Acts Beyond Redemption by Burke S

Author:Burke, S. [Burke, S.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Thorstruck Press
Published: 2015-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

Day One - Conditioning

Operation Pale Horse

Quentin was getting restless; he didn’t know how long he’d been sitting here waiting, it felt like hours. It was in fact one hour and eighteen minutes. The disembodied voice instructed him to exit the room and remain standing in the corridor. He did so, pleased to move around. The others were all doing the same thing.

They stood for twenty five minutes, then a uniformed male instructed them to form a single file; part two of the morning session was about to begin. Quentin was again handed a number; he and the rest of team Alpha were escorted down one level and again shown to rooms with numbered doors.

He was instructed to disrobe, and enter the next phase of the training through the rear door on the small annex.

Quentin felt self-conscious standing naked. He shuffled his feet … damn, it was cold in here.

In the monitoring booth the technicians readied the equipment.

“Temperature is ten degrees Celsius. Steady it at that.”

“Done.”

“Okay, here we go. Sensors attached.”

“What is your name?” the voice asked.

“Uh, Pete … uh, no, I mean …” Ice cold water sprayed over his body, he gasped as it hit his naked skin. “Jesus!”

“What is your name?” came the voice again.

“Uh, Quentin … er, Hamersley. Quentin Hamersley,” he muttered with a shaky breath.

“Good. Where are you from?”

“Oh, um … shit. Minnesota, I think.”

The water hit him again.

“Where are you from?”

“I can’t … wait, is it Michigan?”

The water hit him again, for longer this time. He stood and shivered, the sensors indicating the beginnings of mild hypothermia.

The senior technician checked the readout. “Hypothermia beginning, we have only around twelve minutes before we halt. How far down do we let him drop?”

“Once he ceases being able to stand, only then do we stop.”

“That’s so damned dangerous, man. He could easily arrest.”

“We have a team ready for that eventuality. Ask him again. Now.”

“Where are you from?”

“Shit, I can’t remember. Please … okay. I’ll learn it, but I can’t remember right now.”

The water hit him again. It continued running on him for forty five seconds. He was barely able to stand and his extremities were turning blue.

“Where are you from?”

“I-I c-c-can’t … I …”

The cold water hit him again, this time for two full minutes.

He stood swaying and then doubled over with pain from the cold. He managed to stand for six minutes. He then swayed and dropped to the concrete floor, curled into the foetal position.

“Call it!”

“Done. Team blue access and remove to infirmary. Resuscitate and report.”

The technicians watched as the man was moved onto a gurney. He was covered with an aluminium blanket with a heat infusion that would slowly bring his body temperature back up. They removed him from the room.

“Next?”

Brad Collingsworth from Team Alpha entered and stood naked awaiting instructions.

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