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QT:NW continues the official Spin-Off for the Quaranteam universe originally created by CorruptingPower. You do not need to have read the original series to enjoy this one, but you really do need to start with Chapters 1-4 (I really suggest you read the original though, it's great!). Fans of the original should be pleased to know CP has approved the story and the continuity.
In this chapter you can expect recovery, hospital room sex, mff, frustrations, showers, and oral.
Returning Dramatis Personae
House Black
- Harrison 'Harri' Black - Sheriff of Black County, 'Jason Momoa-looking motherfucker' mountain man (mixed heritage), former Army MP
- Kyla Bautista - Trained dancer, Phillipino Spy, Harri's Deputy Sheriff, Raven hair
- Vanessa Peters - Construction Forewoman, Daughter of Brent Peters the head of the construction project, Brunette
- Erica LaCosta - Fiancee of Harri, Leo's sister, Italian Tattoo Artist, Dark Brunette
- Macho - Rescued daschund puppy, named for his big balls, mascot and beloved pet of House Black
- Ivy Gauthier - Quebecoise stripper, half-tattooed, Dirty Blonde anal queen
House LaCosta
- Danielle 'Dani' - Australian stripper, Brunette
- Leo LaCosta - Harri's best friend and former roommate, Italian carpenter, Erica's brother
Valkyrie Falls
- Abigail 'Abi' JΓ³nsson - Harri's Personal Trainer, Co-owner of Valkyrie Falls women's athletic retreat, Icelandic Personal Trainer and Crossfit Competitor, Tall Athletically Muscular Blonde
- Josie 'Joss the Boss' Draper - Professional Wrestler, Athletically Trim Blonde
- Spencer - Professional Fitness Model, Apprentice Personal Trainer, Athletic Curvy Blonde
- Melina Sanzo - Harri went to Eugene for her, Professional Fitness Model, Muscular Curvy Blonde
- Sara Sigurdsdottir - Co-owner of Valkyrie Falls women's athletic retreat, Icelandic Personal Trainer and Crossfit Competitor, Tall Athletically Muscular Blonde
Other
- Lt Col Miriam Abarbanel - Military friend of Harri's, Air Force Lt Col, Jewish heritage, Commanding Officer for Valhalla Hills construction and the Oregon Quaranteam research project
Referenced Characters
- Mary Duncan - Attended high school with Harri, former cheerleader, Husband has disappeared while looking for work, left to join a 'commune' with her kids
- Aria - Girlfriend of India, Stripper/Sugar Baby, Ginger, Member of House LaCosta
- India - Girlfriend of Aria, Hippy Stripper/Sugar Baby, grew up in a commune, Brunette dreads and braids, Member of House LaCosta
- Jackie Fallows - Prisoner from Sheridan CI that Harri was transporting when there was an attempted jailbreak
- Captain Laura Bloomberg - Air Force JAG serving as Miriam's second, Blonde
- Agent Greerson - Senior 'OGA' that negotiated Harri's land deal and dropped Kyla into Harri's life
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"God fucking damnit," I groaned, and someone grabbed my hand and said something.
My head was pounding and I felt dizzy for a long moment even with my eyes closed. That passed, and the
whom-whom-whom
in my ears started to clear around the same time as I peeled an eyelid open.
I was kind of surprised to find Miriam was the one holding my hand. I was looking up at her and a hospital room ceiling - well, the ceiling was just a ceiling, but the hospital bed I was laying in was a big clue.
"You back with me, Harri?" she asked me quietly, almost whispering.
"Mmf," I grunted, trying to sit up, but she put her other hand on my chest to keep me down.
"Don't," she said.
"How long?" I managed to croak.
"Six months," Miriam said, her face a graven tombstone of emotion.
"- What?" I exhaled, leaning back into the pillows. Six...? "How?"
She snorted and her expression broke into a smirk. "How the fuck are you so gullible, Black? It's been three hours."
"God fucking damnit," I groaned again, rolling my eyes.
Miriam moved aside, showing me that Kyla was sitting in a plush-looking chair in the corner of the hospital room, her eyes closed as she slept but her hands knotted into fists.
"She's OK?" I asked.
"Better than you," Miriam said. "A little shaken, once you were in surgery. Before that she was ice. She called me instead of 911 when you collapsed."
"We're in your place, aren't we?" I asked, looking around the hospital room. On second glance it was newer than I would have expected of any random hospital, and the door was able to be hermetically sealed. We were in one of the quarantine rooms that I'd seen when I'd been able to visit Vanessa while she was here.
