Getting A Leg Up

I hope you've been enjoying the story thus far I aim to get this story going more and more over the next few weeks but I can't make promises with exam season rapidly approaching :/ anyway on with the story hopefully it can be updated regularly I don't own COD but I do own my characters.

As I wheeled myself into the doctor's office, who would be getting my new leg sized up, I looked to my left and right seeing the people who surrounded me all there for me willing me to get better. Ashley opened the door to the office, shuttling me and my family inside.

"Are you coming inside?" I asked her as she stood at the door.

She just shook her head at me and said, "No I can't I'll come find you after," She had a grin across her face which told me I hadn't actually annoyed her earlier.

"Ah okay, maybe we can all go get lunch together," I asked her with a grin.

"That sounds good to me," She replied with a smile. She closed the door behind herself and I turned to see the doctor with my mum and sister. They were sat talking about something but as I turned they instantly stopped and looked at me.

The doctor stood up and held out his had to me, "Sergeant Jacks," he told me with a smile.

"Doc?" I asked him.

"Colonel actually, Colonel Adams RAMC," he told me as he opened his lab coat and showed off his colonel crown and baths.

"Ah sorry Sir, I didn't know," I replied apologetically.

"It's fine sergeant, for the record this wasn't my first choice of locations either, but the damn brass thought it was a good idea," he almost whispered to me resentful of the top brass, "But now onto why you're here, let's size up your leg shall we?" He got down next to me and inspected my leg, poking and pulling at the stump. "Ah well you seem to be healing up well, so hopefully we can size you up and get onto the ones we have here."

"Let's get to it," I smiled as I lifted my stump up, I looked over to my mum and sister who were also smiling too.

"Okay then," The Colonel told me as he pulled a tape measure out of his desk, he wrapped it around the top of my leg, "Okay that's 395mm at the knee," He told me as he then wrapped it around the remainder of my calf. "And that's 505mm around the widest part of your calf."

I looked at the colonel as he entered the numbers into a log sheet which he then looked up at me as I rubbed the end of my stump. "So can I try some on?" I asked him.

"Let's get them out then," He replied with a grin on his face. He walked over to a large metal locker on the far wall of the office, as he opened it I saw a large number of prosthetics which the Colonel looked over eventually pulling out one pink leg with a foot at the bottom and a running blade.

As he walked back over to his seat and sat down he passed me the pink leg, it had an array of straps and buckles inside. I slid the plastic pink calf replacement over my leg and the Colonel buckled it up for me, "So how does it feel?" He asked me.

"Tight," I replied whilst looking at the uncomfortable contraption.

"Well if it wasn't then it would fall off, so do you want to try and stand?" He then asked he as he stood up and held out his hand towards me.

"Yes!" I almost shouted at him, as I placed my hand around his wrist and he pulled me up and I was standing for about ten seconds. I had lost a lot of my muscle mass in the time that I had been hospitalised but as the Colonel pulled me back upright and I actually managed to stand upright.

My mum started to cry as I stood up and looked at her, "This is great," I told the Colonel as I placed my hands on the desk and attempted a step forwards but as my weight went into the prosthetic I caved luckily the Colonel was there to prop me up. "Cheers."

"It's alright maybe you should wait until you get your own before you actually walk," He told me as I looked at the prosthetic. "Do you want to try the blade?"

"Yeah, go on then," I told him as I unbuckled the pink leg myself. The Colonel just nodded and placed the Blade over my stump and buckled that up too. I was then pulled upright again but this time it was very lop sided, "This really is weird," I told him as I looked at the Colonel.

"Yeah it will do but yours will be custom fitted to your leg height, so you won't stand like a cock eyed chicken," He told me as he wrote something down on a piece of paper.

"I hope no I wanna get back out running," I said to him joyfully, "I'm turning into a chubby fucker in this chair," I told him as I looked at his paper. It had the usual doctor's chicken scratch on it I couldn't read any of it so I didn't even attempt to look closer at it.

"Haven't they given you any crutches yet?" He then asked me sounding concerned.

