"Remember…you are my Italian stuntman and his assisting cameramen. Keep calm and confident. And most importantly…don't screw this up."
Bridget's eyes scanned over all four of the Basterds as they stood behind her in front of the doors to the theater. Audrea looked at Raine as he rolled his eyes, walking forward to take Bridget's arm. "Don't go an' worry yourself, darlin'. We won't give ourselves away that easy-"
"You already screwed up. Where is your Italian accent?" Bridget shot Raine an accusing look and he froze, casting his gaze up to the night sky. "Aw, shit…"
Bridget sighed and then brought her free hand up to smooth out the front of Raine's suit. "It's alright. Just one screw up won't throw the entire mission. Let's just get inside."
With that Bridget led Raine into the theater leaving Ulmer, Donny, and Audrea to follow behind. Ulmer looked at both of them as he walked forward, motioning towards the door. "Well, shall we?"
Donny and Audrea both nodded at him. Donny held his arm out to Audrea and she took it, allowing him to lead her into the theater. Going into the crowded theater, no one was quite expecting what they saw. Important war heroes, critical leaders, and Gestapo Officers were all in a rendezvous with each other on the floor and twin staircases. They couldn't help but think that if there was a time and place to take out most of Germany's forces, it would be now. All of these critical men would perish and Germany itself would collapse.
Bridget and Raine led the four to a spot off to the side of the main floor where Bridget could say hello to passing fans in the German military. The four of them stayed quiet, smiling when they were mentioned in conversation or pointed out.
"All these goddam people, all in one place. Fucking shit…" Donny gazed in awe at all of the men in the theater, his mouth turning upwards into a wicked smirk. Audrea felt his free hand grab hers that was positioned on his arm, giving it a tight squeeze. She smiled at him as she placed her other hand on his bicep, keeping her gaze trained on some of the more familiar faces in the crowd.
"We are doing good so far. It doesn't seem like any of them can see through your disguises." Bridget turned around to face all of the Basterds when her line of fans had died down. She looked down at the champagne glass in her hand and then looked between all of them after a moment. "All we have to do now is find out where the Führer is sitting. Then…we can take care of him."
"Easier said than done. If everythin' goes to shit we can just wait for the timers on the bombs to blow the place up." Raine looked at Ulmer and Donny, referencing the bombs that were strapped to their calves that would detonate in the instance when assassinating Hitler didn't go as planned. This plan, however, was not one that Audrea was looking forward to at all. Seeing all of them get blown up as a last resort was not something she wanted to even think about. This is why she wanted everything to go off without a hitch. In the end they could all just go on with their lives, without a war and without losing anyone else.
Audrea frowned at the thought of the bombs and saw Bridget doing the same, a sigh escaping her lips. "I would really hope that in the end you will not have to use those."
Her gaze met Raine's as he looked at her. He shrugged and pursed his lips. "Anythin' to kill Hitler."
Bridget nodded slowly and then raised a finger to point at Raine. "I agree with you in that sense, but please…don't do anything too reckless-"
"Fräulein von Hammersmark." A voice speaking in German cut off Bridget before she could warn Raine and she turned around, everyone's gazes coming to rest on Hans Landa himself as he walked towards them. Audrea's grip tightened on Donny's arm and he gave her hand a reassuring pat, his face staying neutral.
Bridget turned her body completely to face Landa and gave him a bright smile, opening her arms. "Colonel Landa, it has been years. Dashing as ever, I see."
Landa grinned at her as he walked forward, taking her hand and then leaning in to kiss both cheeks in greeting. His gaze cast downward to Bridget's cast and he cocked an eyebrow. "So, what's happened to your lovely leg?" He brought his gaze back up to Bridget and smirked. "A by-product of kicking ass in the German cinema, no doubt."
Bridget chuckled politely and then slapped Landa lightly on the arm. "Save your flattery, you old dog. I know too many of your former conquests to fall into that honey pot."
