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(Medic x Reader) Run away tonight: Chapter 13

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Published: Oct 22, 2016

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Unlike the previous mornings, this one was chaotic. You woke up to an alarm which was triggered because the hideout was facing a threat. The man next to you still had his eyes closed when you checked up on him, so you slapped his cheek gently just to make sure he was awake. “Was machst du, Schatz..” Sebastian murmured, his eyes opening in a rapid movement. His face indicated that he just realized something. “I think something’s happening up there. Let’s get into our gear, schnell!” You got out of his way as he rose himself out the bed and began to dress himself up. It quite fascinated you how fast he was even if he just woke up, but you decided to catch up with him by getting on your feet and starting to put your armor on.

Sebastian was done in under two minutes, and he grabbed his weapons, including a surprising choice of melee weapon, a bonesaw, then putting them into their holsters, clipping the bonesaw onto his waist. He grabbed yours and waited for you to fasten the belts of your kevlar vest. After you slipped your gloves on your hands, he handed a pistol and an SMG to you. “Do not hesitate to use them. You know I trust your skills, Liebling.” the German told you before you grabbed your weapons and put placed them in your holsters. You were about to answer him, but he soon wrapped his hands around your waist and pulled you closer, planting a kiss on your lips. This was surprising, because he acted so busy a few minutes ago, but it appeared that he always had time for you. “Definitely. Now let’s go find out what’s happening there. Could be hell breaking loose.”

When you two ran to the ‘living room’, Dell was sitting in front a monitor and having a conversation with somebody whose face could be seen on the screen. “We’ve got stinkin’ hunters out there, and a group of Combine units just arrived in their APC. Our gate is still holding up, but I’m afraid more of them are coming.. The uprising must’ve been the cause of all this.” his voice came out distressed and frightened as he explained the situation to the person. The same woman, Jenner, who had threatened Sebastian a few days ago came up to you. “Thank God you guys woke up. We’ve been spotted by some troopers with hunters and they’re about to get inside if we won’t stop them. We have to do something about it as fast as possible.” she told you. “Let’s get outside, then. I’ll take care of the hunters, you two handle the rest, ja?” Sebastian suggested. You and the woman agreed with his plan and went outside.
As the three of you entered the porch, you heard Combine chatter coming from just around the corner. They had already gotten through the gates, or had used the small hole to bypass the gates. A few more people came out the door after you. Sebastian signaled you two to go there and investigate before he ran behind the house with the others. “Trouble ahead. I go first.” Jenner told you while she approached the corner slowly, keeping her back against the wall at all times. Soon you saw a blue-eyed Overwatch soldier come around the corner, pointing their gun at you. Fortunately, Jenner noticed this and kicked the soldier off their feet. “More of them coming. You better run, or we’ll both end up dead!”

It felt terrible to leave Jenner there all alone among all those soldiers, but you did what she said. After you disappeared from the scene, you heard gunfire and screaming. You weren’t sure if the screaming came from her mouth, but it gave you the creeps. Your hands were shaking as you held the SMG. Only a few seconds passed until you heard heavy footsteps that were approaching your location. When you turned your head to the right, you saw a creature with two glowing eyes and three legs, towering over two meters high. It began to make strange sounds at you before it started to run towards you with great speed. So, this was one of the hunters that they were talking about?

Before the creature accomplished to hit you with its head, you dodged it by throwing yourself to the side. Your weapon was thrown out of your hands a few feet away from you. The rush of adrenaline helped you to quickly recover from the impact, and you picked up your SMG from the ground before you ran as fast as possible to the fence, going through a hole that the creature had just made. You noticed how fast it was approaching you again, so you stormed off and attempted to fire at it through the gate as you ran. But because you were running, your aiming was inaccurate and the bullets that reached the creature did not seem to do any damage at all; the creature appeared to absorb it all quite well. At least the bullets bought you a little more time to escape as you headed to the frontside of the building.

The sight of dead bodies made you cringe as you almost stumbled on them while you ran. At the gate, you saw Sebastian holding a huge assault rifle in his hands, aiming at a hunter that had just killed a man. He increased the accuracy by squatting down on the ground and shooting directly into the eyes of the creature, his hand staying unbelievably stable while he did this, thanks to his mechanical augmented arms. You couldn’t look at him for long, because soon you noticed that an Overwatch soldier was approaching him from behind the house, raising his weapon. Even if other Resistance members noticed the soldier, they couldn’t get their bullets to penetrate their armor.

That’s why you decided to stop him before he’d start shooting at Sebastian and catch him off-guard. You started to run again towards the soldier, rising your weapon to aim. Your finger pulled the trigger, and luckily, your bullet hit the side of their right rib. That alone didn’t stop them from running, but as you approached them, you accomplished to shoot at them with an enhanced rate of success. Because you were so focused on saving your beloved partner, you couldn’t notice the hunter that had attacked you earlier, who was now ready to use its flechettes on you in order to hurt you. Sebastian heard the grunting noises that the soldier emitted after he had finished off the hunter that fell into the ground. He stood up after he put his rifle onto his back, into the holster, and grabbed his bonesaw from his utility belt.

