Ch. 4 Birthday Surprise
February 17th 2550 _ Mother of Invention-Main Hanger Bay _ 0730 hrs Earth Time
"Have you heard anything from Carolina or Wash?" York asked.
"Not really, although I did hear they would be coming in the hour." Connie replied.
Their comms rang out and on their helmets displayed an incoming call from FourSevenNiner.
"Hey guys hows it going?" Their Pilot asked.
"FourSevenNiner, where have you guys been? You were supposed to be here last night."
"We had some trouble, but we'll be there as soon as quickly as we can. Carolina isn't looking so good."
"What! What happened?" York asked.
"You'll have to see for yourself." FourSevenNiner said and then hung up the call.
After a minute or so of running the two agents finally arrived at the Hanger Bay. The Dakota Twins were already waiting and after another minute, the Pelican Drop-Ship arrived. York was bracing for the worst. He hadn't kept contact with Carolina or Washington on their mission, he didn't know what happened. The hatch opened and out dropped Carolina to her knees. Her face was red and she had red stuff dripping from her mouth. York ran to help her.
"Carolina! Are you okay? What happened?" York asked.
Carolina climbed up, ripped off York's helmet and proceeded to throw up into said helmet. "Do I look f**king okay?!" She continued to throw up into the helmet.
"Holy sh*t man, what the hell happened?" South asked.
FourSevenNiner climbed out of the Air-Craft along with Washington who was throwing up in her helmet. She couldn't stop laughing. "Damn. You guys can't handle your seafood."
Washington threw up again into her helmet and gave her the most agitated and pissed off look he ever had. "That was seafood!? I thought thats what they gave to Covenant POWW, HHHHUURRRRGGGGGG!"
Washington threw up again. Carolina managed to get back to her feet and kept her balance by holding on to the ship. She too was very angry with FourSevenNiner's selection of restaurants.
"My dish had an eyeball in it! And it winked at mee, HHHHUURRRRGGGGGG!" Carolina threw up again into York's helmet.
"What the hell kind of seafood did you eat?" North asked.
"Just some small place I found a while back."
Washington threw up again. "HHHHUURRRRGGGGGG! She tried to poison us. HHHHUURRRRGGGGGG!"
Carolina threw up again and handed York his vomit filled helmet. "Uuuggghhh! Thanks York. I needed that."
Carolina made her way out of the Hanger to make sure she made it ti the bathroom before she started vomiting again. York emptied out his helmet from the disgusting slop. Washington returned the helmet and followed Carolina out of the Hanger. "Alright. I'm gonna go get a change of clothes and... die."
"Sounds like a plan." Carolina agreed and together they made their way to the Barracks.
"What the hell did you feed them?" Connie asked.
"Just some good old home cooking from my home world."
York took a tiny whiff from the helmet and almost died. "Is that world Hell?"
February 20th 2550 _ Mother of Invention-Freelancer Locker Room _ 1200 hrs Earth Time
After being sick for 30 hrs and another two days of resting Washington and Carolina were back on their feet and ready for their next assignment. Their next assignment being running another trip wire through Neveda's Locker. It was her birthday today. They figured it would be nice to surprise her. At the request of North and South.
"Where did you learn to even do this?" Carolina asked.
"Well I had some time kill, and my sister needed to get revenge on someone. Why not." Washington answered. They both laughed.
"Really. And how did that work out?"
"Lets just say, she almost went blind."
"Jesus Wash!" She couldn't stop smiling.
"Hey, it wasn't as bad as what we did to her asshole principle. They found him aimlessly wandering around the park."
They laughed even harder. "Washington. You are an evil Mastermind."
They kept laughing, but finally they had to calm down when North, South, and Nevada walked in to the Locker Room. North spotted them and they gave him a thumbs up. He smiled and gave them one back. South opened her Locker and fetched the tiny box. When Nevada opened her Locker a spot of paint hit her in the forehead.
"AH! What the f**k guys..." A wave of confetti exploded into her face. She saw the small package in her Locker with a card. "Oh you son's of bitches!" She started laughing.
"Happy Birthday Nev." South exclaimed. She gave her friend a hug and then proceeded to hug and kiss her boyfriend North. North suffered through the paint and confetti.
"Happy birthday Natasha." North said.
"Oh my God you guys are the best." Nevada pulled them both in for a hug. After a minute or so the Dakota twins Locker exploded into confetti too. Washington and Carolina died of laughter.
"You f**ks!" The three in covered in confetti shouted in unison.
FourSevenNiner, Connie, Colorado, Vermont and York entered as well. Wondering what the hell was going on.
"Okay, seriously what the hell is going on in..." Colorado didn't have time to finish, when the other Lockers they were standing in front of exploded into confetti. Carolina and Washington died of laughter.
"Seriously, you guys need help." Connie said.
Mother of Invention-Freelancer Barracks _ 1445 hrs Earth Time
"Come on Carolina, We need to get going." Washington yelled out.
"Okay ready. How do I look?" Carolina asked. She was sporting her favorite him White hoodie and matching Cyan jacket over it. She did a spin just for the hell of it.
"You look great. You always do." Washington answered. Those two, he got her for her birthday what seems like decades ago.
"Thanks Wash."
"Oh and before I forget. I figured that, if we get separated from the herd and want some time to ourselves." Carolina raised her eyebrow as Washington reaching for a small box he had. "I figured we could use these. You know for protection. Just in case you want to, you know."
Carolina saw the two items in the case and smiled. They were almost the same kind as they used back in College. "Somethings never change huh Wash."
