The Time Patriot: Episode One - Hail Mary Pass by Kim Megahee
Author:Kim Megahee [Megahee, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimmer Group, The
Published: 2022-10-11T04:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER NINE
Saturday, February 10th, 1787 - 12:37 PM EST - The Woods of Northern Virginia
Tyler headed back to the trail. He looked back over his shoulder at McKnight. âCutty found it while checking the perimeter of the camp. He alerted Major Smalls, who told me. Smalls and Cutty are still with the body, sir. Itâs about a hundred meters out.â
McKnight followed him uphill. They came upon Smalls and Cutty, standing together, looking at something on the ground.
It was a grisly scene. The head and a shoulder were missing. A forearm and hand, apparently from the missing shoulder, laid by the body. The wound was charred. The smell of burnt flesh wafted up from the body.
McKnight looked around on the ground.
Smalls knelt by the body.
Whereâs the head and shoulder?
âItâs not here, sir,â Smalls said. âYouâre looking for the head, right?â He pointed at Cutty. âWeâve been checking around the area â ten meters in all directions.â
âI doubt weâll find it, Colonel,â Tyler said. âI think itâsââ
âYeah, yeah,â McKnight said, and rolled his eyes. âHow could that be the case, Major?â
Smalls grunted, then said, âLieutenant Cutty?â
âYes, sir?â
âGo back to the camp, make sure General Washington and Mr. Lee are comfortable, and relay to Captain Wheeler to organize some chow. Make sure the General gets to try an MRE. Weâll be there shortly.â
âYes, sir!â Cutty said. He turned and ran down the hill.
When Cutty was out of earshot, Smalls stood.
âThis man was about six foot five, give or take an inch. A big boy, by any standards. If he was unaware of the time bubble dangers⦠this could be the result, right?â
âOkay,â McKnight said. âWhat do we know about him?â
âNot much, but enough,â Smalls continued. âThe clothes arenât from this time. Much more modern. Heâs Caucasian. Maybe a teenager. He hasnât been dead more than an hour. Otherwise, the wolves or some other critters would have gotten to the body. There are some ants, but not much else. No, he hasnât been here long. Today for sure, in the last couple of hours.â
McKnight shook his head. âSlow down. What do we know for sure? What weapon from this age could do this damage?â
âA hot, very sharp sword, maybe,â Tyler said. âCould you strike off a manâs head and shoulder with a sword stroke and carry through to severe the arm as well? It would have to be one helluva blow. I couldnât have done it.â
He chuckled. âMaybe with a light saber.â
Smalls smiled.
âNot funny,â McKnight said. He pulled at his lower lip. âBut the evidence suggests you guys might be right. What about his clothes? Find anything in his pockets?â
âHavenât checked yet, sir,â Smalls said. âWe didnât want to move the body until youâd seen it. I donât know much about style, but the clothes look retro-European. Letâs check his pockets. Give me a hand, Major.â
Tyler and Smalls knelt by the body and checked the breast pocket and the pantsâ pockets.
âNothing here,â Smalls said.
âSome lint and a key in this pocket,â Tyler said. âThe clothes are European-looking, but not modern.
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