Building New Canaan - The Complete Series - A Colonization and Exploration Space Adventure by M. D. Cooper & J.J. Green

Author:M. D. Cooper & J.J. Green [Cooper, M. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Wooden Pen Press
Published: 2021-03-28T22:00:00+00:00

RECOVERY

STELLAR DATE: 03.23.8937 (Adjusted Years)

LOCATION: Ushu Hospital, Ushu

REGION: Tyre, New Canaan System

Isa woke to the sound of voices speaking quietly and the tapping of footsteps on floor tiles.

She was lying in a dimly lit room, though brighter light shone through a half-open door. She felt calm, peaceful, and extremely woozy, like she’d drunk more than one of Mikkel’s famous cocktails aboard the Odyssey. She felt so woozy, in fact, that at first, she only lay still, without bothering to figure out where she was or trying to remember how she’d gotten there. The room’s single window was set to a soft green opaque color, so she couldn’t even tell what time of day it was.

Eventually, however, a few events from her memory filtered through to her conscious mind. She recalled that she was on Tyre, and she’d been in a cave full of crystals. Then she seemed to remember something weird had happened. She’d imagined she was back on Sirius and that she’d been left behind, but after that, she realized she wasn’t there at all, and some people had come to rescue her from….

No, that wasn’t right. Something else had happened.

But she couldn’t remember what. Though she was back in the hospital; she knew that. In Ushu. She’d been making an infomentary for Placement Services.

Isa continued trying to figure it all out while her thoughts gradually cleared. When a shadow blocked the light from the door, Isa turned to see that it was someone in a medic’s uniform. As their eyes met, the man smiled and walked into the room.

“So you’ve come around at last,” he said. “We were running a sweep. I lost. I thought you would wake up at least an hour ago.”

“What?”

The medic smiled again. “The doctor gave you something to keep you under for a while and give you time to recuperate. It turned out that you were a little oversensitive to the medication, so you’ve been asleep longer than we expected. But don’t worry. You’ll feel fine in a little while. Your system has processed most of the drug.”

Isa lifted a hand to her head. She remembered she’d hit it on something. Or something had hit it. But the pain was gone now. She touched her scalp through her hair, but she couldn’t feel any scab or bruising.

“You had quite a wound there,” the medic said. “And some micro-hemorrhages in your brain tissue, but we fixed all that for you.” He was checking the screen above her bed. He looked down at her. “I guess I’m not making a whole lot of sense right now, am I?”

And my leg, Isa was thinking. Something happened to my leg.

<Isa?>

Isa’s heart leapt, and happiness flooded through her. <Erin?>

<So glad you’re awake finally,> Erin said. <I’ve been trying to talk to you for hours. How are you feeling? Are you okay?>

<I think so,> Isa said. <But… > She frowned, still trying to make sense of it all.

“You seem to be recovering well,” the medic said, apparently picking up that she was speaking to someone on the Link.

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