The Flux Corps
First Arc: How It Began
Prolouge
Disclamer: I don't own anything that deals with anime characters or shows or manga. I do however, own David and Angela and various other minor characters that will haunt the story from time to time. Enjoy and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE(!!!!) don't sue me, I'm poor, married and in the US Army!
It was a quiet morning at a mountain resort north of Tokyo City. The kind of day that this resort was known for. The kind that soothed and healed the soul of any visiting.
Here we zoom into a little cabin that is in the farthest and most remote corner of this resort. At this nice looking cabin we see two vans with tinted windows parked nearby. As we approach the cabin, the door explodes outward and five women came running out yelling something.
"This is really starting to piss me off!!" said a tall woman with dark hair.
"I say we blast whoever it is thats doing this Rally!" stated a shorter red head.
A young man in a robe followed slowly out, looking annoyed. "I don't think this one is evil Ranko, so blasting isn't a good idea." he said.
"But its ruining our vacation David!" an extremely short blonde haired woman whined.
"May is right David, this is getting to be too much!" said an exotic looking blonde haired woman.
"I say I shove a Dragon Slave up its ass!" said a short, young looking red head.
"Dee, Lina, that just isn't possible. I'm having trouble pinpointing it as is. This is what we'll do. We'll lay a trap with me as the bait, as it seems to be interested in me. Once I give the signal, which you all know what that is, spring the trap to keep whoever it is here. After that we'll question them to our hearts content." David told them.
"I guess that will have to do, but I don't like how exposed that makes you David." Rally said cautiously.
"That is unavoidable Rally. And besides, you all didn't agree to help me because you wanted to be safe, now did you?" David returned.
"We all know that David, we're just uncomfortable with our leader being so exposed with limited support." Ranko replied.
"Well then, let's plan this out so that you're more comfortable with it, and then we'll kick it off tomorrow morning." David said soothingly to them.
The rest of the team reluctantly nodded in agreement before they turned around and slowly entered the cabin to discuss what would happen the next morning.
That morning, before sunrise, the resort was subject to a noise it had never experienced as a company of the Ground Self Defense Force's tanks rolled up the valley twoards that lone cabin. They surrounded it carefully and three men got off of each tank and moved slowly and carefully twoards the cabin. A team lined themselves up next to the front door and stood ready to enter. When the signal came to go, they broke the door down and entered the main room before three breaths were taken. The team of five men came to a stop inside to see David standing there in a pair of boxers facing a young woman who looked scared. From one of the doors they could see five other females sticking there heads out.
The young woman cringed away from the soldiers but didn't actually move away from them. David turned his head and looked at the soldiers.
"Everybody stay right where you are and don't move. Don't make any threatening jestures and we won't shoot you. We won't take any funny business from you Fluxians." the sergeant in charge of the team stated in a loud voice.
David raised an eyebrow at them and shook his head. "Sergeant, I'm going to go get dressed." he said to them as he turned to face the rest of his team. "Girls if you would be so kind as to care of our unexpected guests please while I go get dressed into some decent clothes."
"Of course Sir, it shall be as you command." Ranko quipped as she threw him a jaunty salute, causing him to chuckle as he left the room.
The sergeant looked confusedly at the whole situation while the team went on automatic and gave the cabin a once over while the girls came out of their room and into the main one. Once the rest of the SDF men came back into the main room one of them gave the sergeant the 'all is clear here' signal. Suddenly the sergeant's radio came alive.
"Stalker 3 this is Blackcat 6, what is your status?" A man said.
"Blackcat 6 this is Stalker 3, building is secure. There are six females and one male inside. The male is getting dressed right now, suggest that you and Unicorn 6 come to question the detainees." he said over the radio.
"Who are you talking to sergeant?" Lina asked as she came up to him.
"I can't tell you that young lady." he replied as he looked down at her.
"Well whether you can or not, please come sit down and relax." she said as she grabbed his left hand and started to lead him to one of the many couches and chairs that scattered this room.
"What are you doing? We shouldn't be sitting." the sergeant said as Lina sat him down on a couch.
"Our boss said to make you feel at home, so we are. Please sit and relax, we really have everything under control." May replied sweetly as she got her soldier to sit down with a light smile on his face.
"You may sit as well young lady, but no talking yet." Lina said to the sixth woman.
"I'll go get the snacks and be right back." Ranko said as she started for the kitchen. She stopped suddenly and looked back at the group. "Oh before I forget, Lina, would you please fix the door, and sergeant, how many more should I expect to arrive for this meeting?" She asked.
