Third wave.
While Flint was being sent to the Flagg's sickbay, Dr. Massey is in the guest quarters speaking with Duke and Scarlett; the first of the pair asks. "So when did you come up with this process, Dr.?"
"Honestly, the idea came to me in a strange dream i had after getting back from a restaurant, one that later was on the news; seems the waitress who gave me my order committed suicide that same night." Dr. Massey explains, and Duke glances to Scarlett.
"...There might be a connection there; we'll look into it when we get back to the states." She told the professor, who nodded.
Flint wakes up to see a ceiling, and realizes he's back in H.Q. "O...kay, how'd i get back here and what's pushing down on me?" He asks himself before noticing two other things as he sits up, one being the short bed rails and an IV, and the other being the brown haired weight on his midsection. "What the hell are you doing here?" He asks, only to recoil when Lady-Jaye raises her head, showing that she had been crying about something.
"Flint?; Oh thank god." She said as she latched onto him. "I take it back, all of it." After he asks why, she lets go and explains. "After Duke's squad landed, you collapsed infront of him, so he had Doc check on you."
"I'll admit i was feeling a bit off during it, but was it bad enough for that just now?" He asks, and she sniffled.
"Flint, it was...You w~were dead!" She told him as her eyes welled up again.
"I was what...how?!" He asked next, since he didn't recall seeing any pearly gates while he was out.
She wipes her face and continues. "You~Doc said that one of those...dinosaurs might have been bit~by a mosquito or something, and that it also got you and transferred something that it had~which mixed with a fever you had after~after your crash; you~flatlined~for more than 10 seconds."
Flint lays back down and palms his face. "That would explain why i feel like i had some of Cutter's meatloaf right now." He says, making her grin. "Was i really..."
"You were also out for two days; when i heard~that~awful sound, i just...it was like~it was like when i lost my mother all over ag~ai~n." She said, whimpering at the halfway point, and grabbed him again.
"...It's alright, baby, it's alright." He says, and puts an arm around her, wiping her tears with the other while he gets used to the scent of her shampoo and the warmth of her body again.
"This mean the~the feud's over?" She asks, shutting her eyes while his hand moves from her back to her face.
"Hatchet buried." He replied while stroking her cheek.
"Great; No more rearranging your books, and no more frogs in my drawers." She suggests while a smile forms.
"Deal...So what happened with the rest of us?" He asked as he did the same.
"Gung-Ho stuffed himself and busted a hand after a disagreement with an ankylosaurus, then got placed in one of the 3 iso-tents to determine if you were the only one who was sick."
"What about Deep-Six, did he give Scarlett's warning?"
"Oh, he had a few enemy subs shooting at him according to Ledger; but we took out all the launchers." She told him, just before both hear someone at the door.
"Aw nuts, they kissed and made out already!" Shipwreck says, leaning in with Snow-Job, Ace, Footloose, and Rock 'n Roll.
"Don't you mean "made up"?" Ace asked, while he and the other three look at him.
"I already missed the reality, so don't take away my fantasy of it, alright?" Shipwreck pleaded.
"Whatever; i totally won the bet, man." Footloose tells him, getting a headlock in response.
"Me too; get well soon, sir." Snow-Job says.
"Yeah...Rutherford." Ace and Rock 'n Roll both added.
Flint clenches his fists at the name. "Ruther...who-who might that be?" He asks while an eye started twitching.
"Eh, don't bother." Shipwreck says while going through Footloose's pocket. "Ya been babbling it the whole time." He added before making a pretend pouty face. "No~o; don' wanna be Dashiell Rutherford, mommy...Hahaheha!"
"Forget that right now, all of you; that's an order!"
"Aye Aye, Rutherford, sir!"
"Jaye, help me get this needle out so i can stick it up his ass!"
Chapter thirty-eight. Read and review.