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The energy beam shot into his right eye like a hot needle through butter.
"Ow!" Austin yelled. "I told you already-I'm fine!"
"We are just being careful, lieutenant, and this procedure is the quickest way to tell if you have a concussion." The nurse lowered the light and planted her hands on her hips. "You were very close to the explosion after all."
He glared at her. "No kidding."
With a bandage on his face where he had smacked into the concrete, Austin did not want to tell her about the ringing in his ears. He feared the admission would lead to more tests. He had enough. He wanted answers.
Two agents in plain clothes, claiming to be of the Legion Earth Intelligence Force, had arrived on the scene of the explosion and escorted him back to Base Prime. Once past security, the EIF t
