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[afanoflaundry]

From behind her hiding spot among the chairs, Penny stared in shock at what was happening. Captain Hammer was actually going to shoot Billy. Despite everything that had happened during the speech, she had still thought he was generally a good person, just sort of a jerk. But no, instead of holding Billy for arrest, Captain Hammer was standing over

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[likesthestooges]

It took a split second for Aidan to realize just what he was seeing on the beach. It looked liked someone badly injured, which was so odd for the island that it took him a moment to process that's what it really was.

"Hang on," Aidan said, rushing over to where she was and kneeling on the sand to look over her injuries. "You're going to be okay. Can you tell me what happened?"

[afanoflaundry]

Penny slowly looked over at him, wincing slightly as she turned her head. It took her a moment to process what he'd asked her, her eyes dull as she stared at him. "I don't know," she said finally, her voice soft and sounding a little confused. "I think...I think there was a shot? An explosion..." She trailed off, furrowing her eyebrows as she tried to piece it together.

[likesthestooges]

"Alright, we need to put pressure on this to keep you from losing too much blood," he told her, already pulling off his shirt to press over the wound.

The wound had definitely pierced her lunch and it was likely filling up with blood. If he didn't get her to the clinic fast so that it could be drained, she was definitely going to die.

"There's a clinic not far from here, I'm going to carry you there but I need your help. I need you to press this to your wound and try and keep the shrapnel from moving. Can you do that for me?"

[afanoflaundry]

"Um..." She furrowed her brow again, glancing down at the jacket he'd placed on her, and nodded slightly. She managed to wrap her arms around herself with some effort, and held it against herself the best she could. Once she had it, she looked back up at him silently, waiting for his approval.