Lina nodded while the sergeant looked confused. "About seven to ten more ma'am." He said in a stunned voice.
Ranko nodded in thanks before going into the kitchen, while Lina went to the door and started to chant in an obscure language. The soldiers sprang up and pointed their rifles at her as the door was repaired as if new. Before they could pull a trigger, they heard a click of a hammer being pulled back.
"I would suggest, gentlemen, that you lower your rifles and relax. Lina is not a Fluxian, just a normal human who can use magic." Rally said as she smiled over the sights of her pistol.
"Please, I will not harm any of you unless you hurt myself or any of my friends." Lina replied sweetly.
The weapons were slowly lowered and the soldiers sat back down again. Not long after that, Ranko came back out of the kitchen carrying two trays and balancing a third one on her head. She had just set them down when there was a knock on the door.
"Oh my we have more guests!" Ranko exclaimed, "May if you would be a dear and go get the door please?" She asked.
"Of course Ranko." May said as she got up from where she was talking with one of the soldiers, to answer the door. She opened it to reveal even more soldiers, these of much higher rank, led by a Lieutenant Colonel. "Please, do come in sirs, you've been expected." May said politely as she stepped aside to let them in.
Dee stood up as they entered the room to greet them. "Good morning sirs. If you would please sit and relax, we have morning tea and a light snack prepared for you while our Captain is getting ready." She said kindly to them.
As the men sat down, one of the majors leaned forward to look at all the women. "And just who are you people? What are you doing in an area that we detected Fluxian activity?" He asked sharply.
Ranko snorted while Lina covered her mouth as she coughed. Rally sighed as she turned to face the major.
"Who we are is for our Captain to say, as to why we are here, that is simple. We're here on vacation and we haven't seen or heard of any Fluxian activity in this region that was a problem." She said.
"Who is you Captain? If he is military, why didn't we know that he was in this area? What does he do? What do you do?" He asked in a dangerous sounding voice.
"Aren't we a pompous ass!" May excliamed, causing several chuckles from the assembled team. "There is only one way I deal with pompous asses." She said as she pulled out a small hand grenade.
All the military men sat there stunned before rifles started to come up as the other women stopped laughing to stare at May like she was insane.
Suddenly they all heard a man talk. "Minne, put the concussion grenade away please. And you men, get those rifles pointed away from my people right now or you won't be living much longer." David said as he walked into the room.
Everybody did as he said as they turned around to look at him. The military men just stared in confusion while Lina whistled appriecatively.
"Looking sharp there Sir." Lina said as she gave him a good, long look up and down.
David came in wearing what could have been an American Army class A uniform, except that it was all black and it had an insignia that nobody but the five of the women understood. The patch on his shoulder looked to be a crossed rifle and saber over the wavering form of a person.
"I suppose that you are the Captain that these young ladies have been talking about?" The Lt. Colonel asked him.
"That would be me Colonel." He said as he took a seat next to the unnamed woman. "Allow me to make formal introductions as we have our tea." David said as he motioned to Ranko.
Ranko nodded and started a formal tea ceremony to serve everyone there. After the traditional first cup of tea, that is had in silence to contemplate what must be said next, David cleared his throat.
"To business then gentlemen. My name is Captain David Sanders, and this is my team." David started. "The tall, dusky looking young woman is my firearms expert, Lieutenant Rally Vincent." Rally nodded in greeting to the officers. "Beside her is our little blonde bombshell and explosives expert, Sargeant First Class 'Minnie' May Hopkins." May waved a greeting, getting a smile from one of the lieutenants there. "Beside her is our supply specialist and blademistress, Master Sargeant Dee Silverleaf." Dee smiled softly at them as their eyes went to the large knife at her hip. "On my left side is our resident magic expert and sorceress, Staff Sargeant Lina Saotome." Lina smirked as flames danced around her playfully, causing the soldiers to shy away from her and watch her carefully. "And our final team member is the other red head. She is our hand to hand expert and my executive officer, Lieutenant Ranko Saotome." Ranko grinned and cracked her knuckles at them.
"Very pleased to meet you all, but who is the young woman on your right hand side?" The colonel asked politely.
"That I don't know yet Sir. We detained her this morning because she is a Fluxian that has been giving us some minor annoyances the last week or so." David replied.
