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I decided to write this story just based on pure boredom. I was having trouble finding stories I really liked that had been completed. I decided that no matter what happens that I would make sure that this story was completed. Usually I'm not a big writer as I am more of a reader but I decided to put one out here for good measure. I am doing my best with this story but please, cut me some slack. In this story I wanted to put all of the things that I liked most in video games, books, movies and tv shows. Hence why this is a crossover story. I wanted to make this story on how I would like it done. If anyone is butt hurt by the way I write, or you don't think events should be the way they are, just dm me or leave a review. Or you don't have to, I'm not going to force you.
*Note from me after writing chapter 6 and 7: I apologize if this set any of you off as I was going through a rough patch in my life and a little too much sarcasm and annoyance came into my writing. This isn't how I usually am and I apologize.*
Anyway, please do enjoy the story. I am taking suggestions as this is a work in progress story. I'm thinking I can make this a decently long story so I look forward to hearing what you guys have to say.
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Warning: hinted sexual content, slight violence
Present Day
Havana, Cuba
0800 hours
Apollo "Juggernaut" Jackson is the last person you would think of when you think of a soldier in the Delta Force. Apollo is a 7 foot 1, 300 pound solid block of muscle with incredible skill as a shooter and a strategist. Apollo is the youngest in the Delta Force at 19. His partner and "sidekick" as he calls it is a 6 foot 5, 21 year old named Damien "Skeet" Rodgers. The two of them have known each other for a pretty long time. They were family friends and played sports together through school and club. Apollo was slated to go to the NBA but was an excellent marksman and strategist. The US Military heavily recruited Apollo and Damien, and eventually got their wish. Apollo turned into a quiet, tough type. People only saw him laugh when he was around Damien. Damien on the other hand, was exactly opposite. He was the party goer and resident playboy. It got him into trouble a few times, but when you have the benefit of being that good, you can get away with a lot.
Right now however, none of their pasts are on their minds as they travel the city of Havana, Cuba, looking for a good vantage point on the streets below. Their task: Take out the drug lord Contigo Pereira, known for the sale of his drug dubbed "bronze."
"Do you think that building will be good?" Damien asked, pointing to a taller building with plenty of windows.
"No, the line of sight is messed up because of the trees." Apollo responded.
"Speaking of, won't it be like...impossible to leave? I mean Contigo is like these people's god."
"If they don't know what to look for, we won't have a problem."
Back at base, the military personnel in charge of comms was just sitting down getting ready for overwatch. The commander, Commander Johnson, was in the room. He has accompanied by a woman who went only by Six.
"Baez, turn their comms on so we can hear what they're sayin will ya?" Commander Johnson said.
"Yessir." Responded Lieutenant Baez.
With the comms turned on, the people in the watch room could hear and see everything that was going on from a predator drone that was keeping overwatch.
"You really trust these kids, huh?" Six asked, "No easy way to escape and a lot could go wrong."
"I think they're going to be just fine." Johnson responded.
After looking at every building, Apollo, dressed in a white collared t-shirt and khakis holding a briefcase, makes his way up to the building they had chosen. Apollo learned a little Spanish but left the talking to Damien. The place the two had chosen was actually a hotel.
"Hola señora. Necesito una habitación en el cuarto piso por favor. Orientado al este si lo tienes. (Hello, ma'am. I need a room on the fourth floor please. Facing east if you have it.)" Damien said.
"Ciertamente," The lady stated, reaching under the desk for the key, "aquí está la habitación que pides. (Certainly, here is the room you ask for.)"
"Gracias. (Thank you)" He responded.
Apollo nodded his head when as he walked by to the stairs.
Both of them were holding briefcases filled with disposable versions of their real long range weapons. They were going to use them, pull them back apart then dispose of the briefcase at a marked location. They entered the room and made quick work of setting up and putting their guns together. They each had five bullets to work with and were shooting semi-auto. They were only told to take out the druglord and a few soldiers. They were told about a person that Contigo was supposed to meet with. Since Contigo was apart of the community and a "celebrity" in a sense, he could sell his bronze in public. Apollo and Damien were given orders to identify the person he is meeting with.
