A Hero of War--An Adrian Hell Novella by James P. Sumner

Author:James P. Sumner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: James P. Sumner
Published: 2017-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

6

January 8, 1991

11:16 CDT

I slowly open my eyes. The light hurts, and I squint while I adjust to it. I can make out blurry shapes moving around me, and as the world slowly falls into focus, I realize those shapes around me are people—doctors, more specifically.

I try to sit up, which sends pain shooting all around my body. I grimace and lie still, waiting for it to subside. A doctor rushes to my side. “You need to rest, soldier.”

I frown. “Where… am I? What… happened?”

He gives me a sympathetic smile. “Just rest. There’ll be plenty of time for questions later.”

He busies himself with my charts, and then leaves me alone. I relax, staring at the ceiling, trying to remember how I got here. I glance over at the clock on the wall opposite, which displays the date in the center of the face.

It’s the eighth? I’ve been out five days… what the hell?

I look around and gradually begin to recognize my surroundings as the field hospital ward at Fort McCoy. There’s only one other bed occupied, in the opposite corner of the room to me, and the guy in it is asleep.

The smell of disinfectant stings my nostrils as more of my senses gather themselves. The fluorescent lights buzz harmlessly overhead, and from outside the ward entrance, I can hear the clacking of heels on tiled flooring.

I let out a heavy sigh and close my eyes.

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