Hey guys chapter one is going to be really long because the majority of it is the last chapter from Bleeding is a Luxury. Which if you have not read, you should cause there are many parts of this story that you will not get. For reference through the story if the words are in bold it is conversation on the radio. Well when it's not my introduction of course, like now. Please review, the more and faster you review the faster I will post. :D Enjoy my lovlies. Sorry for the wait but you know it was worth it.
"Oh you're trying to get nasty now, huh?" Duke said playing one of his hand held video games while laying on his bed. The damned transport was late and all we could do was sit around and wait. "Now you dead. You dead, sucker. All right, all right. You wanna bring your boys? You wanna bring your boys? What?" Duke said as he looked up from his game for a half a second to find me staring at him.
"You're just so cute when you play video games." I said sarcastically. I was so anxious and fidgety. We should be on the way or in Vegas now, where was that goddamn transport?
"Uh, I don't believe this!" Portman said as he paced around looking at his watch. He was dressed in a ridiculous Hawaiian like shirt and he was ready to party. Goat was reading his bible and praying, something he had been doing more and more lately. Destroyer and Mac were playing baseball with some bad oranges we got the other day. The Kid was mopping up his bunk area, good ol newbie. John was still cleaning his damned guns oblivious to the lateness of the transport. I walked over to his desk and leaned against the locker.
"Six months without a weekend and the goddamned transporters are 5 minutes late!" Portman yelled cutting off my attention to John. I shook my head at Portman and then looked to John.
"Hey, you." I said grabbing his attention.
"Hey." he said with a smile as he put the gun down.
"Good thing Vegas is open 24/7." I smiled.
"Yeah, that's true." he said as he looked up at me with a smirk. "Come here." he said motioning for me to sit on his lap. I did so and looked into his eyes.
"So, Jamaica has our reservations, we get 3 days in Vegas then we go." he said explaining the honeymoon. Everyone around us was talking about what they were going to do after Vegas as well. Portman said disturbing comments about his R and R.
"Where are the love birds going after Vegas?" Duke said still completely shut off from the world with his game.
"Jamaica." I said. "I see one of you there I'm killing you." Everyone laughed at my comment. Since we had announced our engagement everyone wouldn't get off our case about sex. John and I hadn't since the motel room during my weekend leave.
"Sure." They all mumbled words. Sarge's footsteps distracted everyone from carrying on the conversation.
"Listen up, men." Sarge said as he stopped on the stairs. Everyone stopped what they were doing and gave him the attention he needed.
"Leave is canceled." he said. My heart sank as John wrapped his arm around my waist knowing how sad I was but refused to show it. Oh well, guess I'll wait a couple more days. No big deal.
"Oh man, I just- I don't believe this shit. Fuck!" Duke said getting up from the bed and turning the radio off.
"You got a problem with that Duke?" Sarge asked.
"Me, Sarge? Hell no, I love my job." Duke said.
"What's up Sarge?" Destroyer said.
"We got a mission. One that's more of a game, and no it doesn't sound to be a flop as the last two have." Sarge said then looked directly to Mark, which we had all began to call The Kid more then his actual name. It suited him more. "Kid. Son, now you are in the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, the RRTS. Fall in." We all made our own mad voice or grunt and got up.
"Guess we will just have to post pone that thought." John said as I got up from his lap.
"I guess so." I said as we walked towards the lockers. Sarge walked in front of John blocking him.
"Not this time John." Sarge said. I looked at him confused then to John who was as confused as I was.
"What?" John said.
"We can handle this one." Sarge said.
"You're bullshitting me." John said looking at me then to Sarge.
"Sarge?" I said standing there. "What's going on?"
"No, I'm not bullshitting. We're going to Olduvai." Sarge said. My heart and stomach jumped from my chest into my throat. I looked over at John.
"Olduvai?" John repeated shocked.
"Maddie." Sarge said. I looked up to Sarge.
"Yes, sir?" I said forgetting about Sarge's thing about 'sir'.
"You guys should take the leave." he said.
"What?" I said now confused. "You want us to take the leave? Isn't that against the rules? Having two of your best men not go? Including the only two trained medics?" I said, "Thank you Sarge, but as much as it literally kills me to say this... I'll go. John, you should stay and wait for me, hell wait for me on the Jamaican beach. I'll drag these buffoons down there with me when this is done, and we'll have the wedding there."
"Is that an order?" John asked both Sarge and I.