"How long until Contigo is supposed to be here?" Damien asked while shutting the windows.
Apollo looked at his watch, "In about 5 minutes."
"And what's our escape route?"
"We are going to go out the back door while everyone runs out when they see Contigo collapse and rendezvous down two blocks where we will meet up with Baxter and Kaede."
"We can also trust that we haven't been tapped or seen?"
Apollo shrugs, "I probably would've known, or something would've gone wrong."
"So you're not worried about everything being too perfect?"
"Too perfect?...I guess we'll just have to see."
With that they sat down while looking through their 18x scopes at the park below waiting for their target.
Soon they spotted their target, slowly strolling through the park with soldiers on all sides. He sat down at a park bench and Apollo was thinking about taking the shot but the person Contigo was meeting suddenly strolled into the park with his group.
"None of the other side are carrying guns...that's odd." Apollo said."Kano…" Damien muttered.
"What?"
"The person Contigo is meeting is Kano from the Black Dragon Clan."
"The who-what now?"
"Just know that Kano tried to recruit me...see that girl behind him, to the right a little?"
"Yeah, why?"
"She was his offering to me. Her name is Tasia or something."
"I'm surprised you didn't agree."Damien just looked at Apollo with a blank stare.
"What? I see you at base."
"Whatever."
Apollo and Damien returned their attention back to their target.
"Base this is Delta one, you reading this, over?" Apollo said.
"Delta one this is base, we are seeing it, over."
"Let us know when to take the shot, over."
Apollo and Damien waited as the two sides talked for a while, then exchanged briefcases.
Suddenly as the two were about to seperate, "Take the shot."
Without a second of hesitation, Apollo pulled the trigger on his M14 EBR. The suppressed shot flew through the air at 853 meters per second and landed with precision right in Contigo's temple. His head snapped to the left as the force of the bullet hit him. He immediately collapsed.
The rest of the Contigo's soldiers assumed that someone from the other side had planted a sniper. The soldiers opened fire in the streets at the retreating Black Dragons. Kano was hit once but was protected by Tremor's rock wall. Soon however all of Contigo's soldiers were taken out. Tasia and Kira made short work of them with battle rifles and Kobra's good shooting on the mounted M2 Browning .50 cal. As they were taking their guns apart and putting them back into their cases, Apollo and Damien could hear what was going on outside. Deciding not to stick around anymore they left the room and made quick work of getting to the stairs. Apollo and Damien put on sunglasses (because nobody will recognize them with sunglasses on) and made it to the lobby. Like Apollo suspected, everyone was going to see Contigo. They made quick work of getting to the back door. They left the hotel and calmly walked down the street. They made a right at the end of the street and walked to the Havin Bank (yes it's an actual bank in Cuba). There they made a sharp right into an alley where a man and woman in a black trench coats, sunglasses and dark clothes walked past them. If they were captured and searched the authorities would find that they were from the Yakuza. They were actually part of the FBI working as undercover spies. They never got caught however, they were too good at their jobs.
Apollo and Damien didn't talk the entire walk, nor did they talk on the car ride to the small passenger plane that was taking them back to base in Florida. As soon as they were inside the plane however, they sounded like kids.
"Damien did you see his head, bro?! That shit exploded!" Apollo said as he buckled his seat belt.
"I know! Did you see the panic and the firefight afterwards?! Contigo's men probably thought Kano put the sniper." Damien responded.
Suddenly the comms came to life again, "A job very well done boys, just make sure you save it for base. We got something for y'all here so be back soon." Commander Johnson said.
"Yessir, over." Damien said.
"Now I'm excited to get home," Apollo said. "You know how I am with surprises and patience."
"You and patience don't go together in the same sentence unless someone is telling you you need more of it."
"Thanks Captain Obvious." Apollo said with a fake salute.
Damien just chuckled.
