Perilous Night

[rabidsamfan]

The shutter of the dark lantern clanked as it opened and the thin beam flashed over the new-mown grass, illuminating the places where black splotches on the stubbled grey were truly red. Haystacks loomed in the moonlit field, unlikely havens, but havens all the same. I investigated them cautiously. A wounded wolf might not recognize a friend.

I found Holmes at last, unconscious, his leg still bleeding despite the makeshift tourniquet. I knelt beside reaching into my kit to fish out suture and needle and carbolic, knowing I had to end the blood trail here.

Our pursuers were growing closer.










WWoes prompt, of course. I can't seem to comment or post with my usual computer, but the laptop and work computer are working -- one with firefox and the other with IE. I'm confused!

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[jcporter1.livejournal.com]

Finally. I couldn't connect for last two days. Was having withdrawls. Live this tense spare drabble that raises so many questions.