Chapter 2It was just supposed to be an exercise. That was all it was supposed to f*****g be. Then there had been that explosion, and I’d been hurled forward from the shock wave.
“Matheson.”
The voice that called my name drew me out of the comforting darkness. But it seemed to be calling down a well.
“Matheson!”
“Wha?”
“Stay with us!”
“Not…” I breathed around the pain. “Regret to say, not able to do anything else. How…how bad am I hurt?”
“What makes you think you’re hurt?”
Aside from the fact the voice was trying to be sickeningly cheerful? “Back…feels like it’s on fire” My ears rang so much I could barely hear my own words. “Think I’m…in puddle of blood.” Or else I’d pissed myself, and of the two, and in spite of how embarrassing it would be, I’d rather be lying in piss.
“You’re g
