The Silence after Battle

Who: Peter Marwood, various other Blue Dwarf Crewmembers
Where: Blue Dwarf Field Hospital
When: A few hours after the Battle
Peter sat in the Temporay Hospital, It was Daybreak on New Wales. He
lay on the cot and took a look around at some of the
other 'survivors' of the disaster. They were for the main part
Security Guards, most with simple bullet wounds, only a small few
had lost any extremeties.
"Well Mr.Marwood, you should be fine, but you'll need this crutch
for the next few days" said a Space Corps Nurse, helping him up from
the bed.
"Thank you, Give whoever treated my wounds my thanks" he managed to
smile.
"Your quite welcome sir" the Nurse smiled back. She walked off to
tend to her other patients.
Peter managed to walk over to a water cooler that had been set up,
he was parched from his wounds, being tired and the arid, dry air of
the planet. He managed to wander outside to take a look at the
Battleground, to pay his respects to those fallen in combat.
It was a bleak image which met his eyes. The Charred and blackend
remains of buildings and vehicles scatted like broken toys. He could
also see the bodies strewn about the place.
There was a clanking noise from the wreckage and after a few moments
Jay came wandering out of the maze of debris. He was wearing a
Pirate's hat and eyepatch, carrying a crate of booze and smoking a
fat Cuban cigar. He was quite clearly, sloshed. He noticed Peter,
smiled, and strode towards him.
"Oh god, A drunken Senior Officer, just what I need about now"
"Ahoy there matey" bellowed Jay in a Pirate accent "I shanghied us
some hearty grub!" he said , indicating the crate.
"Isn't it a bit early in the morning to be drinking sir?" inquire
Marwood.
"Ah, but we won the battle" said Jay "time to celebrate methinks!
<hic>" said the drunken Pilot.
Peter gingerely took a Can of Leopard Lager & a cigar from Jay. Jay
sauntered off, in search of more people to celebrate with.
Peter pocketed the cigar, looked out at the battlefield. In his
years with the Corps, he'd never seen so much wanton destruction and
unplanned destruction. He stood for a minute, in silence, paying his
respect to the dead.
Before turning to go back inside, he said two words.
"Never again"
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