried to bring the news to her as gently as possible, not forgetting about the little baby.
"Let me go with the helo." Kara said, her eyes begging Tom. She had known it. From the very first minute she had seen him that morning. She had felt it deep down inside of her.
"It's still dangerous out there and we can't..."
"Captain please!" Kara begged, her eyes pleading her Captain to agree.
"Grab a radio on the way." He said watching as Kara stormed towards the halo bay.
"Danny?", Kara's voice was desperate as she finally spoke into the radio. She was already sitting in the helicopter. Danny was still starring into the sky blankly as he heard Kara's voice somewhere in the distance.
"Kara, it's Tex." Tex answered. He was still holding Danny's hand, not able to do anything else for his friend.
"Tex. How is he?"
"He is not doing too good." Tex answered truthfully.
"I am on my way with the helo." Kara broke the news, getting Tex to widen his eyes.
"Oh girl, its still dangerous out here."
"Captain told me its serious."
"I am afraid it is. Kara you should talk to him. He will not be able to answer but I am sure he is listening." Tex said making sure Danny's earpiece was in the right position so he could hear her.
"Danny?" Kara asked, tears building up in her eyes. "You promised something. Hold onto that! Do you remember how the baby moved today?" Kara started and Tex had to look away as he could see the chance in Danny's eyes. He was making his peace.
"Danny?" The voice of Rachel ripped him out of his thoughts. She was nearly running towards them, taking in the sight of the fallen Lieutenant, her eyes scanning Danny's bare chest.
"Danny? Can you hear me?" Rachel asked but Danny was still staring at the sky, listening to Kara in his ear. Rachel controlled his pulse before looking up at Doc Rios.
"He's got a Pneumothorax. " Rachel said and Tex backed off a little, not letting go of Danny's hand. He knew that Rachel and Doc Rios needed their space.
"Rachel is there Danny. She is going to help you.", Kara's calm voice got into Tex ear again. She was doing one hell of a job while talking to Danny.
Rachel put on some gloves and felt Danny's chest with her hands, locating the second intercostal space between Danny's second and third rib while Doc Rios already handed her the antiseptic solution that Rachel flushed onto Danny's bare chest right at the point where her fingers where still marking the point for the needle thoracostomy. Just seconds after Doc Rios handed her the prepared needle that Rachel injected into Danny's chest and within seconds Danny breathed in almost automatically.
Rachel got a hemostate and clamped it around the small catheter that was still in Danny's chest before fixing it with tape.
The fresh air in his lungs and the sudden ability to breath got Danny to turn his had a little and take in his surroundings. He was still dazed but for the first time he really recognized Tex kneeling beside him. He felt him holding his hand briefly and was automatically thankful for his support.
"Kara it worked. Danny is with us again." Tex said into the radio, hearing the relief on the other end.
"Kara." Danny's voice was barely a whisper but Kara could hear him.
"I am almost there." She said her voice giving away the tears.
"Danny can you hear me?", Rachel asked, kneeling over Danny, to make sure he was listening to her. He nodded slightly, to weak to answer.
"The bullet broke your sternum due to the large impact. We need to get you to the ship and search for internal bleeding." She explained, controlling his pulse again. Tex could see the fear in her eyes and switched off his radio while gesturing her to step to the side with him. He knew her too well. Something was not right here.
"Is he going to be alright?"
"For now we got the pressure off of his chest so he can breath again but he has cardiac arrhythmia so we will have to see if his heart got damaged. We also have to search for any damage on his lungs. It's touch and go." Rachel said, not missing the shock in Tex eyes. She knew how much Danny meant to him as a friend.
"I will let Kara know. She needs to be prepared." Tex decided inhaling deeply before switching on his radio.
"Kara? How far out are you?" Tex asked, looking at Rachel who got the earpiece out off Danny's ear. He didn't need to know, he had enough on his plate right now.
"About 2 minutes till landing."
"I want to be honest to you." Tex started. "I need you to be prepared alright? You have to think of the baby."
"What is going on?" Kara's voice was barely a whisper. She had been so relieved to know that Danny was able to breath probably again.
"Danny's sternum is broken. It's possible that it caused some major internal damage. Danny is suffering cardiac arrhythmia and Rachel is not sure how badly his heart got damaged. Despite that she is worried about his lungs too. Kara he is in really serious condition." Tex broke the news as gently as possible.
"Okay." Kara's voice was shaking but her answer was strong. "We will figure something out. I will be there soon."
Nothing could hold Kara back anymore. As soon as the helo landed she started to run towards Danny. She had already seen the group from the helo. It took her not more than a minute until she crushed to the ground next to Danny. His chest was covered in blood. The catheter was sticking out of his chest and he looked pale, so pale but Kara didn't let the image sink in any further. There was no time for her emotions right now. Danny needed her. More than ever.
"Danny?", Kara whispered and smiled through her tears as he turned his head towards her. She grabbed his hand squeezing it before placing a kiss onto his forehead.
"You are going to be okay alright? You have to keep fighting you hear me?" Danny nodded slowly. He was so tired. So cold.
"I love you.", he whispered with some afford.
"I love you too." Kara knew that he was saying his goodbyes. She knew that he was aware of his condition no matter what they would tell him.
Kara barely recognized the two other crew members arriving with the stretcher.
"Careful. We need to be really careful while moving him." Rachel instructed but Kara didn't even move to help them. She was just holding eye contact with Danny, holding his hand as tightly as she could. His eyes where calm in a strange way and Kara knew that he was making his peace. She successfully fought back the tears that where building in her eyes, smiling at him in a soft way. If this was really the end he should have the right to go in peace. Kara lowered his hand to her belly, holding it against it. Danny just needed to pull through. For her. For them.
As they arrived on the Nathan James the Captain was already waiting for them, helping to carry the stretcher to medical bay without any questions asked.
Danny had lost consciousness just seconds before the helo had touched the Nathan James.
In medical bay Rachel and Doc Rios started to exam Danny just seconds after they got there while Kara was standing sidelined with the Captain by her side.
"He is a tough guy." Tom said, feeling the need to at least say something. He could see Kara trembling next to him and even if it was against any rules, personally and on the ship, he didn't hesitate a second before taking her into his arms, letting her cry the tears she had been holding back so bravely as had stayed strong for Danny.
"I know." Tom whispered, holding her close, exchanging a glance with Rachel. He could see that she was feeling deeply sad for Kara too.
"I have some good and some bad news." Rachel said after she felt like Kara had calmed down enough to talk to her about the next steps.
….to be continued!