The fighting had finally moved forward enough that they let the medics into the city. Sara ran to the first solider she came to. He was already dead. She made to sign of the cross on his forehead. Said a quick prayer and moved to the next one. He at least was alive. She got to work. She got a line in and started dressing his wounds. Sara was on her ninth guy when the fighting stated back her way. Shots rang out from the building across from her. Sniper, shit! Sara grabbed the solider she was working on by the collar and proceeded to drag him into the building behind her when the shot hit her in the deltoid. She hit the ground and rolled back behind the wall. Her helmet came off as she came up cussing. Fuck! That bastard shot her. Didn't he know you weren't supposed to shoot the Red Cross medics? Guess not.
Sebastian knew his shot had gone wrong as soon as he fired it. Well that's what you get when you're in a hurry. His next one would be good. He was very shocked to see the long brown hair and childlike face that greeted him when his mark reappeared. She was once again trying to drag the wounded solider into the building behind her. What the hell was a woman doing here? That's when he saw the Red Cross on her jacket. Fuck, he just shot a medic. To add to his guilt it was one of his men that she was trying to save. Well, to late to worry about it now. He got busy picking off more guys. Movement from his left caught his eye. It was her. She sprayed a red cross on the wall gave him a dirty look and ran off.
Sara couldn't believe she had been shot. Well this was a war. She managed to get the solider into the building without getting shot again. She did what she could for him and then did what she could for herself. She knew she could not stay there all day so she suck up what courage she had and out the door she went. She stopped long enough to spray a red cross on the wall to let them know that a wounded solider was in there and spared a nasty look toward her gunman and went to see who else needed help. She didn't have to go far. Less than a block up was her next charge. Back to work. As she worked soldiers started running past her calling a retreat. They told her to come on but she had to finish first. She was not about to leave the guy she was working on. She had moved onto the next one when she heard the first missile coming. She threw herself over the solider she was working on. When the bomb hit she could not believe how loud it was. Sara swore her teeth were loosened from the impact. She sat up and kept working. When she was done she grabbed her stuff and headed back the way she came. The next bomb landed much closer and knocked her off her feet. When she stood up the world started spinning and then went black.
Sebastian heard the air strike coming and gathered his gear and hit the road. He was rounding the corner when the first one hit. Close. He kept his footing and never stopped running. He had gone a few blocks when the next one hit. As he cleared the buildings he saw his little medic stand up only to go right back down. He should have kept going but he didn't. He slung his rifle over his shoulder and bent down to check on her. She was breathing. That was good. Her left shoulder was bandaged but her sleeve was soaked with blood. She seemed all right other wise, but he had no idea. He was trying to decide what to when she started waking up.
Sara woke up to someone leaning over her. She thought it was another medic until her vision cleared and she saw a strange face. Then she saw the rifle on his back. She didn't even think she just shoved him away from her grabbed her bag and started running. After a block she looked back to see if he was following her. He was. Shit! Sara knew she could not out run him so when she rounded the corner she stopped and waited on him to come.
Sebastian should have just let her go but he didn't. He took off after her. She was fast to be so small. He rounded the corner after her and got a face full of gear bag. It knocked him off his feet. He saw her kick his rifle away and start running again. As she passed him he grabbed her ankle and she went down hard. As he started dragging her to him he backhanded her. Sebastian thought that would take the fight out of her. He was wrong. She kicked him in the face and got up and started running again. She was knocked flat when a bomb landed nearby. As Sara got to her hands and knees Sebastian grabbed a fist full of her hair and pulled her back into him. He grabbed her injured shoulder with the other hand and squeezed.
Sara heard someone screaming and realizes it was her. Sebastian eased his grip on her shoulder but kept his grip on her hair. She stopped screaming and fell back against the wall of muscle behind her panting. He pulled her up by her hair and she rounded on him. She planted an elbow on his cheek and screamed obscenities at him. Now he was pissed. He wrenched her head back and whispered harshly into her ear. "You want to fight me little girl. Okay." he flung her to the ground.
Before Sara could get over the shock of landing on her wounded shoulder he was on her. Sebastian grabbed her by the throat and squeezed. Sara tried to kick him off her but he just tightened his grip on her until she couldn't breathe than he punched her in the face. God he hit hard. As he reached back for the next blow Sara used the space to put her feet in his diaphram and push. He let go of her throat to drab his stomach and she scrambled out from under him. She didn't get very far when she felt his hand tangle into her hair again. He snapped her head back into his chest and grabbed her by the shoulder and squeezed again. She gave him a heart wrenching scream. Sara's legs wouldn't hold her up any more and she fell to her knees. She felt him kneel behind her and she just leaned back into him. The adrenaline she was running on was gone. Sara laid her head back on his shoulder and started crying. She hated herself for it but she couldn't stop. She was in more pain that she had ever been in and she was so tired. The blood loss and the fight took their toll on her and for the second time that day her world went dark.
Sebastian didn't know what to do with the sobbing girl in his lap. Crying was the last thing he had expected. But before he could decide whether or not to just shoot her and be done with it when she went limp in his arms. He brushed the hair from her eyes and looked into her face. God she was so young and beautiful. He felt his dick throb just looking at her. She was so small next to him. Like a child. A child that had almost kicked his ass he thought wirily. He couldn't leave her there with the bombing going on so he picked her up in a fireman's carry and grabbed her bag and took off.