All in all, it had been a very successful hunt, much better than the fiasco with Evan. Final score was one dead acid-creating mutant, one mutant hunter with burnt clothing and skin, and one hysterical hypnotizing mutant with a concussion. Jack, despite now being burnt (again), was feeling quite happy with this outcome. When he got back to camp, he
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Still somewhat paying attention, she noticed Jack and noticed he was injured again.
"You're going to get someone to look at that aren't you?" she asked, fully intending to escort him to the Med Bay herself.
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Ideally, he would have preferred Dr. Milbury, but he could tolerate Hope. She had proven herself intelligent and well-spoken. Plus, anyone who had the patience to deal with his moody behavior was a saint. "Can't keep you without a patient for too long. You'll get bored."
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"I'd rather have no patients, actually," she said and opened the door for him to proceed her. "Care to tell me how you got that burn?"
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"I think it was some form of acid. My clothes took the worst of it, but this ain't no sunburn either." There was a slight wince as he took off the burnt clothes.
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"Jack! Are you alright?" she asked, looking over him, muting her concern a little. It wasn't proper. "Are you get hurt?"
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"Only a little. You should see the other guy." It might have sounded like a joke, except Jack's tone was too serious. As far as he was concerned, this had been a success, if for no other reason he was still alive.
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Worry flooded her. She didn't know or understand Jack's reputation like the others did. He'd been kind to her, at least in her opinion, and that was worth it's weight in gold.
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"Don't worry too much. I've been through a lot worse, and yet here I stand." With a blind eye, clothes with acid-burnt holes in them, and small burns covering his torso. But hey, it was better looking than he had been after many of his hunts, including the last one.
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"You need to see one of the doctors."
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"Want me to go with you?"
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"Nah, I'll be fine." He knew the boy wasn't a fan of the medical bay
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If the rumors she'd heard were true, she wasn't sure if she wanted to talk to him right now. Jessie turned on her heel and headed back to her dorm room. They would have to talk sometime, she knew.
But right now, there was just too much death.
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