Lavender & Ice

30. A Not So Happy Reunion

His words were cut off as Kietnan opened the door slightly. "Shima?" He asked as he stepped in and then abruptly halted in his tracks. Horror made his entire body tremble as he saw Ashima underneath a man on the bed. Light glimmering off of metal caught his eye and he let out a loud growl as his muscles tensed and he bolted into action. He took two long strides across the room and lunged, knocking the man off of Ashima and onto the floor.

"Zein!" Dran yelled from behind them as he jumped in to help Kietnan subdue the angry captain.

Kietnan hit Zein across the jaw with so much force that blood spewed from his mouth, and he lost consciousness.

He immediately turned and ran to the bed. "Shima!" He looked in terror as blood covered her chest and feet, he reached up and released the gag from her mouth and the ties on her wrists. She was barely conscious.

"Shima. I'm here." He looked over her chest, pulling his jacket off to clean off the blood on her chest, assessing the damage.

"Ki?"

"Yes, Shima. It's me. I'm here." he reached up and rubbed the hair away from her face, kissing her forehead.

"Ki." She sighed

"Shima, what did he do to you?" Kietnan spoke softly as he moved to untie her feet. He could tell she was drifting in and out.

"Don't leave me." She whispered and he rushed back to her side.

"I won't, Shima. Come on, stay with me." He pleaded with her as he lifted her up in his arms, walking toward the door.

"Hold me while I die, Ki. I don't want to be alone. I want you to be with me one last time." Kietnan's heart squeezed at her words, his breath catching as he realized she'd fully lost consciousness after softly speaking those words.

"No..." he shook his head and sprinted out the door, almost running into Dran, who had a couple medical attendants in tow.

"No time." Kietnan called out, sprinting past them toward the medical exam room, laying Ashima on the table in the center of the room. The others followed him in, one attendant checking Ashima's vital signs while the other cut off and removed her top, leaving her top half only in her bra.

"Dran, get a scanner here. Now." Dran sprinted out of the room at the male attendant's order. "Shara, stop the bleeding and clean her up, we need to see what we're dealing with on the outside." 

"On it, Polk."

"The outside?" Kietnan asked as the male attendant felt Ashima's bruised and swollen abdomen. "You think there's something wrong with the inside." Kietnan said gravely.

The attendant simply nodded as he continued his examination. The door burst open again and Dran came in, followed by another female attendant. She rushed to the side of the room and began opening and turning on equipment, bringing it on a cart next to Ashima.

"Scan her abdomen, Leina, especially right here." Polk instructed.

"Polk. These cuts are nasty but they're not critical. Now that the bleeding has stopped they shouldn't be a worry. She'll have nasty scars on her feet though." Shara reported.

"Bandage them so they won't bleed on us again." He said as he watched the screen that was showing the insides of Ashima's abdomen.

"Her organs are a bit different. Huh..." she said in fascination. "She has two lungs." She made her way down to the spot Polk had mentioned.

"There." Polk pointed out. "Go back."

"Got it." Leina zeroed in on it. "It's ruptured. A small organ. You think she needs it to survive?"