Federation Marine: Recruit by J.N. Chaney & Jonathan P. Brazee

Author:J.N. Chaney & Jonathan P. Brazee [Chaney, J.N. & Brazee, Jonathan P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Variant Publications
Published: 2023-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

21

ALEXANDER - CAMP KOLESNIKOV

Ryck opened his eyes. His stomach was growling, crying out for food. He had to get some breakfast to quiet it down. He tried to stretch, but his hands would not move. Confused, he turned his head to his left. His hand stretched out from him, but was imprisoned in some sort of restraint. Thoughts of pirates, of fighting, of death suddenly flashed through his head. He had to get out of there!

“Easy there, cowboy,” a familiar voice called out as Ryck struggled to get up.

It wasn’t until the person who spoke moved forward that he realized who it was. T-Rex, put a hand on Ryck’s chest, calming him.

“What . . . ?” Ryck stammered as it all came back to him—the mission, the fight, him being hit.

He quickly looked over to his right arm, or at least to where his right arm should have been. Instead of an arm, the stubby chamber of the regen seeder was attached to his shoulder. A steady green light was the only sign that it was doing its job.

He looked back to his left arm. Most of the arm was intact, but the hand itself was covered by a small regen chamber. To his surprise, he wasn’t horrified. He knew he was drugged—the chance for a successful regen was significantly increased when the immunosuppressants were employed. Still, he felt he should be more shocked instead of just mildly curious.

“You OK, there?” T-Rex asked.

“I . . . I guess so. Where are we? We on the Adelaide?”

“Not hardly! We’re back on the Dirtball. Home sweet home. You’ve been out of it for two weeks, and they just let you wake up now,” T-Rex said, nodding toward the foot of the hospital bed where a nurse stood, watching Ryck closely.

Ryck tried to organize his thoughts. Of course, he would have been put into an induced coma. They’d been well-informed on what would happen if they had to go through regen. A coma during the initial stages of regen helped the process catch better and helped ensure a more complete outcome.

“A couple of the guys came to see you wake up, but you took your own sweet time with it. They went to the geedunk1 and the head while you were napping,” he told them.

“So, what happened?”

“With you?” T-Rex asked. “You took on that pirate, zeroed him, but he kind of got you, too. Doc Silvestrie came in, got you stabilized, and then you were zip-locked back to the Adelaide even before the ship was secured.”

“What about Wan? Is he OK?”

Some of the spark left T-Rex’s eyes as he said, “Wan Man didn’t make it. Doc got him out before you, and he was put into stasis. He made it back here to the Dirtball, but he couldn’t hang on.”

Ryck looked up at T-Rex uncomprehendingly. People just didn’t die if they made it to stasis. Stasis wasn’t really an actual suspension of the body, but it came pretty close. Fluids were pumped into

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