The Routine
As I sat down at my usual table with my friends, I kicked my combat boots up on the table and leaned my chair back. I pulled my handkerchief down to my neck so I could drink my chocolate milkshake.
"Did Chrissy kick some ass today?" My friend, Paxton, said in a taunting voice.
I grinned and said, "Hell yeah I did."
Paxton grinned. Paxton had been a good friend of mine since he had joined Black Water. I was the one of the soldiers that had been with Blackhawk the longest. So, I was around when everyone joined, except for a few, who were around when I came along.
Paxton was at least six foot, and was built. He had huge muscles, and he usually scared people when he first met him. He had black hair, and bright green eyes. When you look him in the eyes, you can just tell he's a big teddy bear. Except to our enemies, he scared them too.
"Man, you should've heard those kids when she came in! I bet you they were expecting someone like Paxton to walk in, not a girl to walk in, nevertheless for Chris to walk in!" Bomber said as he sat down across the table from me.
Bomber had joined Black Water earlier than I had. Bomber had dirty blond hair, bright blue eyes, and at least six foot, as well. I found it strange because Black and Bomber both had scars, in the exact same place. I had always thought something was strange about it, but I could never put my finger on what it was. Besides the scar that is.
"I could tell they were scared when I walked into the room. They didn't know there was a girl in Black Water." I said grinning then taking a drink of my milkshake.
That was a weird thing about Black Water. It was strictly an all guy war clan, and yet, here I was, the only girl in Black Water.
"You have that effect on kids who don't know you personally." My other friend, Firesquad, said.
Firesquad had blond hair, and deep blue eyes. I always thought his eyes were pretty; his eyes were dark blue like the Dead Sea. He was at least six foot like the rest of the guys in Black Water.
That was another odd thing about Black Water; all the guys in it were at least 5"11'.
"So, I heard Miss Chrissy here is thinking about getting a tattoo?" Bomber asked after he took a drink of his milkshake.
I grinned while I was taking a drink from my milkshake. I saw out of the corner of my eye, Paxton raised his eyebrow. Firesquad started to laugh a little, which made me curious why he was laughing.
"What are you laughing at this time, Firesquad?" Firesquad's older brother, Firework, asked.
"Chris wants a tattoo." He said laughing.
"And why in the heck do you find that funny?" I snapped as I took my feet off the table and let my chair slam down on the floor. I then placed my hands flat on the table and raised my eyebrow.
Paxton lowered his eyebrow, and Bomber's eyes got big.
Firesquad's smile faded fairly quickly, and Firework raised his eyebrow to.
Firework had black hair and hazel eyes, unlike his younger brother. Firework's eyes were a mixture of deep green and dark blue. He was also taller than Firesquad as well. Firework was pretty much the bigger Firesquad, only they looked nothing alike.
"I just thought it was funny because I can't really see you with a tattoo…" Firesquad said looking down; he all of a sudden looked extremely embarrassed.
I felt instantly bad for the kid, but I wasn't going to say it out loud. The guys in Black Water think I don't have a heart, when honestly, I do.
I then kicked my feet up on the table again and pushed myself back to where I was.
"So, Chris, what kind of tattoo do you want?" Bomber asked before taking a drink of his milkshake.
"I want a dark red star on my ankle, or on my upper arm." I said plainly.
"What's stopping you?" Firework said.
"Black," I spat. It wasn't really him who was stopping me. It was my brother, no one in Black Water, except for Bomber and Black, knew about my brother or my parents.
"Who cares what that idiot thinks?" Bomber said laughing.
"I'm not going to let her either; I'm on Black's side on this one." Paxton said leaning back in his chair.
"Oh, shut up, Paxton, you're only saying that because you like her." Firesquad said grinning.
"Hey, ain't this my decision?" I asked
"Apparently not is it, Chris?" Bomber said laughing.
I rolled my eyes. Firework, Firesquad, and Paxton began arguing like no tomorrow why I should and shouldn't get a tattoo.
Bomber got my attention, and he nodded toward the door. I nodded in agreement, and Bomber and I threw our trash away. He slid his arm around my shoulder, and I held onto his index finger. We then walked down the hall like that. It wasn't that Bomber and I were dating, we usually did that.
I was the only one in Black Water who didn't have a tattoo, that's why I wanted one. Bomber had one on the inside of his arm; it was the name of his sister, Alexis. I had asked him once about her, and he told me she died in a car accident. I didn't ask anything else; I was too scared to ask.
I pulled out my phone and check the time. The orientation for the new recruit was from 4-7, and the teachers had to stay back for questions. Which I did have to stay back, a few of them had questions. I got into the cafeteria for a milkshake at 7:45 P.M., and I left with Bomber about five minutes before nine.
