Blue Star Marine Boxed Set by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2021-06-07T22:00:00+00:00

16

Boyd sat on the edge of the examination table in the Resolute’s med-bay. Doc Cronin was working alongside a pair of doctors from the Goliath and a small team of medical drones. One doctor was studying Boyd with a scanner.

“I’m fine, Doc,” Boyd said. “What about Rik?” He pointed at Sergeant Dorik.

The sergeant was lying on a table with a pair of drones hovering over him. The doctor looked over and then back to Boyd.

“He’s a bit quiet, is all. Combat can do that sometimes.”

“But Dorik has been solid for as long as I’ve known him.” Boyd looked around the doctor blocking his view of Dorik.

The doctor shrugged and moved into Boyd’s view again. “You are fit to return to duty, Sergeant.”

Boyd nodded, thanked the doctor, and slipped off the examination table. He glanced over at Dorik, who was staring up with a blank expression. Boyd knew he was getting the best treatment available. He wanted to go over, ask Dorik what he had been staring at in that Skarak hull, but he thought better of it. He could ask another time. Better to leave Dorik in the hands of the experts.

Boyd walked out of the brightly-lit med-bay and into the corridor. The sounds of post-battle celebrations were heard throughout the ship. Boyd saw a friendly face walking toward him.

“Sergeant Will Boyd.” Yanic Knole clapped a hand on Boyd’s shoulder. “Didn’t know if you were ever coming back. Those Faction girls can be a bit wild, eh?”

Boyd smiled. “Sure, maybe I’ll hook you up, if you can tear yourself away from Curveball for a second.”

“Hey, I can multitask. You are a Ravens fan, right? Just like the major. There’s a match coming up soon. I’ll be happy to watch with you.”

“Sure,” Boyd said. He shook Knole by the hand. “Good to see you.”

Knole called after Boyd, “You too. Welcome home.”

Boyd dropped by the command deck. He stepped in. It was quiet. Second watch was on duty, but the major was sitting in his command chair studying after-action reports on his armrest holo-display.

“Major,” Boyd said. “I’m not disturbing you, am I, sir?”

Featherstone stopped what he was doing, looked down, and instantly a huge grin spread across his face.

“Sergeant Will Boyd, back from the brink twice in one day. I declare, they haven’t built a bad guy yet who could put you in the ground.”

“I hope not,” Boyd said with a smile.

“Good work out there today,” Featherstone said.

“I’m not so sure about that, sir,” Boyd replied. “The ship I escaped from—the Silence. Any plans to get after it?”

“Crumbs, Boyd. You’ve just had a heck of a fight. Don’t you want to at least take the evening off? I hear they have some brews in the mess hall. Take it easy, you deserve it.”

“Yes, sir, but…” he trailed off.

“I know,” Featherstone said. “Kitzov, that slippery pirate. Well, it looks like the Skarak may have done our work for us. We traced his ship as best we could, but the signal suggests he ran into a couple of Skarak warships north of the ecliptic, just by the edge of the Sphere.

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