Erika had to smirk hearing those behind her joke around with the boy. They sure loosen up fast. I suppose that is a good thing. Herself?... she put hand to her chest and could still feel her heart racing. Suddenly the jeep rocked as they had hit a stray Xenomorph. Of course the hit was her intention. The bastard wasn't even on the same side of the road ,but she swerved the jeep to make sure she took it under. That one was for David. She doubted she killed it though. Well she did until she heard Miles jeep hit it as well. That just made her smile even more. Bastards,... both the Xenomorphs and the foolish assholes back at the base. They had a good surface defense against the Xenomorphs ,but what they did not understand was they needed to block off the other entrances. Entrances only they would use. She blamed those deaths on them not the Xenomorphs. Just like how she blamed this whole thing on the humans who helped their escape. If it wasn't for the asshole who let the Xenomorphs run free none of this would have happened. Little Noah wouldn't have lost his mom or gained a permanent reminder of his ordeal. Every time the boy looks to that wound he will be forever reminded of what he lost. 

  She looked to the seat next to her and saw it was empty. She looked behind her and saw the girls all crammed in the back. She sighed and stared forward. "A co pilot would be nice right now....." She said. Hotaru turned to look to the spot and then back at the three girls. She took it as a sign and climbed over to it and sat down. She then looked to Erika and noticed the wound. The blood was certainly flowing. She placed her gun down and moved a hand to it. "What can I do miss Erika?" She asked. Erika looked down and saw that it had gotten worse,.... that or it was worse then she had thought it was. She cursed under her breathe and stared forward. "Pouch on my right side... I know it may look awkward but that's where they will be. Stems... same ones I used to stop Noah's bleeding with earlier." She said. Hotaru nodded and reached over. She didn't know what she meant by the awkwardness. Not like Erika was a guy or anything. She opened the pouch and reached in grabbing one of the them. She then looked up at Erika. "Where do I inject this?" She asked.
"Opposite side of the wound. It will stop the bleeding and numb the pain. Latest in Wayland technology." She said quite proud of her father's company despite everything. Hotaru nodded and pressed it against her hip on the opposite side of the wound and pressed the button. The injection was instant and painless. Not like your standard issued syringes of today.

    It took about a few seconds before it kicked in. The bleeding slowing to a stop and the pain was non existent. "When we get to the place I mentioned earlier we will fix it up proper." She added. Hotaru watched and then sat back up. She then looked around at the buildings then back to Erika. "How far we got to go?"
 
 "Not too far....." Was Erika's response. "Half an hour away at the most if we get no interruptions."