by Harri-chan » Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:24 am
Charlie dragged himself up one set of steps, and then twisted his neck to look up, groaning as he saw many, many more above him. He lay there for a moment, taking deep breaths, feeling his body shake, from the wound. A great sense of relief washed over him when the numbness receeded, but he wouldn't let himself think he'd survived yet. He'd still been shot, and still had one of their bullets in his leg.
Blue eyes looked down at the door the girls were going to be coming through, and then let out a great big sigh when he heard the return communication through his radio. It would be twenty minutes though... and he didn't think the girls were going to be kept out for anywhere near that length of time... and he really had to get the bullet out of his leg too. Shaking his head, he pulled himself to his feet, and groaned through clenched teeth at the pain in the back of his thigh. He'd never been shot before, but he had a horrible feeling it had hit something important, as even when the feeling came back, he couldn't really walk on the leg, so all he'd gained was a lot of extra pain... but he'd preserved his maleness, and that was everything to Charlie.
Up the next set of steps he went, both hands holding the railing along the side to drag himself up them on one leg, but he soon collapsed once more at the top. His hand was shaking as he reached for the button on his combat pants, popping it open to tug them down as he lay on his side, revealing black boxer shorts and then his thighs, wincing as he twisted a little to look for the bullet wound in the back of his thigh. His fingers brushed around the wound before he reached for a small knife on his belt. His bottom lip was pinched between his front teeth as he looked down, and gently probed with the knife tip to see if he could figure out how deep the bullet had gone, knowing that each passing second brought the girls closer....