Dekka saw it all. She saw Brianna stop for a second to smile her cocky smile at the soldier she was about to cut up with her metal shard.
Then a bullet hit her out of nowhere. Brianna was knocked onto the ground, her stomach bleeding.
Dekka froze, until Lana pushed her out of the way. Dekka fell onto a body, then hurriedly got back up and rushed to Brianna's side.
"Brianna! You're going to live, right?" Dekka said through tears.
"She'll be fine, the bullet missed her vitals," Lana said. Dekka looked at her, and could tell Lana was worried about something else.
"Go help with the fighting," Lana ordered Dekka. Dekka didn't move. She couldn't move. She watched in horror as Brianna's skin started turning a sickly green. Lana cursed. Brianna giggled, even though she was in extreme pain.
"You need to work on your bedside manner, Lana," she said with a smile. Then Brianna's smile disappeared and was replaced with a look of agony.
"Is she going to live? Was the bullet poisoned or something?" Dekka practically screamed in Lana's face.
"Dekka! Shut up already! If everyone else starts worrying about Brianna, we're all going to die! And you can't let Jack know or he'll come rushing over here and forget about holding down the General!" Lana whispered to Dekka. Dekka bit her lip. She was not planning on moving anytime soon. She cradled Brianna's head in her lap.
"Dekka, go fight," Brianna whispered. She grinned her cocky smile. "You should know it takes more than a poisoned bullet to the stomach to kill The Breeze."
"I will fight. Right here, so Lana doesn't get hurt," Dekka said. She brushed Brianna's hair back behind her ear and stood up, dusting herself off.
"Now who's the son of a b*tch who shot The Breeze?" Dekka yelled. Lana rolled her eyes.
"Didn't I just tell you to not announce the fact Brianna was shot to everyone?" Lana muttered. Dekka didn't hear her, because she was already in the midst of the fight.
Jack was getting bored. He heard the fight raging behind him. Of course, he didn't want to join the fight, but he also didn't just want to sit on the General.
"Now who's the son of a b*tch who shot The Breeze?" Jack heard Dekka yelled.
WHAT?! Jack thought. Brianna was shot!
Jack bit his lip, looked at the General, looked behind him at where Lana was sitting, then looked at the General again. Jack wanted to make sure Brianna was okay, but he also didn't want the General to escape. But he didn't want to knock the General unconscious, either. He didn't like punching, or any form of fighting, to be honest.
But Brianna is hurt.
But I could accidently kill the General.
But Brianna!
Jack sighed in frustration.
"Indecisive, hmm?" the General said with a smirk. His eyes were still closed.
"Shut up," Jack muttered. His mind was going almost as fast as Brianna.
How did he know I couldn't decide what to do?
Am I really that bad at hiding emotions?
And why won't he open his eyes?
And how did he even know about the powers already?
And how did he know that tying a mutant's hands stopped them from using their powers?
"You and that Astrid girl are pretty smart. Too smart. You two almost have me figured out," the General said. Jack didn't know how to react. Again, it was like the General read Jack's mind. And the General must have known what Astrid was thinking, too. And he still wouldn't open his eyes…
Jack was pulled out of his train of thought by another scream. It was Dekka. Dekka was surrounded by soldiers, and she was the only thing between Lana and Brianna. Jack looked over to where Caine, Sam, and Edilio were fighting. They seemed to have their hands full. Diana and Astrid were watching with their mouths opened in a corner, and Quinn was still slumped against the wall. Jack had to help.
"I'm sorry about this, Mr. General. Try not to die," Jack said. He closed his eyes and hit the General in the temple. The General lost consciousness immediately and Jack checked his pulse. Jack didn't know anything about what a normal pulse should be, but it seemed like nothing was wrong, so Jack let out a sigh of relief. He bent a long, thick piece of steel around the General because he couldn't find any rope, and ran to help Dekka.
Astrid wished she wasn't so useless. She noted there were only about 20 left, since Astrid, Diana, and Quinn stopped reinforcements from coming. At least she helped Sam a little.
Sam was obviously getting tired, Astrid could see it. His aim got more and more off, and his laser started getting thinner and lasted shorter than usual. Astrid could tell Sam was trying not to kill anyone, only aiming for arms and legs. It made the fight take longer, but that was okay if it meant Sam didn't have to live with the knowledge he killed a soldier, even if said soldier was trying to kill him.
Astrid had to do something. She looked to the other side of the room. Jack and Dekka were fighting together while Lana healed Brianna. She couldn't tell if Brianna was getting any better or not. Astrid looked at the computers in the center of the room.
A thought hit her, and she was furious at herself for not thinking of it before.
Where did Dr. Weigman go?