"It's a recommendation." Sarge said. "See you when I get back." Sarge turned and left John and I standing there.
"Look, babe. I'll be fine. Stay here, go to Jamaica and keep the bed warm, I'll be there soon." I said leaning up to him to give him a peck on the lips. I turned to walk away but not before he grabbed me into one of those dramatic movie kisses.
"I love you." he said as he let me go.
"I love you too Reaper." I said and walked off to the lockers leaving my lover behind.
I walked onto the helicopter with the others and registered our weapons.
"I cant believe we're going through the Ark!" the Kid said as he sat down a little nervously.
"Don't worry kid, you're gonna love it. Where's Reap?" Duke asked. I shook my head and looked down.
"All set?" the pilot asked. We grabbed our guns off of the selves each one saying who's gun was who's.
"Yes, sir." we all responded, as Sarge was about to close the door, a hand stopped the door. John walked onto the helicopter and got his gun and sat next to me without saying anything.
"John." I whispered.
"Uhm?" He responded looking down at my hands wrapped around my gun.
"Are you sure that you're OK with this?" I whispered again making sure no one could hear me.
"Yes, I'm sure." He said as he leaned over and kissed my temple. I gave him a quick smile before I was interrupted by Portman and his words.
"You know, Kid, it's funny. A couple days ago I asked Sarge for a little pussy. The next day he brought you onto the team." Portman said to the Kid, who up until this point looked very interested in what Portman had to say.
"Don't give me an excuse, Portman. No one here will miss you." John said as he placed his Comm into his ear. I hid a smile. I think John really liked this new kid. Sarge got up to tell us about the mission.
"Men, look in." Sarge said as he made his way to the front of the aircraft. "This is what we got from Simcon." He pushed a few buttons on the computer screen.
"We have a quarantine situation on Olduvai. " he explained I placed my hand on Johns knee without taking my eyes off of Sarge. "They sent this message... when the research team stopped responding to all communications." Sarge hit the plat button.
"Olduvai." Goat muttered.
A frantic and clearly distressed man appeared on the screen.
"This is Dr. Carmack, Classified Research, Olduvai, ID 6627. We've had a Level 5 breach." the man said as he kept looking over his shoulder. I couldn't help but notice the background noises of tearing metal and the sounds of... an animal? "Implement quarantine procedures immediately. I repeat. This is Dr. Carmack, Classified Research, Olduvai, ID 6627. We've had a Level 5 breach. Implement quarantine procedures now!" Sarge turned off the screen.
"UAC have shut down the lab, men. We need to go up there find the team, eliminate the threat and secure the facility." Sarge said.
"What threat?" the Kid asked concerned.
"It goes like this, see if it trying to kill you, its a threat." Duke said. The kid looked a little uneasy. I felt bad for him but at the same time he chose this. Sarge patted the kids head and walked to his seat.
"Are you OK?" John asked. I looked up at him quizzically.
"Of course I am. Why?" I said.
"You just looked concerned." He said looking into my eyes knowing I was lying to him.
"Not at all." I said with a fake smile that I knew he wasn't buying. He patted my leg and folded his arms the best he could around his gun. After a couple of minutes he adjusted himself and sat forward.
What were those noises? What was the breach? What is the threat? The questions where running through my head a mile a minute. No wonder Sarge said this was a game. We didn't know shit! We were going in blind.
John was looking intently at the ground. I wasn't the only one to notice this unlikely behavior from John.
"How long has it been?" Sarge asked leaning towards John.
"Ten years." He muttered.
"Are you sure she's even still up there?" I asked.
"Yeah." he said after nodding. "I guess you gotta face your demon sometime." My heart sank. We were suppose to be on our way to Vegas then Jamaica to enjoy a special time together. Not on the way to the place that has scarred him the most in his life. The light went to red signaling us to prepare our departure. We grabbed our guns and waited until the doors opened.
"Look alive men. Game time." Sarge said after he patted John on the shoulder. The door opened and we filed out and lined up waiting for orders from Sarge.
"Halt." Sarge said as he lead the team to a stopping point. We waited patiently as the ground before us began to rise. Light illuminated the objects uprising. It then split in two. It was an elevator.
"Move in." Sarge said as we all began walking forward. Except for the kid who was standing in awe of the elevator. He ran to catch up.
"You hesitate, people die." Sarge said with no emotion in his voice. The elevator kicked in and we went down.