Sniper by Jonathan P. Brazee

Author:Jonathan P. Brazee [Brazee, Jonathan P.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Semper Fi Press

Chapter 29

37

“Damn, I’m hungry,” Zach said, sniffing the air. “How long are we going to have to wait?”

“Until she gets here. She stopped off at the Wounded Warrior Battalion, so if you have any complaints, why don’t you march on over there and tell General Ling?” gunny said to him.

“No, you know what I mean,” Zach hurriedly corrected.

No one criticized the Wounded Warrior Battalion, nor did they resent any of the care those Marines and sailors received. Those undergoing regen and therapy were their brothers and sisters, and with increasingly better medical technology, Marines who even 20 years ago might have been permanently KIA were resurrected and joined the battalion for their rehab. There was a very real probability that many of the Marines in 2/3 were going to end up in the Wounded Warrior Battaltion at some time in their career, and it had become accepted fact that juju was at work, and by saying the wrong thing, the gods of karma would make sure you were one of the ones to end up there.

Kierk reached over and thunked Zach on the head with a closed fist. He’d just returned to the battalion two days earlier, still on light duty, but back with the platoon. With three newbies, even with Eli and Cable-Williams still in rehab, the platoon was at full strength.

Gracie stole a look at Lance Corporal Tibone Mubotono. “T-Bone” was her new spotter, and she didn’t think she’d ever met such an arrogant, self-centered young man in her life. The guy could shoot the left ball off a gnat at 1000 meters, but Gracie thought he would be a liability in a hot mission.

When Gunny Buttle had told her he was assigning the young Marine to her, he’d left her with a laugh and a sarcastic “good luck.” Evidently, T-Bone’s reputation had preceded him. T-Bone had arrived with Tennerife Delay, the second female Marine assigned to the platoon, and initially, Gracie had been happy Delay hadn’t been assigned to her. She’d been concerned at how the others would react to the “all-girl” team. In retrospect, she thought she’d much rather have dealt with that than with T-Bone. Delay might not be the marksman that he was, but she seemed to listen, and Brick Liogeni was full of praise for her potential.

An electric current flowed through the battalion, snapping Gracie’s reverie. She looked up to see an oversized Marine Corps van pull up.

“It’s showtime,” Zach said as the lounging Marines stood and started moving towards the van.

Gracie was only about 20 meters away when Chief Warrant Officer Tamara Veal got out of the van and stretched out to her full eight.

Damn, she’s big! Gracie thought.

At the parade earlier, she’d seen the gladiator when they’d done their eyes right during the pass in review, but that has been at a distance and looking through the formation. Here, in the battalion square, the gladiator not only towered over the Marines, but radiated mass—a deadly, dangerous mass. Without meaning to, Gracie took a step back.

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