"No not yet," I told him, he didn't reply he just got up and walked over to the metal cupboard again. I just unclipped the leg from my stump causing it to clang against the floor, as it did the colonel stepped in front of me and passed me a set of metal crutches. I looked up at his face and smiled. "Thank you, Sir."

"Don't thank me on your arse," He told me as he held out his hand, "tell me on the feet god gave you." I took his hand and placed the crutches under my arms, I was pulled up being able to look the Colonel right in his eyes, his beret was sat proudly on his desk which he scrambled to put on his head. I raised my hand in a salute.

"Thank you Sir," I said as I saluted.

"Not a problem Sergeant," He replied as he returned the salute. "I think our time is up," The Colonel told me with a grin on his face, "your legs should be ready in about three weeks, but we'll tell you when they are."

"Roger that, Sir," I replied as I looked back at my mum and sister.

My mum stood up and shook the hand of the Colonel and said, "Thank you so much," She told him as my sister walked over to the door and opened it. I made my first shaky steps across the room towards the door.

We all moved out of the door and my sister closed it behind me. I looked down the hallway and saw Ashley was back in her office filing paper; I hopped down towards the office and knocked my crutch on the door.

"Who is it?" she asked as she opened the door.

"Sergeant Jacks," I shouted as the door swung open.

"How was your leg fitting?" She asked looking down expecting me to be in my chair.

"Well you can see for yourself," I told her as she looked up actually being able to look me in the face.

"Woah!" She shouted as she took a step backwards.

"Do you have any safety pins?" I asked her as she continued to look me up and down.

"Yeah sure, come in," She told me as she walked back inside the office and pulled open her draws. "What do you need safety pins for?" she asked me as she pulled the pins out of the draw.

I lifted up my stump which had the trailing leg of my combat trousers, "it's a tad long."

"Do you want me to attach it?" She asked me.

"That would be nice," I told her with a smile. She started to pin the leg on my trousers back up, after she put one pin in but when she went to put the second one in I shouted loudly.

"What?" She jumped up as I laughed at her.

"Got you," I told her so she pricked me in the back of the leg, "Ah fucker," I shouted as she attached the leg of my trouser to the thigh of my trousers.

"Got you back," She told me as I hopped around and looked at her, "I didn't realise you were that tall," She told me shyly.

"I'm sorry about earlier," I said to her quietly, "When do you clock off for lunch?" I asked her.

"At twelve," She replied in dismay.

"Damn, my mum and sister were planning on going exploring the city for a bit and I wanted you to come," I told her.

"Well maybe I can figure something out," She shot back with a smile as she dove into the draws again and pulled out a piece of paper, she started ticking away at the boxes and then gave it to me, "Sign the dotted line at the bottom," She smiled at me.

"What does this mean?" I asked her as I signed the bottom of the piece of paper.

"It's a waver meaning that you have requested me to escort you around the city," She told me with a grin on her face. She posted the piece of paper into the doctors pigeon hole and grabbed her coat off the chair.

"Shall we?" I asked her as I hobbled across the office towards the door and pushed it with one of my hands.

"Sounds good to me," She replied as she donned her long black coat and led me out of the door. My mum and sister were sat at the end of the corridor waiting for me but as I approached with Ashley they both stood up.

"Hi, sorry I didn't introduce myself, I'm Sarah," My mum said as she shook Ashley's hand, "This is my daughter, Eve," My mum looked over at my sister who was sat as per usual on her phone.

"Hi, I'm Ashley, I am your son's nurse," She smiled as she looked my mother in the face.

"Well now we're introduced can we move on? I'm hungry," I asked as I started hobbling off down the corridor towards the outside world. "Come on we don't have all day."

"Alright, alright we're coming," My mum said as she I heard her walking down the corridor towards me.

After about twenty minutes of walking we came across a small café on the corner of an alley way somewhere in Birmingham. The city was pretty much almost dead during a week day afternoon, so we had the café to ourselves.

We all sat around waiting for the waiter and all enjoyed the meal but I couldn't help but just keep my eyes focused on Ashley.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter please feel free to review and tell me what you thought of the story and how it could be improved hopefully I will get into the bulk soon but until then…. PEACE!