"How does it feel?"
"Like my old arm. It's perfect"
"Glad we could help boss. So, what are you going to do now?"
"Get back to work, we have a lot of things to do and I ain't going to sit back and relax while my people work their asses off."
"Same old Eric. That's good, then you may want to speak with Ellen, she's getting angry that no one takes her task."
"What task?"
"We need more medical supplies and stuff in general, but no one wants to go near the prison, where we could find equipment and any extra pills."
"We still need more? Even if we add the things from the bunker's storage?"
"The medical supplies from the bunker were all for experiments which mean that little to none can be used for treating patients."
"That makes sense, I guess. Ok then, I'll speak with Ellen before I leave. See you later Andrew, and Andrew… thank you, it means a lot for me."
"See you later boss."
Having a new arm feels nostalgic for some reason, not that I dislike this feeling. When I woke up, I was already ready for a new life with one arm, but thank the gods, that I have friends that made me a new and better arm.
While I was lost in my thoughts, I didn't notice when I arrived at the infirmary as Ellen and Gale liked to call the place.
Before I could register where I was, I heard a voice calling me from my right side.
"Eric? What are you doing here? Has the pain become unbearable?"
"Hey, Ellen. No, the pain didn't become worse, but it is still there."
"That's good, and it seems you got your new arm."
"Yeah, Andrew was so excited to test that I basically got kidnapped by him."
"Typically Andrew, when he got his hands on a new project, and I'm sure that he forget to tell you some things about your new arm."
"I bet you are right, he often does that when he's excited, and not gonna lie to you, having this new arm make me feel nostalgic."
"I have seen many people getting their limbs cut off, but you Eric are the first one how to take this whole situation like it was meant to happen."
"And what good will crying and cursing do? I know what happened and I'm sure that even if we were prepared, we wouldn't be able to avoid the damage done by that thing. Enough with the depressing things, I have come here to talk to you about your task."
"That task? You are already taking missions?"
"I have to do something, or I will go crazy."
"Ok, then, I want you to take a team with you and see what can you take back from this location, I will mark it on your map. By the way, that arm for yours will need to be charge from time to time. From what I can remember, Andrew told us, that it could work for seven days nonstop before it will need a day for recharging."
"I see, thank you for telling me that, I will see you when I come back."
Now that I got the exact location from Ellen, I decided to head up to Jorah pen. When I arrived there, I saw the kids (Clementine and Duck) playing with Jorah, who have become their horses.
As I was approaching them, the first one to notice me was Jorah, while the kids were a tad late to notice me.
Jorah turned his head towards the kids and gave them a low growl so that they can get off of him. When the kids were on the ground, Jorah didn't hesitate to run straight to me giving me a bear hug.
Now, the sight of a two meters man (boy in Eric's case) and a two meters bear, hugging each other was clearly uncommon.
"Easy there big guy. I missed you as well."
"Huff"
While I was catching up with Jorah, Katjaa and Carley call the kids.
"Clementine, Duck come here "
"But mom, we still want to play with Jorah."
"I said to come here, Duck. We are having a picnic."
When Jorah heard the word picnic, he looked back at Katjaa before looking back at me once again.
"I know, I know, we will go with them, alright?"
"Huff"
After I said that to him, we walked towards the girls and Duck. Carley was surprised to see me, even more, when she noticed my new arm.
"Hey, Eric. How are you doing?"
"Hey, girls. Doing good, I may say, now that I'm in the presence of two beautiful women, I'm even better."
"Oh, sweaty. You still have a long way before you master the art of praising and flirting with girls."
"What can I say, Katjaa, I didn't have to flirt for a girl to fall in love with me."
"*Cough* Lucky bastard *Cough*."
"At your demands, my lady! What are you doing here?"
"Taking the kids to eat outside, which makes it a picnic."
"That's lovely, so you won't mind Jorah joining you right?"
"If he behaves himself, then I have no problem with him."
"Thank you Katjaa. I'll leave him in your care. See you later, and Jorah, be a good boy."
"HUFF"
With Jorah in good hands, I walked away after I said my goodbyes to them. As for the team that I will take with me, I decided to take Sam's team, but before I could contact them, Maxson called me on the walkie-talkie.
[Eric, here, over.]
[I heard that you will take a mission near a hotspot, over]
[Yeah, the infirmary needs an upgrade]
[Did you select the team you will take with you?]
[Not yet, why?]
[Do you mind, if I and ten of my men follow you in this mission?]
[Not at all. Having trained soldiers in a mission like this will surely be a big help]
[That's good. Then, we will meet at the armory]
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