[IC] This Means War

[liah]

"That's quite a bruise." She looked up at me, pulling my shirt down and giving me a pat on the leg. "Nothing seems to be broken though. I'll give you an ice pack. You can refreeze it whenever you need to. I'll get it once I'm done with your friend." She smiled at me and moved back to Sam. "Now let's take another look at what's going on with you." Glenda said.

[natcat]

Looking back at Glenda, who stood in front of me, I smiled softly as she considered me for a moment. "You know this might be easier if you take your shirt off." She said giving me a wink and I swallowed hesitantly before unzipping my jacket and peeling it off slowly, revealing my bare arms that we're black and blue with bruises. Dumping the jacket down beside me, I reached for the bottom of my shirt lifting it up as high as I could go before I winced in pain. I heard Glenda sigh and felt her grab a hold of the shirt and pull it the rest of the way off.

[liah]

I glanced over at Sam's bruised and cut skin and frowned. "I'll just...wait over there. I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable or anything" I hesitantly slid off of the bed to give them some privacy. I wasn't sure if he minded me seeing him bruised up like that.

[natcat]

Glenda smiled softly at me as she placed my t-shirt down on top of my jacket.
"Alright. Are you ready?" She asked me raising her hands in preparation. I glanced over at Daisy who had walked away slightly to give me privacy, kind but not necessary.
"Yeah. Just do it." I said before closing my eyes and gripping the edge of the bed as I waited for Glenda to begin.
At first her touches were light, her cold hands skimming over my torso, but then I felt the pressure causing me to gasp in pain. My eyes opened wide as she pressed down on my bruises, trying to get a feel for anything more. I gripped the bed tightly, wincing and trying to breathe through the pain, and soon enough Glenda let her hands dropped and reached for a clipboard and pen on the tray next to her.
"You're lucky you know, from what I can tell nothings broken. You do have very severe bruising on your ribs and stomach, so I'd like to get that x-rayed, just in case." She said to me, writing all of it down as she spoke.

[liah]

Even though I'd walked away, I still listened in on what Glenda was telling Sam. From what I heard, he'd escaped having broken bones. That was good. Just serious bruising. From the way he looked Sam was very lucky. With a quiet sigh of relief, I continued to wait until they were done. All I needed was my ice pack and I could go. But I'd probably stick around to help Sam out if he needed it.

[natcat]

"First things first, we'll get those cuts stitched up." Glenda said after a couple of minutes as she dropped the clipboard and reached for the necessary tools to help her. I looked down at my chest where various cuts were wide open, covered with dried blood, despite what Luke had done to clean them up.
"I'll also give you some cream that you can put on your bruises twice a day." Glenda spoke as she moved in, pulling gloves over her hands. "Morning and night. And I want you back here after dinner, and again in the morning. We'll do your x-ray once I've done this." Lifting the needle up, I took a deep breath and she began, moving with practiced skill as she sewed up my cuts. Not much later I had five sets of stitches on my torso and two on my face, one on my jaw and the other above my eyebrow.
As Glenda peeled her gloves off she turned around and set her eyes on Daisy. "Follow me." She said to her and walked through a door into the hallway, obviously on a mission.

[liah]

I jumped when Glenda spoke to me. I was in my own little world full of thoughts when she grabbed my attention. I nodded and followed her through the door and down the hall.
"So where we goin'?" I asked, tilting my head to look at her.
"We have to go and get your icepack." She replied with a smile. "It's in the freezer with anything else I might want to send you back to the dorms with."
"I might need more stuff?" I asked. Glenda just shrugged, continuing on down the hall.

[natcat]

I sat on the bed, unsure of whether I was allowed to put my shirt back on, considering I was about to have an x-ray done. After a couple of minutes of debating, I picked it up from beside me and slowly pulled it on, my muscles aching in protest. I didn't know how long they were going to be but I assumed they were getting Daisy's ice pack and possibly the cream for my bruises. With my hands in my lap, I looked around the room, this was probably one of the nicer buildings in the camp. Everything so far was old and grey. This one was more updated and had more white in it than anything else.

[liah]

After walking for another minute, we entered a light blue and white room with glass cabinets full of almost anything the medics would need. Some were filled with syringes, medicines, creams, and anything else you could think of. In the far right corner of the room were three big metal refrigerators. Glenda walked over to the one of the middle, opening it to reveal frozen bags of blood.
"Oops, wrong one." Glenda laughed to herself and moves to the refrigerator to the left. Opening it, she picked up a big blue plastic ice pack and shut the refrigerator door. "See this?" She began. "It's a gel icepack. You can heat it up or freeze as many times as you want. But be careful. I don't want you getting frost bite. So when you apply it to your bruises, wrap it in a washcloth. In about a week you should be feeling fine." Glenda finished as she walked over to me, placing the pack in my hand.
"Thank you, ma'am." I nodded at her and she smiled. "I appreciate it."
"You're welcome, honey. Now let's go get your friend his x-ray so you can go about your day." She led the way out and back down the hall where we were going to meet back up with Sam.

