Church was infuriated when he found that we had given our flag. He ordered everyone to get onto the roof of the base, where he stood with a sniper rifle. I made my way to the edge and sat down.
"What the Hell do you think you're doing?" The leader of blue team got upset at me, "Stand up."
"Fine." I stood up, trying to use one of the pillar things for support.
"There. There he is." Tucker spoke up
Church used the sniper rifle and looked through the scope, "Where... Oh, yeah. I got him. He's sneaking around back behind the cliffs."
"He must be one smart son of a bitch."
"Or maybe he's just lost." I suggested, but got ignored.
"Oh shit... Hey Tucker, look at his armor. It's red."
"Oh man. That means it's their sergeant."
I sighed, "The only teams here are the REDS and the blues. How the Hell can you tell who this guy is if that whole team is all red?" Once again, I was ignored.
"Well that makes sense." Church remained oblivious, "At least now we know how he got by our defenses."
"What defenses?!" I yelled, causing everyone to stare back at me.
Caboose was the first to break the silence, "Uh... You know he came out the back door where you guys were standing."
"Yeah, okay," Tucker spoke in almost a bored tone, "let's take him out then."
"Roger that." Church kept his arms steady, "Okay, say goodnight, Sarge." Four shots were fired, but not one hit its mark, "Aw crap."
"You're not really good at that thing, are you." I sat back down.
"Rookie, just shut the fuck up." Shoulda kept that line to Tucker. I sat still as they continued to formulate their lame plan.
"Oh great." Tucker was disappointed, "Now he's taunting us. That's just embarrassing."
"Alright, that's it. I've had it." Church was mad now, "Rookies, you stay here. Me and Tucker, we'll head through the teleporter and cut them off at the pass."
"Tucker and I." I mumbled under my breath. Yeah, I have an issue with improper grammar. Sue me.
"Right." Caboose actually seemed alert.
"Let's go."
"There is no way I'm going through that thing." Tucker took a small, almost unnoticeable step away from the teleporter.
"Afraid of black stuff." I almost whispered as he turned his head to face me. Shit. I had forgotten about his strange hearing ability.
"Tucker we don't have time for this." Church spoke as the teal (?) soldier turned to face his leader, "Why would they give us a teleporter that doesn't work?"
"I don't know, Why would they give us a tank no one can drive." Tucker and I spoke in utter synchronization. Curse me now, before I make this worse... I was met with silence.
"We already tested the teleporter, remember." He had been talking to Tucker, but watched me. Thank God for this helmet, or else my fear would have been evident.
"We through rocks through it!"
"Yeah, and so what? The rocks came out the other side, didn't they?"
"Yeah, but they were all hot, and covered with black stuff."
"Oh, I guess that's what this is all about. you're afraid of a little black stuff?"
"Yes... I am... I'm... afraid of... black... stuff." He spoke slower than what I remember from the actual episodes, as if he had realized something, but didn't bother to say it.
I stood up as Church began to slowly lift up his gun, "Alright then, Private Tucker, Sir." I began to push him, "Rocks aren't people, but don't worry you'll live." He tried to turn to face me, but he ended up falling into the portal... not my intention, but effective. We watched as Tucker, expectantly, didn't come out of the other end.
"Yeah, I've... uh... I've decided I'm not going to be using the teleporter." Church ran off, "Rookies, you stay here!"
"Wait!" I yelled after him, "If all we're going to be doing is staying here, can't you at least show us to our rooms?!" I was ignored once again. Oh, how I can't wait until the Alpha is fried by the EMP, then I'll be able to implement a better first impression into Epsilon.
"What now?" Caboose walked up to me.
"We wait." I sighed, sat down, and let my feet dangle off the edge of the base, "And Caboose, if you have to decide whether or not to stay of take the tank, go with the smarter decision."
"Will do."
We watched in silence as we waited for Church to corner Donut and Tucker appeared out of the other end of the teleporter. Ah, time travel theories that I don't get to intervene in. The trick is acceptance. This is probably all a dream, so why not have a little fun with it... not completely change it, I do not recommend that, but subtle changes in order to not drive you insane. I slowly directed my attention to the M12-LRV... or warthog as we all well know... made it's way towards half the blue team and a red carrying a blue flag.
"And I wonder where you are." I began to unconsciously sing Half life from season 12. One of these days, I'm gonna get myself in trouble, "And I wonder what you wore. And I'm lost inside a bar. And I'm drunk inside a war. And I wonder where you are." I turned to face Caboose, who had been staring intently at me, "What?"
"I think I've told you this before, but you have a very pretty voice."
"Thanks?" I looked at him for a moment, "Now, would probably be a good time to explain what happened before we got onto the ship here." Donut began to run towards our base (which he was later turned around) as Simmons still had Church and Tucker cornered, "Or, maybe not."
Caboose stood up and looked through the scope of a sniper rifle, "Oh ma, that's not good. Oh my God that jeep has a really big gun." He put down the gun.
"Well, let's get into the tank." I stood up and we walked up to the tank. Lucky for me, there were two seats. Yes, I know how weak the reds and blues are, but I'm also wounded. I let Caboose go in first while I went around the back of the tank to check on future Church. He stood there a little stunned, "If you want to change anything, just stay put. By the looks of your reaction, friendly fire's on, right? Have fun being a 'ghost' once more." I laughed and turned around in order to get into the tank.
"So, it was since the very beginning that you knew about us?" Church spoke, barely in my range of hearing. I turned to face him, and opened my mouth, but I heard Sheila talk about her tutorial program, and realized I had no time to talk. Everything else carried out just like the episodes.
