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Frona

Chapter 2: The Story

takes place during bones time in war, when she was 24 years old

Bren nervously stepped of the van and walked to short distance to the main emotionless looking building. There were butterflies in her stomach as she got closer to the building; this building was going to be her home for, well up until she got her first mission. Training for a year made Bren tough; no one was able to get past her. After years of defending herself when she was in the foster system she was finally going to set something right. She was going to show everyone that she was not some small little kid who could be messed with; she was a grown adult who was in the army. And not just any part of the army, she belonged with the special ops forces, handling the most dangerous missions, making the personal killings, which are all done by hand. Of course that did not mean that she was not an excellent shot, anyone in the army had to be. But she performed best with hand on hand combat, or hand on anything really since no one got the drop on Temperance Brennen.

Now ready to meet the rest of her team, people whom she would be fighting along side of. Opening the door she flashed her new badge to the guard, she had taken her picture and got the badge just the other day.

The guard looked at her badge and nodded approvingly "Special Ops, impressive. Your quarters are down the corridor and to the right" he informed Bren.

Bren thanked the guard and then went where he told her to go. Upon reaching the door she read her name on the outside along with 5 other names. Taking a deep breath she walked inside.

Four of the other guys where already there and were talking and joking with one another when Bren walked into the room. "Whoa Baby! Are you looking for a little pleasure sugar, I'm sure some of us won't mind helping out with that." The first man said surprised to see Temperance.

Laughing man number two continued, "This ain't no party here toots, why don't you just scurry back to the mall or something."

Tempe was used to this reaction; man always found her very attractive with her auburn hair that fell just below shoulder length and her piercing blue eyes. The fact that she was in top physical shape just helped out. "Well aren't you boys just sooo thoughtful." Bren said framing innocence.

"We aim to please" The first man replied.

"Don't mind them" a third man spoke up, "they are asses. Can we help you with something? I mean you are probably in the wrong place, this is the special ops quarters."

Thinking that his man seemed nicer and more open to her being in the special ops Bren decided to speak up, "The only thing that I need help finding is my bunk," at all the confused looks she got Bren rolled her eyes and spelled it out for them, "Ok well I am part of the special ops in case that was hard for you to understand. Now, which bunk is mine?"

"What do you mean you are part of the special ops?" the second man asked.

The last man decided to walk in at the moment, "Whoa is someone entertaining in here?" he asked.

"Oh god. Is this how it is going to be? Everyone thinking that I am some piece of entertainment here just for your enjoyment?" Tempe asked as she started to get annoyed. "I bet that I can take any one of you, anytime and anywhere."

Three out of the 5 men looked around at each other and then burst out laughing, the first guy took it upon him self to dare to approach her. "Ok well I don't think we would want to hurt a fine looking thing like your self so why don't-" he never got to finish since as soon as he laid a hand on Tempe she flipped him and held his arm behind his back.

"I can see that you are STILL not getting the message, I am part of the special ops, and it is lead by General Cooper. My name is Temperance Brennen, so either get over that fact that I'm a woman or go complain to someone who will actually listen, do you understand?" Tempe informed the man who was pinned down on the ground.

All four other soldiers looked at her in awe, this man was supposed to be one of the best and he was just taken out by a woman, they knew that she was not a force to be reckoned with. So they all silently nodded their heads even thought the question was not directed at them. The man underneath her slowly nodded his head.

The man who had been the only polite one to Bren spoke up "Thank you for finally shutting him up. My name is Chase and well I guess welcome." Chase stated.

The others quickly followed man number two turned out to be Ted, the man who hadn't said anything at all during this whole exchanged turned out to be Wilson, the late arrival was Frank, and the man she had pinned down was Jacob.

"Look I wasn't trying to harm you, I was just looking out for your best interests" Jacob said still subbing his sore arm. "I have been here for a year and I do not think that his is the right place for a woman, sure there are other women in the army but not in the special ops. I don't want to have to pick up the pieces when you fall apart after killing your first man, and I do not want to have to rush in somewhere and drag your sorry ass out."

"Hate to break it to you but I am staying here, I have never been one to back down and I won't now. I know that I won't break down after killing my first man because well, I didn't when it happened." Bren stated defiantly.

"Have you all ready been in the army or something?" Chase asked joining into the conversation.

"No" Bren simply stated.

"Holy shit you murdered someone?!" Ted explained slightly surprised.

"Yes I killed someone. But it wasn't murder, self defense is not murder" Bren answered, her eyes never leaving Jacobs.

"Shit! And how old are you because you can't be more than 25 now" Ted asked still in shock.

"I'm 24 and I was 17 at the time, I didn't break down then and I won't now. So just learn to deal with me being here. And if you don't like it then go talk to General Cooper, see how much he likes listening to a cry baby" Bren said, her voice never wavering.

All of the men stared at her in shock, she had killed someone when she was 17, and it was apparently self defense, it was just too hard to believe. The only man who kept his gaze even was Jacob and that was because he didn't want to show Bren that she was getting the upper hand on him.

"Well thank you lord" Wilson suddenly spoke for the first time.

"Wilson! You actually talked!" Chase exclaimed.

"I can talk; there has just been nothing to talk about. I must hand it to you Temperance, not many people will stand up for themselves when faced with Jacob, and it is about time that someone did" Wilson congratulated Tempe.

"Don't call me Temperance, call me Tempe or Brennen or Bren, just not Temperance" Bren suddenly said with venom in her voice.

Jacob was able to pick up on that venom; he wanted to provoke Bren even more so he started bugging her about it. "Aww did your mommy and daddy call you that? Was it their special name for you" he sarcastically said while putting on a fake pouting face.

"Actually they did call me that, but it wasn't special. It is my name" Tempe said refusing to let this Jacob man crawl under he skin.

"They actually let you become special ops, they must really hate you. I bet they just wanted to be rid of you as fast as they could. Maybe they even forced you to be here, I guess you are just mad at them." Jacob taunted, not realizing that he may have gone too far.

Tempe's eyes turned cold, all emotion washed out of them except anger, a deep anger. In a voice that could have woke the dead and shocked everyone on the room including Jacob she replied, "They do not know I am here, they were able to get rid of me sooner then you think. If I die, they wouldn't even notice, they wouldn't care. And if you want to trash talk my family you left out my brother, ohh wait I have a better idea. Why don't we find out something about your family? Did they want to get rid of you too? Or is it only my family that gets rid of their children?"

The room was so silent that you could hear a soldier cough from three rooms down. Jacob actually looked down for a moment before answering,"My family is not too happy that I am here but they let me come, they knew that it was something that I needed to do. Look I'm--" but he didn't get to finish before Tempe butted in.

"So a perfect family, what if I told you the man I killed was supposed to be my father? What would you say about that?" Tempe spat as everyone in the rooms mouths dropped to the floor, including Jacobs.