Injured

There’s shouting, lots of shouting. Even Jade’s yelling at me; telling me that I’ve got to stay with her and keep focussed.
I’m in so much pain. Don’t go to sleep.
Someone’s behind me, sitting me upright and I can hear these weird, animal-like sounds.
Bubbly rasps.
That might be. Breathing’s getting difficult.
Ow.
“Keep her still”
Ironically, it’s a good job I tore my shirt open earlier on; I just saved Jade a –
Ow. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
This hurts. It hurts so much. I just want to cry and cry and cry, but that’d make it hurt even worse and I don’t want it to be worse. I want it to be better. There’s so much blood and I’m so scared.
Is this how I die? I don’t want to die. I don’t. Please don’t let me die. I want to live.
“Hold still Cass” Jade's leaning towards me “Ah, shit...” she snaps
Damn it woman. Don’t you dare fucking swear; you only ever swear when you’re stressed. You never –
“I need this goddamned ...drain...”
FUCK, NO. My scream bubbles out of my dwindling lungs, hissing between tightly clenched teeth as I arch my back against whoever’s holding me, my arms flailing wildly.
“Hold her!”
Oh, fuck, don’t – I don’t wanna die. Make it stop. Oh, fuck. Oh...
“Jesus – Is she...?” a voice in my ear behind me – Jay? “Is that...?”
“No, no, that’s good – We need that. The hemothorax is clearing. She’ll keep bleeding out, but it’s bought us a little more time to get her into surgery”
“What?” my voice is barely more than a croak
“Shush” Jade hushes me as she leans in towards me, her bloody fingers, warm and sticky against my neck, taking my pulse. She wrinkles her nose “You’ll be going into shock soon. We need to get you moved”
Amid the strangely bestial, grunting noises, emanating from behind one of the nearby tables, a metal box slides gracefully across the floor, towards us.
“Kill Phil?” Jade turns to frown down at the container “What’s that?”
“Eee?”

<tag>The Kill Phil Kit (and, in all probability, Cass’s shirt being torn open) has attracted the attention of the Dwarf’s greatest goat lover – can the diminutive pervert be dealt with, or distracted by anything else?</tag>