So this is the second story I wrote. I am not that good at writing action scenes but I tried anyway and I hope you like it. (why I got so caught up in these two characters, well, I have no clue, I just like them=))
So, reviews are welcome, but now enjoy the story.
And, I know it's too early, but anyway: Happy New Year to everyone out there;)
He knew the day would come.
Although he had hoped that it wouldn't, it came and now he was stuck.
He entered the lift and pressed the button.
Why the hell did it have to happen? This was so not fair!
It had to stop, there were lives depending on that.
With a high pitched ping the lift reached its floor.
The man left it and started for the ops room.
He needed a lot of self control to resist, but he knew he could do it.
The years of training that lay behind him had been tough, but now he knew how to control his emotions. He could do this, he decided.
The soldier drew a deep breath. Yes!
There were technicians working in the room. It was pretty quiet though.
He headed down the stairs and there she was.
Damn, he thought.
She was wearing a short brown and red plaid skirt with a matching red pullover. Her heels were ridiculously high as always. Her hair was falling loosely down to her shoulders but a dark hair band kept it from falling into her face.
Another sigh escaped his throat as his heart missed a beat.
"Captain Becker!"
"Good morning, Sir." He turned around to see his boss approaching him. Suddenly Jessica turned around in her chair with a swift movement.
"Morning, Becker!" She smiled one of her bright smiles which made his heart twist. The soldier bit down on his lip to prevent him from returning her smile.
"Morning, Jessica." He mumbled quickly and turned to Lester again.
"What can I do for you, Sir?"
"Well, new recruits arrived this morning. They were sent over straight from Sandhurst and I want you to show them their places and see if they are as useful as their files promise."
"Yes, Sir."
"As for you Miss Parker, well done, well done…" Lester approved and retreated.
Jess smiled satisfied before she turned around again.
Becker frowned watching Lester go.
"What was that for?"
"I just covered the 6 o'clock news."
Becker remembered the last anomaly incident as Connor accidentally blew up a storage hall.
"Mh. Well, I'm gonna go and check out the new recruits."
He moved towards the door but stopped as Jess called his name.
"What?"
"Don't kill them on their first day!" He laughed.
Jess stared at the screens again.
She didn't miss that Becker had refused to smile at her. What was wrong with him?
He was so gorgeous and she thought that he liked her after everything but since New Dawn had been destroyed he seemed to pull away.
She typed away on her keyboard as Abby startled her.
"Hey!"
"Ugh, Abby." The other woman laughed. "I thought only Becker could startle you like that!"
Jess smiled sheepishly.
"Dave asked for you." Abby smiled.
"Again?" Jess remembered Abby's tall handsome friend she met the last weekend as she and Abby went out. He was a pure dreamboat! If Jess' mind wasn't occupied with a certain soldier she would definitely go for him.
Her friend cocked her eyebrows: "So, what are you going to do about him?"
Jess turned to the screens again. "I don't know." She shrugged sighing.
"Jess, you are young. You should go out and live your life!" Her face fell as Abby smiled a sad smile.
The young field coordinator glanced at the CCTV footage from the gym.
"You can't wait for him forever, you know that."
Biting her lip she nodded. "But he might come around, won't he?" The look in her eyes was torn.
Abby patted her shoulder comfortingly.
She felt so sorry for Jess who was so hopeful.
Becker shouted at his new soldiers. They were to do an obstacle course. Round after round after round…
Some looked really horrible already but Becker seemed to be merciless.
His 2 in command came standing next to him: "With all due respect, Sir, don't you think it's enough?"
Becker stared at him coldly. "They have to be fit out in the field."
"I know, but an exhausted or even dead man is no help out there."
The Captain kept staring at Lieutenant Tennant who was the only one of the soldiers who dared to stand up to Becker.
The Captain was pissed because Tennant was right.
"All right, enough for today!" Becker shouted still staring at Tennant. He liked him because he had the guts to speak his mind and because they both had saved each other's life more than once.
Cursing silently he marched off towards the armoury. There was so much anger inside of him.
"Sir?" His 2IC had followed him. "Are you all right?"
"Fine!" Becker snarled and Tennant stopped.
"I can't feel my legs anymore!" One of the soldiers cried massaging his legs.
Moans and the smell of sweat lingered in the air of the locker rooms.
"I have heard of Captain Becker before. It is said that he is one of the best."
"Is he?"
"The best one in killing people!"
One of the new recruits, Cooper, turned to Sergeant Johnson who was with Becker now for more than a year: "Is he always this lethal?"
Johnson laughed pulling his shirt over his head: "Lethal for sure, but he really is the best you will find around here!"
"He really is a fine man!" Another soldier agreed. "He never lets anyone down."
You heard metal doors being shut. Hot steam escaped from the showers.
"That's right." Johnson confirmed. "Unfortunately it means that if something happens he'd blame himself." Another soldier, who came out of the shower, a towel hung loosely around his hips, joined the conversation: "And that guilt is eating him up! So for all our sakes: Don't you dare to get yourself killed!"
