Drakin_The Story of Raiya by James Harrington

Author:James Harrington [Harrington, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The jeep arrived back at the center of town within a few minutes. The breaks screeched as it came to a stop. Jagger jumped out as soon as he put the truck in park, “Doc… Andy!”

Andy poked his head up from a pile of rubbed a few hundred feet from the center, “What is it?”

“We found someone over by the residences. She needs help, now!”

Andy jumped up and ran to the back of the jeep. Miranda looked at him without any sign of emotion. Andy’s eyes narrowed as he reached for her. She immediately backed up on the seat and shook her head.

Andy smiled warmly, “I just want to look at your wounds. I’m here to help you.”

She turned and looked at Raiya as though asking her if Andy was safe.

Raiya looked back at her and nodded, “It’s okay, he’s a friend. You can trust him.”

Miranda hesitantly moved forward to the edge of the seat and leaned out to him. Andy gently reached out and began to work on her bandages, “Thank you… you’re a very brave little girl.”

As the bandages fell away, Andy went pale. He did the best he could to hide his concern from the little girl, but he doubted that his friends didn’t see it. This was bad, very bad.

Andy reached into his case and grabbed a spray bottle, some gauze, and bandages. He quickly shook the spray bottle and showed it to Miranda, “This is disinfectant. It’s going to prevent your cuts from getting worse, okay? It may sting a little.”

Raiya quickly took her hand as Andy went to work, “It’s okay…”

Miranda flinched but didn’t cry as Andy sprayed her with the chemical. He was certain that it stung, but she barely seemed to respond. Once he was finished, he quickly dabbed her eye and forehead with the gauze and then rewrapped the wound in fresh bandages.

“Hey guys!” Eric said as he appeared from the nearby brush behind them.

Jagger turned to face him, “No luck?”

“Sorry…” Eric replied. “All corpses… no one could have survived this kind of onslaught.”

“One person did…” Raiya said in a glum voice.

Andy finished the bandage and looked over at the group, “Eric, can you come here and keep an eye on… –What’s your name, little girl?”

No response.

“Can you hear me?”

Miranda just stared blankly at him.

“Hmm… blink twice if you can understand me.”

Her eye immediately blinked twice as Andy had asked.

“Okay good, thank you for helping me. We’re going to get you fixed up, okay?”

Again, Miranda just stared at him.

Eric leaned on the side of the jeep, “Hey there, are you hungry?”

He reached back into the trunk and pulled out some of the dried meat that had been given to them by the nomads, “Here, try it. It’s really good.”

Miranda grabbed it and ripped it apart vigorously with her teeth. Eric frowned, “You must have been down there since the attack. You were starving, weren’t you?”

Andy stepped away as Eric continued talking. A look of concern was on his face as he turned to Raiya and Jagger.

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