# 4: “Is this the operative?“

.......................................................................................................................................................................................

.....murmured a voice to the orderly.

“I’m sorry sir?”
said the orderly.

“ The person in the bed...who is he”
... the big man asked showing the orderly identification which made it clear that he was authorized to be asking the questions… and that the orderly had best answer them...then forget the whole incident ever happened.

“Private Hank August, sir...he was flown in yesterday. It’s a miracle that he’s still alive with that much damage”

“Was there anyone else...from his unit”

“No sir”

The surly civilian just looked at the orderly for a long minute then grunted...and walked away.

                                ***

Some time later on a radio link to an unnamed agency in washington.

“Subject is confirmed terminated. Close Case file”

                                    ***

Hank....he WAS Hank now, slept on. He wouldn’t fully regain consciousness for weeks. Good thing too....that way he wouldn’t be able to advise the plastic surgeon when they gave him a new face. His old one was was pretty much burnt off. The surgeon gave him the WRONG face.

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