Mabus by Dean Rencraft

Author:Dean Rencraft [Rencraft, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pandorra Publishing
Published: 2018-05-05T22:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Ten

Special Operations Command

Syria

“Happy Birthday, man.” Harry rounded the workbench followed by a slew of technicians and grinning soldiers who paused to pound him on the back before presenting him with a huge cake done up expertly in the shape a gun-metal gray laptop. There was a U.S. flag waving at him from the very center that nearly made him wail in frustration. David smiled but hid his emotions under the careful mask that he had perfected over the past few months.

Caught up in his work in the lab and the crazy schedules of jumps and deployments he attended almost bi-weekly, David had completely forgotten all about his birthday. To be honest, he was feeling much older than he really was and far too exhausted to celebrate the occasion.

He had also just come from a very long and very heated discussion with Chief Senchez himself, who was here for a few days before moving on to another basecamp in order to work with one of his other teams. It seemed David was far and away too valuable to the men, and due to Senchez’s direct interference, his government for the higher powers to allow him to go home early as he had requested. Even though he had a thousand times more experience then he could ever need to finish well over a dozen projects already claimed by the military.

David had finally come to understand that he was simply one more tool to them. A tool that was to be used until there was nothing left and then discarded on the scrap heap when his luck ran out or he was of no more use to them. David, of course, had other, much healthier, plans for his immediate future, which meant that Morpheus was well aware of his feelings and the need to extract him from this place as soon as possible.

“Thanks, everyone,” there was a cheer as he blew out the few candles while hoping like hell they weren’t toxic. There was absolutely no telling what the cooks here would use when they were in the mood to get creative. As long as the end result faintly resembled its original purpose, the general policy was anything goes. So far, he had seen three men sent home from the results of these training accidents. In four months. He wanted to leave, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to go quite that far. Much better, he thought, if he was shot instead.

“What did you wish for?” The lanky young tech he first met asked with a wicked grin.

“Probably not what you’re all thinking,” he said with a reluctant chuckle. “Though, that wouldn’t be rejected out of hand by any means.”

“You and me both, man,” Harry grumbled as the other men laughed and tossed out some rude solutions to the problems of so few women in the camp. The one female in their midst threw up both figurative fists and gave just as many rude options as the rest of them, not one of the men even looking towards her or including her in any of their ribald suggestions.

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