The Seryys Chronicles: Steel Alliance by Nicholson Joseph

Author:Nicholson, Joseph [Nicholson, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Clockwork Quills
Published: 2014-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

They walked the rest of the way to the ship in silence. When they got there, Kay was working diligently under the ship. Brawl wordlessly went to her side to help. Khai took himself to the small medical bay—though “med bay” was a very relative term, it was a small cubby etched into the corridor between the cockpit and main hold—on the Bucket where Puar was already laying on the bed getting a scan.

“Scan complete,” Amber said. “No vital organs hit. Administering pain relief.”

A small, spindly appendage dropped from the bulkhead above the bed with a syringe on the end of it. The arm injected him with the painkiller.

“Procedure complete. Exit now, please.”

Puar rolled out of the bed. “Thanks, Amber.” He spotted Khai and noticed his swollen, black-and-blued hand. “Next victim.”

Khai stepped past his friend and lay down on the bed. A scanner extended out of the wall above the bed and ran its length, scanning Khai for injuries.

“Injury detected.” On a screen above the bed, it displayed an x-ray image of his hand. “Fractures of the metacarpal bones on digits two and three and fracture of proximal phalanx of digit four. Administering pain relief.”

The same appendage dropped down from the bulkhead and injected him with the same painkiller. “Temporary prosthetic installation commencing.”

Several multi-fingered arms extended from multiple places in the surrounding bulkhead and converged on Khai’s broken hand. A black, skin-tight glove was administered and sealed airtight to the hand. Within the glove were small metal splints that formed to the contours of the hand at the time of sealing to keep the bones from wandering. Also within the glove were small actuators that would make the glove move and act as a hand. In essence, the glove was a type of exoskeleton that kept the hand safe but at the same time afforded the wearer full, albeit temporary, use of the hand. Once the glove was formed perfectly to his hand, another appendage ran microfilament fibers from the edge of the glove under the skin to the nerves where the hand met the wrist. These fibers were weaved into nerves to accept the signals from the brain and activate the glove.

“Procedure complete. Microfilament fibers will dissolve in two days. Seek medical attention within specified timeframe.”

Khai tested the glove by flexing his hand several times. He no longer felt the bones gnashing against each other and the painkiller did its job well. It wasn’t pretty, but it would work until they could bag their Reaper and head home. From the weapons locker in the main hold Khai grabbed a few things: a semi-automatic sniper rifle for himself and a sight attachment with enhanced zoom for Brix’s gun, all the ammo available for both guns and a few frag grenades and extra rounds for Puar’s grenade launcher.

As he exited, Dah’s voice came over the channel. “Khai, you there?”

“What’s up, buddy?”

“You’ve got incoming, lots of incoming. Two herds converged at the corner here at the bank. They must’ve heard your firefight.

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