Landa laughed at Bridget's remark and then took on a more serious tone, bringing his eyes back to the cast. "Seriously, what happened?"
Bridget paused and everyone looked at her. She opened and closed her mouth a few times before looking down at her cast-clad leg. "Well…I tried my hand, foolishly might I add, at mountain climbing."
Bridget laughed lightly and shook her head, motioning a hand towards her foot. "And this is the result."
"Mountain climbing?" Landa looked at her in surprise as she nodded in response, still laughing lightly. "That's how you injured your leg- mountain climbing?"
Bridget nodded again and shrugged. "Believe it or not yes."
At this point Landa let out a loud series of laughs that startled all of them. They stared at him as he turned to walk away towards another group in conversation, their eyes landing on him in questioning. Audrea stared at Landa in confusion as Donny looked over at Raine, his voice in a whisper. "What. The. Fuck?"
Raine shrugged subtly at Donny before returning his gaze to Landa who was still laughing loudly. Bridget looked around awkwardly as various pairs of eyes in the room landed on a laughing Landa. After a few more moments of Landa laughing, he waved off the same group of people and then stood straight, coughing a bit to regain his composure and wiping a tear from his eye before returning to stand in front of Bridget and the Basterds. "Forgive me, fräulein. I don't mean to laugh at your misfortune, it's just…mountain climbing?"
Landa continued his conversation about Bridget's "mishap" as Audrea brought her gaze back to the people around the room. She noticed most of them had now begun to file into the theater to find their seats, leaving the room a lot quieter than it had been when they first walked in. She brought her gaze back to Raine to see that he was awkwardly looking around. She realized that he didn't know what they were saying because he didn't speak German and she giggled to herself, causing Donny to look down at her with a raised eyebrow. Audrea opened her mouth to answer his confused gesture when she saw Landa turn towards them and motion a hand. "So, who are your three handsome escorts?"
Bridget looked relieved to be done with Landa's questioning about her cast when she looked at all of them. She walked over towards Raine and placed a hand on his arm. "I'm afraid neither of the three speak a word of German. They're friends of mine from Italy. This is the wonderful Italian stuntman, Enzo Gorlomi."
Raine nodded at Landa as he smiled, Bridget continuing to Donny and Audrea. "A very talented cameraman, Antonio Margheriti, and his date."
Bridget motioned towards them as Donny and Audrea nodded at Landa. He smiled and walked forward, reaching a hand out and taking Audrea's in his own. He brought it towards his mouth to leave a kiss on the back of it as Donny eyed him. She kept smiling at Landa as he backed away again, bringing his gaze back to Ulmer last. "And this is Enzo's camera assistant, Domonick DeCocco."
Ulmer nodded at Landa in greeting, Landa nodding back in response. Bridget looked at all of them as they looked at her, motioning towards Landa and speaking in Italian. "This is an old friend, Colonel Hans Landa of the SS."
"Bawn gorno." Audrea blinked hard at Raine's attempt at an Italian hello, holding back the snort at his thick Southern accent poking through. Landa looked at him oddly and then nodded at all of them. "It is a pleasure. The friends of our cherished star, admired by all of us, this outright jewel of our culture, are naturally going to be under my personal protection for the duration of their stay."
Landa smiled at everyone as they all stared at him in silence for a moment before Raine cut the silence, thanking Landa. "Gratzee."
Audrea couldn't help but snort this time at Raine's attempt at an Italian accent, trying to cover it up as a slight coughing fit. Donny looked down at her with a subtle glare as he patted her on the back, attempting to subdue the cough attack. Landa looked at Audrea and then back at Raine, smiling. "Gorlomi…am I saying it correctly?"
"Yes- er, correcto." Raine nodded at Landa.
Landa kept his eyes on Raine as he said it again. "Gar-lomi…say it for me once please?"
Raine looked hard at Landa before pronouncing his fake name for him. "Gor-lahmi."
