The Lt woke up, he was covered in dust coughing. The explosion had rocked him and once again he'd managed to survive. Once again, he checked himself. 

Arms, hands, fingers check

Right leg, right toes check

Left leg......

To his horror he saw that his leg had been amputated above the knee he quickly applied a tourniquet, however blood kept on spurting forth.

"Sir? SIR!!!" Nike yelled as she rushed over to him. "You're gonna be okay, we'll medevac you real soon."

"Nike, at the rate I'm bleeding I'm gonna die before a medevac"

"NO!!! Not like this! I won't let you die, I can't let you die!" Nike cried

"....Nike listen very carefully, I'm gonna have to ask you to do something"

This was going to hurt


Nike

Nike's blood chilled. Was the Lieutenant...seriously asking for her to do that to him? The shock alone could kill him, but it would be the only way to stop the bleeding. 

She gulped and meekly said "Okay". Positioning her hands in the necessary places. One hand to hold the Lt down, the other near his leg.

The Lt unclipped a bundle of webbing he had wrapped around a caribeaner. He fashioned a simple loop and put it around his leg, he then handed one end to Nike. 


"Ready? No matter what I do or say don't stop" he said

She nodded, her head barely moving.

The Lt put the brim of a of a baseball cap in his mouth.


"Do it"

Nike pulled tight on the loop, constricting the Lt's blood flow. He suddenly jolted and yelled in pain. Nike ignored him, laser focused on her task.

Too much pressure and she could cause a further amputation, too little and the Lt would bleed to death. Her heart beat quickened as she kept a continuous watch on his leg, making sure that no more blood was spurting out.

The Lt screamed like a wounded animal, a mirthless yell full of pain. He screamed and he screamed, but his screams fell on deaf ears as Nike maintained pressure and ensured that he wouldn't move and displace it.

Nike's heart broke as the Lt started begging. He first begged her to stop, he plead with tears in his eyes. But stone cold ones met him in return. He then struggled, attempting to break free, but Nike held him firm and pinned his arms at his side. His wrists pathetically flailed against her in a final attempt to escape. He then plead with god, begging him to end the pain, to take his life, to do something. 

Nike's eyes started to water as the Lt started to cry. He was devoid of all his strength, he simply laid back and cried uttering the occasional plea in an ever weaker voice. Tears came cascading down her face after the Lt started crying for his mother. 

The medevac came, the medics took him on board and flew him away from Nike.

Once she let go, all Nike could do was sob. She broke down like the Lt had moments before and wailed.