Working for the U by Paul Di Filippo. Short summary

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The main character is Ambrose. He worked for the aliens, the Big and Little Greys. Once they performed an operation on him — they literally took him apart piece by piece, but then put him back together again.

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The main character is Ambrose. The latter’s employers were the aliens, the Big and Little Greys. He hated them and was waiting for the right moment to take revenge on them for past wrongs.

At one time the aliens decided to examine his body — the man was literally dismembered, but after a while he got his eyes, ears, and the scars on his body back.

Ambrose easily climbed off the operating table and began to dress. The visitors from other worlds who had recently conducted a medical experiment on him had disappeared without a trace. The protagonist was in a huge spherical-shaped room, to which he had given the name «Tea Ball».

The man, putting on his new elastic jumpsuit, was not feeling his best. Soon his comrade Carl appeared in front of him. Ambrose tried to joke about what tasks his friend would offer him this time, but Carl was serious-the latter stated that the Shining Ones wanted the protagonist to complete the mission.