He woke up with a jolt, the same way he ALWAYS did when he wasn't in the RV, and winced as his tongue protested. His chest still hurt like hell, but it wasn't like he had been kicked in the chest by an equine. No broken ribs, but he wasn't fit for field duty until he could breath properly again. Since he had only the light protective armor left now, that suited him just fine.<br/><br/>He reached over and put a hand on Elizabeth's shoulder, letting her soothe and relax him before he carefully rolled out of the med-bed. He figured Wilding and Jackie had made the report, but HE needed to do some grandstanding about being sent against a physical powerhouse and Star not coming along. If someone had a serum that gave super powers to people, then he was going to go hide in the RV and whimper for a few minutes. Then he was going to pin Elizabeth down, exhaust both of them, resume sleeping, and repeat steps 2 and 3 until he had to go work on new armors, including a full suit for Elizabeth so she would be able to function in areas with disabling gases.<br/><br/>[moderate chest pain now minor chest pains (-1 penalty to all physical exertions)]