Chapter 1
I do not own RVB or any of their characters, all I own is the OC's used in the story.
"normal people talking"
'normal people thinking'
' AI talking inside a helmet'
"AI/GHOST talking normally"
Blood Gulch outpost number one
It was another boring day in this damn canyon, I was sitting back in the base, Sarge was with Lopes working on something that was meant to help with the blues, while Simmons and Grif were standing on the top of the base talking like every other day. Currently I had just finished polishing off my titanium machete, yes machete, it's nice and sharp and does a great job at killing people even in this armor.
With a sigh I looked over at my olive green mark IV MJOLNIR with a blood-red streak going down the middle, slipping my machete back in its holder on my waist I picked the helmet and slipped it on, hearing the normal hiss as it locks in to place.
"You know if you keep doing maintenance on that machete then you're going to make the others think you're crazy…wait that wouldn't really be any different than normal out here"
And there's my AI Talen been with me from the very being, not sure how she's avoided rampancy but I'm not complaining, she's kept me sane in this canyon of insane people, still can be funny at times.
"Be nice T they're all idiots that I agree with but they have….some good qualities….Maybe….kind of….ok probably not"
I reply as I exit the base and look to the cliff, yep there's the glint of that sniper rifle, blues never change like the rest of us down here, turning to the ramp that lead to the top of the base I can hear Grif and Simmons talking about god I think… no wait Simmons was talking about the canyon.
"You sure you don't want to talk about god there Grif, you seemed to have an opinion on the matter"
They both jumped at the sound of my voice and spun around rifles pointed at me.
"JESUS! Would you stop sneaking up on us Strange! You're going to give me a heart attack one of these days!" Grif shouted annoyance in his voice, Simmons shaking his head in ever annoyance or because he agreed, I just looked at them and chuckled.
"O don't say that Grif, or Sarge will just order me to keep doing it, probably use my baby here at the same time" I replied tapping my machete.
Grif chuckles nervously at that before stopping and speaking with a hint of fear in his voice "yeah he probably…..wait you wouldn't right?"
Before I could reply I heard Sarge call to us from over the front of the base "Ladies! Front and center, on the double!"
"Fuck me." "Yes sir!" Simmons and Grif said at the same time, I just chuckled as we walked down the ramp and lined up outside the base, Sarge stood there waiting for us and yelled as we arrived and lined up.
"Hurry up ladies, this isn't no ice cream social!" I was glad my helmet was on because I had a what the fuck look on my face right now, Simmons apparently had the same look because he just repeat ice cream social with a confused tone to his voice.
"Stop the pillow-talk you three, anyone want to guess, why I gathered you here today?" Sarge asked giving us time to answer and looked at us expectantly I was about to answer when Grif beat me to it.
"Um, is it because the war's over and you're sending us home?" You could hear the hope in his voice, again I was glad my helmet was on because I was just looking at him, I didn't know if I was feeling pity for the hope in his voice or annoyance at the stupidity of the answer, Sarge seemed to agree, that or it was just his normal level of hate for Grif that fuelled his response.
"That's exactly it, private. Wars over. We won. Turns out you're the big hero, and we're gonna hold a parade in your honor. I get to drive the float, and Simmons here, is in charge of confetti!" Sarge all but shouted at Grif.
I looked to Sarge and knew I was going to regret asking this but honestly I was curious "what would I and Lopes be doing sir?"
"Dude don't encourage him" Grif all but whined, his body language showing how tired he was at being picked on by Sarge. Sarge on the other hand had time to think for the answer that or he was just enjoying the sound of Grif's disdain for the situation.
"You and Lopes would have be working security while waving the blood-soaked remains of the blues flag high in honor of are clear victory" Sarge finally replied, though I couldn't tell if he was still trying to mock Grif or was legitimately planning on having me do that when we won this stupid pointless war
Luckily major kiss ass was here to get us back on track. "Um sir not that it isn't entertaining to listen to you ridicule Grif for being the idiot he clearly is, but what was the reason you called us down here?"
"Right couple of things today ladies, command has seen fit to increase our ranks here at Blood Gulch Outpost Number 1" Sarge said finally getting to what we were down here for, a rookie it would seem.
"Crap were getting a rookie" Grif said his normal annoyed tone making its way into the conversation.
