Charlotte comes and sits down at my table. I raise my eyebrow at her smiling at me. "Soooo after this i'm going to need to redo your stitches" She said tapping her hands together. Sighing I finish out my meal putting the plate in the dirty dishes and follow her to the medical bay.
We reach the bay quickly. She unlocks the door and walks through when we get in, I close the door behind us then follow behind her. I sit down in the chair after kicking off my shoes letting my feet hang off the side.
Charlotte puts some supplies on the side table then lowers the bed a little bit. I set my arm with the sling on a metal shelf that was coming out of the seat around shoulder length so it took off all the pressure like the sling did. Charlotte moves around trying to get a good angle while she starts threading the stitches. She slides the table with supplies close to the bed then she slips off her shoes.
"I'm going to have to get on the bed to get a better angle" She explains slipping off her last shoe. I extend my hand helping pull her up onto the bed. She puts her knees next to me but she is blocked by the plate holding my arm. "Excuse me" she puts her legs on either side of my hips sitting on my lap. She grabs the screw moving the plate just a little bit to the left out of her way. She starts to unbutton my shirt leaving the bottom tucked in but unbuttoning all the buttons that were outside of my pants. She starts to rub the outside of my cut feeling how badly the skin was torn making my ears burn at the sudden touch.
She grabbed a green tool that looked really unique and put it up to my chest pulling the trigger in 4 different spots around my cut. Soon my chest became numb. She rubbed around the cut again looking up to see if I still could feel it. Her face was only a few inches from mine. Gulping, I turned my head no longer locked in eye contact with her. "I can't feel it anymore," I say pointing to my chest.
She grabbed a medical staple gun and told me to not look. Looking away I hear the gun go off around 20 times. Then she sets it down. I look back down at my chest to see white stables in my chest all along the cut. Charlotte started to massage the skin around the stables making the cut close a little more.
The door opened suddenly, making Charlotte flinch, losing her balance. I caught her around her back with my right arm pulling her into my chest "Oh my was i interrupting something?" the older lady asked, putting her hands on her mouth. Seeing my shirt open and me holding Charlotte close to my chest. "Not at all! I was just… changing his bandages" Charlotte answered quickly, her ears turning red. I helped Charlotte down off of me sitting up now.
"I just forgot my tablet in here the other day and I needed it" the older lady says. Charlotte grabs the tablet that is in the chair behind mine, handing it to the older lady and closing the door behind her when she leaves.
I stand up, slipping my shoes back on. Charlotte comes over to me and starts buttoning up my shirt again. She starts laughing after finishing my last button. "That was so embarrassing" She says, covering her face with her hands and leaning onto my chest, still laughing. "There are going to be so many rumors going around now" She says, rubbing a tear out of eye. She grabs her shoes and steps into them.
"You are going to ruin my stellar reputation Ms. Wylde" handing her my hand pulling her up from the ground and heading out the door. Charlotte followed behind me, we get a few feet into the hallway and run into a older group of men and women holding different parts of their body some with poorly placed bandages along their body. Some of the people in front of us being the new decorators from the wing I was part of making the other day.
I start running as fast as i could ignoring the pain all throughout my body leaving Charlotte with the group of people by herself. Running around corners I slid down a ladder and kept running. Hearing shouting around the corner in front of me I pick up my pace. Turning the corner i see a fire and water filling up one of the rooms making a whirlpool that was spinning with a lot of speed now. Richard pulls a younger girl out of the water throwing her back behind him but losing his grip on a bar that was in front of the room with the hole in it.
I dash and grab Richard's arm having my body slammed against the bar knocking the air out of me. The whirlpool trying to drag him out of the base, Richard grabs a hold of the other man in the whirlpool holding onto him with one arm his other one now holding onto my forearm. Outside of the hole in the base the creatures that were in the kelp forest were swarming i count 8 of them but see more in the distance coming over. The base filling with water quickly. A group of people standing behind us at the support hatch.
"Close the hatch!" I yell over the rushing water giving them a look. Hesitating one older men closes the door locking it behind us. Looking around i see a welding gear set behind us starting to be pulled toward the hole. The room filling up with smoke and water making it hard to move and breathe. I reach my foot out putting my leg through the strap of the welding gear having it pull against me but stuck on my leg and not being pulled into the hole any longer.
Using all the strength i could muster I pull Richard to the bar letting him wrap him arm around the bar. He pulls the other mans arm in my reach letting me grab him and pull him to the bar as well both of them using all of their strength now holding onto the bar with both arms. I grab the welding gear from my leg and throw it over my shoulder. I position myself on the edge of the bar the water now my my waist both of the men barley able to get anymore air. In a few seconds they would be forced to hold their breath. I let go of the bar letting the whirlpool pull me in.
Things hitting me as i was pulled along with the whirlpool i grab the side of a plate of metal that was going to be the door to the closet as i get sucked forcing it below me using my bad shoulder i slam it into the hold cutting off most of the water and start welding the side of it holding it in place.
Unable to weld it properly i do enough to stop the whirlpool. Richard swims over to me taking the welding gear from me and finishing the job quickly as the other man was already having the cabins self drain kick in sucking the water out slowly then it was coming in. Richard finished welding the water now draining out. He dropped the gear and started to swim to the top of the room sticking his head out getting whatever air he could the other man already at the top.
I kick off the bottom of the room heading to the top. I stick my head out taking in the air. The other men start laughing at the close call thanking me while out of breath. I struggled to keep myself floating but not giving in until the water was low enough i could stand with my head poking out. After all of the water was out of the room I sat down on the ground now focusing on the pain i was in, using my good hand squeezing my shoulder. Richard knocks on the door which was open after a few knocks the people outside thankful to see us all okay.
Charlotte was standing behind the group of people, running past everyone she runs to her dad's arms hugging him getting her clothes soaked. Caleb comes around the corner out of breath, sighing a sigh of relief he walks over to me handing me a hand helping me up to my feet giving me a pat on my back. I start to walk out of the room soaked with Caleb walking with me. "Man i really like this outfit too" I say frowning at my soaked self.
"You just risked your life saving those men and you care about your clothes being wet" Caleb laughed "You have something wrong with your head" He holds his stomach while walking behind me. I laugh with him as we walk to my room.
When we get to my room he takes my sling and heads to the bathroom trying to dry it for me. I untuck my shirt unbuttoning it then slipping it off, my left arm just dangling by my side. I slip off my shoes and socks just laying them on the floor next to my wet shirt. I grab a pair of underwear from my closet and toss it over to my bed along with some eggshell pants that were elastic on the waist with a sting that hung allowing you to tie it if you need to. I grab a black shirt that is loosing and open at the top with strings tied through it and hanging from it for design.
I take off the rest of my wet clothes and slip into the dry clothes rolling up my sleeves to my mid forearm the best i could. Unable to move my left arm i leave my right sleeve down. Grabbing the clothes i toss them into a laundry basket and sit on the bed. Caleb walks out only a few seconds later holding a now dry sling. He helps me put it on slipping it over my neck and then grabs my right arm and roll up my sleeve i left down before.
Caleb's watch goes off with a message that he is needed giving me a quick goodbye he takes off. I grab a small towel from my bathroom and run it through my hair then brush out my hair letting it dry in its natural position a little weird feeling from the salt water being all in it.
I grab a book from the bookcase in my room and sit on my bed just passing the time by reading.