Andrea looked down at the bleeding form of their CO. Still giving orders, still cracking his perverted jokes. He was definitely a strong man. Many lesser men would have been panicking, bleeding, whimpering for the pain to go away. This was truly impressive. She helped remove the armor slowly, tentatively, not wanting to cause any unneeded pain. His muscles could now be clearly seen, showing once again his strength and his time spent with the Gears. The wound was gruesome, a jagged cut down his side, maybe caused by a piece of scrap metal or a rock. There sure was a lot of blood.<br/><br/>“<span style="color: DarkRed">Ok, that hurt, shoulder is definitely dislocated.</span>”<br/><br/>Her ears perked up at this. She'd had dislocated shoulders before. She also knew how to fix them although the pain was usually intense. Her mind drifted towards a compartment in her armor. He'd be in a lot of pain if she fixed it for him. Or she could not fix it. Then she wouldn't have to give a pill. An internal conflict broke out in her head. Fix him, give up a pill, or don't and keep it. Eventually rationality won over her own desire. She'd just have to wait until nobody was looking.<br/><br/>THen the Stranded decided to show up. Giving her the opportunity. The pilot was the first to go, brandishing her rifle, foolhardy. Had that Stranded had been an actual threat, she'd be dead right now. The call for the medic to attend to an injured child followed. Now the medic was attending to Stranded. Andrea was paranoid with the Stranded. THis could be a trap. Some armed Stranded could be waiting for more of them, weapons at the ready. James followed, his arm,  wounded, against his chest and a pistol in hand. Frosty as Andrea decided to call him took up the rear to go up and watch for incoming Grubs. This left her alone with the CO.<br/><br/>Andrea looked back at their fallen commander and bit her lip nervously. She flipped a small lock on her chest plate and a container folded out, revealing a small but full sack. Her hands shook as she took a small blue pill from the sack before quckly tying it up and frantically putting the bag back into the compartment and locking it once more. She placed the pill in her CO's hand. "<span style="color: RoyalBlue">This is a painkiller. I'm goin' ta fix ya shoulder and it's definitely gonna hurt so you may wanna take it before I change ma mind.</span>", she whispered, turning off the radio as she did. "<span style="color: RoyalBlue">It'll numb the pain but not yer senses but yer gonna be hit by some intense euphoria for around five ta seven minutes.I'm gonna go get ya weapons now. When I get back I'll fix ya shoulder.</span>"<br/><br/>Andrea stood up and took her hand off the wound. When she saw that the bleeding had stopped and the blood had clotted, she sighed and started looking for her CO's weapons. Among the rubble she saw the dull shine of a Lancer Rifle. She hooked her own onto her back before grabbing the abandoned rifle and dusted it off. It was dinged up a little but should still work. The shotgun was a bit of a problem though. She looked around for a couple of minutes before finding it under a blanket of stones. She grabbed this and then jogged with weapons in hand towards her CO. She set them down at his side. "<span style="color: RoyalBlue">I really hope you took my pill.</span>", she said softly as she knelt at his side and grabbed the dislocated arm.<br/><br/>She bent the arm at the elbow into a 90-degree L shape. Then she started to slowly move the arm back and forth, first forward until his forearm laid upon his abs before pull it back until the arm was pointed away from. With her other hand, she felt his shoulder. She repeated the push and pull motion, each time feeling the shoulder joint slide closer into place. Eventually the shoulder joint was fixed. She probed at it with her fingers, feeling for any sort of abnormality but couldn't find any. She'd have to get the medic here to inspect it before they left. "<span style="color: RoyalBlue">Feelin' any better?</span>"<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>