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This Means War

Em darted over to Daisy's side as she screamed out in pain.
"It's okay, Daisy." She started reassuring her, but it didn't seem like Daisy could hear her. "She's got a fever, the wound must have gotten infected, I need to have a look at her wound." She looked at me pointedly and I moved over to sit beside Daisy, taking her hand in mine as I tried not to freak out.
"Daisy, you're okay." I squeezed her hand, letting her know I was there. "Just focus on my voice. We'll get out of here, all of us. Okay? Together."
"Joe, give me the med bag." Em said in the process of unwrapping her dressing, never looking up from her work.
Joe immediately bought over what Em had asked for and hovered unsure whether he should stay and do anything or not.
"Get out some pain killers for Daisy, she hasn't had anything this morning. It'll help a little, settle her fever." Joe nodded. "Spencer get her some water, she needs to flush out that fever and stay hydrated. Cool?"
"Cool." Spence said and I watched as they went about the tasks Em had given them, managing to stay calm and collected at the same time, concentrating on Daisy's leg.
"Okay. It's not as bad I thought. A bit red, but not infected. I'll restitch it just in case. Nina? Give me a hand."

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"You should be. If you wake up, I can always give you more." Em said as she started rummaging around for her bag of first aid equipment.
"Are you sure?" I asked Daisy, still feeling uneasy about the situation.
"She said do it, I'm sure she's sure." Joe said as he started packing his bags. "But first we should figure out where we go from here. I don't even know which way we came from."
Spencer looked around the small area we were sitting in, as if looking for something that would tell him which way to go. "We came from that direction, Sam." He gestured with his apple core, towards the shortest tree that apparently we had run by as we came to Daisy's aid.
"Well that helps a ton, doesn't it, Spence." Nina finally chipped in, rubbing her tired eyes.
"Look, this is ridiculous, does anyone have a compass?" Joe said as Spencer rolled his eyes.
"What about the sun?" Nina suggested and we all looked up at the cloudy grey sky. "Hmm, okay. Not really."

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"Hold on, hold on." I started feeling slightly alarmed. "Knock her out? Couldn't that hurt her?"
"Well, no. Not really. She'll just be sleeping basically." Em explained.
"It sounds okay to me. Nice one Spence." Jo pitched in slapping his brother on the shoulder, knocking the poor kid right into his apple as he went in for another bite.
"But, hold on... Daisy? What if something goes wrong? What if they give you too much and you don't wake up?" I looked at Daisy, ignoring Em as she narrowed her eyes at me.
"Stop scaring her! Nothing like that will happen!" She looked at Daisy. "The worst thing that could happen is you sleep right through an ambush, even if you can't walk you can still shoot a gun, that's more helpful than anything. But it's the pain I'm worried about, moving you, without the drugs.. it will hurt - like a bitch."

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I sighed and looked at Joe. he wasn't being terribly helpful. "I know this is tricky guys, but we aren't about to leave anybody behind. The best we can do at the moment, is to support her between two of us at a time. We are lucky there are four of us, we can swap when we get tired." I suggested, glancing at Spencer as he concentrated on inhaling an apple.
"Well," Em piped up, leaning her elbows on her knees and looking at me hard. "How about we ask Daisy what she thinks?" She looked to Daisy, "Sorry, Daisy. I hate that we are talking about you like you aren't even here, what do you reckon?"

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I looked over just as Em's arm darted out from her spot, whacking Joe for what he'd just said.
"Ow!" Joe cried grabbing his arm gingerly looking offended at Emma's action.
"You're an idiot." Was all she said as she sat up and stretched her arms out, cracking her neck as she tilted it from side to side. "God, please can we find a softer camping ground next time... I'm pretty sure I had roots sticking into every inch of my back last night."
Spencer just rolled over, turning his back on them, clearly eager to ignore his siblings and sleep in as much as he could.
"We need to figure out our next move guys. Eat some food and we'll discuss our options." I stood up and chucked them one of the bags nearest to me.

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I frowned at her. "Now what makes you think we would do something like that?" I asked, shaking my head. "No, we're not leaving you behind. You wouldn't do that to any of us, why would we do it to you? We're a team now. We stick together, we survive. We're not doing it any other way."
I sighed and looked up at the sky. "The others will be up soon, we'll figure out our next step once everyone has had something to eat."

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I nodded. "Take your time. No one is expecting you to be better straight away. You'll get there soon enough." I told her, secretly hoping she would feel great and ready to go in no time. I knew, of course, that that wouldn't happen. She had been shot, it wasn't a headache a bit of fresh air might fix, she had a literal hole in her leg.
"At least, we're covered here, the dense tree makes us pretty unseeable." Looking out at the lush green bush and tree that surrounded us, I hoped quietly that it wasn't covering somebody else from our view.

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I sat myself down next to her, resting my elbows on my knees.
"I'm on watch, and I couldn't sleep anyway. Every sound out there makes me nervous." I admitted my eyes on the tree line as I spoke. With a soft sigh, I sent Daisy a small smile before holding out the bread bun I'd grabbed for her. "Here, take this. I figured you might be hungry."

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"It's eight a.m. You slept for thirteen hours. Why don't you just sit there for a bit, I'll grab some water for you." I told her before turning away, heading off to find a backpack that held some of the food and water in it.
Opening up the one closest to Joe, I pulled out a bottle and a small bread bun, not knowing if she was hungry yet or not. She would need something to get her energy levels up anyway.
"Here." I said as I arrived back, handing her the drink bottle first.

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Daisy had been asleep for almost thirteen hours. I was getting antsy as I paced around our makeshift camp, keeping an eye out. We had been in the same place for too long, in a place far too close to the camp for my liking. I didn't know much about this escaping base business, but I knew the best thing to do was to keep moving and get as far as possible from them in a hurry.
It had just turned eight o'clock and I glanced back at the others who were spread out over the ground asleep. No one slept well last night, we were all too tense, a part from Daisy of course, in some ways, she was lucky.
The morning light was refreshing after the dark night, every bush that brushed against another made us all freeze and one of us would have to reassure each other that it was just the wind. Now, in the light, I felt braver than before, a gun on my hip, actually able to see what was out there.
I walked around the camp, coming around to where Daisy was, shadowed under the dense trees where we had left her last night. We each made multiple checks on her, making sure she was okay throughout the night. We could see her from where we slept, but it made us feel better to go up and see if she was still breathing.
"You're awake?" I said, slightly shocked as I saw her struggle to pull herself up. "I thought you'd maybe sleep for a bit longer. It's still quite early, the others are asleep."
I moved over to her and reached out to hold her shoulder gently, steadying her. "How are you feeling, do you need a hand?"