Rick lay then there in a twilight like sleepy state, he could not move but heard people talking and understood what everybody said.
The pinprick of a needle into his arm made him think of getting an I.V. set and ready for some drugs to pump into his arm and bloodstream.
Fearful feelings loomed in him but from the drugged state he could not move, nor get up and make his escape.
Eying around, he saw this lusty bimbo of a blonde, her breasts so large he thinking then how they reminded him of cow udders.
She moved out of his viewing range, as then this middle-aged man in a white jacket loomed in big.
"I know you can hear and understand me speaking, so I shall inform you of what we are trying to do to make you comfortable, and as well allow your body to heal.
You might remember the battle, and of the many explosions occurring; well one of them exploded at an inappropriate time for you!
As best we know since the explosion was one of the new chemical-bio weapons used by our enemies. The exploding mine spreads forth a web of fine strings of highly concentrated biological agents. These chemical agents contain the ability to cause burns to skin and accordingly, they interact with other physical bodies withing the blast area.
In your case and that of several other in your platoon, the pack mules there, some standing and some dead, but all as made of living tissue, they from the chemical did merge with your burned skin.
Burned and seared skin felt the traces of similar inflicted injuries coming from the mules. This merged with your skin, causing a massive infection and something we here have no chance of combating.
Using my medical skills I plan to save your life but as for your bodily form, well this shall enter a phase of massive changes, some you might discover are enjoyable and giving you a sense of fulfillment. Other sensations will give you odd complex feels, as your physical bodily form conforms along with some radical realignment to your D.N.A. patterns.
Eventually, and with time to heal your wounds, I think you will live but resembling the form of what in Missouri they tell of Mule-Humans!" The doctor said, he explaining in little detail what Rick could expect to feel and see with coming weeks.