Soon they reached the base after an hour flight across the Gulf of Mexico. Apollo and Damien got off the plane and were greeted by Damien's girlfriend, Jessie.
"I was worried about you two, glad you made it back." Jessie said as she hugged and kissed Damien.
"Thanks for your concern babe." Damien said back.
Apollo was internally scoffing because he thought the entire thing was so fake it was killing him.
"Alright, I'm going to go to HQ and see what that surprise or whatever was."
"Not without a hug." Jessie said.
Apollo gave a quick hug and turned around to go to HQ. Jessie and Damien could tell something was bothering him. Although Damien was the only one who knew what it was.
"I better go check on him." Damien said as he walked by Jessie.
"See you later then?"
"Of course." He said with a smile.
Damien jogged to catch up with Apollo. Damien was currently the single last person Apollo wanted to see. "Hey man, is it me and Jess again?" Damien asked as he caught up to Apollo.
"Y'all are the fakest people I have EVER seen, and I've seen some people." Apollo responded.
"I know you hate it but can you just pretend you are happy to see her? She considers you one of her best friends and you know how she can get with her intuition and shit."
Damien was referring to a time when Apollo was on his first mission after Damien and her got together. Things went south really fast and Apollo came back with 6 bullet wounds, a knife wound from his right shoulder to his left hip and in a coma. Jessie was all over the place emotionally and sometimes was impossible to talk to. When Apollo woke up, she would try to always be by his side to make sure he recovered well. She had the same reaction, only worse, when Damien was captured in the Middle East on a mission.
"Yeah I know...just stop being so damn flakey."
"I'll work on it for you."
"Thanks."
They swiped their ID's at the door and entered the control center. The two walked to Commander Johnson's office. Apollo knocked on the door.
"Come in." Commander Johnson from the other side of the door.
The two entered and were surprised to find another person in the room. Apollo and the lady looked at each other before Commander Johnson spoke again.
"I figured you two couldn't wait any more minutes before you came and saw me."
"You guessed right sir." Damien said as the two sat down.
"Well I'll cut to the chase then. You two are the best Delta Force soldiers I have seen in a very long time. It has been an honor getting to know you two young men and I decided to suggest you for a promotion."
Apollo sank back into his chair because he hated the military and the last thing he wanted was more of it. Apollo immediately lost interest and everyone in the room could feel the slight discontent coming off of him.
"Something the matter Jackson?" Commander Johnson said.
"No sir."
"Anyway, I suggested you two for a highly specialized team known as Team Rainbow. They are a secretive organization that are the first on the line to fight terrorism. This," He said pointing to Six, "is Six. She is the leader of the organization and you're new boss, if you decide to go that is."
"We'd love to!" "No chance."
Damien and Apollo said at the same time. The two of them looked at each other.
"What are you going to do about Jessie?" Apollo asked.
Suddenly Six spoke up, "She may go with you."
Damien turned back to Apollo with a shit-eating grin on his face. Apollo sighed in defeat and Six smiled to herself.
"Fine whatever…this is so dumb."
"Believe me Mr. Jackson, or may I call you Apollo, I think you will very much enjoy being there. There is already some people who will be happy to see you."
2 Days Later
Hereford Military Base, England
1000 hours
Apollo's POV
The trip to England wasn't horrible...well for anyone who wasn't me. I got to enjoy 10 hours of Damien and Jessie on the plane talking about how excited they were for a change of scenery. At the 2 hour mark they started playing kissy face and started talking about each of their desires to have children. When I was asked on the subject I just shook my head. I listened to music the rest of the flight.
Currently we are riding in one of the Rainbow military escort vehicles. We were given files on the other operators that were already apart of Team Rainbow. Damien and Jessie spent the entirety of it seeing which of the operators they could see me in a relationship with. Eventually it came down to the French woman, Twitch or something like that, Caveira I think and another girl named Ela. I didn't bother to read the files since the other two talked about each operator out loud. I just wanted to get out of here as fast as possible.
Suddenly our vehicle came to a stop.
