Disclaimer: As much as I love Advance Wars, I unfortunately don't own the copyrights. Sigh…
Author's Note: Well, because NellXGrit was slightly evident but not really explored in Advance Wars 1… I have this short little fic for the pairing. And it really will be short; the prologue, as you will soon see, is tiny. And my memory's a bit fuzzy, so hopefully I get everything right.
Prologue: Gone!
"Nell! I can't find Grit!"
The blonde commander-in-chief sighed as Max burst into her office. Just returning from some refresher training was no excuse for barging into her office like that—Nell was still busy filing Veon's promotion papers from Candidate to Advisor. However, it was reason enough to not know what had happened to Grit…
"I know."
"Well? Where is he?"
Nell stuck her head into the filing cabinet under her desk. She didn't want her eyes to give her away—she'd always been awful at lying.
"That I don't know."
Although she couldn't see Max's face, she could envision his expression as he asked in disbelief, "How long? Any idea why?"
"A few weeks ago, with no real signs of leaving or anything; I wouldn't have noticed right away unless one of the soldiers hadn't told me his room was empty. And to the second question, no."
Nell rarely lied—she couldn't stand not telling the truth, but at least her fist statement was honest. She did, however, know that Orange Star's former marksman had just had a run-in with Advisor Veon and Commanding Officer Andy.
And it had been as an opposing CO—working for Blue Moon.