Chapter Thirty-Six

Alex's POV

"Step away from her!" I yelled but he didn't move.

I angrily moved closer to them and push Ryan to the floor.

"You stay the hell away from Jasmine!" I yelled as I grabbed Jasmine's hand.

"What the heck is going on here?" Emma asked as she came in with the others.

Ryan laughed and looked up at me.

"Come on man, did you have to push me so hard" he said as he stood.

"If I ever see you near Jasmine again, I'll make sure to do more than pushing you" I said as I angrily walked out dragging Jasmine with me.

I sat on a new seat by the window and made Jasmine sit beside me.

"How many times do I have to tell you Jasmine, stay the hell away from Ryan! But you never listen to me do you?"

"I stayed away from him Alex, he was the one that walked up to me." Jasmine defended.

"Then you should've ran or shouted for help immediately."

"I did shout for help" she said.

"But at the last minute, whenever he's coming near you, you are supposed to run away!"

"And why are you getting so angry at me?"

"Because that son of a bitch touched you!" I yelled.

"Oh come on man, do you really have to call me son of a bitch?" Ryan said from behind and I ignored him.

Jasmine's POV

I couldn't stop myself from staring at Alex.

He continues to amaze me.

The rest of the journey was silent and hours later, the pilot announced that we are landing on Afghanistanian ground.

"I can't believe we are really doing this" I said.

"Scared?" Alex asked.

"Who wouldn't be scared when they are walking directly into a war zone" I replied and he smiled.

"No need to be scared, I'll be right by your side and I'll make sure no harm comes to you" he assured.

"I should start calling you my knight in shining armor then" I said and we laughed.

It was time to get down from the plane and the door opened.

It's already dark here.

We climbed down the stairs and met Afghanistanian soldiers waiting for us.

"Hi I am Captain Amir, welcome to Afghanistan" he said as he shook Alex's hand then Ryan.

"I was informed that two surgery teams are coming, I am guessing you two are the leaders" Captain Amir said.

"Yeah, I'm Alexander Sanchez" Alex introduced.

"Ryan Wilson" Ryan said.

"Well, I'm not part of any surgery team here but I'm the deputy director of London's National hospital" Emma said as she shook the Captain's hand.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all and I thank you for coming to our aid in our time of need, we'll take you guys to the new camp we've just set up at Kabul" the Captain said.

"New camp? What happened to the old one?" Emma asked.

"Got bombed, we were infiltrated by the Taliban army and that's how we lost most of our doctors, the ones that didn't die were hospitalized."

"What?" I exclaimed.

"So you're saying that could happen to us too?" Susan asked obviously terrified.

"God save us all" a guy from Ryan surgery team said.

"There's no need to be worried or scared, we've set up a new camp in Kabul, and it's an urban area and its not usually attacked. As long as you stay within the camp, I assure your safety" the captain said.

We got into a bus they brought and they drove us to their camp.

We entered one of the buildings and got to a large room with a long center table.

"This is the meeting room" Captain Amir said "We'll meet here whenever there's anything to discuss, the hospital wing is in the East building, one of my men will take you there tomorrow morning since it's already late now. And about your rooms, we have only five rooms available so only one person will be able to stay alone in a room, the rest of you will definitely have to share."

"I'll be the one to stay in the single room since I'm not part of any surgery team here" Emma said.

"So how are we going to get arranged?" Andrew asked.

"If you don't mind, the list of your names was already sent to us before hand and we've thought of an arrangement" Captain Amir said.

"What arrangement?" Alex asked.

"It was just done randomly because I figured out you guys might have problem getting yourselves arranged so, Nathan and Owen in a room, Megan and Susan, Emma and Jasmine, Ryan and Alex and then Andrew gets to stay in a room alone.

"This arrangement is ridiculous" Emma said.

"Yeah, especially with Ryan and Alex in the same room, trust me Captain that's not a good idea" I said.

"Why? I love the arrangement" Andrew said.

"That's because you get to stay in a room alone but I definitely know I'm not going to stay in a room together with this asshole" Alex said.

"Come on buddy, I have no problem staying in the same room with you" Ryan said and I almost laughed.

Buddy?

"I think the arrangement is okay too" Owen, from Ryan's team said.

"Okay okay, why don't you guys put it to vote" Captain suggested.

"Right let's vote" Ryan said. "If you are in support of the room arrangement, raise up your hand."

Ryan, Nathan, Owen and Andrew raised up their hands.

"You guys are 4, we are 5" Emma said.

"Com'n Megan, raise up your hand" Ryan said to Megan.

Megan hesitated, then raised up her hand so they won.

"I guess we'll be sticking to the current room arrangement then, my men will show you all to your rooms, have a goodnight and see you tomorrow" Captain Amir said and left.

"I thought coming here was gonna be boring but I guess this trip will be very interesting after all." Ryan said as they followed a soldier who was going to show them their room.

Emma and I also followed another soldier to our room.

"At least the bed is large" Emma said as we walked into the room.

"Though it's as hard as a rock" I said as I pressed the bed.

"There's a shower too" Emma said as she opened the bathroom door.

"You want to shower?" I asked.

"I'm too tired to shower, till tomorrow" Emma said as she slumped on the bed.

"First time we are agreeing on something" I said as I sat on the bed too.