Jaded heart

First time for everything

Gabriella pov 

Feeling the cold brick floor under neath me is something new to me but with my lengthy training and reading a couple of books I know how to behave and what to do, my father never told me about being captured as I don't think he ever has, however looking around I can tell this isn't something new to the platoon I have been working with, their platoon leader Connor has been here before so he said while telling us to be calm. Being captured has always been something I thought about as it can happen to anyone but I actually didn't think it would happen to me like come on i'm always careful. Working in dangerous countries its a higher risk of being killed more then captured but what person doesn't want a solider for blackmail, desperate times come for desperate measures.

Pushing myself up against a wall I look around the room taking everyone in and how they are feeling, from working with Connor platoon for just over two weeks I have got to understand them a little however his medic Emma is a newbie from what I been told and looking at her now I can see her seconds away from panicking however no one wants to tell someone on the blink to stop when that will only make it worse. Unsure how long we have all been trapped in the building I finally see the door open, standing by the door is two men with guns in there rights hands, while they are looking around I see one of the men walk over to me before picking me up by my arm, remaining calm I try not to snatch my arm back but follow them outside, if we are going to make it out of here I have to remain calm and follow orders which is the best way to making it out of here without a problem. Seeing Emma being pulled behind me I try not to over think this but they have pulled both me and Emma, the only two girls from everyone, if they think we are the weakest link they are completely wrong, well partly wrong as it looks like Emma is about to c***k any minute now.  

"Fix him" is all I hear from the man who pushed me into another room followed by Emma who bumped right into my back but without a thought Emma clings onto me for guidance and at this moment I want to tell her I'm the wrong person but I knew what it was like being a newbie and since then I have pretty much shut my emotions off. Everyone started talking about the platoon that got killed and my father when I was training and I was only a newbie then, I felt out of place like everything I could do will only backfire on me however now I stand my ground without a care in the world. 

Looking at each other I have this wrong I though they was just separating us from the men but they want us to fix one of their men, I'm not a medic though, I may have a little training thanks to Laura but f**k me I'm the last person you want from me as I'll end up killing instead of helping. Walking around the table I look at the man trying to figure out his injuries, he has two bullet wounded in his lower stomach area and possibly a broken rip, I wonder who did this even though I wish it was me, I would have loved to see this cunt laying on the floor bleeding out. Pulling the cloth back I jump when blood starts to squirt my directions, without thinking I place the cloth back and hold pressure while my grazes shots to Emma who looks like she has frozen into place, shaking my head I lend over the table and pull her towards the man we have to save, I was holding back from kicking Emma as she looks at me. Lightly slapping Emma she finally comes too and looks the man over before frowning at me which I just shrug my shoulders and mouth 'sorry' I am not dying in this room. I have already thought about how I would die, it be by the ocean of old age, not in this county or by a g*n. 

Following Emma lead I do everything she tells me do like place my hands there, hold this I don't care what she tells me to do as long as we don't kill this man laying on the table before we are rescued. Looking at the man I notice he has lost a lot of blood and Im saying this from the pile of blood on the floor but I'm hoping someone rescue us before he dies from blood lost. Taping a new bandaid around the wound I look at the man laying on the table he still has a heart beat for now however looking at Emma she looks like she's going to throw up, standing next to each other, one of the men stand by the door with a g*n in his hand before he gets to say anything everyone hears g*n fire in the other direction. Taking the opportunity I throw myself towards the man grabbing his g*n before knocking him out, I turn my back for less then a second to look at Emma who's thrown herself near the closest wall, shaking my head I grab her arm I pull her close to me and while my attention is on Emma, I didn't see the man come up behind me and fire his g*n, feeling the bullet enter my arm I let out a groan before feeling the blood run down my arm and onto the floor. 

"s**t. Are you ok, let me look" I hear Emma say but I don't give her a second to look as I take out the man who shot me before looking around the area wondering where the g*n fire came from. Using the building as cover I wait for the perfect moment to make a run for it, I have already spotted the rescue team near the building where Connor is being held hostage. On the count of three I yank Emma with me and start running 

One, two, three, 

one of our solider notices me within a second and give me cover to make it toward the next building, with Emma behind me I fire a couple of shots, I don't know why I am covering Emma with my body but I guess its instinct when she's younger and more of a newbie then me, I wish someone would have had my back like I am having her's.  

"When I say go, I need you to run to the rest of them. I will cover" I say pointing to where Connor and the rest of her platoon is waiting for us to reach them. Hearing a faint yes I look at the g*n pointing it in the right direction before yelling her to run, aiming for the men I get a couple of shots in before seeing Emma being pulled to cover by her platoon, I cant believe this happened to us. Taking a second to myself I rip a bit of my t-shirt needing to wrap it around my arm to stop the bleeding before I start running, I know I don't have a minute but I rather take a second to treat my wound then bleed to death in this town, like I said I already have my death sorted.