Jessie squealed with delight, "Yay! We are here!"
Damien had an equally happy look on his face where I wore my signature emotionless look that I had mastered. It took a lot to get me to crack from this look. The back doors opened and I shielded my eyes from the bright light. It was opened by a couple of the operators with more standing around looking into the back. Jessie and Damien got out and I passed them their stuff. They immediately got conversation going with the operators. I came out last and gave the other operators a second of surprise mixed with fear. I could easily read it on their facial expressions.
Suddenly a medium sized man came up to me, "Hi, you must be Apollo."
"Something like that." I responded.
"You know I read your file and I was surprised to see someone of your age and height, and I can say I'm even more surprised that it was true."
I didn't know how to respond so I just nodded my head once.
"Not much of a talker are ya?"
Damien answered for me, "No, he just hates the military."
The man looked at Damien confused, "Then why is he here?"
"Because he is damn good at everything. He is also by far the best athlete you have ever seen! Just wait 'till he gets on the basketball court! Y'all have one of those right?"
"Yeah...yeah we got one." The man said with less enthusiasm.
"Anyway I should introduce you to everyone. This is Ela." He said pointing to a woman with green hair.
"That is Timur, or Glaz." He said pointing to a kind of burly russian guy.
"This is Olivier, or Lion." He said pointing to another man. I couldn't tell his origin. I probably missed it when Damien and Jessie went over it.
"She is Emma...you want Emma or Emmanuelle?" He asked the French woman I heard a lot about earlier.
"Emma is fine Jordan, thank you." She said back. I could tell from just looking at her that she was very good looking, so was Ela for that matter. We locked eyes and I looked away.
"Ok, that is Emma, or Twitch and I am Jordan, or Thermite works too." Jordan said.
"Nice to meet you all. As I'm sure you knew I'm Damien, this is Jessie and that's Apollo." Damien said.
"Well nice to meet y'all. If you guys want to follow us we can give you a tour and show you your rooms. We have a meeting later where you can meet the rest of the operators if you would like."
"Sure, show us around."
We grabbed our bags and started walking to the main building. I only had one bag because we put our guns together in a bag Damien was holding. I threw my duffel bag over my right shoulder and pulled out my phone. I decided to check Instagram before, out of the corner of my eye, Emma came into my field of view. I looked over at her and we locked eyes again. We smiled at each other before I turned my attention back to my phone.
Suddenly I heard, "So where are you from Apollo?"
I looked back at her and put my phone in my pocket, "I am from the Bronx in New York. What about you?"
"I was born in France and worked in the military there until I moved out here."
"How long ago was that?"
"Three, maybe four years ago."
"Oh that's cool. Do you like it here?"
"Yeah I really do. I have made a lot of friends, although nobody who has earned my love."
That last part made me freeze for a second. Earned her love? By the looks of the group so far it is surprising to think that she hasn't fallen in love with somebody, especially for being here for 3 or 4 years.
"Oh that kinda sucks. I would suggest Damien but he is already taken."
She giggled, "He's not my type...personally I like my men tall and strong."
She's hitting on me. If I couldn't tell it then I definitely could now. I could also guess because Damien is like 6 foot 5, he's not short.
I decided to play back with her, "Really? I think I may know the perfect person."
"I would hope so." Was her response.
I looked back down to her and she looked up. We locked eyes and smiled again at each other.
We entered the building where I met Vicente (Capitao). He was a very nice man. As the group went on I dragged behind trying to re-situate my bag. I saw him quickly motion for me to come over to him.
"I see the way that Emma is looking at you and I will say congratulations as nobody else here gained her interest. Two things I would worry about for you are one, she can be very possessive so be careful around other girls. She also is very used to getting her way. Two, also beware for the jealous guys. You will know who they are immediately. Other then that, I am glad to have you guys here."
"Thanks for the heads up."
We shook hands and I walked over to where Emma was waiting for me a little down the hall.
"What did Vicente say?" She asked.
"Just welcoming me to the team." I responded.