"HA!! I was right and so were the instruments Sir!! And we beat Them here!! All right Captain, you can hand her over to us now, we'll take it from here." The major who spoke earlier said.
"Oh, mister pompous ass is moving into something he shouldn't..." May whispered to Rally as they watched David's expression cloud over.
"And just who are you to order me and mine around Major?" David asked coldly.
"I'm Major Yokoshima Maramura, Battalion S-2 and in charge of any Fluxians that we may capture." The major said as he drew himself up to his full height from where he sat.
"Hate to break it to you buddy, but we captured her so she is our prisoner. Guess you guys are just having a run of bad luck today eh? As the Americans say, sucks to be you!" Dee said with a big grin on her face.
"I ought to have you written up and court martialed for that Sergeant, in fact I think I will." Major Yokoshima said in a cold, but satsified voice.
"Wouldn't work at all buddy." Ranko said coldly as she leaned forward slightly.
"If you're not careful Captain, I'll have your whole team drummed out of service." He said to David hotly.
The whole team, but David, started to laugh. May fell to the ground and was rolling around because she was laughing so hard.
"Oh please!! Stop!! No more jokes!" Dee begged them while all the officers glared at the laughing women.
David shook his head and sighed. "All my lessons on diplomacy just go in one ear and out the other." He said.
"You had better have an explination Captain." The colonel said in a low voice.
The women suddenly stopped laughing and glared at the colonel.
"Oh I do Sir. You see, my team and I aren't military, at least not in the fashion that you might think. We're mercenaries hired by the government to help combat the Fluxian threat. Because of that we can't be drummed out of the Service, and with our record of success, our contract won't be cancelled by your governemnt either." David explained.
"I see, but that doesn't mean that your people can't show some common courtesy to mine." He returned.
May stood up and walked up to the colonel and stared straight into his eyes. "I'll show courtesy when we get some first. First you bust down our door when we had the situation well in hand. Second, you have this ASS of a major grilling innocent people who are forced to work on their vacation and then he tries to bully us into giving up OUR prisoner! You ask for too much, and its all just out of your reach!" She hissed at him. She then stomped back to sit next to Rally
The colonel stared at her in amazement while David chuckled slightly at his befudlement. "Didn't expect that did you colonel? May can be a bit of a surprise. She's quite the explosive one in such a little package." David said as he smiled at May. May smiled back at him and made a boom like sound. The other women chuckled at her while the military men just stared.
"What exactly do you mean you have everything under control?" Major Yokoshima asked sharply.
"That's easy pal." Lina said. "We had already captured this little annoyance when you broke down our door."
Major Yokoshima started to sputter while the other officers continued to glare at them.
"Now see here young lady, we demand that you hand over your prisoner. Only one other unit besides the Self Defense Force is allowed to deal with the Fluxian threat, and they aren't here right now, so just hand her over to the proper authorities before you get in trouble." A different major said calmly.
"If you're talking about the Flux Corps, then you couldn't be more wrong as we're right here." Dee said cheerfully.
"No that's impossible!" Major Yokoshima cried in despair.
"Oh its very possible Major. In fact it's true, the Flux Corps was here for vacation, which this young lady has made us work during and then you ruin it by breaking into here." David replied calmly.
Lina grinned at them. "So why don't you boys just run along now and we'll take care of it as usual." She said as she made a shooing away jesture at them.
Major Yokoshima growled at them as all the military men stood up. "We won't forget this incident Captain Sanders." He snarled at David.
"I assure you Major, neither will we." David replied as they left the cabin, and then the resort.
Once they were all gone the team turned as one to look at their prisoner. She sat there shaking in fear as they took her in.
"Now then, what are we going to do with you young lady?" Daivd asked softly as he gazed softly at her.
"I say we blast her." Lina voted.
"Only after I get a chance to practice a new technique on her." Ranko said with an evil grin.
"I've been wanting to test a new grenade design of mine." May commented.
"I could always use more target practice." Rally mused.
Dee just grinned as she drew her knife out and started to toy with it by tossing it back and forth between her hand. The woman started to shake even harder as tears started to fall from her eyes and a sobs wracked her body.
"Please sob don't kill me sobsob I beg you." She begged as her crying got worse at the thought that she was about to die in horrible and nasty ways as she remembered all the terrible things that the Flux Corps was said to do to any of the Empire's citizens if they were able to get their hands on them.
