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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: Lost and Found

Zi was lying on the ground facedown, he stood up and realized he was cover with scratches. "Is everyone alright?" He looked around at where he stand and saw no one. He move on trying to search for someone. Calling out their names, "Free...Whip...Eva.. Is anyone out there who need help?"

Thirty minutes later, "Hold it right there! One more step and I will personally going to put a bullet through your head." Zi stopped any movement he could control. "We're going to take you into our custody."

"Not again, why is this happening to me? Did I do something wrong or something? I just escape in one prison only to go to another." Zi wanted to say those word but couldn't you just stay still not moving a muscle.

"Wait a minute, you're bleeding. Private Lyra check him."

"Sir, yes sir." A woman holding a machine with two antennae sticking out face it in front of Zi. "He's organic sir."

"Oh my god, sorry about that. I thought you were a robot. Private Lyra help him go to the infirmary."

"Sir, yes, sir"

"Wait, I still couldn't find my friends."

"Don't worry we'll find your friends, it was our fault after all." He turned around facing his troops, "Attention! Everyone split up and search for this man friends. I want them at the infirmary before the sunset. You got your order now go."

"Sir! Yes, sir!" Every soldier in his command set out in search for them.

"Let me accompany you to the infirmary." He led them to a tiny camp and entered a tent. "We need a medical assistant someone is injure here."

"What happen to him?" A woman said wearing a nurse uniform.

He and Lyra both saluted at her, "Unfortunately, it was all my fault. I careless order to shoot them down and I have no excuse for my action."

"Well, then you know what you need to do, Major Fisher." She salute back at them.

"Yes, Colonel." He left the tent.

"Why don't you sit down?" She walk to a cabinet, "Private, can you help me and watch outside the tent?"

"Yes, Colonel." Lyra left the tent.

She took out bandages and ointment from the cabinet and place them on the table. "Come closer and take a sit."Zi did as he was told like she was ordering him. "Can you tell me what happen?"

"Where should I start?"

"Just start anywhere you like." She started dabbing ointment on the cotton.

"We were ..." Zi told her about the village they were in and how he was capture and interrogated by androids and how he escape the village.

"You poor thing, how long have you been a 'Waker'?"

"What is a 'Waker' anyway I keep hearing it?"

"If you don't know that mean you just recently woke up from that long slumber. And you haven't made that much memory of this world yet. None of us ever remember our memories before we woke up. We don't know why we were there to begin with or what our purpose in this world are but as we live our live in this world we each find what we wanted to do. And I'm sure you find yours as well. Okay, why don't you take a rest over there on the bed?"

Zi was now cover with more bandages than before. He stood up with a slight difficulty but he was able to get to bed. As he lay down he feel asleep completely due to his fatigue.