An Old Face Returns - Chapter 4.2 - The AY HQ "Range"

Cliff: Gentlemen, due to observations and advice from other HQs, we will be regularly performing Range, CQB, and hand to hand combat exercises.



Cliff: These exercises are so that we may refresh our combat abilities, so in the event that we need to use them, we are not out of practice.



Sean: Did they tell you why we're doing this?



Cliff: A collective gut feeling on behalf of all the commanders back home.



Cliff: Some of you are old enough to realize the importance of a gut feeling.



Cliff: It's up to you to mentor those of us that don't have thirty...



Cliff: ...forty years of experience.



Cliff: Today, will be a range exercise.



Cliff: Using an L1A1 SLR, and one full magazine of ammunition, each. If you are not certified, ask either myself, or Captain Shepard and we'll get you sorted.



Cliff: Sgt. Knight will be the Range Sergeant this evening. Sergeant?



Sgt. Knight: Line up, single file. Alphabetical order, Church? You're up first.



Sgt. Knight: Ready. Aim. Fire.

BLAM



Sgt. Knight: Ready. Aim. Fire.

BLAM

Cliff: Damn...



Sgt. Knight: Problem Leftenant?

Cliff: Just got hit with this massive headache.

Sgt. Knight: Hangover?

Cliff: Worse, feel like I could pass out.



Sgt. Knight: Get over to Doc Stone. I hear he's portioned out painkillers for people our size.



Cliff: Will you run this until I get back?

Sgt. Knight: Absolutely.



Sgt. Knight: Gentlemen, Leftenant Sabre will be leaving us for a short while, carry on. Ready. Aim. Fire.

BLAM

Hmm, very interesting indeed , lets hope he makes it back from the medic station soon!

....is the strain of everyone expecting Cliff to excel starting to take it's toll?

Ominous. I suspect this will turn out to be more than a mere stress headache....