(BL) Hunting The Field Guide - Chapter 285

Chapter 285: We’re in so much trouble Chapter 285: We’re in so much trouble “Holy shit!” Someone screamed as Kellen, his teeth grit pushed the D.E.C.

member who had betrayed them back until they fell on their back.

The man was choking, Kellen’s grip unforgiving.  Kellen heard another gunshot go off, and realised that the idiot was still shooting.

They were already on the ground, and Kellen didn’t want anyone else to be hurt, so he turned the gun towards the man.

The barrel of the gun pressed against the man’s side and Kellen glared at him.  “Do it.

Fire it again.” Kellen hissed.

His eyes were bulging, his expression panicked as Kellen kept moving.

He wasn’t going down the way that he had anticipated, and Kellen felt a smile cross his lips as he stared at the confused, panicked man.

“Did you think I didn’t plan ahead?

Are you an idiot?

You’ve worked for the D.E.C.

for how long, and you still don’t know what the Field Guide uniforms are made out of?” Kellen mocked him, scoffing as the man’s eyes rolled back in his head.  Kellen didn’t let him up as his legs smacked against the pavement, trying to get air.

Kellen ignored the way his chest aches, and the way his leg wound was screaming as he kneeled on the ground.

This was far more important, and he could grovel to Taylor later.  “Kellen, how hurt are you?” Sakura’s voice behind his right shoulder had Kellen relax slightly.  “Could be worse.

Are you going to take over?” Kellen asked and felt his hair whip around his face, his jacket rustling as Sakura came to land next to him.

While the Esper had been struggling to breathe because Kellen had his hands around his throat, that changed quickly as Sakura turned her glowing gaze to him.  Kellen watched as he began to choke on the lack of air in his system, Sakura depriving him of that entirely.  “Only unconscious, Sakura.” Kellen warned and Sakura clicked her tongue.  “He shot you.” She retorted, and Kellen realised she was toeing the line.

He glanced at her, noticing how tense her body was, how her throat was in sharp contrast.  “And I’m fine.” She growled.  “You were shot point blank.

There is no fucking way you’re okay.” Sakura protested and Kellen finally released his hold on the Esper as his body went lax.

Kellen took the gun from his hands, tucking it into one of his many pockets in his jacket before he went to get up.

Esper Blake was there, helping him as his injured leg trembled.  “A-Are you okay?” Esper Blake’s voice trembled, her hands shaking as she helped Kellen up.

The screaming and shouting in the background zoned out as Kellen took in her frame.  Oh.

This might have been very traumatizing for her.

Kellen hadn’t even considered that since he usually didn’t consider those things until much later.

She was supposed to be a protective detail.

Make sure Kellen didn’t get shot, and yet here he was, still shot.

Oh shit.  “Blake.” Kellen said carefully.

“I’m fine.

Do you want to feel?” Kellen asked and watched as her whole body trembled.

Her lips were shaking, and Kellen was worried she was going to cry.  “H-How much blood is there?” She asked, her voice dipping down until it was barely a whisper.  “I’m not bleeding at all.” Kellen told her.

“Do you remember how many vests I have on?” She shook her head, and Kellen realised she’d missed that part of the debrief.

“Let’s just get me inside.

I can show you the wound then, alright?

It’s probably nothing more than a bruise.” She didn’t look like she believed Kellen’s words, and that was a bad sign.  If she didn’t believe them, there was a good chance that Rhys wasn’t going to believe him either.

“Sakura.” Kellen turned his head towards her and she jerked her head toward him.  “Yes?” She asked.  “Do you have this?” He asked and Sakura glanced behind him before back to him before she nodded.

Kellen, who was curious about who he was glancing at, turned to follow where her gaze had gone, and found that she was looking at Pamela.  Pamela hadn’t reacted to anything that had happened, and instead was still whispering into her tablet.

Kellen wondered if she was even aware of what was happening so close to her, and then wondered about the D.E.C.

member next to her.  As soon as they felt Kellen’s gaze on them, the D.E.C.

member held up their hands.

“I have nothing to do with that scum.” They said, and Kellen didn’t realise that he was looking at them in such a way that would make them say that.  “Esper Blake, are you still able to create your shield?” Kellen asked and Esper Blake took a deep breath in before she nodded.  “Yeah.

We need to get you checked up.” She said, her voice firmer and louder.

She helped Kellen, who now needed some assistance due to the strain on his leg to the doors.