[natcat]

Soon enough I heard footsteps approaching, and Daisy and Glenda appeared in the doorway. In Daisy's hands I saw what looked like a bag of gel. "Ice pack?" I asked nodding towards it.
"Spot on." Glenda jumped in with a click of the tongue and made her way up to me. "Right, let's get you off this bed and you can followed me to get this x-ray done." She said with a smile putting her hand on my arm and gently helped me slide off of the bed. "Just through here." She guided me to a smaller door on the opposite side of the room that was ajar so I could see that it was almost completely black in there. "You stay out here honey. We won't be a tick." She called over her shoulder to Daisy. "Make yourself comfortable."

[liah]

"Gotcha'." I smiled at Glenda and took a seat in a dark blue chair. My hands were getting cold holding onto the ice pack. I sat back in my seat, getting comfortable like Glenda said and placed the icepack on my ribs. I hated to admit it but the icepack felt like a big relief. I hoped it would heal me up soon. In the mean time, I was to wait on Sam so we could go.

[natcat]

Once we were in the dark room, Glenda pointed to the table in the center of it, the only thing lit up. "Go ahead and lie down, and stay very still. I'm going to go behind this screen here and it'll be over before you know it." She said giving me a smile. I nodded and moved over to the table, lying down with a wince. "Okay, I'm ready." I told her keeping my body still and suddenly I heard a whirring noise and the machine above me began it's job.
No sooner than it started, it was done. "Alrighty! Hop down and get outta here." Glenda said with a smile coming out from behind the screen. "Oh, here's the cream for your bruises." She handed me a white tube and then opened up the door. "Remember I want to see you after dinner." She smiled and waved me out where I found Daisy sitting in a chair.
"All done." I said and grabbed my jacket from the bed where I'd left it before.

[liah]

"Oh ok, good!" I said with a smile before hopping out of my seat. "I can't wait to get back to the room and shower and stuff. I'm tired." Even though it was still fairly early in the morning, I just wanted to lie down and relax. Yesterday had been a rough day and I was still getting over it. I ran a hand through my hair and slowly began to walk, waiting on Sam to follow me. "What did Glenda say?" I asked. "Is she sure you don't have any broken bones?"

[natcat]

"She didn't really say anything. She wants to see me again after dinner, so I guess I'll find out then." I said as I followed her out the door and back down the hallway. "I might have to ask her about getting pain killers thought, I'm not sure cream temporarily relieves the pain." Once we were outside, I looked over at her. "Are you okay? It's just that one bruise right? You're all good apart from that?"

[liah]

I smiled softly up at him. "Yeah, just that one bruise. I'm alright." I opened the door for Sam and I, stepping outside and continuing on. "It sure is big though. It doesn't really hurt unless I touch it or put pressure on it." I added. "Are you going to be alright? You can use this ice thing if you want." I glanced at him then down at the ground, kicking a small pebble as we walked.

[natcat]

I shook my head gently. "No, that's yours to use. I've got my cream, but thanks." I sent her a smile. Looking around the camp as we walked by, I didn't even know where we were going. We hadn't been here for long enough for me to know my way around.
"Do you happen to know where our cabin is?" I asked her, wondering if maybe she knew.

[liah]

"To be honest, I'm just wingin' it. I think it's that way." I pointed to a few buildings. "Most of the buildings look the same here. But I think it's that way." I said with a not-so-sure tone. "We should probably ask, huh? Wouldn't want to get lost around here. Especially since we're both kind of tired."

[natcat]

I smiled and tried to not laugh, knowing it would cause me pain. "Probably." Searching around us, it seemed pretty inconvenient that there was hardly anybody around us. "But who do we ask?" The only people I could see were walking away from us, too far to catch their attention and I wasn't going to be able to run after them anytime soon. "Maybe we just follow them?" I suggested.

[liah]

"We could! Buuuut." I looked over at him. "What if they're going to get food or work out or something? Then we'll be completely out of luck." I stopped for a moment. "Ooo! I know what to do." I cleared my throat and cupped my hands around my mouth as if they were a megaphone.
"Hey!" I shouted as loud as I could. My voice echoed off of the buildings. The people in front of us hesitated before they stopped. "Where are the dorms!?" I yelled again, this time louder so they could actually make out what I was saying.
"What!?" One of them yelled back. I could see him look to one of his friends, probably asking what I'd just said.
"Where. Are. The. Dorms!?" I yelled even louder than before. I could see a long, skinny arm pointing to our left.
"That way!" They shouted back. Before I could say thank you, they waved a hand to us and walked off.

[natcat]

I chuckled and winced, not being able to hold it back. "Good one." I said with a grin as I raised my hand to my ribs. "I guess we go left."
Looking down a path I didn't recognize, to more buildings I didn't recognize, I decided to just go with it. At least we had some sense of direction now.