She stared at the unconscious Daniel in shock before proceeding to shake him, “Daniel, Daniel ” she called as she rolled him over her so she could get up. She winced in pain as she held on to her stomach, the stitches from the surgery were bound to have come off after the day’s activities. She looked at her clothes, they were bloodstained and when she put her hand beneath his head, she saw blood and gasped, he’d been injured on the beads. She gasped before shaking him.
“Wake up Daniel, wake up” she told him as she tried giving him chest compressions but they weren’t helping.
“If he doesn’t wake up, it means I’ve failed” she said to herself before putting her hand on her forehead.. she couldn’t fail, there was no way she could fail.
She’d failed once as an assassin, she couldn’t fail now as a guard. She managed to get him on her back despite how weak she was as she used the shaky walls for support while many parts of the building came crashing down as she walked out of the building.
On walking out of the building with Daniel on her back, she heaved a sigh of relief before falling to the ground. This building was far from the main city and hence, there were no passers by. She stared at Daniel who was beside her, if she didn’t have the will to survive for herself, she had to save him especially when he’d saved her. She inhaled deeply and luckily, there was a wheelbarrow and she let out a happy sigh before rushing to it. She pushed it to where Daniel lay on the floor.
“Don’t worry Danny, it will be fine” she said as she held on to her stomach weakly.
It was tough but she managed to place him on the barrow and she inhaled deeply before pushing the barrow to the city.
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Kathryn fell to the floor at an abandoned spot, she’d been pushing the barrow for who knew how long but she didn’t seem to be approaching where people resided. She inhaled deeply as she held on to her stomach, she was sure that even if she managed to save Daniel, she wouldn’t make it but she didn’t care, at least she would live up to her duties as a body guard. In tears, she continued to push the wheel barrow and that was when Daniel slowly opened his eyes to see her beautiful face.
It didn’t matter that she’d fought and her face and hair looked so messy, for some reason, he still found himself attracted to her and he called out her name.
“Daniel?” She was shocked as she put the barrow to an abrupt stop. “You’re awake?” She asked as she gasped for air, still panting while she held on to her stomach and she sat on the ground.
He put his hand on his arm that had been shot and then raised his arm that had been shot to touch his head. “Have you really been pushing me this whole time?” He asked her
“Yes” she said softly and he smiled to himself. Did she really care for him so much that despite being injured, she still took care of him? Weakly, he got out of the barrow and she got up.
“What are you doing?” She asked him
“It’s time for you to get in the wheel barrow. I don’t know how long I’ve been unconscious for and who might have seen me but I can’t have people see a don such as me been pushed in a barrow… it would lower my status for sure ” he told her and she smiled
“Before you’re a don… you’re a human and as a result, you need to take care of yourself before taking care of your reputation ” she told him but he refused and after much argument as to who was supposed to be in the barrow, they decided to help each other get back to the town. Daniel was way more injured than she was so she knew she had to help him and by doing so, she wrapped her arm around his waist. He was very tall and he put his hand on her neck while they limped.
“We’re supposed to go that way, what are you doing ?” Daniel asked her
“If you’re in the city looking like this, news would definitely spread that you have been injured and your enemies would see it as the perfect time to attack you, I wouldn’t want that so come with me, do you trust me?” She asked as she stared into his eyes and when she looked into his eyes, he couldn’t think straight and he nodded.
” I trust you” he said
“Never trust anyone though but just come with me” she told him and went in a different direction.
It took a lot of time till they got to a building, it seemed to be the only building in the area and it looked abandoned and I kept. There were some other buildings around but it seemed no one ever came out of their houses and when she was about to walk into the building, he stopped her.
“Where do you think you’re going?” He asked her weakly.
“Into the house, where else?” She asked as she held on to her stomach
“I can’t come in with you. Just look at this place, my condition is bound to get worse if I remain here” he told her weakly
“Even if you should not trust, didn’t you tell me you trusted me about an hour ago? Come with me” she said and led him to the door. He looked around, as a mafia, he made sure he wasn’t used to comfort but then looking at the condition of the building, he was sure he wouldn’t die of the bullet or the head injury, he would die of disgust!
She took a hairpin from her hair and he was surprised as to how she always had a hairpin with her. She shoved the hair pin in and just when he expected the door to open, the carpet moved and she typed in a code and immediately she typed in the code, the door opened and she went back to him to help him into the house.
Immediately they walked in, the door closed behind them and he stared in awe of the house. The house was a typical example of never judge a book by its cover. It’s ceiling, walls, marbled ties and everything in the house was like a mansion and he couldn’t help but stare in awe at it. He was still admiring the house when he started feeling dizzy again. He held on to his head and before he knew it, he passed out.
“Daniel!” She called as she rushed to him while holding on to her stomach…. It was obvious that he was just holding himself up the whole time just so he wouldn’t stress her.. the injury was bound to be severe and the bullet, it hadn’t been taken out of him yet.. she had to save him or else he could die!