Prologue

Why Me? Simon woke up with a pounding headache. His vision was blurry and his ears were ringing, although the Tinnitus that had bothered him for the last few years was still there, now it was louder. His throat was dry and he had aches and pains all over his body. He was lying on his back on what appeared to be a hospital bed, but it was strange, he didn’t seem to be actually ‘touching’ it and he couldn’t move very much.

“Relax”, he thought to himself. “Try to relax. It will get better! I was told that this was likely to be the immediate effects following the various procedures performed upon me.”

Over several minutes his vision started to clear up, the headache lessened, as did the ringing in his ears and the aches and pains in his muscles and joints. He noticed that his breathing, which had been elevated was returning to normal. He observed a glass of liquid on a small table beside the bed to his right and remembered being told to drink it when he was able. Looking around the room, he observed many things he did not recognize but looked remotely like some sort of Hospital room.

Then, looking to his left, his vision now focused on a creature of exquisite beauty, a woman, whom he recalled was named ‘Aurora’. She stood about 5’ 9” tall, with long curling red hair falling well below her shoulders, a lovely face, delicate features, and skin tone somewhat between an Oriental and well tanned Caucasian. If one was to guess, she appeared to be in her late twenties. She had a perfect slim hourglass shape that would distract any red-blooded human male. That might have been a little misleading as this gorgeous creature was, in fact, not a human female at all, but a hologram.

“How am I doing?” Simon said.

She replied, “It seems that the damage to your body is being repaired. You are probably experiencing headaches, pain and blurry vision. I can see that your vision is rapidly improving. Over all, you are doing well. We will need to get you on your feet soon and run some diagnostic tests, but I believe there will be no complications. We also need to get some additional food into you to aid the recovery process, as well as the liquid by the bed, then you should be fine. It is mainly water with a lot of extra nutrients that should ease your pains and help with the recovery. When the bed releases the stasis field and you are feeling up to it, we can start your training. Call me when you are ready.”

With that, she just ‘disappeared!’

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