He Was Not Prepared by Michael Todd & Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Todd & Michael Anderle [Todd, Michael & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Addams looked up from inspecting Kennedy’s wound. He looked impressed. “I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s still a gunshot, and it’s still fairly serious, but it looks like it’s been healing for two or three weeks.”

“Do you think I can walk on it?” she asked as she pulled the bandage over the wound.

“Well, that’s up to you, I guess,” Addams said and replaced his equipment in his pouch. “If it’s not too painful, I’d say yes, but try not to run or put too much weight on it. And maybe without your armor?”

“That was what I suggested,” Sal agreed.

“Which brings me to my next question,” Addams said. He had been on the final watch, so he was understandably irritable. “Do you want to tell me why the fuck your leg looks like it’s been healing for a few weeks when I can say on good authority that it’s only been one night?” He paused and accessed his HUD. “Yep. My calendar says it’s only been one night. So…what gives, Sarge?”

“It’s a little serum Jacobs worked up,” Kennedy said.

“I used what I could press from a couple of the ruined flower sets and added saline solution,” Sal explained. “I tested it first on the surrounding lesions and wounds. There was some limited success, so I decided to try it in the muscle as well.”

Addams nodded. “Lynch won’t be happy about that.”

“He wanted to leave me out here to die on my own,” Kennedy retorted and scowled. “Fuck him and the horse he rode in on.”

“Be that as it may,” Addams said, “he’s still a member of this squad, and he has a say, technically, in how the samples we acquire are used.”

“Look,” Sal interjected, “we wouldn’t get much from those flowers anyway. It was a valuable test, and now we know that these flowers can be used for some emergency first aid.”

Addams nodded. “We still need to bring it up with Cortez and Lynch.”

“Bring what up with us?” Cortez asked as he and Lynch returned from refilling the canteens at another water source they had found.

“Well, there’s no time like the present,” Addams said.

Sal sighed as Lynch and Cortez stared at him. “Look, I was bored last night—”

“Well, this is off to a great start,” Lynch muttered and put the canteens he’d refilled on the ground.

“Shut it, Lynch,” Kennedy commanded. She still had a bone to pick with the man.

The specialist continued once there was silence again. “I ran a few tests on the flowers that we had collected—the ones that were bruised. I made them into a serum that went a long way to heal the gunshot in Kennedy’s thigh.”

“How long a way?” Cortez asked.

Kennedy stood, walked in a circle, and sat once again.

“Huh,” Cortez grunted. “I’ve never seen people recover from wounds that quickly. And I’ve seen a lot of people get shot.”

“Who the fuck cares?” Lynch interjected. “You didn’t bring it up with the squad before you used our paycheck to heal the princess’ boo-boos. Ya shouldn’t ha’e done that, rookie.

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