28. Recovery

Inside the military base, a small storm surged through the soldiers. There was discussion that a caption of the medical devision had deliberately delayed treatment to a special refugee, not only had this refugee saved the refugee guards going into a gruesome battle with large bandits, he had making sniper skills and a selfless heart.

Many soldiers were in outcry and wanted to find trouble with the captain who had deliberately made it hard for such a great person. The various leaders however had to control their members despite how reluctant they were.

Inside a military canteen a captain was busy chatting with fellow compatriots ignorant of the chaos brewing outside.

In the base the computer whizz's had identified the suspect responsible for the sabotage and the head of disciplinary department had personally gone with a group of officers to find the person and was headed to the canteen where the captain was eating.

The canteen had slowly became more and more spare except for a few individuals who stayed to distract the suspect most had stayed away in the incoming action as no one wanted to cross the disciplinary department.

The captain who was still laughing soon noticed the odd atmosphere and had stopped eating, he slowly tidied himself before asking to be excused however the rest of the group made excuses to make him stay. Feeling the strange tension in their voices he hurriedly excused himself and ran to the door, at this moment the disciplinary leader had also arrived at the door and one of the members had began to open it for the leader. The suspect hadn't controlled his strength and exerted force into the reinforced door not only unhinging it but sent it flying into the leaders face.

There was two clear dents in the door one in the shape of a hand the other was the imprint of a face, all the disciplinary members paled and backed off quietly the suspect was still distracted and bumped into the leader who yelled "out of the way! You sack of potatoes!" The captain had wanted to push the person in front away but didn't budge no inch, so he used more force but no dice. Then he slowly realised something and looked up.

The disciplinary head face was really black as charcoal and he asked "you finished?" The captain realised he had been discovered and instead of apologising he wanted to draw his weapon.

The disciplinary troops caught him and wrestled him to the ground, the head of the disciplinary department bring him back to hq, before he walked off. Everyone including the suspect shuddered as no one hasn't seen him this angry before.

Back at refugee camp, Gareth had finished eating and was in the middle of a nap, before he heard a knock on the door. Getting up he opened the door to see one of the medical teams higher ups at his door. Puzzles he asked for the reason of the visit, the medical professional bowed deeply and apologised, saying that it was our utmost negligence that a respected person had been reduced to this state and would like for Gareth to personally follow him to a readied medical pod to be healed.

Nodding, Gareth asked to lead the way and said "as long as you understood what is wrong I won't hold a grudge against you for it."

The two travelled to the medical centre where Gareth saw the same female with pink hair was inside the building. Noticing his gaze the medical higher up explained she was here to gain experience and if it was alright she would assist.

Gareth nodded it was fine and with a nod from the medical higher up the woman followed along and introduced herself. Her name was Rebecca Amberlight, and she was aiming to be a doctor, she didn't say where she was from but her clothes said it all. Rebecca or Becky for short was very curious about Gareth and had heard lots of things about him, back when everyone was still heading to the base, many aristocrats had shared much complaint towards this guy, however she could read in between the lines and her heart was filled with gratitude.

They entered a room and the medic had started calibrating the medical pod. Then asked Gareth to remove his clothes and bandages. Gareth confirmed that it was alright for Rebecca to help and thinking that she would be embarrassed by seeing a male body she said she would be fine and with a shrug Gareth took his clothes off and asked both to be careful when removing the bandages as there are corrosive properties in his infected body.

The duo understood and wore protective equipment, and began slowly peeling the discoloured bandages away from top to bottom. Rebecca began to frown when the entirety of the head was exposed, there was no skin, one half of his face had begun melting with the other half had chunks of flesh missing.

When they peeled the bandages off of the shoulders a stream of disgusting liquid shot out of a wound and immediately landed on the gear on both of them. Some had landed on the floor and a tiny audible sizzling sound was heard.

Noticing the corrosion the doctor nodded his thanks to Gareth while Rebecca was slightly shocked. "How long had this man been suffering for?" She thought. The smell was especially foul and the duo had to activate their oxygen masks.

When the lower torso had been unwrapped, the professional had begun growing while Rebecca was slightly nauseous. Gareth body had multiple fractures and his entire spine was exposed, there was no skin as well on the body, and also the flesh and muscle had melted much more severely. Bits of flesh fell from Gareth body and some organs were visible, one of the lungs had ceased functioning and there were alien barnacles, fungi and tentacles growing on various parts of the body. Multiple sacs of swollen with pus ready to burst while some had and dropped down his body. One of the arms was almost severed by the shoulder and although blood was still supplying it the fingers had begun to swell, the other arm was able to function but had many muscles and tendons rotting.

They finally unwrapped the lower body and Rebecca couldn't handle it anymore and exited the room face green. Gareth was still in a cheery mood as he chuckled a little. The lower body also had similar problems but one leg had no foot but Gareth unfurled a piece of bandage he was holding and a foot still decomposing was revealed. The medic asked him to get into the pod and he stepped in still holding the foot.

Green fluid began to fill the pod and it stung horribly but Gareth merely twitched his brow, soon the pod was filled and Gareth was floating in there. A valve opened and microscopic nanobots came swarming out of the hole and entered various places of Gareth's body. Lots of black particles and flesh floated out of Gareth's body and were siphoned out of the pod.

The medic was busy typing into the machine with a serious expression on his face. Rebecca had returned and saw Gareth floating in the medipod, and began cleaning the room, she also sent Gareth's clothes to be washed. The medical professional was really amazed that he was alive as nearly 85% of his blood was filled with disease as well as all the other issues he had seen and learned not anyone could still be alive and cheery probably maybe only the base commander could have the same physique as Gareth.

Gareth inside the pod couldn't hear anything, he could still see but he could finally relax knowing that his life was not in any danger and closed his eyes.