"Good, you will get to know him very well. He is like a father figure around here."
"I figured."
As we turned the corner I saw Ela was waiting for us in the hall.
"Good, I'm glad you two didn't get lost. I thought I was going to have to get you out of the closet." She said with a Polish accent.
I blushed heavily as I figured what she meant. Ela noticed my embarrassment.
"What never seen pretty women before?"
"No I have...just ya know...not used to it I guess." My answer was complete bullshit but if Ela noticed, she didn't say anything.
"You're very young right? 19 if I'm correct."
"Yeah you're right."
"Well then I will say that while you are with us, you will have a wild time. I will introduce you to some of the other ladies here. I think they will immediately come to like you." I heard Emma slightly hiss from my left.
"What Emma? You are not the only one who will like him. You can't always get your way you know." Ela said mockingly.
Emma huffes in annoyance. I was sensing tension build up and decided I needed a break before something got out of hand.
"Can y'all show me my room first?"
"Sure handsome, I would love to." Ela said with a slightly seductive smile.
I internally gulped. I felt Emma grab onto my arm tightly.
"This is too early for shit like this to be happening. I haven't been here 30 minutes!" I thought.
We made a short walk to my room which is on the second floor of the sleeping quarters on the west wing of the building. I opened the door to my room to find one king sized mattress pushed up against the far wall. A desk with chair on the wall directly in front of me. It was positioned in front of a window that overlooked the training grounds and lake. There was also a clothes closet and an extremely top of the line bathroom. I walked in and set my 70 pound bag down on the floor. I unzipped it and decided to start unpacking. I heard Emma seat herself on my bed while Ela sat in the chair at the desk.
"You know...I could get used to this bed. It's very comfortable." Emma said suddenly.
I blushed again as I didn't know how to respond. Luckily I didn't have to.
"What sleeping with Meghan (Valkyrie), Eliza (Ash), Monika (IQ) and Tina (Frost) isn't comfortable?" Ela said.
"Ughh, Meghan just snores all the time and Eliza comes in smelling like shit from Jordan."
"Why does she bother to go back, she should just move into a room with Jordan."
"I dunno. It's probably the same with Alexandr (Tachanka) and Lera (Finka)."
"Surprisingly no. As far as I know they don't do anything but drink and flirt."
"Oh...is Eliza the only one who does anything? I mean others are in relationships but I don't think anyone else does anything right?" Emma asked.
"No, no one else except for Eliza. The look Yumiko (Hibana) gives when she sees Eliza walking uptight, or when she can't sit is priceless. It's that look of pure jealousy and sadness that is almost funny."
The entire time I had been silently unpacking my stuff. I placed my shoes on the ground and did my best to organize my clothes. I usually wear sweatpants and a hoodie for battle as I hate wearing military clothes. I noticed the room got silent but had stopped paying attention to the conversation as I didn't want to intervene.
After about 10 minutes I had unpacked everything I needed to. I placed my speaker on the desk and went to sit down on the bed. I rested my elbows on my knees and relaxed. I looked down at the floor.
"Are you ready to go meet some other people?" Emma asked.
"Yeah, sure."
With that we exited the room. We walked back down the hall and down the stairs. The two girls showed me where the other rooms were, well where there's were specifically. We then walked past the offices and to the rec room where I got to meet another 10 operators. I met Lera, Gustave (Doc), Erik (Maverick), Yumiko (Hibana), Meghan (Valkyrie), Taina (Caveira), Elias (Blitz), Sanaa (Nomad), Elana (Mira) and Ryad (Jackal). Ryad and Elana were watching TV on the couch and waved at us when we walked in. Erik, Gustave, Lera and Elias were playing pool. They also also waved when we walked in. Ela and Emma pointed everyone out to me. Meghan, Sanaa and Taina were the ones to come say hello.
"Here comes Meghan, Taina and Sanaa." Ela said next to me.
I looked to my right where in fact I did see the three come over to me. Sanaa was the first one to me with Meghan and Taina behind me.