"Not really. Pick first."
"What a gentleman." Carolina said and then picked up one of the two M6C Magnums from the case. "So we ready to go?"
"Yep just one thing." Washington answered and picked up his Steel colored Fedora with the yellow band around it. Carolina got him that for his birthday the same year he got her her jackets. It matched the Steel colored Jacked. "Okay lets go."
Mother of Invention-Main Hanger Bay _ 1500 hrs Earth Time
The Freelancers were all ready for an evening in town to celebrate Nevada's birthday. The Dakota Twins were with the birthday girl, and Connie Alaska Florida and York were waiting in the Pelican. Just as FourSevenNiner was stepping out to ready the Pelican Washington and Carolina arrived. They both greeted their fellow agents.
"Gentleman."
"Ladies."
"South." They both said in unison.
"Bite me." She replied.
"Sorry South, I don't swing that way." Carolina replied. South just gave them both the finger and then climbed on aboard.
"Thanks guys for coming along. And for that surprise." Nevada said to the two.
"Glad you liked it, but Wash was the Mastermind behind that whole thing."
"Dick!" York commented.
They all smiled and entered the Pelican.
"You guys don't wanna come with?" Washington asked Alaska and Colorado who were still in armor and waiting for them to leave.
"Nah we're good."
"You guys have fun. And North remember, use protection." They all chucked.
The Pelican lifted off the platform and shot into space. They were heading to Arcadia. One of the most luxurious colonies among the UEG. A real vacation spot, if you could afford it.
"So what do you have planned North?" Carolina asked.
"Well you'll just have to wait and see."
Inside the Hanger Alaska and Colorado were watching as the Drop-Ship disappeared into space. Now the only thing they needed to figure out was what to do for the rest of the evening.
"Wanna have a threesome with Vermont? I know you like her." Alaska suggested. Colorado just gave her an uneven stare. "What?"
"She doesn't like you. Why the hell would she..."
"Hey just give me two minutes with my robot arm, and her pants are off like that." She snapped her fingers.
"No. Thats a bad id... why the hell are we having this discussion! We can't have sex!"
"Well why not?"
"Because your my cousin you dumb bitch!"
"So that adds to the excitement."
"This is why we don't hang out Xain. One minute we're talking about the GrifBall League, and then the next your trying to suck me off."
"Well I mean technically it isn't incest if it isn't va..."
"Just stop talking." Colorado made his way out of the hanger and towards the Barracks. He had to make sure to lock the doors and to add the Dead-Bolts. Last time he forgot was several years ago, before the project, he woke up with her stroking at his manhood with one hand and fiddling herself with the other while looking at one of his nudity magazines. The chicks on the cover always turned her on. The weird thing was she wasn't even in town that night. Let alone in the neighborhood.
"You know your dick."
"And all you want is dick."
"Not true. I also accept p***y too. Speaking of which how did your little 'talk' with Texas go?"
"Stop! Talking!" Colorado started rubbing his black eye. It didn't go as he planned.
Pirth City-Downtown _ 1930 hrs Arcadia Time
The Freelancers were exiting the movie theater after watching Saving Private Ryan. Just one of several films favored by th agents. After a short walk they regrouped at the town center.
"So whats next on the list?" South asked.
"Well I thought maybe we could go for SeaFood." Her brother answered. "Maybe we could go to that place you've talked about FourSevenNiner. I read it got good ratings."
Washington and Carolina both looked at him with shocked looks on their faces. "You going to that place!?" She asked with shock.
"Hey it got pretty good ratings. And I could really go for some SeaFood." North responded.
Washington grabbed his hand and gave a solid firm handshake. "Its been nice knowing man."
"Relax its only SeaFood." Nevada commented.
"Well, I guess this is our time to split. Carolina you coming?" Washington said.
"Right behind you Wash." Carolina said and followed Washington away from the group.
"You notice that they've been hanging out a lot recently." Connie asked.
"Well I mean, they've been friends for a long time before the project. Maybe they're just catching up on old times." York answered.
"Well who cares, I'm hungry. Lets eat."
After ditching the rest of their fellow Freelancers, Carolina and Washington arrived at a small coffee shop in the middle of town square.
"Hey so you mentioned your sister earlier. How is she by the way?" Carolina asked.
"Maddi is doing good. Even with me away in the project she's doing good." He answered.
"Thats surprising. You guys were inseparable."
"Yeah. But she's a big girl. I guess she decided she didn't need me anymore."
"Don't say that. She maybe 21 years old, but she'll always be your baby sister. And she'll always need you."
"Maybe so."
Washington sat there silent for a moment, thinking about the times he spent with his little sister Maddison. They were 8 years apart. By the time he finished High School, she was still in Elementary School, but the two were always together, never leaving each others sight.
"I just wonder if she's doing okay." Washington commented.
"Hey, you pretty much taught her everything she knows. And if she's half as good as I know you really are, then she'll be fine."
"Yeah your probably right."
"Speaking of which, I know you can do much better then how you preform."
"What do you mean?"
"I know you can do better then you actually preform. I've seen how you fight in training and on real missions. Theres a huge difference. And the fact that your able to stay in 6th on the LeaderBoard makes it pretty obvious."
"Hey I work hard to keep my spot on the board."
"Yeah of course you do."
They both chuckled.
"Promise you won't tell anyone."
"Hey, what are friends for."
Authors Note:
Alaska's real name is Xain which is pronounced as Shane. Just to avoid confusion.