Tag: Bridge of Broken Glass
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Like Paper: Chapter 35
I couldn’t rely on anyone else, I decided, to get the word out about what was happening. My only hope was to keep my head down, play along, and wait for my chance when I get to go home for a week. That’s exactly what I did. I got so good at playing soldier that…
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Like Paper: Chapter 34
Movie night was one of the new things they were introducing in order to help everyone calm down. I don’t know who was responsible for choosing the film but I found “The Great Escape” to be a bit ironic considering my own situation. I’d never seen it before though it was famous enough that I…
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Like Paper: Chapter 33
Colonel Trenton sat behind his desk, hands knit together in front of him, a scowl on his face. I stood at attention and he did not offer me a seat. “Are you trying to test my patience?” He asked “No sir,” I replied though I wasn’t sure if his question had been rhetorical or not.…
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Like Paper: Chapter 32
Meal time was one of the few opportunities there were for socializing. It was my third day since determining to get out of the Protection Force and each day, each meal, I’d been testing out different groups. Lunch was always a bit hectic since we were already a bit warmed up from morning drills and…
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Like Paper: Chapter 31
To say that my time with Captain Whorl was uncomfortable would be an understatement. Going back over everything that had happened was unpleasant, to say the least, but it did feel good to talk it out, to cry a bit, and have someone else say out loud that what I’d experienced was awful. We talked…
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Like Paper: Chapter 30
A week with my dad was not enough time. I wanted months with him. When it was time for him to go I ugly cried for an hour straight and only let him go when I was ordered to stop hugging him and let him get on the plane. I think I might have cracked…
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Like Paper: Chapter 29
My private room was ready within a few minutes of my getting back to the barrack. I was escorted to the second floor of the building, a few privates carrying my footlocker behind us, and shown into a room not much larger than a walk-in closet. It had a bed, a nightstand with a phone…
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Like Paper: Chapter 28
I lay in my cot, blankets pulled over my head and my eyes closed shut. The darkness was all I wanted to see and yet I kept seeing what I’d done to the others. Was this really what I wanted to be doing with my life? I was no soldier. I needed to get back…
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Like Paper: Chapter 27
I wiped away a trail of blood that was coming down from my split lip. My body ached from the dozen or so bruises I had and my clothes were torn in several places. All that said, I’d won. The healers were just arriving and began healing the fliers. I winced as I noted the…
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Like Paper: Chapter 26
The training for the Protection Forces was more intense than I’d been lead to believe. It was still only a third of the day but by the end of it I was always exhausted. Every super had their training tailored somewhat to their abilities so mine were, quite naturally, primarily about strength and endurance. Running…
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