The Tomb Raider (lara) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2013-09-25 16:05:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, commander tyra shepard, dani moonstar (mirage), lara croft, renji abarai |
I dreamed I fell onto ... rebar.
Who: Lara, Dani, Renji and Shepard
What: Lara wakes up wounded
When: Immediately after this
Where: Croft Manor
Status: complete
Rating: PG-13 for blood and nudity. Some cursing. Also Renji.
There was a momentary feeling of peace when Lara opened her eyes, in the brief second before she felt white hot pain cut through her back and stomach. Screaming, she jerked out of bed, landing in a heap next to it as a slick, warm liquid poured out of a sudden puncture wound. Just as though she’d been impaled on rebar. She cried out again, and gasped for breath, rolling off the invisible rebar just like she had in the dream.
Her vision swam in front of her, and she pressed a hand against her side.
It had been a wonderful morning, enjoying one very cuddly Shepard and working up a pre-breakfast appetite. All of that changed for Dani when Lara's cries broke through the house.
She jumped up out of bed and headed to Lara's room, tossing Shepard's discarded shirt over her head as she went. When she got there, she immediately grabbed up a wad of Lara's sheets and pressed them against the wound, "Shit, is it through and through?"
"Yes," Lara gasped. She was laying perfectly still on her side, her hand pressing over the front of her wound. Her breath came sharply as the adrenaline from both the injury and the dream coursed through her. It was between her rib cage and her hip, about two or three inches in from her side.
Shepard came running in a moment later, wearing one of Dani's robes and armed. "Shit. Where's your first aid kid?"
Renji had heard the screaming and flailed out of bed, landed with a hard thud on the floor, and threw on a robe before running out to see what happened. Yes, the robe has big pink petals on a white background on it. GOTTA PROBLEM WITH THAT? HE DOESN'T.
The minute that Renji came in and saw the blood, he said, "Shit. So is that stuff made out of sugar water and food coloring or did a giant defective bed spring get you? You should sue."
"Yeah, killer bed springs, I'm sure that's what caused this," Dani replied, rolling her eyes a bit. She turned her attention back to Lara. The blood was still seeping through the sheet she'd been using to apply pressure.
"Okay. First Aid kit's in the bathroom, get that and the roll of ace bandage next to it, and someone get some ice in a bowl."
Shepard ran back out of the room, retrieving the kit and the bandages. She rushed back in and knelt next to Dani, opening the kit and taking stock of the contents. "If we're lucky it'll close up on it's own, if we're not we're going to need to take her to the hospital." She leaned in to get a better look at the wound. "Looks like she got stabbed by something rusted."
"Rebar." Lara's voice was strained, but except for pained gasps, she wasn't make much in the way of noise. "I dreamed I fell onto ... rebar."
Renji had just returned with the ice, and held it out for Dani.
"What the hell's a rebar?" he asked, looking at her like she was strange, and the hospital was probably a great idea, especially if this was a special effects situation that went really wrong or she stabbed herself in her sleep. Or...ninjas.
Renji's eyes narrowed and he looked around the room, including a glance to make sure the windows were shut. Damn ninjas.
"This is how we're going to do this. Move her hand and put that bowl of ice against her side while I stack this gauze together. Then we'll chill the other side, stack gauze against that, and wrap the ace bandage tight. Makeshift Israeli dressing." Dani glanced over at Renji, and squinted a bit, "What are you looking for?"
Lara whimpered, then sucked in a breath and tried to man up. She opened her eyes to try to look at them. “I’m fine… I’m fine. I climbed… mudslide like this. I’m fine. Fuck.”
“You’re a goddamn hero,” Shepard drawled, coming in and kneeling next to Lara. “Move your hand, kid, let me have a look. Renji, can you get some ice? Watch out for ninjas.” She looked up. “Or he’s already got the ice. God I’d kill for some Omnigel.”
"Damn ninjas," Renji grumbled, and rattled the big bowl of ice around, at arm's length, for someone to grab. Good thing too that he got a hand towel to soak up the blood from...no, it couldn't be dream related and he's going to stick his lower jaw out like a tattoo'd, manic-panic haired neanderthal and insist it was ninjas or some other reasonable explanation that is - in reality - totally unreasonable. It works for him. "Lara, you're a friggin' dork, because you would've gotten mud in the wound if you had. Anyway. What the hell's omnigel?"
Renji was in no way a member of the healing squad healer type of guy. He beat 'em up, he didn't patch 'em up. Mostly he spent a time bleeding a lot, so he was going to just get ready to lift her around so Shepard and Dani didn't have to do that part, whenever they were ready. He gave Dani a nod like he was good to go when she was.
Omnigel would have healed up and disinfected this wound right off. At least closed it off. "A marvel of future medical science."
She wondered if she could get someone to replicate it. "Okay, I think I've got this side. You good?" She looked up at Dani.
Dani patted her stack of gauze into place and started working the ace bandage around Lara's waist, "Good. Shepard, get the car. You're driving. We're ready over here when you are, Renji."
“The big… strong man, need to carry me? I’m ...good.” Lara asked, giving them all a wan smile. She started to try to stand, determined to get there under her own power.
“You want me to drive,” Shepard said. “Fucking A.”
"Sure," Renji said, to the future stuff (he's not convinced), Shep driving (he likes danger), and to being ready to go (even if he’s still in his pink petal MAN robe). He picked Lara up in his arms and told her before she could complain, "Shuttup. No way are you walking on your own, dumbass."
And welcome to tonight's episode of Renji's Bedside Manner Sucks. Stay tuned for later installments.
"Damn it.." Lara's protest was weak, though. The adrenaline had fled her body and without the need to fight or flee she needed to rest. At least she'd gotten all the way to her feet. Almost. Mostly.
Shepard threw her robe over Lara, to cover her, treating everyone to a fine specimen of former marine. Who dyed the curtains to match the drapes. "I'll grab us some clothing, meet you at the car."
"I didn't need to see that," Renji said with a wince, rolling his eyes up past half-closed eyelids. He snerked to brush it off, and nodded as he waited for Shepard to finish with the coverup (not of her damn self, that's for sure!), before he made his way to HELL ON WHEELS. If Shep's behind the wheel, it's so happening.
Dani grabbed Shepard's keys and started hauling ass to the car. It wasn't really the time to stare at Shepard's naked body or make comments to Renji about how looking at her girlfriend wouldn't burn his eyes.
It was just a good thing no one was on their sidewalk to see this. Between Renji's pink man!robe and Dani's underwear sticking out from underneath Shepard's shirt, they made quite a sight as they loaded Lara into the car.
Soon enough, Shepard was driving like hell on wheels, just as predicted. Was the ER ready for this? Probably not, but too bad for them.