"I'm going to worry about you until you get to a doctor," he snapped, then paused and shook his head. "Sorry. I shouldn't have snapped like that. But if those freaks smell blood in the water, they're going to be after you and hard."

He'd already failed a teammate once. Even if Alexander's going to get back up, Jason was going to do everything he could to convince him from getting hurt worse than he already was.

He reached out to clasp the older man's shoulder. "There's probably going to be something after this. And we don't know when it'll be. If you're still recovering from the whole 'being dead' thing, that's one less person we've got watching our backs."