Blitz and Shilo nodded and followed Leo. Blitz saw a young man that was in very bad shape and slowly, gently, pulled his stretcher to the front. His stomach churned at the sight of all the blood, but he didn't stop going through the wounded soldiers. He pulled the immediate ones to the front, mildly injured ones to the back, and, sadly, the hopeless ones to the side. Blitz hated that. He felt a strong wave of guilt every time he pulled one to the side because he felt like he was condemning them to their deaths, even though deep down he knew he was in turn saving the soldiers that still had a chance. Every single one of their faces burned in his mind. Somebody's daughter, somebody's son. Somebody's brother or sister or aunt or cousin or best friend. Somebody's dad. Blitz trembled as he thought about it. All these people... dead for the Army. And the Army still doesn't care.
Rick disappeared into the mess hall and dialed a number on the phone on the kitchen wall. Twenty minutes later, two jeep-fulls of medics he'd called from Fort Inabilt, the largest fort closet to Duss, arrived. He met them at the gate and told them where to go. ((lol, fail post XD))
Shilo heard whimpering and saw the base's lone veterinarian was struggling. Several scout dogs had been in the patrol. Now eight dogs lie in waiting, whining in pain. Shilo ran over to him, "Sir, do you need help?" The vet let out a relieved sigh, "Yes- take these, stop the worst of the bleeding." he gave Shilo a big wad of gauze. Shilo bent down in front of a black Labrador, who was limp on the ground. Gingerly, he wrapped her shrapnel-torn leg and belly. After he was done with the lab, he moved onto a pure white german shepherd with a bad neck injury. The dog let out a low growl as Shilo reached out to him. Shilo knew that some scout dogs got so attached to their handlers that they became mean to strangers, while other became defensive when they where injured. Back home, Shilo had seen it happen to his neighbor's dog, a sweet old shepherd. When she was nearing her end, pained by hip dysplasia, she bit her owner for the first time in her life ((true story)). Shilo knew that pain could turn even the friendliest dogs into viscous animals. He held his hand out slowly. The shepherd snarled and snapped at him. With a sigh, Shilo moved onto the dog next to him. That dog would have to be last, he couldn't waste his time trying to save a dog trying to kill him.


