She Is His Witness by Michael Todd & Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Todd & Michael Anderle [Todd, Michael & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

The rotors sprayed sand everywhere as a ruthless accompaniment to the helicopter’s arrival. This was among the very long list of reasons why Anderson had no intention to ever spend more time than was absolutely necessary anywhere near a desert. The disparity of temperatures from day to night and the glaring brightness of the sun with no shade was bad enough without the unbearable amount of sand that went fucking everywhere.

No, he would not look back on this mission with any degree of fondness. And that was only partially because his meds made sure that his night’s sleep had been light and full of dreams that were less than restful. He gritted his teeth and shook his head.

He’d ordered that the morning be used to debrief the rest of the squad on exactly what had happened the day before. The colonel didn’t need to look at it or even be present for it as the team leaders had handled it. Instead, he used the time to write up his own report, and true to his word, he made sure to lay the full weight of the blame on himself and the suits that the men were equipped with. In addition, he’d firmly suggested that all future testing stages be run in controlled environments and stated in the strongest possible terms that field testing must not be held in locations with as many variables as the Zoo. Then again, there weren’t many places on earth that had that many variables. Unless they’d made the mistake of unleashing alien goop anywhere else, this was the single worst place in the world to test suits of power armor.

Thankfully, he’d taken typing classes in high school and made sure to keep those skills honed. Over the course of the morning, he’d given the dumbasses in the Pentagon—and hopefully, Congress—thirty pages of scathing review that he would make sure they read. If he couldn’t get them to come down there into the middle of fucking nowhere to do their own damned tests, he would make sure to take every inch of revenge he could, petty or not.

He owed it to Sergeant Michaels.

Anderson started to write up a few words to celebrate the man’s many achievements when he heard the helicopter approach. It would be a few weeks until the ceremony in which they returned the man’s dog tags to his family. They needed to play with the records first and provide both witnesses and paperwork that confirmed that Sgt. Michaels had never been within a thousand miles of the Zoo. Only then would they release the man’s body for burial along with a horde of posthumous medals. He would make sure that they gave the family his full pension and the man full honors. It was the least he could do.

A few members of Blue team had already been lifted to the Staging Area for medical treatment, but the colonel was happy to see that at least one member had remained, a man by the name of Chief Petty Officer Vernon.

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