Battlecruiser Alamo: Fermi's War (Battlecruiser Alamo Series Book 2) by Richard Tongue

Author:Richard Tongue [Tongue, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2013-07-19T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Marshall's eyes flickered open; he was blinded by bright white light shining into them. He coughed and spluttered, then felt a hand on his head, and others on his legs, restraining him. Voices were speaking, as if from far away, far enough that he couldn't work out what they were saying. He tried to speak himself, but the result was only a series of coughs and gasps. A glass of water was placed to his lips and he eagerly drank, though there was something odd about it, a tang in the taste he didn't like.

"Captain Marshall?" one of the voices said. "Nod if you can hear me."

He jerked his head up and down, sending bile rising to this throat again, and felt hands behind his back, supporting him, propping him up. Gradually, the reality of where he was began to come back to him – he was lying in a crash couch in the passenger compartment of one of the shuttlecraft, and Alamo's medical officer, Doctor Duquesne, was standing over him.

"You're damn lucky I do house-calls by fighter. Try speaking."

In between the coughs and splutters, Marshall managed, "Caine?"

"In about the same condition as you, though she came around a couple of minutes ago. Oddly enough her first word was your name; do you often go on dates like this?"

"How long?" Marshall gasped.

"About three hours. Douglas and Blake found you and brought you back to the shuttle. Without being stupid enough to look down the pit of total madness, I might add." There were groaning sounds from the other side of the room, and the looming figure of Cunningham leaned over, saying something in Duquesne's ear.

"Looks like my other patient needs work," she said, making her way over to Caine.

Cunningham looked over at her, then back to Marshall, "That doctor's quite a piece of work. She was waiting for me on the hangar deck with her medical bag when I landed. We were down on the deck before you were back in the shuttle."

"Thanks," Marshall said. He sat up with a start, coughing again.

"Easy, there. You've had a hell of a shock. Doc said you had to take it easy for a bit." He looked around nervously.

"Is something else wrong? Give me a report."

"You aren't in any condition to be in command right now."

"These are my people. What's wrong?"

Sighing, Cunningham replied, "That ass Cross has gone missing as well, managed to give Private Green the slip somehow. I've already torn the kid off a strip for appearances. Mulenga's leading the search parties now, and I've got Raven Three up. He must have gone into one of the structures."

"If he's found something like..."

"Don't try and think about it."

The images flashed again in his mind, the human buried in the alien creatures, and he felt his stomach churn again; Cunningham had a bowl under him before he threw up, patting him on the back.

Marshall looked up, "There was a human in there, Jack. A human."

"Are you sure?" Cunningham's eyes widened.

"Damn sure. Don't send anyone in there.

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