Bomber and I had taken our usual walk; we would walk outside on the training grounds and just talk about who knows what.
"Isn't today Miss Chrissy's 8 year anniversary of being in Black Water?" Bomber asked poking my side.
We were sitting on the beach, looking up at the full moon. The night reminded me so much of the night I was chased by Santrez0.
"Yeah, just now realize that?" I asked sarcastically.
"Nah, I knew all morning. Black told me what he did so I knew you would be slow moving this morning. I'm sorry to hear about your parents. I hope you don't mind, but Black showed me the paper he showed you." He said slowly.
"Yeah, it's tough knowing they're gone. I miss them like crazy, and my brother." I said I then rested my head on his chest. I could hear the steady beat of his heart.
"Yeah, I know how you feel. I miss Alexis all the time." He said wrapping his arm around my back.
"My brother is all I have now. I don't know what I would do if I loose him. I'd probably go insane." I said sighing.
"Hey, it's almost ten, you told me you wanted to be in your room before ten, right?" He said, ruining the moment.
"God, Bomber, you're such a mood killer sometimes." I said and stood up. He laughed and I pulled him up from the ground. We were walking back toward the base when Bomber pulled the back of my shirt back and dumped sand down my back.
"Oh my Lord, Bomber, I'm going to kill you for that!" I screeched as I shook the sand out of my shirt. "So you're going to play that game now?" I asked grinning.
I picked up some sand and threw it at him. I guess dry sand didn't really work for him so he started running toward the ocean.
"No! I'm not going to get covered in wet sand tonight!" I screeched at him and took off toward the base.
"You're such a baby, Chris!" Bomber yelled as he chased after me with a handful of wet sand.
I made it in the base and took off toward my room.
When I finally reached my room, I was out of breath, and Bomber was on my tail. It was exactly 10:03 when I got into the room. I was already getting a video chat request, Kngkk12121996 Nox Clan. I accepted.
I was panting heavily when I could see Kng; I slumped down into my chair and gasped for air.
"Woah, what happened to you?" Kng asked when she saw me slumped over.
"Bomber…chased me…" That was all I could manage while I caught my breath. When I did Kng was smiling at me.
"Yes?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. I pulled my handkerchief off of my mouth and my sunglasses on top of my head.
"I got them here, you know?" She smirked at me.
"Awesome!" I said a little loud.
"Alright, here we go," Kng said scooting the chair to the right corner of the camera. "This is Computer1326." She said and a guy with brown hair that was in a buzz cut walked into the picture and got on his knees so I could get a good look at his face. He had a scar on his face too, which I found strange. It was on the same spot as Bomber and Black's. He had brown hair eyes, and a dimple, just one, not two.
"Hello, Christena1998, nice to meet, well, see you finally." He smiled, and he had a good smile. I nodded to him and he scooted over and Kng grinned.
"This lunatic here is Kolwalski." Gecp said popping into the picture, grinning. A blonde haired guy walked into the picture and looked at me and grinned. This one had two dimples, and he had a scar in the same place as Comp. I found this even more strange, but I ignored it. He had dark blue eyes and shaggy blonde hair that swooped at his eyebrows.
"Thanks, Gecp, for that awesome introduction. Anyway, nice to see you, Kng has talked a lot about you."
"Last but not least is Comp's younger sister, Kitty207." Kng said smiling; it seemed like she couldn't stop smiling. A young girl with long chocolate brown hair came into the picture, and she was the only one I had been introduced to who didn't have a scar. She had bright green eyes, and I had to admit the girl was cute.
"Hi, Christena, it's nice to finally see what you look like." She said shyly.
"Well, it's nice to see you guys, so I finally know who Kng, Ztg, Jon, and Wess are talking about. Well, what you guys look like." I said as I sat down in my chair.
"Well, if you ever get a break, let us know and maybe one day we could all hang out." Computer said smiling.
"Yeah, that'd be awesome!" Kng yelled with a huge grin on her face.
"I'd like that, I get a day off Wednesday, are you guys free then?" I asked, I honestly did want to hang out with these guys, they seemed cool. I'd never say it out loud, but I found Kolwalski attractive.
"You get that day off too?" Kolwalski asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I thought Black Water was the only one who did that…" I said slowly.
"Nah, Nox gets that day off too." Gecp said.
We talked for hours more and we made our plans to meet up. It was about 3 A.M. in the morning when I said goodnight, and it was an awesome night.
I crashed and couldn't wait for tomorrow.