"We won't harm you in any way young lady. I at least, could tell that what you were doing were nothing more than harmless pranks." David said to her soothingly as he placed a hand lightly on her shoulder. The young woman started to slowly stop crying as David just sat next to her and gave her silent support that all would be well. As she started to relax, she looked up at David with a hopeful expression as he continued to talk. "Unfortunately for you, you are still our prisoner, which means we just can't let you go, we do have a reputation to maintain."
Her expression became very startled as she stared at him. "What are you going to do to me then?" She asked fearfully as all those stories came back to the fore of her mind.
"Well that's easy. We're going to ask you a bunch of different questions, then we'll give you a choice. After that, we'll have to see." David answered.
"You're being way to easy on her David-kun." Ranko said to him. The rest of the team nodded in agreement.
"Trust me Ranko, there is something about her. I think that she might be the sixth one that we were told about." David replied easily.
"The sixth?! No, I don't believe it!" Lina exclaimed.
Ranko stared hard at David before she suddenly stood and walked up to their prisoner. The woman cringed away from her but didn't evade the hand that grasped her shoulder lightly, but very firmly. Both Ranko's and the prisoner's eyes got very distant for a few minutes before they once again focused on each other. Ranko smiled lightly at her, earning a tremulous smile in return, and patted her on her shoulder before she turned around.
"I trust her now. We have a deep understanding of one another, she is trustworthy. In fact she didn't hide anything from me when we did the whole mind-mind thing that you taught me David. Although something that I did see in her mind gives me the idea that we should let her ask one question of her own before we start to grill her with ours." Ranko said to the group.
The other women nodded in agreement, trusting Ranko's instincts and abilities. David smiled at her then turned to the young woman.
The woman looked at Ranko briefly before she faced David, her expression firmed by resolve. "Are you Grand Duke Davidanathos Michaelamos Sandersothamar, the Concious of the Emperor, and the pen pal of one Angelanosa Mariatanath Camposanto?" She asked in the Fluxian language.
Most of the team looked at her funnily, as they couldn't understand her. David, on the other hand, did and stared at her in shock for a few seconds.
"I was that man, but now I'm just David Michael Sanders my dear." He replied in the same tongue after he mentally shook himself. "Why did you ask me that question?" He asked in return.
"It's been a long time since you've written me. Why were you exiled? I've missed you so much these last few years." she replied.
"Angela?! It has been a long time hasn't it? I was exiled because of that question that I asked you. The one about Earth and if we should attack them or not." He said to her.
"What the hell!?!?!?!?!" Rally exclaimed suddenly, cutting off what might have been said next by the engrossed couple.
"David how do you know what she is saying?" Dee asked sharply as she glared at them both suspiciously.
"Yeah, I didn't detect any magic being used." Lina added.
"Nor Ki." Added Ranko right after her.
"You'd almost think that he is a Fluxian then, wouldn't you?" May mused aloud.
"Then you'd be thinking correctly May." David said softly to her as he cringed internally from what he feared was about to happen.
"You mean we've been working for the enemy the entire time?!" Rally yelled angrily.
Dee leaned over and hit Rally in the back of the head. "Use your brain Rally! If he wasn't a good guy, we would have been killed years ago." She hissed at Rally.
"Its a long story as to why I was exiled, but I guess I could tell it now." David mused as he sighed with relief inside that the fatal blow had been avoided.
"While you're at it David, could you tell us what you've been doing sincfe your exile." Angela asks in her native tongue.
"Yeah, I haven't heard anything about that one yet, because May and I were the last ones to join!" Rally put in.
"None of us have heard that story yet, and I was the first one to join him." Ranko said with a slight growl at him.
David held up his hands in surrender. "All right, I'll tell the whole story, but its going to take a couple of days to tell at least." He warned.
"We've got plenty of time My Lord." Dee said formally.
"All right, this history began, for me at least, thirteen years ago." He started.
TBC................
AN: Well what do you think so far? Comments and the like are always welcome!! you can send them to Cptdave3eudoramail.com. Hope it wasn't that evil and ending, I'm trying to curb my evilness in this one a smidge. Started this once I hit Iraqi soil, and its just been rolling ever since, hopefully I'll have Ch.1 up soon for ya'll. Also if ya'll wanna lay a guess as to who Dee is, go ahead, I'm sure someone could figure it out, I'll post the answers that I get on the next few chapters until I finally tell you who she really is. Well this is CptDave3 signing off for now. Good reading to all, and may the gods have mercy upon the souls of thine enemies.
