Living in a Shield World
What a headache.

WHAT A TERRIBLE HEADACHE

I woke up in the room alone, with bandages on my head and chest. I think I hit pretty hard earlier. My head is a little dizzy.

There was a bell, the door was unlocked. The room here is like a prison in an automatic lock from the outside.

On the screen with dinner, this morning training on the rocky battlefield, I fainted for a long time.

In the dining room, I gathered with my team. This time someone greeted me properly. We even talked a little.

"How is Andy, your head is still dizzy?", asked Mr. Joseph, "Still a little", I replied as I held my dizzy forehead.

"Dizziness Andy?", Nathan's turn asked.

"Yes"

"Be careful not to get shot often, later you become dazed, see Noah, he often does not remember his name, his family forgets. The weapon contains substances that can make you forget". Nathan explained to me the danger of getting shot a lot.

" Once again shot, Noah will be like a walking statue, with no life without memory. You know who she forgot the first time, was the one you wanted to meet the most when you were dying", Kris tried to tell me how she was.

"I've been sent here three times, and I was slapped dozens of times by my wife when she came home yesterday. Because I thought I was still single, when my son was two, ha ha ha ha", Kris's eyes glazed over telling me this.

"You know, when you're dying, all that's in your eyes, is your family's cheer that you left at Rocks. Always laughing cheerfully those who are in my last memory. And that memory was the first to disappear when you were shot too often on the simulated battlefield", Kris didn't eat just that talk.

"It's Kris, at least you have your family back when you get back to Rocks. You can be reminded again. Me, Nathan and Noah have no reminders, we're always like new people when we get back". Mr. Joseph added my horror to this weapon.

I quietly listened to them talk, maybe not just his terrible physical training but also the loss of memory of life at Rocks, before being sent to Kiehl.

Every night, Hannah's memory graces my nights. I remember the scent of Hannah's body the last time she hugged her in the Tepian Hospital emergency tent, always smelling the same hair.

There are times when I remember Jayana, asking about her current situation. But it's a sad memory, my wrong decision made Jayana suffer. I don't want to remember it often.

Hannah's cheerfulness and her regret at the time I was tempted, are still the cure for my tiredness every night.

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I've been in Kiehl for three months. Looks like I've memorized the rocks in the combat simulation field. The injury at the beginning of the training never happened to me again. The war is only once every three months. Rarely, but the effect is forever, like Noah's memory.

This time I feel confident, I will pass the battlefield test this time.

Noah's one team with me, I'm trusted by the others to look after Noah.

Long whistle, the game begins. Noah and I ran first, I couldn't communicate with Noah, but he understood my instructions. I managed to get through three obstacles, so far there is no problem.

Nathan, Kris and Joseph were still at the second hurdle, waiting for the bullet attack from various directions to subside. There was a short pause, Joseph ran towards me. Then the shooting came again.

Another pause, Kris and Nathan, came together. We were successful in the third round.

Heading to the fourth hurdle, there's no big rock, up ahead, just a little pebble. But that's what is dangerous, our movement became discovered because the combat field is more open.

When the shots stopped, I ran as fast as I could, in the middle of the gravel field we were shot, Noah and I got down, protected myself, I thought, maybe a machine with a motion sensor running the barrage of shots. When Noah and I stayed silent, face down, the gunfire stopped.

"Noah. Are you still with me?", I asked Noah, who was beside me. He just glanced, then smiled.

It looks like the shots didn't stop, it's been three minutes. Fighting in an open area, it takes patience. Because you are very visible.

I see Noah getting restless, he's always looking to the left right, "Noah, look at me, be patient, wait a minute, just five minutes, you can" he's just staring at me.

"AAAAAARGGGGG", Noah did not stand still, he decided to stand up and dor dor dor, "Noah no longer......."..", I stood to protect Noah who had been sprawled. Dozens of dope guns hit my body. It was just painful at the beginning.

I saw Hannah coming down the stairs, her hair unraveling, her smile forming a beautiful curvature of her lips, which was hard to forget. Hannah I missed you.

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"Hi Andy, you're awake", Noah you're safe, you remember me. Thank goodness you survived.

"Ahhh my head hurts so much!", why does my head hurt like someone is beating from inside my brain.

"Andy, Andy! You're why, it hurts so much!, I'm sorry Andy, you have to have a headache like this, I'm sorry Andy", Noah cried, I.

"Go you....GOIIIII!!!!, I hate to see his crybaby face. Ahhhhhhh, it hurts my head so much, "Dokteeeeer, can you give me medicine for my head, it hurts so much doc!", a doctor came to my side, held my hand so as not to beat my head, "Calm sir, please, soon your pain subsided", there was a pain like a needle on my back, everything became no sound, I saw they were all holding me, a lot of them were holding me, I could not hear the sound, their mouths were just kamit panicked, noiseless, there was a loud buzzing sound......."BBUUUUU"!

" Hey Andy, you're sober, your head still hurts Andy", there's Noah in front of me, thank God he remembers me, he's safe.

"Noah, I'm so thirsty, can you give me some water?", Noah hurried to fetch some water, a white-clothed man approached me, "You're awake, how does it feel, does anything hurt?", this doctor is very friendly.

"Just thirsty doctor", he checked my eyes, "You are so strong sir, when you first wake up, there are seven people holding, ok everything is normal, you just need rest", this doctor is gone, check other circumstances.

"Andy, are you hungry?"

"I'm just thirsty Noah, maybe soon I'll be hungry"

"Joseph, Kris and Nathan, will be visiting you soon" Noah said with a smile.

"You keep me up Noah, thank you, have you eaten?", he shook his head.

"Where you go eat, I'm fine, see a lot of doctors and nurses here"

"Alright", Noah left like he was hungry.

This ward, full of sleeping patients, only I woke up. Why did the doctor say, I was held by a lot of people when I first woke up?, did I go berserk? Making trouble? I don't remember anything. For sure now my body is so fresh, nothing hurts.

There's a box of food on the table next to my bed, this must be hospital food for me. It's still warm, it's deer soup porridge, it's really good food, baby it's just porridge and gravy. If there's meat it's better. Suddenly there was a feeling of sadness attacking my chest, the smell of this porridge made me want to cry, why?

What is this feeling, why does this porridge smell touch me? Did I lose an important memory like the others because of that shot? Strong, I must be strong, at least I still remember the events on the battlefield simulation, I still remember Noah, and all of those here. I still remember Jayana being sick, I still remember Dad, Mom and everything at Rocks, I still remember everything, I don't forget. It's so good that I still remember everything.