"I'm sorry…come again?" Landa laughed lightly as he turned an ear in Raine's direction. Audrea looked up at Raine to see annoyance flash across his face before he continued, raising a hand up to annunciate. "Gor-lahmi."
"Once more?" Landa asked Raine for a pronunciation one last time as Ulmer, Donny, Bridget, and Audrea all kept their gazes on anything other than Raine's annoyed face. Raine took a slight breath before pronouncing his name once again, this time in a whisper. "Gor-lahmi."
Landa didn't respond to Raine this time and instead turned his attention to Donny. "What's your name again?"
"Antonio Margheriti." Donny slathered a thick Italian accent all over his pronunciation and Audrea smiled, keeping her gaze on Landa who just turned an ear towards Donny. "Again?"
"Mar-ghe-riti." Donny pronounced his name once more, annoyance appearing on his face much faster than Raine's. Landa just smiled at Donny, sticking his chest out. "One more time, but let me hear the music in it!"
Donny stared at Landa and then raised his voice, leaning forward. "Mar-ghe-riti-"
"Margheriti!" Landa pronounced the name perfectly as he cut Donny off, turning to Ulmer as Donny just looked over at Raine annoyed. "And you?"
"DeCocco. Domonick DeCocco." Ulmer pronounced his name for Landa who slapped him on the back with a wide smile. "Bravo! Bravo!"
Everyone stared over at Ulmer in disbelief as he just shrugged, Bridget catching Landa's attention with a cough. "Well, my two cameraman friends need to find their seats."
Landa nodded at her and then held a hand out towards Ulmer and Donny. "Let me see your tickets."
Donny and Ulmer looked at each other before handing over their tickets. Landa looked over them as Raine glanced down at Bridget who just shrugged. "I suppose you getting premiere tickets for your friends wouldn't be the most difficult thing for a star of your status," Landa handed over Ulmer and Donny's tickets one by one, reading out the numbers. "0023 and 0024. That shouldn't be too difficult to find, goodbye."
Donny, Ulmer, and Audrea all smiled at Landa like they were deer caught in the headlights of a big truck, his head motioning for the theater. "Arrivederci."
Ulmer was the first to move towards the seating area followed by Donny who just pulled Audrea along after him. She looked back at Landa to see him turn around to face Raine and Bridget once more before she turned forward. "Jesus Christ, that was awkward."
"You think?" Donny turned to look at her as all three of them made their way into the seating area and down the short ramp to the row for their seats. All three of them looked around at the balcony seating to see more of the major figures from the German military, including Martin Bormann. Audrea saw Donny's wide smirk as he looked at all of them. "They're all here in one place like sheep in a pen."
"All lined up for the slaughter." Ulmer smirked at Donny's thought as he stopped in front of the row they were assigned to. They all looked down the row and noticed their seats were stuck right in the middle of the row with people on both sides. Ulmer frowned and looked back at Donny and Audrea before rolling his eyes, plastering a fake smile onto his face before pushing his way through the row of people. "Scusi!"
Donny followed after Ulmer as Audrea watched them push through people and repeat the same word over and over again until they got to their seats. They turned to sit down and then stared at her when they realized she had not followed them. She cocked an eyebrow at both of them before looking down at the older gentleman seated at the end of the row, plastering the cheesiest smile she could muster onto her face. "Scusi!"
Audrea said the word in a polite, hushed voice and he looked up at her, quickly standing and smashing himself against the back of the seat as much as he could to let her squeeze by. The men seated after him quickly did the same, leaving an open area for her to walk through without any trouble. Audrea nodded at the men as she walked by, sitting down next to Donny and smirking as he and Ulmer shot glares in her direction.
"Remind me to wear a dress next time so I can get through a row of men without touching knees with sweaty people." Donny glared at her again before shoving the ticket he held in his hand into the pocket of his suit. Audrea rolled her eyes at him as she looked around the theater at various people.
