Lalita Singh (hardestofhearts) wrote in remains_rpg, @ 2015-05-20 16:49:00 |
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Entry tags: | # 2018 [05] may, james hawkins, lalita singh |
Bad Medicine
Who: Lita Singh and Rodeo Hawkins.
Where: The super classy and totally hygienic surgical suite that used to be a BBQ joint.
What: Rodeo plays nurse while Dr. Singh takes a bullet (out of a guy, not for anyone, can you even imagine?).
When: Backdated to May 18, after these two conversations.
Lita pulled up to the address the stranger had given her, her surgical kit rattling in the passenger seat every time she hit one of the numerous potholes in the parking lot. The structure, a restaurant, was abandoned (like most buildings nowadays). She put her car in park, turned off the engine, and peered around, finding hers was the only car in the vicinity. A tumbleweed blew by like in a goddamn Western and if Lita hadn't been so on edge, she might have laughed.
She was too old and too smart and too valuable to be doing stuff like this. Taking off to an unknown location, with no backup, to meet a complete stranger, and to perform unauthorized surgery on a potential criminal, all for some supplies? God, she was stupid. She wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans and then opened the glovebox, taking out the small firearm she had traded a dozen candles, six jugs of water and a flashlight for. She breathed a sigh of relief that she had cleaned it recently and, making sure the safety was on, tucked it into the waistband of her jeans at the small of her back. She'd be better off with her scalpel if this whole thing went to shit (she at least knew how to wield that with precision) but in case this wasn't a scam, it was better to keep everything sterile.
A minute passed, and then two. Lita fingered the keys in the ignition, ready to bolt, when she saw dust coming off the road and a vehicle coming into view. Emboldened by the firearm and knowing there was no time to lose if a man's life was legitimately in danger, Lita stepped out of the battered Jeep, adjusted her sunglasses against the harsh Texas sun, and waited.