| Objective 2 > Standby |
| Location: Insurgent HQ Perimeter |
As soon as she heard the Banshee arrive for [member="TK-0023"] and [member="Luther Ando"] as well as the rest of the breaching team, Terrani moved into the cab of the ambulance and instructed the driver to follow behind it at a safe distance.
When they pulled up to the warehouse, there were already medical teams on the scene. Plenty, by the looks of it, but one more never hurt, especially when the odds of incurring casualties were this high.
Leaning forward, into the cushioned back of the driver's seat, Terrani peered out of the windshield. Exasperated by what she was focused on, she exclaimed, "Who the--? Who's in
charge here?"
"No idea, Doctor," was the only reply from the driver.
"I'm going to find out," she said sternly before pointing to a troop transport a couple hundred meters on. "Park behind that vehicle. I'll walk back." With that, she stepped outside after grabbing her tote because it was better to be prepared. The door slid closed behind her, but she still gave it a loud knock to signify her exit.
"Hey!" she called to a trooper appearing to be on standby. "Do you know who's commanding those medical teams?" With one hand, she pointed towards the cluster of ambulances ahead of them, and with the other, she fished for her First Order armband identification in her bag.
The trooper's sunbonnet speaker crackled to life, but before he could begin speaking he was interrupted by an unaltered female voice. "Doctor Terrani?" she guessed as she approached from their nine o'clocks. "That'd be you." Agent Jones came to a running stop near Terrani and gave another salute to her. "Ando told me to notify PIC Narweld, your predecessor."
The doctor narrowed her eyes, trying to recall the acronym. Finally, she remembered,
Paramedic in Charge. Then she nodded, "I'll follow."
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Jones left Terrani alone at the medical operational tent. The doctor angerly bat away one of the flaps the hung off the roof over the entrance and marched up to the man she assumed to be Narweld. "Excuse me, Mister Narweld! What do you think you're doing?" He turned around, looking surprised, but didn't get a word in before the doctor continued, "Doctor Terrani. I'm taking over. Our teams are way too close together. We're making ourselves a bloody target!"
Somehow, Narweld reminded Terrani of herself when she had worked in her Dormitories before the Sixth Fleet claimed her instead. Maybe it was his youth, maybe it was his obvious lack of combat experience. Maybe it was his belief that the red cross on his sleeve made him immune to the aggression of others.
And lo, he began to argue, "But they have no reason to attack us. We're a field hos--"
"That's exactly why we're a threat!" she exclaimed. "Break up our ambulances,
now. And for the Leader's sake, put them behind some sort of cover."
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Through the windshield of her original vehicle, Doctor Terrani watched as the others began crawling away from each other. She sighed, settled into the empty passenger's seat. This was a good thing--they'd be free to provide more care this way--but she couldn't shake the sinking feeling in her stomach.
Suddenly an explosion sounded throughout the condor. Based on its clarity, it had originated outside of the warehouse. Hesitating only a moment, Terrani rushed towards the side door. One of the paramedics tried to hold her back, but she simply shook his hand off her shoulder and all but ran outside.
"Terrani!" a familiar voice called out. Jones. The agent came into view as her path intersected with the doctor's. "It's Ando."
"Where?"
"Near the fire escape."
"Get a gurney and a couple medics from the northwest team," she ordered, pointing it their general direction. "Meet me there."
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It didn't take long for her to find Luther where he had landed. She knelt down at his side after clearing the area with the toe of her boot and taking off her cardigan, leaving her in her white scrubs. "You'll be okay, Ando," she assured regardless of if he was conscious or not as she covered his body loosely with her garment. "Everything'll be fine."
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With help from the paramedics, Doctor Terrani had extracted Luther and was now riding with him to the hospital. Busy with keeping his pulse, she didn't notice one was adjusting the rehydration IV when he was only supposed to be doing paperwork. But she looked up instinctively when they hit a bump in the road.
"Hey," she began, "there's nothing wrong wi--"
The paramedic let go of the IV in favor of lunging at Terrani. He drove the injection meant for Luther at the doctor's throat, but she was able to keep it at bay with her forearm under his. She yelped, struggling on the bench as the combatant tried for a choke. Just as she felt herself begin to slip out of consciousness from lack of oxygen, she reached her sidearm and blasted the man in his leg. As he crumpled over in pain, hitting the leg of the gurney on the way to the floor, Terrani kicked him out of way. And then she reached down and, with a large clamp, effectively handcuffed her attacker to the bench before taking the needle from him.