"Just make sure you grow a set of boobs too and you'll be golden."
"Isn't half of this shit made up? I think the German film industry is outdoing themselves with this overly exaggerated bullshit." Donny grumbled as he slid farther down into his seat, his hand flattening over his face. Audrea shrugged as she pulled on a long curl, smoothing out some of the parts that were now beginning to stick out. "Wasn't it based on a true story?"
Audrea could literally feel Donny's eye roll at her comment and she smirked. "True story my Jewish ass-"
"Isn't it about time you went to the bathroom to check on your you-know-what and then look for you-know-who?" Ulmer's face appeared from across Donny as he elbowed him, an annoyed look shooting in Donny's direction. Donny removed his hand from his face and cocked an eyebrow at Ulmer. "What the fuck are you talking about-"
"The plan!" Ulmer's voice echoed a bit over the gunshots sounding from the screen and a few shh's could be heard from around them. Donny stared at Ulmer before standing with a start, turning to walk towards the end of the aisle. "Scusi!"
Audrea brought her knees to her chest to allow Donny to pass, his scusi's continuing until he reached the end of the row, walking swiftly up the aisle towards the back of the theater. Audrea brought her feet back to the floor and smoothed out the bottom of her dress as she looked at Ulmer, his hand sliding down his face. He sighed and then looked over at her. "I swear, sometimes I think he's too stupid to be in a war."
Audrea chuckled and then smiled at Ulmer's comment. "Just be patient with him. He wants to do a good job and then go out in a blaze of glory."
Ulmer looked at her for a moment before shrugging, opening his mouth to respond when a loud "psst!" could be heard from their left. The entire row looked in the same direction they were and Donny could be seen motioning for both of them to come with him. Ulmer and Audrea stared at him for a moment before Ulmer's face scrunched in confusion. He mouthed a "what?" in Donny's direction and Donny huffed, motioning his hands in a more aggressive manner.
"Let's just go." Ulmer whispered towards Audrea and she stood from her seat, whispering down at the man sitting next to her. "Scusi!"
The entire row of men once again shoved themselves against the backs of their seats to let her through. Audrea nodded at all of them as she passed, whispering a thanks to all of them as she passed before she heard a loud thud from behind her. Audrea glanced back and saw Ulmer flat on the floor. She made a face at him as he scrambled to his feet, standing next to Audrea when he made it to the end and smoothing his suit out. Donny shot Ulmer a look before all three of them walked towards the doors in the back of the theater, Donny throwing them open and then beginning to take off his suit jacket.
"He's up in the third balcony seating area. I fucking saw him with my own eyes." Donny draped his suit jacket over his arm as he stopped at the bottom of one of the spiral staircases.
"No shit?" Ulmer gave Donny an impressed look and draped his own suit coat over his arm. Audrea gave Donny the same look as his gaze met hers. "Nice work."
Donny smirked at her before going into details of what the plan was. "Audrea, you'll stay here and guard the stairs. If anyone tries to get upstairs you just fake an injury since most men can't ignore a pretty lady in distress."
Audrea rolled her eyes at him, annoyed that she had to play a helpless girl in this scenario, but she obliged, nodding her head at him. "Got it."
"Ulmer, you and I will disguise ourselves as waiters and bring water to the two guards standing outside the door. We'll shoot them down and then burst inside to take out the fucking asshole once and for all. War over thanks to the Basterds!" Donny's smile widened as he looked at Ulmer, his hands clasping together in anticipation of taking out Germany's leader. He looked between Ulmer and Audrea, his demeanor turning to determination. "You ready to do this?"