"Hello, you must be Apollo, I am Sanaa." She said while shaking my hand, "It is a pleasure to meet you. I must say you are everything your profile said and more."
"Thanks?" I said in slight confusion as to whether that was a good or bad thing.
Meghan introduced herself next, "Hi I'm Meghan."
She gave me a strong handshake which wasn't surprising by looking at the size of her biceps.
Taina gave me a quick handshake, "Glad you're here." She said.
"Thanks, you all seem like a pretty chill group."
"As long as it is not Jalal (Kaid) or Mike (Thatcher) you're good." Sanaa said.
I looked at her with confusion as I didn't know who Jalal or Mike were.
"Kaid and Thatcher?" She asked.
I gave her a blank stare as I still didn't know who she was talking about.
Sanaa turned to Ela and Emma, "I suggest you take him to the gym, everyone is bound to be there watching basketball."
I got excited at the thought of basketball.
Sanaa could tell my peaked interest as she said basketball.
"What the hell. Hey everyone, wanna go watch basketball?" She asked everyone in the room.
"Sure." Came the response from half the room. The other half either shrugged or nodded their head with the exception of Erik. I am honestly surprised that the operators liked basketball enough to watch it heavily like that. We turned around and left back the way we came. We made a right and walked a little longer until I saw the glass walls of the weight room. I saw a few operators in the room working out but I couldn't name them if I tried. We entered into the gym where, sure enough, most of the other operators were sitting in chairs or bleachers watching the 4 on 4 game. I saw Jordan and Damien sitting together on the bench so I decided to meet up with them. I grabbed a nearby basketball and walked over to the two. They noticed me as I came over.
"Oh hey Apollo, I was wondering when you were going to show up." Damien said.
"Ela and Emma were just giving me a tour." I said flatly.
"You sure they weren't giving you a tour of something else?" He asked with a smile.
I immediately got embarrassed and blushed. I responded with, "No, just a regular tour."
Damien just shook his head. I sat down to watch the rest of the game.
After the game had finished the players were beat. Miles (Castle), Julien (Rook), Marius (Jäger), Jack (Pulse), Dominic (Bandit), James (Smoke), Sébastian (Buck), and Liu (Lesion) were playing, I learned later. After the game was over everyone returned back to their regular activities. Some of the operators went back to the weight room, some went back to the rec room, some went to training, and a few went to the dining hall for lunch. I wasn't necessarily hungary so I decided to go back to my room. I remembered how to get back. Emma and Ela were talking to Meghan, Taina and a blonde woman I didn't recognize. I knew if I had any shot of getting back to my room I had to leave now. I stood up and walked out to the hall. I made a left and walked back the way we had come. I walked past the rec room and was about to reach the stairs before I heard footsteps behind me. I quickly looked over my shoulder and saw another girl with glasses carrying a tablet walking in the same direction as me. I assumed she wanted to get back to her room so I walked up the stairs and walked over to my room. I started to get concerned when she also followed me up the stairs and in the same direction. I opened my door and went in my room. I turned around to close it and the woman and I locked eyes before she entered her room directly across from mine. I was really happy that I didn't have to talk as I wanted some alone time. I quickly locked my door before I sat down on my bed and kicked my shoes off. I layed down in bed and started contemplating this new situation I had been thrown in. I was becoming overwhelmed with this whole Emma and Ela thing that was happening. I stared up at the ceiling before I eventually fell asleep.
I woke up sometime later in the same position I fell asleep. Now however it was dark outside. I checked the time and saw that it was 8:30 pm. I wanted to call it a night but I was also kind of hungary from only having one meal. I texted Damien to see if he could get me some food. His only response was a picture of Jessie's naked back. I made an executive decision to not find out what they were doing but by the thump I just heard I think I could figure it out. This first day has been long and stressful and I can say that overall it was a pretty weird day. I just decided to call it a night and spend the rest of the night tucked under my covers, warm and asleep.
