*13th of September 2016*
"Max move" I quietly commanded. My work dog max continued forward. Weapon armed and ready, I followed quietly.
"P! GET DOWN" I heard one of my troops yell before enemy's began firing and bombs went off. Startled, I fell against the wall of a fallen structure. Dirt flying up everywhere, the ringing of shots being fired filled my ears. I felt one pierce my shirt and into my right upper arm. I placed my hand over it putting pressure on it. I jumped over the wall and used it as cover soon everything went quiet. I was worried who had won. As the dust settled I saw Max, and he ran over and barked. I grabbed his snout and held it shut as I heard footsteps,
"Sergeant P is that you?" I heard rivin ask. I remembered his voice, he was my second in command.
"Yeah it's me" I said and he helped me up. "is everyone ok?" I asked.
"We all made it without injury except well, you" he chuckled I rolled my eyes.
"Well let's finnish this and head back" I replied. I heard a whimper and Max sat down, "what's up bud?" I squatted down.
"He seems to have been shot also" rivin said. We bandaged him up and carried him back on a stretcher.
"Six months" the officer said.
"Isn't that a little over doing it?" I asked as I laid on the medic bed.
"Well, due to shock you didn't realise but you broke your wrist when you fell. It's quite bad six months is just an estimate. An X-Ray will give us further insight. We are just waiting for them to print" the doctor said. I held my wrist and sat up swinging my legs off the bed.
"And how's Max?" I asked.
"Max is fine you will have matching scars" the officer said, I chuckled.
"He we are" the doctor said. Bringing in the X-Ray's. He put them onto the light board thing and began talking. I tried following along but was lost after the first sentence. "so the six months was off just a bit".
"So how long?" I asked looking from the officer to the doctor.
"About seven"
"Seven weeks?" I asked,
"Months" doc confirmed.
"So eight months till you can resume duty" the officer said. "come find me in my office after your finished here" and he left.
"Yay" I muttered and the doctor put a cast on my wrist. The doctor said it was an Aquacast or something so I didn't need to worry about it getting wet. I had to wait a bit for it to dry but it was soon set.
"Good luck, hopefully I won't see you again" the doctor said and I raised my eyebrow "I'm a doctor, people come see me when they're hurt or sick"
"Ohh" I said realising she wasn't trying to be rude. "well thanks again" I said and grabbed the camouflage shirt off the end of the bed and slipped my arms through the sleeves before buttoning it up. I grabbed my hat and walked out the door. Putting the hat on, I stepped outside, the warm sun on my face. I heard a bark to my left and Max stood up.
"He's been howling the whole time you were in there" Rivin said. I laughed and squatted down patting Max. He had a bright green bandage on his upper body wrapping down his right leg a little bit.
"How ya feeling bud?" I asked and he licked my face.
"So how long?" Rivin asked,
"Huh"
"Cause your injury"
"Oh eight months" I said,
"Harsh" he said. I rolled my eyes,
"I gotta go see the boss anyway, so I'll see you at dinner" I said and Rivin handed me Max's leash. I nodded a thanks and we headed over to the office. "here we go bud" I said and opened the door.
