A/n- I loved this game so much (the A.I. was so smart) and I decided to take a stab at a fanfic…but I can not write action, well, I'm not that great at writing in general, but action is by far my weakest point. So I decided on writing a JinPointman fic, following Jin during PM's time at F.E.A.R. Jin sees no action and now this way I can try to keep the PM's best quality, the fact that he doesn't talk. Key word TRY. Enough rambling, on with the story.
Oh, and I based the PM's description and name off of Jensen Ackles and named him after his old Dark Angel character, "Alec".
Disclaimer- I own nothing but the many achievements I have earned by playing this game.
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Jin walked into the locker room just like every other day. But instead of being met with a one-liner by Doug Holiday and a grunt by Spen Jankowski, she found their attention on Rowdy Better's office.
"What's going on in Rowdy's office?" she asked trying to peer over the two taller men's shoulders.
They parted to let her see Rowdy in his office talking to another guy Jin didn't know. Seeing as he was at least a head taller than Rowdy, she judged that he was about 6'3"-6'4". He had short, dirty blonde hair and a fit body. "He's pretty cute, who is he?"
Doug turned toward her and explained, "That's Alec McDowell. He's going to be the pointman for your Auburn mission in a week."
Spen went off. "What the fuck!" he growled as he slammed his locker shut. "I'm here for two years, working hard and waiting patiently to get promoted to pointman and then some guy transfers from some unknown division and gets the job on his first day!"
"Hey, calm down, it's not his fault," stated Jin.
"Jin's defending her boyfriend, Jin's defending her boyfriend," sang Doug playfully as he skipped around Jin.
Fighting a blush, Jin was saved by her commanding officer. "Holiday! What the fuck are you doing?" barked Betters, though a smile tugged at his mouth.
Alec had a grin on his face too. Jin noticed that he had dimples. "Point for Alec," she tallied in her head.
"Ah…nothing sir," answered Doug sheepishly.
Eyeing Doug suspiciously, Rowdy introduced Alec to the team. "Everyone, this is Alec McDowell. Alec, this is Doug Holiday, commander and demolitions expert over at SFOD-D though he spends more time over here because he wishes he were one of us; Jin Sun-Kwon, technical officer and team medic; and this is Spen Jankowski, your F.E.A.R. teammate."
Alec gave a nod of acknowledgement before following Rowdy to the storage room for his gear. When they were gone, Spen stated, "I don't like him."
Giving him a skeptic look, Jin asked, "He didn't do anything, how can you hate him already?"
"Exactly! He's too quiet," explained Spen.
"Too quiet? His job is to lead the team without giving away your position. He has to be quiet." Doug gave him a look.
"What? You gonna defend Jin's boyfriend too?" asked a defensive Spen.
"He's not my boyfriend!" cried Jin.
Ignoring her, Doug reasoned, "Just give him a chance. He'll show his worth in the field. Besides, Jin has a good sense of personality, she knew not to date you, so I think that Alec-"
"Can we please stop bringing me into the conversation? And Alec is not my boyfriend!" shouted Jin, frustration evident in her voice.
Noticing the guys staring at something over her shoulder, Jin turned around to find Alec and Rowdy standing behind her, confused looks on both of their faces.
Turning bright red, Jin turned and walked out of the room.
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After her incident with Alec, Jin did her best to avoid him. It was pretty easy since he didn't socialize much-or at all.
Though out the whole week of preparing for the Auburn mission, Jin hadn't heard him speak a single word. Sometimes she wondered if he could speak. He would just communicate with facial expressions or hand signals, but Jin didn't mind, she like the strong silent type.
On the way to the drop off sire, Spen and Rowdy were arguing over the pointman position. "You can't put him in the field! He just transferred a week ago!" stated Spen.
"You've seen what he could do. His reflexes are off the charts and his IQ is in the 200's. He's the best candidate," replied Rowdy.
"Yeah, but-"
"I don't care how you guys feel when you are not on the field, but when you are on the field, you guys are family. You will respect each other and their abilities-"
As Rowdy started his "Family" speech, the same speech that everyone has heard a million times, Jin stopped listening to the conversation. Looking around the chopper, Jin saw Doug bobbing his head to the music on his ipod. He was currently in a HelloGoodbye phase, fault of Jin for introducing them to him, and was blasting "Jesse Buys Nothing…Goes to Prom Anyways." She knew because she could hear it. Working around bombs had long ago destroyed his hearing, so the volume was at its max. "At least he is playing a good song," Jin thought.
