Ruby's night chapter 7
~The Next morning ~
The medic is woken up by some one pounding at the doors with a shovel and gets up to see who it is .
Medic opens the door to a soldier who was holding his shovel " vhat do you vant ? "
Soldier " time to get up private " walks off to the next door
Medic sighs and jumps from hearing soldier pounding at the bedroom door that ruby was in
Soldier " maggot I know your in there open this door at once
MAGGOT so help me I will kick this door down and drag you out " pounds at the door more .
Medic rushes to her into her room to see ruby huddled up in the corner shaking as he ran over to the door to unlock it To open the door and grab the shovel off the soldier " dummkopf what do you think your Doing ?
Soldier is surprised to see the medic at the door then realised that his room adjoined up to this one
Soldier " the maggot needs to get up like the rest of us private "
Medic " nein zhe need'z rest soldier "
Soldier " no she needs to be up "
Medic " nein she's my patient I have the say on what she can do "
Soldier " no I'm your commander you do what I say the same go's with her "
Medic " nein I haven't cleared her zhe'z not ready yet so she is to rest and recover is this clear sir ?
Soldier walks of grumbling
Medic closes the door and calmly walks over to ruby
" there there mein lady he's gone and he won't hurt you any more are you ok ruby ?
Ruby is still hiding in the corner shaking in fear as the medic came up to her .
Medic " ruby it's ok " touches her arm gently " ruby come on let's get up now "
Ruby gets up and hugs the medic " I'm sorry doc that he scared me "
Medic hugs her back "nein it's fine he should of known not to do that to you " pats her on the back " now how about we get changed and go have something to eat ja ?
Ruby nods her head and lets go
Medic " I will be in my room ok mein lady .
Ruby " ok doc "
~ 8 mins later ~
Ruby walks into docs room fully dressed while the medic was in his room reading some notes on his desk
Ruby " so are we still late doc ?
Medic looks at her then at the clock on the wall " not really mein lady there's still time why your hungry ja ?
Ruby nods her head
Medic " ok then come on let go get something to eat then " walks over to the door and opens it for ruby and waits for her to come out
Ruby " thank you "
Medic " ja it's ok
Medic walks with ruby up to the main area " so may I ask what was the dream about last night ?
Ruby " um can we not talk about it I will like to forget the hole thing for now mate "
Medic " Ja ok ruby I won't ask about it again "
Ruby " thank you "
Medic nods and opens the door to the main area and they walk in and go grab a plate of the pancakes that pyro cooked up and went to sit down the Medic starts talking with the engineer as the soldier walked up to them
Soldier leans on the table and looks at ruby
" maggot this is the sniper he is going to be your mentor for now on you listen to him is this clear maggot ?"
Ruby stares at him speechless
Medic " by all means soldier she's not ready are you sure that you want to do that "
Soldier " she will be fine doc if not you can fix her right back up doc "
Medic folds his arms and looks at him .
Soldier " oh come on doc it's time she started to stand on her own two feet again doc "
Medic sighs " well it's up to ruby on staying here What do you say ruby ? "
Ruby nods abit " I guess I will stick around then "
Soldier " very good sniper will show you around while doc gets the paperwork ready "
Medic " Ja I will get right to it "
Sniper " come on shelia let's show you around "
Ruby " sure mate but first I will like to check on my horse and pup "
Sniper " sure mate come along " waits for her. To follow him to the door and leads her out "so where did you come from Sheila ?
Ruby " no to sure I was very young all I remember is the bushland and steep hills and lots of cattle and mobs of wild horses "
Sniper " ah that sounds like the high country that's a pretty good place to grow up in "
Ruby " yeah true but I can't remember any thing from my childhood " sniper looks at her before looking ahead " whys that mate ? "
Ruby " well I been locked away for a long time I never got out much "
Sniper " so you were in a jail ?"
Ruby " no I was .. " looks at the ground and mutters "I was a lab rat "
Sniper stops and looks at her " I'm sorry mate I shouldn't of asked that "
Ruby " nar it's ok I'm over it plus I'm free now "
Sniper " yeah I guess so " walks over to the fenced area and let's out a whistle
A pretty bay mare comes trotting up to him and nickers at him
Ruby walks over to them and gives the bay horse a pat
Ruby " hey there river baby how have you been "
River nickers and puts her head on Ruby's shoulder to hug her
Ruby " yes girl I missed you too "
Sniper " you have a very beautiful mare there mate she reminds me of the stock horse I use to ride "
Ruby " really you use to ride "
Sniper " yeah his name was Tambo a big bulky stock horse that really knew how to work "
~ few moments later ~
*** the sirens sound off ***
Sniper looks up " bloody hell there early today "
Ruby " what "
Sniper " quick come with me now "
Ruby " what's going on sniper "
Sniper " no time to make a yaka we have to move NOW !"
sniper grabs Ruby's arm and pulls her back to the base and inside
Ruby " what about river "
Sniper "she will be fine now do you have any experience with rifles ?
Ruby " what no but I use to help my dad clean his one "
Sniper " ok that will have to do I will teach you on the spot you will have to learn fast "
Two red snipers run out of the gun room with there rifles as well as carrying to spares handing them over to the blu sniper " good luck with the shelia mate " both run off to there posts
Ruby" what's going on sniper "
Sniper " well we are at war against the Gray Mann army now stay close and learn fast and don't get shot