Jaded heart

Safety

Donte pov

The plan was set in action but we wasn't prepared for them to spilt the soldiers up like they did as who takes the only two women and moves them into another room but luckily Gabriella is trained or it would have gone t**s up. We rescued Connor and the rest of the lads but Emma and Gabriella was in another building treating one of their wounded that had been shot in another shooting. Using the building Connor was held hostage as a shield I look around the compound for any sign of the girls when I see Emma running towards us, she's covered in blood however it doesn't looked likes she's injured and the relief floods though me knowing she isn't hurt. With the sound of g*n fire I finally spot Gabriella firing her g*n in the same direction as us, i only see her for five-second before she disappears behind the building, I was hoping to be in and out within less then five minutes however instead we are exchanging gunfire. Ordering my men around I move around the building and now I'm in sight of Gabriella she looks like she has a g*n shot wound on her arm, trying not to roll my eyes at her I give her a sign and radio to the rest of my guys, she's the one I am here to rescue as the higher ups can't afford to lose someone with her skills set and now she's hurt. Giving Gabriella the nod we all start covering her as she runs towards us when she within distance I pull her towards me taking one look over before letting out a sound of relief, the only injury she has is the wound on her arm which can be looked at when we are safe. 

Looking around I count everyone before making our way to pick up, we have a helicopter in the distance coming to pick us up and drop us back to base for a medical assessment, I have no idea if they was tortured while they was there even if I cant see anything that looks like pain doesn't mean it isn't there, t*****e can be mentally also. Covering with a member of my team I wait for a tap on my shoulder before climbing in the helicopter, it feels like today has never been ending but now we have everyone I can finally rest. Closing my eyes as the helicopters lifts us off the ground I don't hear no one talking but when I do open my eyes I see Laura hugging Connor before looking him over, as I am looking at them I finally remember Gabriella being hit. As my eyes roam to find Gabriella I see Emma sitting in front of her knowing it should have been my medic or at least Laura checking everyone over.

"Stop being stubborn and let me see" I hear Emma say yanking Gabriella arm toward her and as she does everyone eyes are on both of the girls, I let a little smirk knowing how stubborn that women can be, if she doesn't want help she will fight you till you admit defeat or till her last breath as I have been there with her when she twisted her ankle in the gym, she told me she would be ok but she wasn't. She walked out the gym limbing when I could have looked at it myself and wrapped it for her but insisted she struggled back to the locker room, women why are they so stubborn but especially this women in front of me. She's in no rush for anyone to look at it but I know she's knows that she has a chance of infection if the bullet isn't taken out but who am I to repeat what she knows. Women. 

"Looks like you need a couple of stitches" looking at the wound I shake my head at Gabriella knowing she be out of commission for a while if she follows the doctors orders which is like never, that women makes her own rules and one day it will get her killed or someone else killed. Looking at her I know the story as I spoke beliefly to Emma before she sat next to Gabriella and from what I understand from the situation is that Emma frozen making Gabriella take her eyes of everything around her to snap Emma back to the present, she's lucky its just the arm as couple of inches to the left it could have been the chest and we would have been carrying Gabriella to the helicopter instead of her walking herself back. if we would have being carrying Gabriella I knew we all be in for a lecture. Both feet on the ground I let everyone else walk in front of me making sure everyone is good before following behind, everyone will be going to the medical tent while I be debriefing everyone about what happened and what went down like how Gabriella was shot. I have always hated these because they pick what I did apart and what me to explain why I did what I did, like that is really necessary. Watching Gabriella head into the tent my mind drifts to her and how she managed to remain so calm in the situation. 

All of us are on the next plane home and honestly I think its due, I haven't had a day to myself for a while and I have been working my guys pretty hard even they need a rest or they will cost us a mission due to lack of sleep. Moving around the plane I look for the perfect seat not wanting to be interrupted as I go though my emails and come up with more training exercises for us all to go though, I never know when the next mission is but doesn't mean I don't stop planning different scenarios to go though and I'll do anything to improve working as a team blending us into one. As we leave I look around the plane not realising we are off the ground, with my head in the mind I would have forgotten I was on the plane, looking around I see Gabriella sat near Emma as she doesn't stop asking questions about her arm, if I didn't know better I would think Emma feels guilty about getting her shot but as I look to the right I see Connor lending on Laura shoulder asleep like what happened just didn't. Those two have been inseparable since they both joined and I wont be surprised if Connor decides to retire after today as it definitely been though the wood work recently, I know he doesn't want to put more pressure on his family either as he has the cutest daughter. 

Touch down has never felt to good as I feel the slight bump as we come to a controlled stop and I cant wait to climb out, feeling the ground under my boots has never felt better, it feels like I spent the last two days on planes and helicopters i'm starting to get ground sick. Walking around the base to the car park I spot my car but I also spot Laura's husband Caden standing there waiting for her, she doesn't hesitated before walking over to him and throwing her arms around him as I'm looking I can't help but think whether love is in my cards as being who I am I don't want to hurt the person who I am leaving behind and if I get in a relationship with someone who serves we would never get to see each other, its like a no win either way. Letting my mind drift to myself being happy I see Gabriella in the picture, we had a fling in the past but I don't think we could ever commit to each other as she's never home and I'm only home after a mission and thats if I'm not getting called on another, I'm not getting any younger either so maybe its worth the thought.