Another snippet of the ever-riveting “Chaz Gets Blunt Head Trauma” saga! I’ll put this up on the Skybreaker story thread later.

Shit. I was so preoccupied with Coulter, I forgot what Eliza told me about situational awareness. I got caught up in the heat of the moment, and now this. My head hurts so much, I can’t move… That hulk or whatever it is seems to have wandered off. Least I can die in peace…
Gunshots, in the distance.
“Hulk down! Good shooting, Ted, that bastard could’ve done a number on us.”
“Aw c’mon, Alice, you can’t give me all the credit for that - I would’ve charged it straight on but you made a good call getting us to flank it.”
“Right, well, let’s scavenge the bodies, see if there’s anything good.”
Fuck, bandits. Last thing I need now is bandits, they’re gonna come here and they’re gonna find me and they’re gonna see I’m still alive and then shoot me. Or worse. I guess that’d be better than dying slowly with this headache at least-- shit, I think one of them noticed me. Play dead play dead play dead…
“What the- HEY, ALICE! We’ve got a breather over here!”
Bollocks.
“Christ, Ted, keep your voice down!”
Yeah, Ted, keep your voice down, some of us are trying to sleep and/or die here.
“Whup-- sorry, Alice. Look, over here, though.”
They better not have noticed me.

“Wow, this guy’s a mutated mess if ever I saw one.”
Fuck.
“He’s probably in a lot of pain.”
No shit, Sherlock.
“I could make this quick, or I could save us a bullet.”
“Woah, hang on Ted. Look at his wings.”
"…Hey, same logo on your mask, Alice. Y’think he’s a Skybreaker? I don’t remember seeing anyone like this back at the hospital."
“For fuck’s sake, Ted, it’s C.W.”
Yeah, Ted! Get yer shit together.
“Oh shit, you’re right. Eliza would want to hear about this for sure.”
“No, not yet. Get in touch with Seb first, get him to send a medical team out this way. I’ll keep an eye on C.W. and make sure he’s stable.”
The guy in the gas mask gets up and out of my face, while the lady in the ballistic mask leans in closer - Yep, sure enough, there’s the logo I’ve got on my wings.
“Don’t worry, C.W. You’re going to be fine.”
“C…Coul…”
“Shh. There’s nobody else here except me and Ted. You’re fine.”
I look over to where the bloody, pulped corpse of Coulter should have been. There’s the pipe, and there’s a pool of blood… no sign of Coulter. Fuck’s. Sake.