Chapter 769: Bad Luck and Good Luck, General Faustinos Story of Survival (2/2)
However, Major Bautista's face was the complete opposite. He was shaking as he approached the General's bed.
The General seemed to be in good condition, albeit seemingly needing rest. Aside from his legs.
General Faustino's left leg was all bandaged and even braced with metal sheets. It was tightly tied up from leg to foot, ensuring that it would not be moved even a little.
On the other hand, right leg...
The General's right leg was missing. All that was left was a bandaged stump cut about four inches from the pelvis.
”General, your legs...”
That was what Major Bautista first uttered upon arriving beside the General's bed.
General Faustino could only sigh as he saw the dismayed face of his subordinate, no, his friend.
”It just happened.” General Faustino sighed and shrugged. ”I'm just glad that I'm still alive to see you in one piece.”
It was the same as what Jones said before. The journey might be hard, but even if he was now handicapped, the General chose to move forwards.
”Just what happened?”
Major Bautista asked.
The General had no reason to not tell the incident.
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Apparently, General Faustino, several military officers, and two squads of soldiers were outside the settlement when the catastrophe struck.
Their scouts found an [infected Nest], just a kilometer south of the settlement. They all went there to assess the situation on-site before taking action. After all, the [Infected] that could cause a nest to appear could not be taken lightly.
They were already on the way back after assessing the situation. They needed to plan the attack and deal with the threat as quickly as possible.
But then, the disaster struck.
From the sky, metallic debris rained after the sound of an explosion.
Many of the space debris rained onto their convoy. The soldiers tried their best to rush back to the settlement, trying to escape the catastrophe.
However, their speed was not enough.
A large piece of space debris landed not far from the road. The impact blew away the vehicles of the convoy, buffeting them with stones as fast and as strong as a sniper bullet.
The military trucks were pushed to the roadside and overturned. The smaller vehicles were blown off the road, rolling and crashing on anything that blocked their paths.
And General Faustino was riding on one of those small vehicles.
The vehicle that General Faustino rode was thrown off to a commercial building. Then, a large piece of metal came flying from the debris, slashing through the vehicle, even causing the building to collapse.
The entire three-story building collapsed on the military vehicle. There was no way that the vehicle would remain intact with all that. Even more for those riding inside the vehicle.
That piece of metal did not only slice the vehicle. It sliced off General Faustino's right leg off. It was already a good thing, considering that the four other people inside the vehicle got sliced through their waists. The General only managed to avoid death because he tried to jump off the vehicle immediately after it crashed, despite how disoriented his head was.
Nonetheless, he still got caught by that piece of metal. The building then collapsed onto him and the vehicle. General Faustino was buried alive, bleeding to death. Luckily, one of the foundations of the building shielded the General from being crushed to death. His left leg was not lucky, however. As a concrete wall fell unto it as he tried to drag himself to safety. The General also received other injuries. His right ear was torn, and he dislocated his left arm. There was also a long gash on his back.
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”If not for Jones, I don't know if I can still be here.”
General Faustino said, looking at Jones with gratitude.
***
Jones Galley was also with the General at that time. He was only riding on a different vehicle. It was because the vehicle the General was on was for higher-ranking military officers.
A [Super Soldier] would not die easily from that. He even managed to dig the General out of the rubble and carried him towards the settlement on foot. Unfortunately, the tourniquet that Jones made did not stop the bleeding of the right leg entirely. By the time they arrived, the General was already unconcious.
Upon arriving in the settlement, they made preparations for emergency treatment for the General. He lost a lot of blood. They needed to stop the bleeding as soon as possible.
Jones also rallied the soldiers for a rescue mission. After all, there were still injured soldiers at the site of the accident.
But then, the earthquake came, destroying everything.
Not only did the General's treatment got interrupted, but they were unable to conduct the rescue mission.
The only good thing was that the General's life was saved, thanks to the [Regeneration Medicine] that the scientists in this settlement developed.
***
”Aside from Me and Jones, everyone else in the convoy is either dead or MIA.”
General Faustino said with a sigh.
”And among the military officers in charge of this settlement, there's only you and me left, Alfonso.”
General Faustino added.
”There are only three officers with you that time, right?” Major Bautista asked in surprise. ”What happened to the other two?”
”The earthquake took their lives, unfortunately.” It was Jones that replied. ”They took shelter inside the school when those things fell from space. Then, the earthquake suddenly came and collapsed the school building unto them. They were just two of many people that got buried inside their dwellings.”
”As such, the military, we, are in dire traits right now.”
General Faustino declared, panning his eyes to the scene inside the tent.