Ulmer and Audrea nodded at him before he reached forward, grabbing Audrea's arm and pulling her towards him to place their lips together before he ascended up the stairs with Ulmer. His eyes met hers and they nodded at each other before Donny turned around. Audrea stared after them until they disappeared behind one of the hallway's walls, turning her attention back to the main floor. She leaned back against the banister of the staircase and looked around, a slightly opened door catching her eye. She went against her good judgment and walked towards it slowly, scanning around the room for any types of hostile forces. When she deemed the area safe, she quickly made her way over to the door and pushed it open a bit more, poking her head inside. The room looked like an office of some sort with a large desk right in the middle and various shelving units stationed around the room. Something sticking out from behind the desk caught her eye and she looked down to the floor, freezing at what she saw. A foot was sticking out from behind the desk and she swallowed hard, pushing herself farther into the room and towards the owner of the foot.
"Oh my god…" Audrea leaned over the desk and caught sight of Bridget's lifeless body sprawled out on the floor. She gripped the edge of the desk as she stared at Bridget, realization hitting her. If Bridget is lying dead on the floor in here, where's Raine?
"Are you lost?" Audrea jumped with a start when she heard someone speak from behind her and she whipped around, a Nazi guard shooting her a confused look. She gripped the edge of the desk harder and glanced down at Bridget's body, moving towards it slowly. She brought her gaze back up to the guard and smiled, pushing Bridget's exposed foot farther behind the desk. "Yes…you know, I just couldn't seem to find the washroom."
Audrea laughed lightly as she spoke in German to the guard, her hands raising up in a confused fashion. The guard stared at her for a moment before his eyes averted to the floor. "What is that?"
"It is a gorgeous carpet," Audrea walked in front of the body and towards the door. "I really need to find that washroom-"
"It's a body!" She heard the sound of a gun cocking and she froze, turning around with her hands raised to see the guard holding up a pistol. "You stop right there! What is going on?"
Audrea swallowed hard and then shrugged her shoulders in mock confusion. "I'm not sure what you are talking about-"
"You tell me right now what is going on or I will shoot you!" She flinched at the guard's raised voice and lowered her hands, realizing she was going to have to kill this guy to even get out of this situation and to keep him from telling the other guard's, thus forcing an evacuation and getting them all killed. She sighed and then walked forward towards Bridget, keeping her eyes on the raised gun. "I don't know. I seemed to have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. I walked into this room and found this woman lying dead on the floor."
The guard stared at her before bringing his gaze to the floor, lowering his gun slowly. "Did you see anything?"
Audrea shook her head as she walked slowly behind the guard, reaching down for her knife. She moved her dress out of the way and unsheathed the knife from its carrier on her left thigh. "Unfortunately not."
She watched him carefully inspect the body on the ground as she walked closer to his back, her knife raised at the ready. As she reached a hand forward to hold him in place he whipped around, catching sight of the knife in her hand. His eyes went wide as he rushed forward, dropping his gun and then grabbing her shoulders. Audrea's back slammed against the top of the desk as she struggled to remove his hands from around her neck. The knife fell out of her hand and onto the floor with a thud next to Bridget as both of her hands struggled against his vice grip around her throat. She gasped a bit as her right hand removed itself from the guard's hands, reaching down towards her right thigh where her pistol sat. She swatted at the carrier, feeling it against her fingers, as she continued to fight with the guard. Black spots began to form behind her eyes and she knew if she couldn't get a hold on her pistol this guard was going to strangle her to death.
"You dare try to harm me?" The guard screamed in her face and she closed her eyes when she felt a few drops of spit hit her cheek. Her fingers brushed over the gun once again as she used all of her strength to reach farther down for the gun, gripping it hard and pulling it out of the carrier. She shoved it into the man's stomach and fired two rounds, the guard's eyes widening as his grip on her neck loosened. The stream of blood that fell onto Audrea's hand and dress was warm, and she made a face at the overwhelming smell of the liquid as it consumed the room.
