The Contingency (The Contingency War Book 1) by G J Ogden

Author:G J Ogden [Ogden, G J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ogden Media Ltd
Published: 2019-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

The shouting grew louder and more distinct and then Taylor was aware of the sound of weapons firing. But he could only discern the crack of Earth Fleet sidearms; the vibrant pulse of the Hedalt Plasma rifle was strangely absent. The Hedalt soldier! He realized. Casey and Satomi must be fighting it!

The dazzling, white light began to fade and his vision started to clear. He was lying on his back in the hangar bay, buried beneath a pile of containers, but although they pushed heavily against his body, and he could feel the pressure of their touch, he felt no pain. He tried to concentrate his gaze towards the sound of shouting and gunfire, but his eyes still struggled to focus and the blurry images that he could resolve appeared grainy, like an old photograph that was taken when the light level was too low.

He drew breath and felt the air enter his mouth, but there was no sensation of his lungs filling or his chest expanding. Then he realized he couldn’t feel his heart beating and panic gripped him. He lay still again, petrified that his injuries were so severe that shock had already deadened him to the pain that his body must be silently enduring. Yet, as he lay motionless, wracked with a sense of dread that his body was broken and dying, his pulse did not quicken – in the same way that he was unaware of his heartbeat, he also could not feel the thud of blood pulsating in his neck. The terror that Taylor was experiencing should have been accompanied by a nauseating tightening of the gut, but he felt no such reaction from his own body; it was only his mind that had descended into the anarchy of fear. But while his body seemed detached, it was not numb; he could still feel the textured metal of the deck and detect the sharp corners of the containers pressing against him, and he could still feel the cool, still air against his face. Somehow, he could feel the world around him, but only partially. It was like a bizarre kind of anesthetic, which left him conscious of external stimulation, but dead to pain and any primal, physical manifestations of emotion.

The shouting and weapons fire continued to reach his ears, clearer and more distinct with each passing second, but he remained too afraid to move; too afraid to check himself over for fear of what he might discover. But then he heard what sounded like Satomi’s voice, shouting for Casey to take cover, followed by more harrowed cries of, “Move right!”… “There it goes!”… “Watch out!”… and he knew he had to set aside his doubts and help, even if his dying body could do no more than offer the Hedalt soldier an additional target.

He placed his hands against the containers that lay on his chest and pushed; remarkably, they lifted and he was able to throw them to one side with ease and climb up onto his knees without any difficulty or sensation of pain.

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