The new recruits acknowledged the advices.
"Well, but however, he seems to be an unpleasant fellow anyway." One stated who shrugged into a clean uniform.
"Usually he really isn't, only when a) someone gets killed, b) Connor Temple pisses him off or…" and the soldier smirked as he said that. "…when Miss Parker gives him a hard time."
The others frowned and Johnson started to explain while he tied his boots: "Miss Parker is our field coordinator and there seems to be something going on between them, but it's quite complicated because our Captain is brilliant in the field with the creatures but when it comes to women: he is hopeless."
"So, if you want to survive around here: be aware of the creatures and stay away from Miss Parker!"
Becker hit the wall. How does she do it? He kept asking himself again and again.
Basically it was simple: in order to keep her safe he had to stay away from her.
Simple to understand, but then Jessica would step in front of him with her short colourful skirts, give him one of her beaming smiles and babble something totally incoherent which would totally piss him off if it was any other person, but Jess would just smile and blush and he'd just imagine how she looked naked. How exactly did this happen?
Becker groaned cradling his head in his hands.
He never wanted to let anyone close to him again, because he just didn't want to feel the pain again that came with it. Besides he didn't want to cause anybody else pain, because let's face it, sooner or later he would probably die during one of the missions.
Somehow this innocent young girl had found a way to secretly settle down in his heart and it scared the shit out of him.
Meanwhile Lester talked to Connor who was quite upset because his friend Duncan had called him to report mysterious disappearances.
"Connor, he is a savage, he completely lost his mind!"
"But do you remember last time? There was a creature living in the pipes under the city, I told him to call me if he ever found something suspicious again and this really looks like serious stuff!"
Lester leaned back in his chair. He rubbed a finger over his bottom lip while he read through the articles again.
People had disappeared, mysterious blood trails, noises, smells and a bloody legend that reporters used to frighten the citizens of a small Scottish village.
Lester sighed and eyed Connor who looked serious. No joking around this time.
"Well…" He picked up his phone "Jess, team meeting, now!"
Connor grinned.
"Oh, stop grinning, I didn't say you could go!" Connor stopped abruptly.
"James, what is wrong?"
"Matt, sit down. Have a look at this." James Lester handed the newspaper articles over to the efficient team leader. It seemed like nothing could ever upset him, Matt was always calm and cool and that was only one reason why he was an excellent team leader. He never lost his temper.
"The others are on their way." Jessica announced as she entered and sat down in a corner.
"Thank you, Parker." Lester answered but never took his eyes away from Matt who examined the papers.
Abby and Emily entered next so Becker arrived last.
"So?" Lester asked. "What do you think?" Matt handed the articles around to the other team members.
"It could be a creature if you ask me, either that…"
"…or someone plays a bloody bad prank." Becker finished and Matt nodded.
Lester snorted.
Jess grimaced as she read through the report.
"Where did you get these?" Abby asked. Her boss looked from her to Connor who sank a little lower in his chair. She looked at her boyfriend.
"Connor?"
"Duncan found 'em." Becker groaned:
"Perfect a lunatic."
"Hey!" Connor protested. "Do you remember last time, he was right there, wasn't he?"
"Oh yeah right, that was when one of my man GOT KILLED!"
"Becker." Startled he stared at Jessica. "What is wrong with you today?"
He breathed heavily staring at her a little longer before he looked at the floor. Emily saved the situation: "So, does this mean we're going to Scotland?"
All eyes were on James Lester.
"I'll have someone investigating the cases tomorrow and decide then. For now you are dismissed, except for Miss Parker, there is paperwork to discuss."
Later as Jessica made her way back to her ADD a soldier approached her.
"M'am." He cleared his throat. "It's Lance Corporal Cooper, Captain Becker wanted you to have the reports on the security systems and weapon stocks." The young soldier handed her some papers.
He watched her out of green smooth eyes.
"Thank you, why doesn't Becker give them to me himself?"
"Uhm, I think he is just…busy, M'am."
"Busy? Mh…but well, for god's sake never ever call me M'am again!" Jess smiled as she stretched out her hand. "I'm Jess!" The soldier took her hand and returned her smile.
Small wrinkles appeared around his eyes which made him look very nice and maybe even handsome.
"It's Julian Cooper, nice to meet you."
"Becker gave you a hard time this morning, didn't he? I'm sorry about that, he's nice really, he sometimes just exaggerates." Jess started to babble.
"Well, that's what everyone says but since now I didn't really believe it."
"Why now then?"
"Because you look too nice to tell lies."
Jess laughed: "I thank you for the compliment. Well, tell Becker he shouldn't let you suffer because of his personal issues."
"By all due to respect, Jessica, I simply don't dare to tell him that." Jess chuckled:
"You know what's good for you, well, if you need anything else, you know where to find me."
"Thanks Jess."
The blond soldier left her alone.