First Arc: How It Began
Prolouge
Disclamer: I don't own anything that deals with anime characters or shows or manga. I do however, own David and Angela and various other minor characters that will haunt the story from time to time. Enjoy and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE(!!!!) don't sue me, I'm poor, married and in the US Army!
It was a quiet morning at a mountain resort north of Tokyo City. The kind of day that this resort was known for. The kind that soothed and healed the soul of any visiting.
Here we zoom into a little cabin that is in the farthest and most remote corner of this resort. At this nice looking cabin we see two vans with tinted windows parked nearby. As we approach the cabin, the door explodes outward and five women came running out yelling something.
"This is really starting to piss me off!!" said a tall woman with dark hair.
"I say we blast whoever it is thats doing this Rally!" stated a shorter red head.
A young man in a robe followed slowly out, looking annoyed. "I don't think this one is evil Ranko, so blasting isn't a good idea." he said.
"But its ruining our vacation David!" an extremely short blonde haired woman whined.
"May is right David, this is getting to be too much!" said an exotic looking blonde haired woman.
"I say I shove a Dragon Slave up its ass!" said a short, young looking red head.
"Dee, Lina, that just isn't possible. I'm having trouble pinpointing it as is. This is what we'll do. We'll lay a trap with me as the bait, as it seems to be interested in me. Once I give the signal, which you all know what that is, spring the trap to keep whoever it is here. After that we'll question them to our hearts content." David told them.
"I guess that will have to do, but I don't like how exposed that makes you David." Rally said cautiously.
"That is unavoidable Rally. And besides, you all didn't agree to help me because you wanted to be safe, now did you?" David returned.
"We all know that David, we're just uncomfortable with our leader being so exposed with limited support." Ranko replied.
"Well then, let's plan this out so that you're more comfortable with it, and then we'll kick it off tomorrow morning." David said soothingly to them.
The rest of the team reluctantly nodded in agreement before they turned around and slowly entered the cabin to discuss what would happen the next morning.
That morning, before sunrise, the resort was subject to a noise it had never experienced as a company of the Ground Self Defense Force's tanks rolled up the valley twoards that lone cabin. They surrounded it carefully and three men got off of each tank and moved slowly and carefully twoards the cabin. A team lined themselves up next to the front door and stood ready to enter. When the signal came to go, they broke the door down and entered the main room before three breaths were taken. The team of five men came to a stop inside to see David standing there in a pair of boxers facing a young woman who looked scared. From one of the doors they could see five other females sticking there heads out.
The young woman cringed away from the soldiers but didn't actually move away from them. David turned his head and looked at the soldiers.
"Everybody stay right where you are and don't move. Don't make any threatening jestures and we won't shoot you. We won't take any funny business from you Fluxians." the sergeant in charge of the team stated in a loud voice.
David raised an eyebrow at them and shook his head. "Sergeant, I'm going to go get dressed." he said to them as he turned to face the rest of his team. "Girls if you would be so kind as to care of our unexpected guests please while I go get dressed into some decent clothes."
"Of course Sir, it shall be as you command." Ranko quipped as she threw him a jaunty salute, causing him to chuckle as he left the room.
The sergeant looked confusedly at the whole situation while the team went on automatic and gave the cabin a once over while the girls came out of their room and into the main one. Once the rest of the SDF men came back into the main room one of them gave the sergeant the 'all is clear here' signal. Suddenly the sergeant's radio came alive.
"Stalker 3 this is Blackcat 6, what is your status?" A man said.
"Blackcat 6 this is Stalker 3, building is secure. There are six females and one male inside. The male is getting dressed right now, suggest that you and Unicorn 6 come to question the detainees." he said over the radio.
"Who are you talking to sergeant?" Lina asked as she came up to him.
"I can't tell you that young lady." he replied as he looked down at her.
"Well whether you can or not, please come sit down and relax." she said as she grabbed his left hand and started to lead him to one of the many couches and chairs that scattered this room.
"What are you doing? We shouldn't be sitting." the sergeant said as Lina sat him down on a couch.
"Our boss said to make you feel at home, so we are. Please sit and relax, we really have everything under control." May replied sweetly as she got her soldier to sit down with a light smile on his face.
"You may sit as well young lady, but no talking yet." Lina said to the sixth woman.
"I'll go get the snacks and be right back." Ranko said as she started for the kitchen. She stopped suddenly and looked back at the group. "Oh before I forget, Lina, would you please fix the door, and sergeant, how many more should I expect to arrive for this meeting?" She asked.
