I was crying as I deleted all of the chapters 5-9 and half of four but avery will no longer be a Mary Sue. I hope. And the answers about her family will be answered in this chapter.
Snake Eyes watched Avery sleep for several minutes before going to the little kitchen in his room and turning a kettle of tea on. He crushed up some ingredients that he used in it and made his own special tea. Long ago he had found that these certain ingredients helped calm him and made any pain he had felt leave. As he put it all in a filter and put the filter in the warming water a nock sounded on his door. When he opened it he saw breaker standing there. "I just need a sample of her DNA. A hair or something of the like." Breaker entered and plucked a hair or two from Avery's head. "Thank you." And quickly the technician left.
It made Snake Eyes wonder what he had needed her DNA for but he didn't mind much. He moved his arms and realized that he felt dirty. His suit had retained all of his sweat as he had fought the five and it felt disgusting. Going into his dresser he pulled out more comfortable clothing. They were simple clothes, a pair of black sweats and a long sleeve shirt. Both were black. And he went into the bathroom, completely forgetting about the tea. He was finished washing his hair and body when he heard it. The whistle of the tea he had forgotten. As fast as he could he got out of the shower and dried off enough to be able to get dressed. The tea would be over done by the time he was dressed enough to go out there and rescue it. Not to mention the danger leaving something like that on the tiny stove for too long. He had finally gotten his boxers, socks, pants and shoes on when the tea's whistle stopped. Pulling his cloth mask on he exited the bathroom to see what had happened.
He heard the water from the sink running and cruses. Looking at the tea he saw that it had been moved and put onto a cool burner. Then when he looked to the sink he saw Avery wincing and forcing her right hand under running water. He knew what had happened now. And when he looked for the cloth that he normally used for the tea he didn't see it and knew why Avery had took the tea off the burner with her bare hand. He reentered the bathroom and grabbed a first aid kit from under the sink. When he got back to the kitchen Avery still had her hand under the water and now her head was resting on the counter. "You fool!" She hissed as soon as she realized he was there. Visibly he winced to let her know that he understood what was the matter. "And you don't even have a cloth anywhere in the open." Her breaths sounded labored and he knew that she was in severe pain but he didn't know much about burns. Battle wounds he had a good enough idea that would help the person survive, but not simple menial things like this.
"It's a second degree but not too serious." Avery told him then continued in a lower voice. "It is minor enough to be treated as a minor burn. Run cool water, not cold, over it for fifteen to twenty minutes or until the pain subsides. "He watched and listened. It took him a moment to realize that she was reciting the same part over and over trying to distract her mind from the pain. As soon as she stood up and turned the water off she lightly patted her hand dry on the leg of her pants. Her hand had blistered and was quite red. Continuing she grabbed the first aid kit then spoke louder for him to hear. "A gauze bandage, not fluffy cotton or material that may leave lint in the wound. Loosely put it on so that there is no pressure." She held out her hand to him and showed him how to wrap a burn. "Like so. It prevents the air from hitting the wound. It also reduces the pain and protects the blistered area." When he nodded she handed him the kit then asked. "Where do you normally keep this kit?" He pointed to the sink then the bathroom. "Good. Get another for the kitchen too. It would help to keep one in the main areas where someone may get hurt."
Avery cradled her hand against her chest then sat at the table. "Well, that was one hell of a wake up call." A small laugh left her and she smiled at him. "I'm sorry I called you a fool, it's just when I see something stupid, like that, done well you don't know how many lives could be lost if something like that were to catch fire. Any way, we going to have some tea or not?" Quickly he got her a cup of tea. He checked to make sure that it wasn't over done and was glad to see that it was just perfect. Watching her take a sip he wondered how she would react to it. "Hm, nice blend of herbs. And tastes good too." She grinned up at him. "So what happened after I fell asleep?" He put it as simply as possible. "Oh. I had forgotten about that. I talked in my sleep about certain things that I had witnesses when I was a field medic. Like a guy that had lost a leg, not long after he had arrived I had passed out and spoke of everything had to been done and what would happened if not done right and the different stages of gangrene, nasty thing really. They had said my ramblings and a young idiotic doctor that had listened to me saved the mans life. It was what we call wet gangrene. But that isn't the point. Anything else happen?"
He nodded and let her know the good news. "Oh. So I made it? How? I passed out and didn't even show any knowledge of medicines." Snake Eyes informed her of how much better in the shooting and how much better she took the shots. Then he let her know that the red head had confirmed her ramblings. "Ah. So what next?" There was a knock against on the door and Snake Eyes answered it. Without a second though Breaker said quite loudly what he had found.
"She's General Hawks bastard child!" He hadn't noticed that Avery was up until she spoke.
"Oh, so you know."