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Ch. 3When zero woke up he was still in the hospital and the lights had been dimmed. There were two armed guards standing at the door.
"What time is it?" he asked the soldiers. They jumped at his voice.
"Um…" one said glancing at his watch, "almost 4 o'clock."
"A.M.?"
"Yeah."
"So Hammond wouldn't be awake now would he?"
"The General? I don't think so."
"Grr… make sure he knows I want to talk to him when he comes around."
"Ok. Anything else?"
"Yeah, could I get something to read?"
"Like what?"
"Hmm… I don't know any authors from this time. How about a TV can I get one of those?"
"Um… I'll have to ask."
"Ok." Zero said rolling over and watched a machine displaying a wounded soldier's vitals. He watched the bar showing the heart beat.
Several hours later Hammond walked into the hospital and saw Zero still staring at the machine, he was also counting now.
"Zero?" Hammond said firmly to get his attention.
"Huh!" Zero grunted with a jump.
"What were you counting?"
"This guy's heartbeats as of 5:30 this morning."
"Hmm. So you wanted to speak with me?"
"Yeah I'm getting bored. Is there any way that I can earn your trust and maybe get out of this room?"
"We're going to have a meeting today to discuss whether or not to keep you in here."
"Good. Is there any way that I can help you in you decision?"
"Well, you could tell me how you got here."
"Erg… fine." And the reploid went into the story of exactly who he was and how he wound up at the foot of the Stargate.
"Well, that's it in a nutshell. I have no idea exactly why or how I'm here." Zero finished.
"Huh. Well, this information will be very helpful in the briefing." Hammond said, checking his watch. "Speaking of which I have to get going. Excuse me."
Hammond left, receiving a crisp salute from the soldiers.
"I'm never gonna get out of here." He went back to watching the other soldier's vitals. "Oh screw this." And he went back to sleep.