Thankfully, nothing else happened and they got into the building unscathed.  Hill was there, her eyes glowing orange as she took in Kellen, the fucking bullet in his chest and the fact that Esper Blake was helping him walk and closed her eyes, running her hands over her face.  “Oh, we’re fucking dead.” She exclaimed, no hope in her voice.

Kellen gave a sheepish grin.  “I found the D.E.C.

member that you guys were looking for.” Kellen offered and she uncovered her face, her eyes still orange.  “Are you alright?

Come, Green’s here and in the back room with Lieutenant Fisher.

Fuck.

Thank god the Captain wasn’t within line sight.

He’s still in the offices upstairs.” Kellen was surprised to hear that and Hill chuckled at his expression.

“We had to send him away.

He was going to pace a hole into the floor, and trust me, it was a very real possibility.

He’s going to have our necks when he realises you were shot.” Esper Blake reacted as if she had been hit.

Kellen patted her arm.  “Hey, what the fuck were you supposed to do when we turned and there was a guy with a gun?

A guy we were supposed to trust?

I don’t blame you Blake.” Kellen told her.

“We also planned for the worst case scenarios, right?

Why do you think I have so much body armor on?” Kellen was trying to comfort her, but he doubted anything would work until he got his top off and she was able to see the damage.  When Hill opened the door, her face grim, Kellen had a second to see Taylor’s happy expression drop into one of horror.  “What happened?” She asked before she even saw Kellen, but Lieutenant Fisher didn’t seem surprised.

He was hooked up to the comms, and probably heard everything.

It was only a split second before Kellen moved into the room behind Hill and Taylor gasped, covering her mouth.

“What?

You were shot?!” Taylor’s voice went up an octave before she was there, helping Esper Blake put Kellen down on the medical bed that they had brought into this smallish room.  Lieutenant Fisher was pale, his lips firm as he stared at what was happening in front of him.

Hill went over to him, and the two exchanged words so quietly that Kellen couldn’t hear them over Taylor’s fussing.  She was helping Kellen undress, and Kellen had to remind her of her strength several times since he really didn’t want his clothing to be ripped.

It was expensive, and even if Rhys would offer to replace it in a heartbeat, it also had sentimental value.

He’d had this one for almost 6 years.  It hadn’t even ripped from the gun shot.  When Esper Blake realised that, she seemed shocked.

She was even more shocked as they got the top portion of Kellen’s uniform off and she saw the layers of bulletproof vests that the Captain had made Kellen put on.

Kellen thought it was overkill, but it was fine.  He would do at least this much to make sure an S Class didn’t go on a rampage.

Though, that might not even matter.

From everyone’s reaction, it appeared that Rhys was going to be set off.  “I found the office that they were-” The door opened just as the last of Kellen’s vests were coming off, and Rhys pushed the door open, speaking at the same time.

The whole room froze as everyone realised that Rhys was here, and Kellen beamed at him.  “Rhys!” Kellen said happily, but it only took a second before the temperature in the room dipped, and Rhys felt like a bomb about to go off.  “What.

Happened?” His words were deep, his eyes so bright Kellen couldn’t even meet them, and the others in the room quivered.

Kellen wasn’t really fairing any better, but he needed to do something about this.

Kellen held out his hand, motioning for Rhys to come towards him.

Kellen didn’t hesitate to yank his head down, pressing his nose into the nook of his neck, petting Rhys’ hair and keeping his gaze away from everyone.  “I’m fine.

The D.E.C.

member you were chasing was on the security detail.

They surprised Esper Blake and I.

Already had the gun pointed at us.

I took the best shot available.

He was aiming for a headshot.” Kellen thought it was best not to lie to him, while Hill was shaking her head from behind Rhys.  He ignored her.  “I’m fine.

Look, see?

Just a bruise?” Kellen moved his head so that Rhys could stare at his chest, but even Kellen winced at the sight of the discolouration.

Those fuckers had used one nasty kind of bullet on him.

Twice.

Kellen wasn’t going to mention that part.

“It’ll heal in no time, with or without Taylor’s help.” Kellen told him comfortingly, running his fingers through his hair.  Rhys wrapped his arms around Kellen, squeezing him too tightly.  “You were shot again.” Rhys murmured, his voice tortured.

“I wasn’t there again.” Kellen’s heart jerked in his chest and his fingers stopped moving.  “Oh Rhys.” Kellen whispered, before he just let the man hold him.

There wasn’t much he could say to that, so he just held the man as he shook, holding onto Kellen tightly.

CREATORS’ THOUGHTS CalyB Rhys is devestated.

Twice.

This has happened twice, and he hasn’t been there both times.