The Next Day
Hereford Military Base, England
0800 hours
3rd POV
Apollo had a pretty restless sleep. He realized in the morning it was part due to his hunger and part due to the underlying stress of doing something he hates. He couldn't imagine a world without basketball and it was a mystery to him why he didn't start his life over, change his name and tryout for a pro team. He was now seriously debating it while he walked to breakfast. He was so deep in thought he didn't notice Emma come up next to him.
"Going to breakfast?" She suddenly asked.
Apollo jumped as she hadn't expected anyone to be next to him. She noticed immediately.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah just deep in thought is all. I was surprised to see someone joining me. I thought you all would have already been up." He responded.
"No we usually wake up in between now and about 9 am. That could also depend on if we are hungover from the night before." She said.
"Oh." Apollo flatly said.
Emma looked at Apollo with concern. She could tell something was bothering him and wanted to ask about it, as she was starting to become attached to him. She, however, did not because she was still battling her feelings towards him. She wanted to wait a little longer to see if he grew any feelings towards her. Emma looked back at the ground as she walked next to Apollo. Without realising it, she began walking closer and closer to him until she felt their arms brush each other. She could hear Apollo's breath hitch and his nervous look down at her. She was now very concerned but decided to talk to Damien about it later. She figured he would probably know best since they had been together the longest.
When they reached the door for the breakfast area, Apollo opened the door and held it open for her as she walked in. Emma saw Damien with Jessie, Miles and Craig (Blackbeard). Emma made a quick walk over to them and sat down.
"Mornin' Emma." Craig said.
"Morning...Damien can I ask you a question?" Emma responded.
"Yeah sure what's up?" He answered.
"It's about Apollo-"
Before she could finish the sentence Miles said, "So it is true then. The great Emmanuelle Pichon has feelings for the 19 year old quiet, strong Apollo Jackson."
"No I just am concern-"
"Stop denying the truth Emma...Ela, Sanaa and Meghan have all been talking about him nonstop. It's the most I've seen Sanaa stand still. Also I can't believe the amount of times Mike has caught Grace (Dokkaebi) and Yumiko watching him through the cams. I'd say you got some competition."
Emma didn't respond but continued her question to Damien, "Anyway I wanted to know why Apollo seems so...nervous around us and this environment. I met up with him in the hallway when he was walking to breakfast and I started talking to him. I called his name a few times but he didn't answer and when I got next to him he was just looking forward. I asked him if he was going to breakfast and he jumped like I had scared him. When I asked him about it he said that he was deep in thought. I accidentally bumped into him and his breath hitched like he was almost scared. I just want to know if you know anything about it."
Damien lost the look of amusement on his face. He looked down at the table and over to the kitchen door when it opened revealing Apollo holding a plate of food and water. Apollo made his way over to a nearby empty table and sat down with his back to them. Damien narrowed his eyes and watched Apollo's movements. Apollo was slightly shaking and it seemed hard for him to get the water glass up to his mouth. Apollo knew how to hide his shaking well, well enough everyone else at the table didn't see anything. Damien had a trained eye however and could easily tell Apollo was started to succumb to nervous habits. He only was nervous when he was about to go on a mission or something was really bothering him. The girl operators, especially Emma, starting to gain interest in him would put him on the edge of nervousness.
Suddenly Damien turned around, "Get Doc and I'll tell you all what is going on."
Craig immediately stood up and walked out the door. A couple minutes later Doc came back with Craig. The two walked over to the table and Craig sat back down in his seat.
"Is something the matter Damien?" Doc asked.
"Watch Apollo and tell me what you see." Damien responded.
In an instant of Apollo attempting to get the water glass to his mouth, Doc could easily tell he was shaking.
"He's shaking. Shaking is a natural reaction when someone is nervous or anxious."
"Could there be a reason that Apollo would be shaking?"
"There are a lot of reasons one could be shaking. Do you know if he has any case of PTSD or something like that?"
"No chance, he tells me everything. I would've known about it."
"Then I don't think I can properly diagnose him then. I would think that it would blow over in a little while. Maybe you can get Emma or Ela to spend some time with him."
