Snippet #2696583

Red listened in silence, his training taking over. Every word was internalized, committed to memory, and not believed. Everything in the immediate area that could constitute a weapon was cataloged by his visor, sonar sensors probed for escape routes. By the time they were trying to explain away his "rescue", Red had a fully functional 3D map of the house, and nearby street. It was a necessity, just in case.

Unfortunately for him, Escape would have to wait, and he would have to trust the ginger lady a bit.

She was right, infection would set in soon, his HUD already indicating his internal temperature was elevated. He stood up carefully, visor locked on Sorata as he disengaged the pressure locks on his torso-plate. He jerked the front piece off with a groan of pain, it was no easy task. It ripped parts of his skin around the wound wide open.

He raised a hand in case anyone was thinking about stepping in. "I got this," he wheezed, clearly in bad shape. "You wouldn't happen to have something non-narcotic to block the pain, would you?"

His voice never faltered as he ripped the back plate off, skin and all. It clattered to the floor, and grabbed the meshweave shirt's brim, yanking it over his head in one swift, but brutal motion. The skin ripped apart with enough intensity it made an audible noise. Both wounds were now wide open, and weeping from where the bits of material still fused to the surface where. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't elegant, but it would help.

There was no way to cut the stuff off, it was designed to soak up combat, his raw skin on the other hand.

He motioned for the red head to come over, producing his shiv as he did so. "In case you don't have a scalpel." He chuckled while hoping out she was bright, and trained enough to realize she'd have to cut out the fused metal, and weave on both sides of him. Otherwise it would become internally infected at any point.

This was a huge gamble, but he figured if they just wanted to put a round in his skull, they could've done it a lot easier when he was asleep.