As he turned around, he saw a wounded Overwatch soldier running towards him with a shotgun. Sebastian was able to react quickly and dodge the bullets with success, even if one penetrated his left upper leg as he moved out of the way. The man decided to attack the intruder from the left side, digging his large-toothed saw into their neck at an 45-degree angle. Even if the soldier had good neck protection, it wasn’t able to save them from a mad doctor with a bonesaw in his hands. This immediately resulted in an enormous loss of blood, and the soldier fell into the ground soon after. Sebastian let the soldier ease themselves onto the ground before he took a look at you, seeing a hunter charging right behind you.

“There’s a hunter behind you!” he informed you just before the hunter shot its flechettes in the direction of you. You were lucky enough to react to Sebastian’s warning quick enough, and got out of the way, throwing yourself to the side, just like you did before. Since you were out of ammo, you reloaded your gun as fast as you were able to do, and began to shoot at the creature, emptying a whole magazine into it. Sebastian joined you as he grabbed his .357 from the holster, aiming directly into the hunter’s head while he walked slowly towards it. Together, you two accomplished to kill it in under ten seconds.

For a little while, it was peaceful. Sebastian signaled you to follow him as he ran to help an injured resistance member who was leaning against the gate on the other side. He had multiple bullet wounds on his legs and upper body. He kneeled down in front of the man, and took off his glove. He checked the man’s pulse with his fingers, hoping that he’d catch something. “Ach, Liebling, could you try it out for me? I’m not sure if I’m able to feel the pulse correctly with my receptors.” Sebastian asked you and gave you some space. You nodded at him and kneeled down next to him, taking off your glove. Your hand worked its way to the man’s neck, pressing fingers against the vein. Unfortunately, you felt nothing. “He’s gone..”

After your sentence reached Sebastian’s ears, his facial expression darkened. “Das kann nicht sein..” he muttered in his native language and stood up, looking around him. Everything he could see were dead bodies and blood. Not a sign of life. “He was alive just a few moments ago. Liebling.. I’ve destroyed so much, but healed no one.” he came into a realization, wiping his cheek with his left hand, holding his revolved with the right. You stood up and laid a hand on his shoulder, pressing your head against his upper back, attempting to comfort him from behind. “It’s okay. You can’t always save everyone. It was rough and fast-paced, even I had to run for my life without stopping. There was no time for healing.”

He stood still for a short while until he turned to face you, wrapping his hands around you gently. “Hase.. I wish I was as positive as you are, but we lost so many.” the German whispered and sighted, pressing his forehead against yours. Even if he was so close to you, you managed to look at him into his blue eyes, which were now full of regret. “Hopefully we’ll find Dell and some others inside. But this doesn’t end here. Now that they’re aware of this hideout, we are no longer safe. They could bomb this location at any moment.” he spoke softly to you, your hands being positioned onto his arms. “At least you kept me alive. Remember that.” you reminded him. This made him smile widely, in a sad way. “That’s because you’re my number one priority.”

The hideout was dead-silent as you walked down the stairs. However, when you were close enough, you were able to hear the silent hurring of a computer fan. The sight was relieving; Dell was there along with two other people, as well as Jenner, all totally silent and speechless until they saw you two. Dell stood up and walked immediately up to you. “How many dead? Please don’t tell me ya two are the sole survivors.” he begged in a desperate tone of voice. Sebastian wasn’t able to look him in the eye. “Dell, I’m sorry.” he managed to get out of his mouth, the case quite hard for him to talk about. The Texan’s hopeful facial expression fell as he realized what you meant. “Can’t be. That ain’t true.” he convinced himself, sitting back onto his computer chair.

You decided to join the conversation. “Dell.. The enemy was so tough. We had three hunters there and a handful of Overwatch soldiers swarming around. We tried our best, but it wasn’t enough to save everybody. I’m so sorry.” you explained him as well as you could, but Dell didn’t feel any better by this explanation. He covered his face with hands and sighted deeply. “I believe ya.” he whispered, “I truly appreciate your effort. But there’s more coming, since they have discovered our hideout now.” You turned to look at Sebastian, who was staring at the monitors thoughtfully. “Maybe they’re following us. It’s been only two days since we escaped City 17.” the German speculated. Dell lowered his hands that were on his face, taking a long look at the man in front of him. “No, that’s not it. There’s been a major uprising in the city. That’s why they’re patrolling around, in case they’ll be able to find members of the Resistance.”

Sebastian couldn’t believe his eyes. An uprising attempt, again? That was unbelievable. It had been only less than a month since the previous one. This caused him to feel some hope deep inside him. “Really? I had no idea..” he said, totally astonished. “I’m not playin’ games with you. It’s all real. That’s why you two should get out of here and deliver supplies to White Forest.” Dell answered, “If this is going to be successful, a lot of citizens will be needing shelter and food. This hideout is a lost case, and will probably get destroyed within a few days.” You thought about it. Were Dell and the two others going to stay there until they’d die? “But.. How about you guys?” you asked him. “We’ve gotta keep this place up and running until the very end. But if the uprising turns out to be successful, we’ll come to White Forest.”