The door slammed opened. “Get Up!” screamed Genghis Khan. Johnny Appleseed fell out of bed onto the floor.

“What the hell is going on?” Johnny asked. He looked around in the fuzzy state he was in, barely taking in the room littered with empty bottles and pills scattered on the floor. “We have a mission! We have to roll out in thirty minutes!”

Johnny tried to push himself off the floor only to have Genghis’ boot land in his ribs. “Get up, damn it!” Waking like this was one of the many reasons that Johnny hated pulling quick reaction duty.

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