Turning to the person on her other side, Jin saw Alec looking tense. He had every reason to be.
Taking his hand and giving it a comforting squeeze, Jin reassured him, "You'll do fine."
Giving her a small smile, Alec nodded. Jin felt herself smile back until Doug cleared his throat loudly. Realizing that she was still holding Alec's hand, Jin quickly pulled away while Doug gave her an "I-told-you-so" face while mouthing the word's "Jin loves her boyfriend."
Looking over to see how Alec took this, she saw that he had once again retreated into his own little world. He did this a lot, just become so deep in thought that he cut off from the real world. Jin used this time to study his face. He had a fair complexion, with a slight tan. His eyes were green, but Jin noticed that there were brown specks in them; how many she wished to find out. His hair was messy; not quite bed head, but more along the lines of styling it by running his fingers through it. Jin had no idea why this guy was here and not in Hollywood.
"Alright team, here's our mission," announced Rowdy as he ran a video feed of Paxton Fettel. During this clip, he was eating someone.
"He's got an agenda, he isn't doing this for recreation….he must be getting something out of this," thought Jin out loud.
"Like essential vitamins and nutrients?" Spen retorted sarcastically.
Jin opened her mouth to fire back a smart ass remark of her own when Rowdy cut her off. "This is Paxton Fettel. He is our main target. He was created to control armies of mindless soldiers from a distance so the control wouldn't get hurt. This means that we should be able to eliminate him without going through the whole army. McDowell, you and I will be dropped off here, Jankowski at the next building and Jin and Holiday, stand by."
As everyone nodded in agreement, Jin watched the team split up.
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About 20 minutes after Spen left, Jin and Doug where playing a game of "rather or."
"Ok, my turn. Would you rather make out with Rowdy or Alec?" asked Doug.
Punching him in the arm, Jin said, "What the hell? You have had me go through the whole division, male and female, asking who I'd rather make out with the other choice being Alec. You already know that I think that Alec is cute and everyone in our department is old…or not attractive…no offense."
"I'm just making sure that you are loyal. People that you work with are usually the people that you cheat with. And none taken, technically I'm not in your division. Though if you ever want to come over to the dark side…no complaints here," suggested Doug.
"Ah, pass…" Jin answered.
Just then, Spen's voice came over on the comlink. "We were too late, just leftovers here. Jin, we gotta body over here."
"I'm coming," she replied, giving Doug a kick as she left the helicopter. "Guard the bird Doug."
"Will do," he answered with a mock salute.
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When Jin got to the body, she had to swallow a bit of bile. "Gross."
Spen nodded his head in agreement. "Where's Alec?" Jin asked.
"He's out searching the area," answered Spen. "Hey what do you think of him?"
"Well, he's cute and silent. I like that in a man," answered Jin, emphasizing "silent."
"That's not what I meant," replied Spen, missing the hint. "His eyes…they see right through you…"
"Maybe because you are one dimensional," retorted Jin.
"Shut-Back already?" asked Spen.
Alec entered the room quietly. "Seems like the only time this guy makes noise is when he's firing his gun," thought Jin.
Examining the body, Jin suggested, "You guys go on ahead. I'm gonna be a while."
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Jin was always a tad bit creeped out by dead bodies and this one was no exception. She actually joined the military to be a sniper, but there really weren't a lot of job opportunities for that. In fact, the whole reason she came to F.E.A.R. was to be the team's sniper, but once she transferred, there wasn't really a need for her. So she used her skills of observation and became the technical officer, aka the person who examines the dead people.
After taking some blood and tissue samples and photos, Jin wished that she had some company while she waited for the chopper to arrive.
"I guess it's just you and I," she said, playfully punching the corpse in the arm. Jin jumped back when the arm she hit fell to the ground. Picking it up and trying to stick it back on, Jin made a mental note to never do that again.
Failing to reattach the arm to its body, Jin placed it in the guy's lap, said a quick prayer (you could never be too sure in this line of work), and made a mad dash for the roof to be picked up.
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Jin was in the helicopter when the explosion happened. Jarred out of her seat, Jin nearly fell out of the chopper. "I hate flying."
Once her feet were firmly on the ground, she found a stray SFOD-D soldier. "Where are all your men?"
The guy was in a panic (not P.A.N.I.C.S-lol). "There was a gate…with a little girl…oh God, they're all gone. Their flesh is all gone!"
"Ok, calm down. The girl took off their flesh?" Jin tried to piece together.
"She burnt it off…with her mind!" screamed the solider. Composing himself, he went on, "I ran away. I was the only one."