Lina nodded while the sergeant looked confused. "About seven to ten more ma'am." He said in a stunned voice.
Ranko nodded in thanks before going into the kitchen, while Lina went to the door and started to chant in an obscure language. The soldiers sprang up and pointed their rifles at her as the door was repaired as if new. Before they could pull a trigger, they heard a click of a hammer being pulled back.
"I would suggest, gentlemen, that you lower your rifles and relax. Lina is not a Fluxian, just a normal human who can use magic." Rally said as she smiled over the sights of her pistol.
"Please, I will not harm any of you unless you hurt myself or any of my friends." Lina replied sweetly.
The weapons were slowly lowered and the soldiers sat back down again. Not long after that, Ranko came back out of the kitchen carrying two trays and balancing a third one on her head. She had just set them down when there was a knock on the door.
"Oh my we have more guests!" Ranko exclaimed, "May if you would be a dear and go get the door please?" She asked.
"Of course Ranko." May said as she got up from where she was talking with one of the soldiers, to answer the door. She opened it to reveal even more soldiers, these of much higher rank, led by a Lieutenant Colonel. "Please, do come in sirs, you've been expected." May said politely as she stepped aside to let them in.
Dee stood up as they entered the room to greet them. "Good morning sirs. If you would please sit and relax, we have morning tea and a light snack prepared for you while our Captain is getting ready." She said kindly to them.
As the men sat down, one of the majors leaned forward to look at all the women. "And just who are you people? What are you doing in an area that we detected Fluxian activity?" He asked sharply.
Ranko snorted while Lina covered her mouth as she coughed. Rally sighed as she turned to face the major.
"Who we are is for our Captain to say, as to why we are here, that is simple. We're here on vacation and we haven't seen or heard of any Fluxian activity in this region that was a problem." She said.
"Who is you Captain? If he is military, why didn't we know that he was in this area? What does he do? What do you do?" He asked in a dangerous sounding voice.
"Aren't we a pompous ass!" May excliamed, causing several chuckles from the assembled team. "There is only one way I deal with pompous asses." She said as she pulled out a small hand grenade.
All the military men sat there stunned before rifles started to come up as the other women stopped laughing to stare at May like she was insane.
Suddenly they all heard a man talk. "Minne, put the concussion grenade away please. And you men, get those rifles pointed away from my people right now or you won't be living much longer." David said as he walked into the room.
Everybody did as he said as they turned around to look at him. The military men just stared in confusion while Lina whistled appriecatively.
"Looking sharp there Sir." Lina said as she gave him a good, long look up and down.
David came in wearing what could have been an American Army class A uniform, except that it was all black and it had an insignia that nobody but the five of the women understood. The patch on his shoulder looked to be a crossed rifle and saber over the wavering form of a person.
"I suppose that you are the Captain that these young ladies have been talking about?" The Lt. Colonel asked him.
"That would be me Colonel." He said as he took a seat next to the unnamed woman. "Allow me to make formal introductions as we have our tea." David said as he motioned to Ranko.
Ranko nodded and started a formal tea ceremony to serve everyone there. After the traditional first cup of tea, that is had in silence to contemplate what must be said next, David cleared his throat.
"To business then gentlemen. My name is Captain David Sanders, and this is my team." David started. "The tall, dusky looking young woman is my firearms expert, Lieutenant Rally Vincent." Rally nodded in greeting to the officers. "Beside her is our little blonde bombshell and explosives expert, Sargeant First Class 'Minnie' May Hopkins." May waved a greeting, getting a smile from one of the lieutenants there. "Beside her is our supply specialist and blademistress, Master Sargeant Dee Silverleaf." Dee smiled softly at them as their eyes went to the large knife at her hip. "On my left side is our resident magic expert and sorceress, Staff Sargeant Lina Saotome." Lina smirked as flames danced around her playfully, causing the soldiers to shy away from her and watch her carefully. "And our final team member is the other red head. She is our hand to hand expert and my executive officer, Lieutenant Ranko Saotome." Ranko grinned and cracked her knuckles at them.
"Very pleased to meet you all, but who is the young woman on your right hand side?" The colonel asked politely.
"That I don't know yet Sir. We detained her this morning because she is a Fluxian that has been giving us some minor annoyances the last week or so." David replied.