"That's right dead man. Our new recruit will be here within the week. But today, we received the first part of our shipment from Command. Lopez... bring up the vehicle." Sarge replied turning behind him as he finished talking.
There was quiet for just a moment before the echoing sound of a engine roared over the hill followed by a green armoured jeep almost flying over the hill and coming to a stop in front of Sarge, who started to describe the jeeps make and type, personally I didn't pay attention I was to busy eyeing up the mounted machine gun with a giddy little chuckle to myself, o yeah, that was going to be fun to use later.
I was brought out of my manic fantasies by the sound of Grif arguing about the name of the jeep, personally I think it looked like a warthog not a puma and smirked a bit behind my helmet.
'Hey T you recording this right?'
'Way ahead of you Lucifer'
Talen had always been able to hear my thoughts as long as she had been with me, I don't know if that was normal for a AI but I wasn't going to complain, when you work with a partner that lives in your armour and suit it helps for them to be able to understand your thought patterns as your having them, still with the blackmail collected I left them to it and headed in to the base to get some food.
One Week Later
It had been a week since we got the jeep and I hadn't had a chance to use the machine gun turret something I was still annoyed at, anyway it had been a normal quiet week in the canyon, except Grif and Simmons had been having increasingly stupider arguments that was frankly pissing me off, so when Sarge announced that he was going to command I picked up a sniper rifle and told them I was going to go spy on the blues, it was that or Sarge would probably come back to the base with a fresh coat of red on the walls…and the floor…..and the jeep you get the point, which brings us to my current discovery, that actually surprised me a bit.
'Hey T, the files Sarge got on the blue team mention anything about them having an armor certified member on their team?'
'Just checking now, but I'm pretty sure they don't and the new guy doesn't seem to ever, his regulation armor isn't even scuffed a bit yet, they probably got him right out of basic so he shouldn't be certified ever'
Well that made sense but that really only sent one question through my mind as I watched the blues through a sniper rifle as I laid down on a rock ledge watching them around the tank, it looked like an updated SCORPION class tank, and its design had changed since he last seen one.
'Who sends a tank to a base when no one who knows how to drive the bloody thing? Please remind me again why I don't just shoot them all in the head from here?'
I could hear Talen chuckle to herself at my small rant as we watched the three blues seem to talk a bit before the new guy headed into their base.
'Because you know if you did you would probably have to fight better soldiers with your team of idiots' she replied seamlessly, the problem was she wasn't wrong, and frankly while I like my team they do make me question why they're soldiers sometimes, Sarge I get he's a veteran, and Lopes was built here so that's his excuse, but Simmons and Grif confuse me a lot, Simmons was more a security or maybe a archiver that seemed more his thing and Grif…honestly I couldn't see where he would work better as the guy was just so freaking lazy.
'Um Lucifer, is that the new recruit that Sarge said to expect?'
Talen's voice brought me back to reality as I focused down at what she could see and sure enough there was a regulation red armored person walking into blue base, right past the two blues still by the tank.
"What the hell is he doing down there?"
With the question in the air I quickly got in the radio and got in contact with Grif "Grif, this is Strange, did the rookie we were expecting arrive yet?"
I could hear a chuckle come over the radio as Grif responded "Yeah don't worry if you see him walking around the canyon, we tricked him out the base, told him to go to the store and get elbow grease and headlight fluid"
'Great so the new guy is as stupid as everyone else in this godforsaken canyon' I could feel a headache coming on as I kept an eye on the blue base waiting for bullets to fly. "Grif there's only two building in this freaking canyon and if you sent him from one to find the second one, where do you think he would go!"
I could hear Simmons swear in the background probably having tuned in to the radio conversation to hear what we were saying as realization hit them hard, as I watched which astonishment as the rookie walked out the door he entered their base with, with their goddam flag of all things.
"Grif, Simmons get the freaking Warthog and meet the rookie quickly, he's just run out of blue base with their flag and they seem to have noticed something wrong! Strange out" without waiting to get a confirmation I turned the radio off, got up and started to run towards the center of the canyon so I could meet the rookie halfway to give him some cover.
'Look on the bright side at least they can't come after you all with the tank' Talen decided to add in, and honestly it did make me feel a bit better as I sprinted down the cliff side.
So it's been a while since I posted anything, but I'm back and as you can see I've got a new project I'm going to be working on, feedback is always welcome, and I hope to do better at keeping this story going then my other ones.