"Fuck off, Nazi scum…" Audrea's hoarse voice was the last thing the guard heard before he slid backwards off of Audrea and to the floor, his body landing close to Bridget's in a bloody mess. Audrea dropped her pistol to the table as her hands reached for her throat, coughing to regain her breath. She felt around her neck and flinched at the burning sensation when her hands ran over the welts she knew were going to be present. After a few moments she sat up and looked around, holding her head and closing her eyes as the blood rushed. "Christ…"
She opened her eyes again and stood from the desk, grabbing her pistol from the table and looking at it. A line of blood was present on the gun and she bent down, grabbing the guard's suit jacket roughly and wiping it off. She kicked the man in the face as she grabbed her knife from the floor, looking down at her dress where a large bloodstain was present. She frowned and grabbed the slit in her dress, slicing a portion of it and then ripping it in a full circle so the length of the dress now hit her mid-thigh.
"If they didn't think we were suspicious before, they will now." Audrea smirked as she looked at both visible carriers on her thighs, returning the knife to its own. She stepped over the guard and walked towards the door, holding onto the edge as she looked out around the corner for more guards. The hall was quiet and empty when she stepped out, quickly making her way up the steps. She heard gunshots come from around the corner when she made it to the top and she slid herself against the wall, walking to the corner and then peeking around. She sighed at what she saw and then walked out, shaking her head. "You guys made one hell of a mess."
Donny and Ulmer were standing above two dead SS guards and unstrapping guns from their hands. The blood that splattered the wall behind Donny stuck out against the dull color of the wallpaper. Donny smirked as he tossed the small gun to the floor, picking up the Nazi's assault rifle and cocking it before looking at Audrea. "You know, always have to be flashy-"
Donny froze when his eyes met the marks on Audrea's neck, the rifle lowering down to his side as he stepped forward. Ulmer looked up in confusion at the silence and then over towards where Audrea was standing, seeing Donny was now reaching a hand up to Audrea's neck as she stepped back. He gave her a stern look and then crossed his arms. "What happened?"
Audrea shrugged and mimicked his stance. "Got into a battle of my own. I'm fine."
"Those marks don't look fine." Donny's voice took on an authoritative tone and Audrea rolled her eyes, smoothing out her disheveled hair. "I was just almost strangled to death by an SS guard. I shot him in the stomach so he won't be getting back up. I'm fine and that's all that matters right now, so don't worry about it," Her eyes scanned over both Donny and Ulmer, resting at the door where Hitler himself would be stationed behind. "Don't you have a leader to kill?"
Donny stared at her for a few moments as Ulmer remained silent, unsure of what to say in the situation. Donny's sigh cut through the silence as he nodded, raising his gun and then looking back at Ulmer. "She's right. Let's go."
Ulmer nodded at him as they both walked towards the door, Audrea following behind with her pistol raised in case guards came around the corners. Donny reached for the handle and then pushed the door open, the loud sound of a woman's voice echoing through the theater now.
"I have a message for Germany! That you are all going to die!" The booming voice startled all three of them as they stared at the screen, keeping quiet behind the seat where Hitler himself sat right next to film director Joseph Goebbels.
"Enough! Stop it!" Hitler rose from his seat and motioned aggressively towards the screen, Goebbels following his lead and looking towards the projection room. "Turn off the projector!"
"And I want you to look deep into the face of the Jew that is going to do it!" Audrea stared into the hate-filled eyes of the blonde woman as she stared out into the audience full of German offenders, her lips turning upwards into a smile. "Marcel...burn it down."
Everyone went quiet for a moment before the screen went up in flames, forcing Audrea, Ulmer, and Donny to protect their faces from the sudden heat. Donny was the first to lower his arm, staring at the engulfed stage before turning to Ulmer and yelling over the commotion. "Do it now!"
Audrea backed up a few steps as Donny and Ulmer stood side by side, raising their rifles in front of them. When Hitler and Goebbels turned to run from the room, Donny and Ulmer opened fire. The bullets lodged into both bodies with a brute force that tossed them both backwards, their bodies hitting the floor as bullets continued to rain down on them. Flesh, blood, and the smell of burning bodies filled the theater and Audrea covered her nose, watching in revenge-filled enjoyment as both the Nazi's and their leader began to die.
