Murder of Crows by Kevin Kauffmann

Author:Kevin Kauffmann [Kauffmann, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4: Depression

Roberts could see the light peeking through the window and realized there were a few more hours until the alarms would sound off. The boy soldier shifted in his bed and immediately regretted it. He gasped and clutched at the pillow by his head after feeling the pain lance through him. The boy soldier had learned to hold back the screams, but that didn’t stop the contortions. After a few labored breaths the man steeled himself and tried to sit up in his bed. The pain was excruciating, but the only thing that could help was across the room in his desk; he couldn’t lie there any longer if the pain would stay with him.

Christopher Roberts did what he could to bear with the sensory explosion when his feet touched the ground. He didn’t know why this incarnation was hurting so bad; he hadn’t even died in the last match, yet his body still hadn’t recovered from his last resurrection. The boy soldier didn’t know why he was so prone to this affliction, and the doctors had done nothing to help him, but he figured it had something to do with his past life. He figured someone was still getting revenge on him for all of his misdeeds. Roberts needed something to justify the daily torture.

The boy soldier fell against the desk and immediately started rummaging through its contents. He was trying desperately to find Goldstein’s newest delivery but ended up finding all of the used packages. Roberts always found himself surrounded by these little reminders of his debts to the black market merchant. The packages scattered to the floor as the man frantically searched the desk for his medicine.

Eventually the soldier grabbed hold of the new packaging and popped open the box to find the bottle of pills inside. His eyes narrowed as he pushed against the lid and then twisted, spilling the contents of the bottle onto the desk. Five pills came out and Roberts tried to gauge how many he actually needed. His mind wasn’t working correctly from the pain and his fingers ached from twisting the lid off the bottle.

Roberts grabbed all five pills and threw them into his mouth. He swallowed them all and wondered if it was enough to overdose. If he did he would just encounter another body filled with pain, so it didn’t much matter. The boy soldier sighed deeply and sat in his chair before looking outside his window. Roberts was able to see the Earth from his position. The boy soldier tilted his head and wondered what all of his friends were doing there back in Los Angeles.

He told himself that they weren’t his friends anymore. He closed his eyes and waited.

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The light was pouring into his room when the alarms finally went off. Roberts shook his head and tried to blink the sleep out of his eyes. He was still sitting in his chair, surprised that he was able to fall asleep without actively trying. Roberts yawned and rubbed his eyes.

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