* Core-Mantis Omni Global's HQ is in Africa, the Soloman Islands is the location of the Core-Mantis Health and Healing Center... there pharmaceutical firm *
It was to tell how long the darkness had its hold on me... but it lifted... bringing something just as bad in its wake.
My head was pounding... along with a sharp pain in my left arm.
I heard a voice but I couldn't understand it... my ears were ringing, making the voice send more distant then it probably was... almost as if I was underwater.
"Jo! Jo say something if you can hear me!"
"...Ow."
As I slowly began to sit up, I felt something warm trickling down my right cheek. I put my right hand up to my forehead, and I immediately felt the cut just below my hairline.
Another stab of pain tore through my left arm. As I looked down at my arm I noticed a piece metal protruding from my forearm. It stuck out about an inch... just enough for me to grab on to it.
I felt it pulling out of the bone as I removed it, and I gasped as it came out... letting out a short scream of pain as I tossed it out what was once the dropships door.