The loud bang of a part of the stage hitting the floor shook Audrea from her frozen state, her eyes darting to both Donny and Ulmer and realizing they both still had the bombs strapped to their calves. She shoved her gun back into its holster and then grabbed her knife, bending down and grabbing the bottom of Donny's pant leg. He didn't pause as he continued to hold down the trigger of his rifle, allowing Audrea to saw away at the fabric holding the bombs in place. When the blade cut completely through, she grabbed the bomb and threw it over the balcony and into the crowd, moving quickly over to work on Ulmer's bomb.
"We have to get out of here! You killed him and a lot of his army! We can get out of here!" Audrea's voice strained as she screamed over the loud commotion from below, shaking Donny's shoulder after throwing the second bomb to the ground floor. He didn't move as she continued to shake him, her face contorting into anger. She reached forward and thrust the rifle from his hands, catching his attention and forcing him to look back at her. He reached for the rifle as she threw it to the side, grabbing the front of his shirt. "We can go! Now!"
Donny stared at her for a few moments before looking down to the disfigured body of Nazi Germany's once proud leader. The gears in his head began to click as realization hit him, nodding his head at Audrea and then grabbing Ulmer's arm. "Let's go!"
Audrea ran ahead of the two men down the stairs towards the front doors. Her eyes darted around the vacant lobby in confusion. She looked back at the doors to the seating area and noticed a bar was stationed between both handles, preventing anyone from leaving.
"They locked them in! They planned to kill all of the Germans in this building!" Audrea's voice rang out as she looked at Donny and Ulmer running down the stairs behind her, their eyes darting over to the doors. Donny skidded ahead of Audrea to the doors, pulling them open as she and Ulmer walked through them. "Yeah, but who is they-"
The explosion hit all three of them and tossed them backwards into the street with enough force to knock them into the next town. Their bodies hit the pavement and slid a few feet before stopping in front of the building across the street. Audrea's head slammed into a street pole and she groaned in pain, shutting her eyes tight as her body halted on the cold pavement. She lied there, her body shouting out in pain from every part.
"Audrea…" A voice calling out to her forced her to slowly open her eyes, her vision blurry as she blinked to clear it. She looked in front of her, crying out in pain when her neck moved. She blinked through the water that made its way into her eyes and saw Ulmer crawling towards her, his hands reaching forward and placing themselves on her shoulders. "Don't move."
"Where's Donny?" Audrea cringed when saying even two words caused her immense pain. Ulmer looked at her and then glanced around him, his eyes landing on a figure just behind him. "He's over there. I'll go-"
"No." Audrea's hoarse voice hit Ulmer's ears and he looked down at her, seeing her forcing herself up. He reached forward to stop her when she slapped his hands away, her brows furrowing in pain as she got to her knees. She let out a few cries and grunts of pain as she crawled towards Donny, her hands reaching out when she reached him. She gently pushed him over to his back, seeing his eyes were closed as he lay motionless.
"Donny?" Audrea's voice cracked as her eyes darted around Donny's face, looking for any signs of life. "Donny?!"
Her voice became more frantic as she moved forward again, sitting down on her backside and then gently pulling Donny's form into her lap. She ran a hand over his cheek as she desperately searched his face, her eyes watering again as she feared the worst. "Donny?!"
She felt a tear leak down her cheek as she gently tapped his face, screaming at him to wake up. "Donny!"
The tears fell faster now as she continued to rub and tap his cheek, Ulmer coming up behind her and looking down at Donny's body in her lap.
"Donny!" His name left Audrea's lips again in a desperate and saddened shriek as Ulmer lowered his head, his hand reaching out to hold onto Audrea's shoulder.