"We are," Miriam nodded. "I wasn't about to feed you into the hospitals even with you being vaccinated. It's..." She stopped and took a breath. "Let's just say you would be just as likely to die there as get better, and you aren't that bad off."
"What is wrong with me?" I asked.
"Well, two inches higher and I could have been razzing you for getting yourself shot in the ass," Miriam said. "You got hit in the meat of your thigh, Harri. Straight through-and-through, doctors aren't even sure if you got hit straight on or if it was a ricochet. The main reason you collapsed was blood loss because you didn't patch it, you idiot."
"Lucky that's all it was," I grunted. "Asshole opened up on me with an Uzi or some shit."
"I was told," Miriam said. "Wasn't the idea for you to be staying
out
of trouble?"
"This wasn't supposed to be trouble," I sighed. "The Staties asked for the help, it should have just been some driving around."
"Yeah, well, I got read in on the situation with the prison systems," Miriam grimaced. "Whatever you think you know, it's worse than that. Let's just say that you would have been turned away at the gates even if you did reach Columbia River."
"Fuck," I sighed. "Who even was it that hit us?"
Miriam sighed and shook her head. "You've got a hole in your leg and your truck looks a little like Swiss cheese, let alone any damage to the front end and the axel after you tried to fuck a van with it."
"Sorry," I said. "Guess I'm not playing nice with the toys you sent me."
"Yeah, well, when I get you something new don't worry about adding on to our meal tab," she said. "I'm going to ask you for something sooner than later and it's going to be more than a meal to pay it back."
"You're dodging my question, Miriam," I sighed. "What happened?"
"You need to rest, Harri," Miriam said.
"I'm not trying to get up and go here," I said. "I just want-" I trailed off, looking over at Kyla again. "Hon, you can stop pretending to be asleep."
Kyla's eyes blinked open and she rose from her chair in one graceful movement, stepping around Miriam and leaning down to kiss me as she cupped my face with both her hands. "I'm so glad you're OK,
mahal ko
," she whispered against my lips, though it was a new couple of words she hadn't used before. She kissed me again and stared into my eyes for a long moment.
I knew why she'd been faking her sleep, and I was a little proud of myself for noticing it. Miriam had been dodging questions, sure, but she'd also be fairly open and Kyla had wanted to listen in. I probably would have let her if I hadn't wanted her in the conversation properly.
"Now," I said. "One of you better tell me something here."
"It was a prison break," Miriam said with a little shake of her head. "I haven't been tapped into whatever the investigation is, I just deployed a security force to scoop you and a couple of the other wounded officers up and brought you here for medical aid. The most I know is that it was likely a biker gang, or them and some other allies, trying to spring someone or everyone being transferred."
"In the middle of downtown Portland?" I asked, feeling a little incredulous.
"This isn't the city you remember, Harri," Kyla said. "It's gone wild. More brutal. I heard one of the officers saying that there wasn't a single 911 call from the area during the shooting. People are afraid of everything, including the police."
"Fuuuck," I groaned. It was like the city had turned into an old Western town when a gunfight was about to happen. People cleared the streets and only the bravest even watched from their windows.
"It's not your concern," Miriam said. "The Marshalls are all over it, and they've got backing from the Feds. I've got a feeling organised crime is pulling this kind of shit all over the country right now if things are the same in other states."
I grunted and nodded, and felt down at my leg with the hand that Miriam wasn't still holding and got a nice spike of pain from it as I touched the bandage. "Do the girls know?" I asked Kyla.
"They know," Kyla nodded.
"Vanessa is on her way here," Miriam said. "Erica gave me a chewing out like I haven't had since boot camp, but I can only bend so many rules and I can't let her or Ivy in the building. Vanessa can give some blood to check up on her vaccination status, so I can get her in here with you."
"OK," I sighed, nodding. "OK."
"He needs to rest," Kyla said, feeling at my forehead.
"I'll go check on things," Miriam agreed. "And you two also need to... boost your vaccinations. At some point. I'll be back once Vanessa gets here."
I meant to say goodbye, and thank you, and probably some other things, but my mind was feeling a little foggy. I blinked and when I opened my eyes Miriam was gone but Kyla was standing where she had been, holding my hand. "How drugged up am I?" I mumbled.
Kyla smirked and leaned down to kiss my forehead. "You're on the good stuff, Harri. Just get some sleep."