Because of how quickly the sun rose in the tropics, the sky was starting to get brighter at about five in the morning.

As Christopher was severely wounded, Winnie had him sit between her and Riley to keep him from falling off the motorcycle.

When the first rays of the morning sun poured into the dense forest, Winnie turned around and exclaimed excitedly, “The sun is up, Christopher! Now that it’s easier to see where we’re going, I can go a little faster! It won’t be long before we reach the rendezvous point! We can all go home soon! Just hang in there a little bit longer, okay?”

This time, however, she did not get a response from Christopher.

Feeling a little worried, Winnie turned around and called out to him again, “Christopher? Hey, Christopher! Are you okay? Say something! Stop scaring me! This isn’t funny!”

The main road was just up ahead, but Winnie decided to pull over to check on Christopher anyway.

Riley had the first aid kit in his hand when they fled the scene earlier, but they didn’t have time to treat Christopher’s wounds as they were too busy making their escape in the dark.

With the sun up in the sky and no threats in the area, Winnie was finally able to tend to Christopher’s wounds. With Riley’s help, she carried Christopher off the motorcycle and gave his body a quick examination.

Although there were no gunshot wounds, Winnie noticed a stab wound on his abdomen and identified it as the cause of his excessive blood loss.

Fortunately, Winnie was able to stop the bleeding with the supplies from the first aid kit. Nonetheless, she still needed to get Christopher to a hospital for a blood transfusion or he could go into shock.

Winnie then quickly packed the things back into the first aid kit and told Riley, “We need to get him to a hospital as soon as possible! Come on, let’s help him onto the motorcycle!”

“Right! I’ll take his left side, so you can take his right!” Riley replied, his voice sounding a little muffled by the motorcycle helmet.

After helping Christopher onto the motorcycle, Winnie kicked it into high gear and sped off as quickly as possible.

In just a matter of minutes, they made it onto the main road, which was a lot wider and smoother than the jungle trail.

Winnie was just starting to enjoy the smooth ride when the motorcycle ran out of gas all of a sudden.

The look on her face was frozen in shock when the motorcycle came to a complete halt on the main road.

What the… I don’t believe it! Why would this motorcycle fail me at such a crucial moment?

Still in disbelief, Winnie repeatedly tried to start the motorcycle, but to no avail.

Her sweat continued flowing down her cheeks and into the collar of her shirt.

At that very moment, she couldn’t even bring herself to face Christopher.

She didn’t want to tell him that he could’ve been rushed to a hospital but would end up dying because the motorcycle ran out of fuel.

Suddenly, Winnie had flashbacks of the explosion, the firefight, Christopher sobbing about his comrades dying before him, and Xavier asking her to meet him at the rendezvous point.

For some reason, she subconsciously glanced at the navigation device, only to realize that the blip representing Xavier’s car had been stationary for a long time.

As though her brain had stopped working, all of her logic and reason went out the window in an instant.

the shoulder that she snapped

out of here! I don’t care how far it is—I need to get him to a hospital!” she yelled while preparing to

but held his tongue when he saw Winnie’s bloodshot eyes.

You should worry more about yourself.” Winnie knew about Riley injuring his leg when they went

was much bigger and taller than her, so she was unable to carry him on her back. As such,

lot of strain on his torso, the wound on his abdomen began

so intense that it woke him up from

tracks and flashed him a relieved smile. “Oh, thank goodness you’re awake! The motorcycle ran out of

at the seemingly endless stretch of road ahead. “Where is

just up ahead! We’re almost there, Christopher! You have to hang in there, okay? I

had turned deathly pale at that point. “You think I’m stupid or something? I know there isn’t a hospital nearby… Stop wasting your time trying to save

leave you! We’re getting out of here together! We’ve come way too far to give up now! I can’t possibly leave you behind

discard some dead weight in order

you have no right to give up as long as I’m

and tried to break free, but he

wound… I’ll bleed to death if you don’t stop dragging me along like this…” he mumbled with

let go of Christopher and turned

had started bleeding again. “Why didn’t you say so sooner? Hold on; I’ll

aid kit

right now. Just let me lie down somewhere safe while

starting to tear up

to that suggestion of

were the first to fall. “Then remember where you left me and try to come back for my corpse

her head. “We’re almost there, though. Can’t

try my best to, but I don’t have much time left. You need to go

mouth, but the words were stuck in her throat. All she

one final glance before turning around and limping toward the

ran after him and found him a clean

There will be hope as long

eyes, Christopher smiled and nodded at her. “Yeah, I

to act fast if I am to get a car and come back for him! With that in mind, Winnie said, “Okay, I’ll be on my way now. I’ll come back for

she stood up and got ready to leave, Christopher called out to her from behind, “Winnie, there’s something I

turned around immediately. “What is

his teary

lot of guilt for what happened to me… Telling her that I like her will only add to that guilt of hers. A dying man like me mustn’t be so selfish. I should just keep

want you to stay safe and live a happy life,” he continued after a brief moment

with a nod and ran off as quickly as

until

sounds of the wildlife around him. He could even

a beautiful place like this have to be filled

as he opened his eyes and

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