Jin was having a hard time with the guy's story. "But what about the explosion?"
"It came from over there," the guy pointed west.
"Alright, let's go." Jin took the lead, letting the SFOD-D cower behind her. "Hey kid?"
"Yeah?"
"Is this you first time out on the field?"
"Yeah. Rough first day, huh?" He made a nervous laugh.
Jin gave him a sad smile. "I lost one of my friends on my first mission too. Though yours seems worse, so I guess in a sick way, you win."
The kid gave another nervous laugh which Jin joined in. Seeing the fire and the smoke, Jin recognized the body lying on the ground. "Alec!"
Rushing to his side, Jin was relieved to hear him breathing steadily. Checking his body for injuries, all Jin could find was muscle. "Another point for Alec."
"Jin? What's going on? I heard the explosion and I couldn't reach anybody," Rowdy asked via comlink.
"I don't know what happened. I found this SFOD-D soldier and he said that there was an explosion from the west half of the compound. As we went there, I found Alec. It looks like he leapt from a second story window," answered Jin.
"Two stories? Should I send a medvan?"
"He doesn't seem to have taken any damage," replied Jin.
"Well, then if he is fine, have him continue to search and eliminate Fettel while you and the SFOD-D soldier search for Jankowski. I haven't had contact with anyone in his unit since Auburn," ordered Rowdy.
"You can't send him alone! That's crazy!" argued Jin.
"Don't worry; your boyfriend is more than capable. Out."
Alec gingerly tried to get to his feet. "Wait," Jin ordered, keeping him from standing. "You have a small cut."
Jin cleaned the cut with some alcohol warning, "This may sting," (and felt very stupid afterwards for saying it to a soldier). "Elmo or Bert?" she asked, referring to the band aid designs. She always wondered why they didn't just buy the plain band aids; their division had enough trouble trying to earn the other divisions respect…or even to just take them seriously.
Smiling, Alec pointed to Elmo. "Good choice," replied Jin as she applied it to the cut. Pulling his head down, Jin placed a soft kiss to on Alec's band aid. "And a kiss to make if felt better."
Feeling the color rise to her cheeks, Jin relayed Rowdy's orders. "Find Fettel and put a bullet between his eyes. I'll find Jankowski."
Jin saw uncertainty cross Alec's face at the mention of Jankowski's name, but it quickly returned to his expressionless "game face." Giving his arm a quick squeeze, Jin said worriedly, "Be careful."
Nodding his head, Alec gave Jin a small smile before heading off.
Sighing and giving the SFOD-D soldier an "I-dare-you-to-ask" look, Jin led them in the opposite direction of Alec.
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"I hate this place. It's just one deserted warehouse after another…" complained Jin.
"Except when we run into a room full of replica soldiers," piped the SFO-D soldier.
"Ha, I guess your right. What's your name by the way? I've been traveling with you for over an hour and I still don't know," asked Jin.
The kid got silent and serious. "Names are for friends. Therefore I don't need one."
"Whoa, bold statement for such a scrawny kid," replied Jin with a chuckle.
"Hey, I've got muscles on me. Maybe not as much as your boyfriend back there, but enough. And after just seeing three of my friends die in front of my eyes, I've decided to become a cold killing machine. If I don't have friends, I can't get hurt. Figuratively speaking," replied the kid.
"Well then I'm calling you 'George'. And he's not my boyfriend."
"George? What kinda name is that?"
"Well, for one, it is the name of our president, but if you don't like it, just tell me your real name," explained Jin.
"Tyler."
"Well Tyler, I'm Jin. We're looking for a tall bald guy with a goatee," she informed him.
Tyler scoffed. "If she was there, it wouldn't matter what he looked like. All we'd find are skeletons and blood."
Jin shooked her head at his negative attitude. She pulled out her data pad when she heard it beep. "The dead, half-eaten guy was Charles Habegger, Armacharm researcher. I wonder why he would be a victim."
They continued, lost in thought until they entered a warehouse reeking of death. Find several skeletons and lots of blood, Jin radioed in. "No sign of Jankowski, but we found several human remains thought to be-"
"No," Rowdy cut her off. "Jankowski's signal is still strong and clear. It shows no sign of distress."
"Alright, we'll keep looking," replied Jin.
"She was here. I told you. He never had a chance," stated Tyler.
"Rowdy said that it isn't Jankowski. I have no idea whose remains are these, but we need to keep looking."
"Onward towards more death," muttered Tyler with mock enthusiasm following Jin down a deserted corridor.