Starship Desolation by Tripp Ellis

Author:Tripp Ellis [Ellis, Tripp]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, War & Military, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Colonization, Exploration, Galactic Empire, Genetic Engineering, Military, Space Marine, Thriller, Metaphysical & Visionary, Space Fleet, Space Exploration
Amazon: B01IL02NK0
Published: 2016-07-15T07:00:00+00:00

26

Walker

Malik heaved the heavy bug, and Walker rolled out from under its carcass. His legs were practically numb from being impinged. He staggered toward Saaja.

“I need a small tube,” Walker said.

Malik looked at him like he was crazy.

“Blood is filling her chest cavity and collapsing her lungs. Don’t they teach you guys how to give first aid in the field?”

Malik grimaced. It took more soldiers to care for the wounded than the dead. The Verge felt it was a waste of resources on the battlefield. They didn’t train their troops extensively in first-aid. The Verge society was more of a collective. The individual didn’t matter.

Walker knelt beside Saaja. “Help me take off her armor.”

They unlatched her chest plate and removed it.

“Get me a tube and a first aid kit,” Walker commanded.

Malik dashed to the ship and returned a moment later with a small piece of tubing. “This is all I have. It’s a spare hydraulic line.”

Walker took it from him. It wasn’t the cleanest thing in the world, but it would have to do.

“Keep pressure on that wound.”

Malik did as Walker commanded.

Walker took his tactical sword and cut through Saaja’s shirt. Then he took the tip of the blade and lacerated her torso between one of her ribs. Red blood oozed out from her milky white skin.

“What are you doing?” Malik asked, alarmed.

“Thoracostomy.”

The term meant nothing to Malik.

Walker cut through her fascia and muscle and penetrated her thoracic cavity. Then he fed the hydraulic tube into her chest and blood began to drain through it.

“Do you know CPR?”

Malik shook his head.

Walker took over and placed his palms over Saaja’s chest. He continuously pumped her chest, resuscitating her. After a moment she coughed up blood. It spewed out of her mouth onto the sand. She gasped for air.

“In the kit there should be an expandable polymer wound healing gel. Find it.”

Malik rummaged through the first-aid kit. He tossed the gel packet to Walker. He applied it to Saaja’s wound. The gel expanded to fill the cavity. It was much like the GS gel that the UPDF had. An expandable biopolymer foam, with regenerative compounds. It was great for plugging puncture wounds. Though, the Saarkturian version seemed more advanced.

Walker rolled Saaja over and removed her backplate. Then he applied the wound sealing gel to the puncture wound on her back. The gel contained an antibiotic, but Walker rummaged through the first aid kit to find an antibiotic injection that would work systemically.

Saaja was breathing, but she still couldn’t move. It would be some time before the venom wore off.

“Just hang in there, you’re going to be okay,” Malik said in a comforting voice. He gently touched her face. Saaja nodded.

“Let’s get her back to the ship,” Walker said.

The two men carried her back to the Phantom. Walker found a painkiller in the first aid kit and gave it to Saaja. From his previous experience with Saarkturian regenerative compounds, he knew they worked quickly. But this was an extensive injury, and he wasn’t sure how long Saaja’s recovery period would be.

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