"HA!! I was right and so were the instruments Sir!! And we beat Them here!! All right Captain, you can hand her over to us now, we'll take it from here." The major who spoke earlier said.
"Oh, mister pompous ass is moving into something he shouldn't..." May whispered to Rally as they watched David's expression cloud over.
"And just who are you to order me and mine around Major?" David asked coldly.
"I'm Major Yokoshima Maramura, Battalion S-2 and in charge of any Fluxians that we may capture." The major said as he drew himself up to his full height from where he sat.
"Hate to break it to you buddy, but we captured her so she is our prisoner. Guess you guys are just having a run of bad luck today eh? As the Americans say, sucks to be you!" Dee said with a big grin on her face.
"I ought to have you written up and court martialed for that Sergeant, in fact I think I will." Major Yokoshima said in a cold, but satsified voice.
"Wouldn't work at all buddy." Ranko said coldly as she leaned forward slightly.
"If you're not careful Captain, I'll have your whole team drummed out of service." He said to David hotly.
The whole team, but David, started to laugh. May fell to the ground and was rolling around because she was laughing so hard.
"Oh please!! Stop!! No more jokes!" Dee begged them while all the officers glared at the laughing women.
David shook his head and sighed. "All my lessons on diplomacy just go in one ear and out the other." He said.
"You had better have an explination Captain." The colonel said in a low voice.
The women suddenly stopped laughing and glared at the colonel.
"Oh I do Sir. You see, my team and I aren't military, at least not in the fashion that you might think. We're mercenaries hired by the government to help combat the Fluxian threat. Because of that we can't be drummed out of the Service, and with our record of success, our contract won't be cancelled by your governemnt either." David explained.
"I see, but that doesn't mean that your people can't show some common courtesy to mine." He returned.
May stood up and walked up to the colonel and stared straight into his eyes. "I'll show courtesy when we get some first. First you bust down our door when we had the situation well in hand. Second, you have this ASS of a major grilling innocent people who are forced to work on their vacation and then he tries to bully us into giving up OUR prisoner! You ask for too much, and its all just out of your reach!" She hissed at him. She then stomped back to sit next to Rally
The colonel stared at her in amazement while David chuckled slightly at his befudlement. "Didn't expect that did you colonel? May can be a bit of a surprise. She's quite the explosive one in such a little package." David said as he smiled at May. May smiled back at him and made a boom like sound. The other women chuckled at her while the military men just stared.
"What exactly do you mean you have everything under control?" Major Yokoshima asked sharply.
"That's easy pal." Lina said. "We had already captured this little annoyance when you broke down our door."
Major Yokoshima started to sputter while the other officers continued to glare at them.
"Now see here young lady, we demand that you hand over your prisoner. Only one other unit besides the Self Defense Force is allowed to deal with the Fluxian threat, and they aren't here right now, so just hand her over to the proper authorities before you get in trouble." A different major said calmly.
"If you're talking about the Flux Corps, then you couldn't be more wrong as we're right here." Dee said cheerfully.
"No that's impossible!" Major Yokoshima cried in despair.
"Oh its very possible Major. In fact it's true, the Flux Corps was here for vacation, which this young lady has made us work during and then you ruin it by breaking into here." David replied calmly.
Lina grinned at them. "So why don't you boys just run along now and we'll take care of it as usual." She said as she made a shooing away jesture at them.
Major Yokoshima growled at them as all the military men stood up. "We won't forget this incident Captain Sanders." He snarled at David.
"I assure you Major, neither will we." David replied as they left the cabin, and then the resort.
Once they were all gone the team turned as one to look at their prisoner. She sat there shaking in fear as they took her in.
"Now then, what are we going to do with you young lady?" Daivd asked softly as he gazed softly at her.
"I say we blast her." Lina voted.
"Only after I get a chance to practice a new technique on her." Ranko said with an evil grin.
"I've been wanting to test a new grenade design of mine." May commented.
"I could always use more target practice." Rally mused.
Dee just grinned as she drew her knife out and started to toy with it by tossing it back and forth between her hand. The woman started to shake even harder as tears started to fall from her eyes and a sobs wracked her body.
"Please sob don't kill me sobsob I beg you." She begged as her crying got worse at the thought that she was about to die in horrible and nasty ways as she remembered all the terrible things that the Flux Corps was said to do to any of the Empire's citizens if they were able to get their hands on them.
