A-701
Their chances.... didn't look so great. Looking at Lily, he kind of felt his own stomach turn, or whatever was left. But considering their odds, what could he do? Dammit, dammit! Before he could do anything, a gunshot rang with the strength of thunder. And for that moment, everyone looked away. His body screamed, he felt like all of his bile would explode in his torso. Didn`t care, didn`t matter. As fast as he could, with utter desperation, he ran to Lily with the determination of a marathon runner on his last stretch to the finish line.
He got shot at, more than once, bullets ran all over when the rest realized what was going on, but he bit the figurative bullet and kept going no matter what. No more dancing around, no more dodging, just a desperate kid running to save his friend. He jumped with all he had and covered Lily`s body to shield her, taking the machine gun bullets on his back with a grimace.
No, not just that. He had to do the thing, again. He started to prepare strings, while the other men readied the rocket launchers to blow him apart. Didn`t matter, he had to pull it off, his live be damned. He couldn`t let someone else die because of his fuckup again.
"Don`t bite, don`t move, don`t complain." He smiled, bloody all over and with tired eyes an inch close to death. God, they were both messes, if only he could laugh.
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His eyes were drawn to the gunshot, and he moved his head to face the newcomer. He noticed that boy rushing to save that child, but he cared little at this point. What a waste. Instead, he focused his attention to that man and glared at him with such pressure it was enough to pierce one`s soul.
"Are you strong?"