Techno Ranger by Thomas Sewell

Author:Thomas Sewell [Sewell, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Sam Harper Military Thriller
ISBN: 9781952242007
Publisher: Catallaxy Media
Published: 2020-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

PART III: Blue Team

Chapter Twenty: Keeping It Real

Most of the time hanging with Korean volleyball players doesn't end in shots fired, but after nearly dying, I needed a nap.

The Major left Bishop and Schnier with me and the late-arriving MPs to wrap things up and give statements.

MPs secured the prisoners, including Rhee. Carted them off to wherever they store captured enemy special forces the North will be sure to deny existed.

We stood around the lab area to discuss what happened, careful not to disturb the investigation scene cordoned off behind yellow tape.

Hyo-jin kept wanting to pick the experiment up and set it right, but the MPs stopped her.

Lee volunteered to coordinate with the local security team.

They were all ROK Army together, after all.

Actions of acceptance and betrayal reveal who is truly on your side. Almost all of my foster siblings failed that test regularly, deflecting consequences for their actions or blame for their transgressions toward anyone nearby.

Better to avoid official attention, but somehow I became the next center of unwanted scrutiny.

Innocently enough, my new friend Hyo-jin, the Doc, wasn't a medical doctor, but still wanted to see my shoulder to ensure I was okay. "You didn't do it right. Shouldn't put that dirty, smelly shirt back on after bandaging it. You'll get infected. Need to go to a hospital. Doesn't the American base have a hospital?"

Dude! "I filled the wound with antibiotics. Be fine until I can get it properly cleaned out. Besides, mostly missed anything important."

The gouge in my shoulder would leave a nice scar, though, even if it stayed uninfected. Was more concerned about my ability to stay on my feet.

My knee hurt, despite morphine making it tough to think straight.

Michelle came over, shell necklace clacking, to do her own reconnaissance in force.

She edged between Hyo-jin and me, without even a look at the Doc, who was actually taller than her. Stood there staring at me with her hands on her slender hips. "Sam Harper. How much trouble have you gotten yourself into now?"

Hyo-jin said something sharp in Korean under her breath as she stepped around Michelle, but I didn't catch it. "Who are you?"

I held up a hand to forestall Hyo-jin's question, "I'm fine, Michelle. Just a little gunshot wound and woozy from the morphine." Didn't mention the knee, but maybe I could sit on the edge of a nearby steel lab table, which would otherwise just hold up paperwork. "Doc, this is Michelle, an old friend from the American embassy."

Pain shooting in my knee, I took a deep breath. Leaned up against the table's edge. Took the weight off my knee. "Michelle, this is Doctor Yang Hyo-jin, lab administrator."

Hyo-jin stuck her hands in the wide pockets of her lab coat. "Scientist, thank you. I am the director of the metallurgical lab, but I lead the scientific efforts, not the paper ones."

Michelle turned. Looked her up and down. Mostly up. "Good to meet you. I've kept Sam out of trouble since he got kicked out of his third foster home.

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