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Lucy Moreau hadn't slept in probably 18 hours, and the influx of men from the front-line was showing no sign of slowing. The German infantry was well entrenched in the little town of Ath, making it more difficult than usual for the attacking force of combined English and American soldiers to take it. If she'd had more than a moment to think, Lucy would have wondered why such a little, out-of-the-way town was worth so many lives.
The hospital had been set up just behind the front lines in an abandoned church. Where there had been pews, there were now rows and rows of beds, filled with injured soldiers. Every doctor and nurse in the building had been working to deal with the huge number of injured coming to them - they were the only hospital for miles, meaning that they were accepting injured from several different locations. Ath was simply the worst.
"Make way! More injured coming in!" a man shouted from the doorway.
A doctor near the door shot him a weary look. "What happened?"
The soldier winced. "An explosion. Took out a large part of a building. Some men were burned, some were crushed by the debris."
Nearly a dozen bodies were brought into the room. Lucy was assigned to triage. It was one of the worst she'd seen in a long time. Most of them were dead - while they were still technically breathing at the moment, nothing to doctors could do would save them now. They'd be dead by morning.
But there was one man... His clothes were torn to the point of being unrecognizable. There wasn't an inch of skin that wasn't burned or flayed or otherwise damaged. Nearly every bone in his body was broken. And yet, his breathing was strong. He was fighting the death that was coming for him and he, unlike the others, looked like he might have the strength to win. She marked him for attention from the doctors, and did what she could to ease the passing of the rest.
One of the doctors came to her, looking annoyed. "Ms. Moreau. This man has no hope of survival. You know as well as I do that our time would be better spent on those who have a chance to survive the night."
Lucy looked with wide blue eyes from the doctor to the man. "But sir! He's breathing on his own! If anyone from that group will survive, it will be him!"
The doctor shook his head. "I know it's difficult, dear. But we have to use our time more carefully." He turned to leave.
"Let me care for him." Lucy hadn't mean to blurt it out, but the thought gave the doctor pause. "Please," she continued. "I'll stitch him back together. Just let me try."
"Fine," the doctor answered wearily. "Do what you wish. Just don't get your hopes up."
Lucy nodded and wheeled the injured man away, taking him to a bed. She couldn't do much for him, but she did what she could. She cleaned him up, she stitched his wounds. By the time she was finished, she was utterly exhausted, and ended up falling fast asleep in her chair beside his bed.
The hospital had been set up just behind the front lines in an abandoned church. Where there had been pews, there were now rows and rows of beds, filled with injured soldiers. Every doctor and nurse in the building had been working to deal with the huge number of injured coming to them - they were the only hospital for miles, meaning that they were accepting injured from several different locations. Ath was simply the worst.
"Make way! More injured coming in!" a man shouted from the doorway.
A doctor near the door shot him a weary look. "What happened?"
The soldier winced. "An explosion. Took out a large part of a building. Some men were burned, some were crushed by the debris."
Nearly a dozen bodies were brought into the room. Lucy was assigned to triage. It was one of the worst she'd seen in a long time. Most of them were dead - while they were still technically breathing at the moment, nothing to doctors could do would save them now. They'd be dead by morning.
But there was one man... His clothes were torn to the point of being unrecognizable. There wasn't an inch of skin that wasn't burned or flayed or otherwise damaged. Nearly every bone in his body was broken. And yet, his breathing was strong. He was fighting the death that was coming for him and he, unlike the others, looked like he might have the strength to win. She marked him for attention from the doctors, and did what she could to ease the passing of the rest.
One of the doctors came to her, looking annoyed. "Ms. Moreau. This man has no hope of survival. You know as well as I do that our time would be better spent on those who have a chance to survive the night."
Lucy looked with wide blue eyes from the doctor to the man. "But sir! He's breathing on his own! If anyone from that group will survive, it will be him!"
The doctor shook his head. "I know it's difficult, dear. But we have to use our time more carefully." He turned to leave.
"Let me care for him." Lucy hadn't mean to blurt it out, but the thought gave the doctor pause. "Please," she continued. "I'll stitch him back together. Just let me try."
"Fine," the doctor answered wearily. "Do what you wish. Just don't get your hopes up."
Lucy nodded and wheeled the injured man away, taking him to a bed. She couldn't do much for him, but she did what she could. She cleaned him up, she stitched his wounds. By the time she was finished, she was utterly exhausted, and ended up falling fast asleep in her chair beside his bed.