Reward or Punishment

Four hours later, the reinforcements finally arrived. By then, the scene was littered with the monster corpses, so much so that it was difficult to walk, stepping on the bloody, squelchy flesh, covered in sticky glowing goo, and partially frozen.

Finally, Lane and Damien could take a break. Not like Lane needed it, he could still carry on fighting, but at least now he could drag Damien to the healing station. Which he did, grabbing the man by the wrist, as soon as the newcomers replaced them on the front lines.

After getting somewhat scolded by Lane, Damien started to focus more on the fight. Not that he could resist checking up on Lane, to make sure that the man was okay, and earning himself another injury - this time, on his left forearm - but he most certainly got better.