Navat: Science Fiction Adventure Romance (Conquered World Book 17) by Elin Wyn

Author:Elin Wyn [Wyn, Elin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clockwalk Publishing
Published: 2020-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

Navat

This was bad. This was really bad.

That thorn was deep in Alessa’s side. If I removed it, she would bleed out in minutes. I couldn’t very well leave it in, either. We had to do something before she went into shock. I wasn’t about to lose another member of this team. Not her. Not after all she’d survived.

“What do we do?” Maki asked.

“Med packs,” I blurted. “Who has one.”

“I have part of one,” Axtin offered. “That Xathi-hybrid creature damaged the package.”

Axtin showed me a torn up med back strapped to his hip.

“Do you think the stuff that fell out is still in the tunnels?” I asked.

“It’s possible. I’ll check it out.”

“Take Tyehn with you,” I ordered.

Tyehn followed Axtin without argument.

“What do you want me to do?” Maki asked.

“Get her into a better position, if you can.”

I looked back at Alessa and saw that her eyes were closed.

“Oh, no.” I leaned in close to her, listening for breath. It was there, but it was far too faint. She didn’t have long.

“What do we need?” Maki asked, slowly shifting Alessa’s body so that she was flat on her back. Maki placed Alessa’s head in her lap. I could almost pretend Alessa was sleeping.

“Something to close the wound,” I said. “There’s a spray in the med packs that’s good for patching up wounds.”

“Is she going to need stitches?”

“I’d prefer not to use those,” I said. “They can split open. We’re going to need her to be mobile once we get her back on her feet.”

“She’s so pale,” Maki observed. “What if that thing had poisoned thorns?”

I hadn’t considered that. It was a very real possibility.

“Stay with her. I’ll check it out.”

I walked over to the spindly carcass of the hellish creature. I used my flashlight to examine the thorns on its legs. They didn’t smell toxic and they didn’t appear to be covered in any kind of substance.

“I don’t see anything that indicates poison,” I said. “Let’s hope that’s the case. The med packs usually only have a general antidote.”

“It probably won’t work if she has been poisoned,” Maki said. “I’ve never seen anything like that before. Not even in the wilderness guides.”

“Let’s hope it’s the only one.”

“I found some stuff,” Axtin trotted back into the room with Tyehn on his heels.

“Let me see,” I ordered.

Axtin held out his hands. Bandages, antibiotic pills, some kind of antifungal ointment and – ah-ha!

“Perfect,” I sighed with relief and grabbed the small canister of cell repair spray from his hands.

“We’re going to have to remove the thorn now,” I said. “Maki, I’ll need you to spray the wound.”

“Me?” She stammered. “Can’t you do it?”

“Sure, if you want to pull the thorn out of her.”

“Never mind. I’ll spray,” she said.

“I thought you might say that. Do we have anything for pain?” I asked.

“Don’t think so,” Tyehn shook his head. “That spray should have a numbing agent inside it.”

“Let’s hope it’s strong enough.”

I took a small utility knife from my belt and used it to cut around the fabric of Alessa’s shirt.

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