"We won't harm you in any way young lady. I at least, could tell that what you were doing were nothing more than harmless pranks." David said to her soothingly as he placed a hand lightly on her shoulder. The young woman started to slowly stop crying as David just sat next to her and gave her silent support that all would be well. As she started to relax, she looked up at David with a hopeful expression as he continued to talk. "Unfortunately for you, you are still our prisoner, which means we just can't let you go, we do have a reputation to maintain."
Her expression became very startled as she stared at him. "What are you going to do to me then?" She asked fearfully as all those stories came back to the fore of her mind.
"Well that's easy. We're going to ask you a bunch of different questions, then we'll give you a choice. After that, we'll have to see." David answered.
"You're being way to easy on her David-kun." Ranko said to him. The rest of the team nodded in agreement.
"Trust me Ranko, there is something about her. I think that she might be the sixth one that we were told about." David replied easily.
"The sixth?! No, I don't believe it!" Lina exclaimed.
Ranko stared hard at David before she suddenly stood and walked up to their prisoner. The woman cringed away from her but didn't evade the hand that grasped her shoulder lightly, but very firmly. Both Ranko's and the prisoner's eyes got very distant for a few minutes before they once again focused on each other. Ranko smiled lightly at her, earning a tremulous smile in return, and patted her on her shoulder before she turned around.
"I trust her now. We have a deep understanding of one another, she is trustworthy. In fact she didn't hide anything from me when we did the whole mind-mind thing that you taught me David. Although something that I did see in her mind gives me the idea that we should let her ask one question of her own before we start to grill her with ours." Ranko said to the group.
The other women nodded in agreement, trusting Ranko's instincts and abilities. David smiled at her then turned to the young woman.
The woman looked at Ranko briefly before she faced David, her expression firmed by resolve. "Are you Grand Duke Davidanathos Michaelamos Sandersothamar, the Concious of the Emperor, and the pen pal of one Angelanosa Mariatanath Camposanto?" She asked in the Fluxian language.
Most of the team looked at her funnily, as they couldn't understand her. David, on the other hand, did and stared at her in shock for a few seconds.
"I was that man, but now I'm just David Michael Sanders my dear." He replied in the same tongue after he mentally shook himself. "Why did you ask me that question?" He asked in return.
"It's been a long time since you've written me. Why were you exiled? I've missed you so much these last few years." she replied.
"Angela?! It has been a long time hasn't it? I was exiled because of that question that I asked you. The one about Earth and if we should attack them or not." He said to her.
"What the hell!?!?!?!?!" Rally exclaimed suddenly, cutting off what might have been said next by the engrossed couple.
"David how do you know what she is saying?" Dee asked sharply as she glared at them both suspiciously.
"Yeah, I didn't detect any magic being used." Lina added.
"Nor Ki." Added Ranko right after her.
"You'd almost think that he is a Fluxian then, wouldn't you?" May mused aloud.
"Then you'd be thinking correctly May." David said softly to her as he cringed internally from what he feared was about to happen.
"You mean we've been working for the enemy the entire time?!" Rally yelled angrily.
Dee leaned over and hit Rally in the back of the head. "Use your brain Rally! If he wasn't a good guy, we would have been killed years ago." She hissed at Rally.
"Its a long story as to why I was exiled, but I guess I could tell it now." David mused as he sighed with relief inside that the fatal blow had been avoided.
"While you're at it David, could you tell us what you've been doing sincfe your exile." Angela asks in her native tongue.
"Yeah, I haven't heard anything about that one yet, because May and I were the last ones to join!" Rally put in.
"None of us have heard that story yet, and I was the first one to join him." Ranko said with a slight growl at him.
David held up his hands in surrender. "All right, I'll tell the whole story, but its going to take a couple of days to tell at least." He warned.
"We've got plenty of time My Lord." Dee said formally.
"All right, this history began, for me at least, thirteen years ago." He started.
TBC................
AN: Well what do you think so far? Comments and the like are always welcome!! you can send them to Cptdave3eudoramail.com. Hope it wasn't that evil and ending, I'm trying to curb my evilness in this one a smidge. Started this once I hit Iraqi soil, and its just been rolling ever since, hopefully I'll have Ch.1 up soon for ya'll. Also if ya'll wanna lay a guess as to who Dee is, go ahead, I'm sure someone could figure it out, I'll post the answers that I get on the next few chapters until I finally tell you who she really is. Well this is CptDave3 signing off for now. Good reading to all, and may the gods have mercy upon the souls of thine enemies.