Paving the Way

[Ryummel]

Johnson, move the corpses, if people see of what happened here... Well, I prefer not to think on that. You! Report to the defense vessels, tell them to track that Sabre before we lost its signal.

Sir, this one isn't carrying our security insignia...

Huh? Damn it, maybe our boys shot him before the other one killed them. Let me check. A security guard approached Steve's body, lying in the middle of the runway.
Stinson, you used to be paramedic, isn't it? What vein of the neck should I press to check the hearbeats?

Try the left part of the neck, but seems that knife penetrated all the stomach, maybe this boy is already dead because of the internal hemorrhages.

The security guard touched Steve's rigid neck for a few seconds. Hmm... No idea. What about pulling out the knife?

Well, in case he's alive, the blood will flow in torrents, so let me pick up the medkit, sir...

3 minutes later, the security guard and the former paramedic gathered around Steve's body.

Okay sir, pull out the knife and I'll apply this bandage, okay?

The security guard nodded and with both hands, pulled ut the knife of the stomach. As expected, the blood covered all the torso in 2 seconds. The paramedic applied pressure in the wound with the bandage, which cut the bleeding. Moreover, Steve groaned. Damn you all...

Fine! Let's take this lad to the clinic before he loses more blood. Now, who's going to pay this mess?

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