Emma blushed at the suggestion, although she now thought it wouldn't be that bad of an idea. She was dreaming of a situation similar last night. She felt herself start to become slightly horny and decided not to think of it anymore.
Damien pulled out his phone and scrolled through his pictures finding what he was looking for. It was a picture of Apollo's file.
"Can you read the highlighted part out loud for me?" He asked Doc as he handed him his phone.
"It says, Apollo was once sold to the government for money by his parents. There they experimented on him to help them try and create the perfect superweapon. They took muscle samples, eye samples and blood samples. Upon realization that it would be easier to use Apollo as the superweapon, they trained him to be everything they wanted. They placed metal and other instruments into his body to improve his abilities. They made him kill day after day to train him to be a ruthless killing machine. The last thing they never changed was his free will. Eventually he stopped killing and refusing to eat. He slowly made himself psychotic to the point where he was put into the Delta Force, where he rekindled his relationship with Damien (childhood friend). However before he left, doctors implanted a kill switch underneath his chin. If activated it will send a disrupting electrical signal into his brain and heart, instantly killing him. The kill switch is located on the President's desk and requires a fingerprint and always changing code to set off, but nevertheless, can be set off in the wrong hands. Because of this, Apollo only talks to Damien. He will talk when necessary but decided that it would be simpler to live the rest of his days alone then make someone worry about him constantly. His side effects are that when coming into contact with a situation (i.e. interest in him from women, parties he is invited to, or new military endeavours) he becomes more nervous. He starts with shaking, then with the inability to eat, then he develops a sickness that shouldn't normally happen, then it is lack of talking or meeting with people (spends a lot of time on the roof or away during the nights then asleep in his room during the day). He can sometimes skip steps but they always show up eventually. He tries to hide it. Some signs of this are lack of communication between Damien and Apollo, mood swings, lack of focus or becoming jumpy in other people's presence, especially those of women that are either fond of him or he is fond of. Holy shit that is not good." Doc read. He had become increasingly more scared for Apollo's safety.
Suddenly Emma asked in a scared voice, "What happens if her gets past the step of being on the roof during the nights?"
"Well...the commanders will either tell the President to hit the switch or he will most likely die of the sickness."
Emma started to become more nervous, "What are the illnesses he can get?"
"Personally, I've seen him get pneumonia, yellow fever, Spanish Flu, and Malaria once."
"Does this happen a lot?"
"No usually not. He had pneumonia and the Spanish Flu at the same time."
Emma sat and looked back at the table. She was now beyond worried for Apollo. Everyone was watching as he shakily stood up and pushed in his chair. He took a breath and put a fist on the table and rested on it as he took shaky breaths. Damien stood up and walked over to him. He rested a hand on Apollo's back which seemed to calm him down a little bit.
"It's alright man, I'm here for you." Damien said.
Apollo gave a weak smile and stood. He grabbed his plates and walked to the kitchen. Damien stood still and watched Apollo walk back to the kitchen. As Apollo walked by, Damien walked back to the original table, still watching him. He sighed as Apollo exited the room and heavily sat down in his chair. Jessie rubbed his arm as she remembered how painful it had been for Damien to see his best friend in so much pain without the ability for him to do anything. Emma knew that she would do her best to help Apollo. She knew her feelings weren't going away, just maybe hidden for a while. She needs to let the rest of the girls know before one of them makes it worse.
Ladies and gentlemen, that was the first chapter. I have really enjoyed the writing process (it's still early) and look forward to writing more chapters. I will do my best to give more backstory and information about my characters as the chapters go on. I am still learning so please do let me know if there is something you feel anything about. Or don't...please do I will be lonely otherwise. Well not that lonely in real life but you know what I meant. Also I am into music suggestions as I'm sure some of you do not want to hear more rap music but at least it's not Cardi B. I will do my best to incorporate different types of music as well.
*Note from chapter 6 and 7 me again: I know that Apollo's chip situation is very stupid and I promise that it doesn't become a factor again after chapter 7.*