The Little Soldier
by Kiamii
Note: Sorry this was so slow in updating lately. School just got out so I have a lot more time finally.
"Spiderman all the way," argued Eagle to Alex who poked his tongue out at the man and burrowed his head into Snake's shoulder, enticing his carrier to his side of the argument. Snake bit his cheek to keep from laughing out loud at Eagle's scowl. The little boy he was holding onto was manipulative, that was for sure. He definitely knew how to get what he wanted if he tried hard enough and Snake was witnessing it without being the target... yet. He had no desire to become a victim like Eagle.
Wolf and Ian were glaring at each other as the group walked, Wolf's gun holstered at last after much sobbing from the pained little boy who had broken his ankle from the fall coupled with the previous damage it had sustained. Fox was snickering at Eagle's demise and playing referee whenever one of the two dominant men snapped at each other. Namely they were shooting rapid insults. Wolf taunting Ian about his horrible parenting skills and Ian jibing Wolf with insults about his leadership skills. Neither were very willing to back down it seemed. Fox sighed as Ian spouted off yet another harsh comment, only earning rapid retorts from the team leader of K-Unit faster than Fox could even bother to keep up.
He was praying that he didn't have to pick up bits and pieces of both men when he heard Alex's surprised yelp as their attention was drawn to what he noticed. Fox blinked.
A street light.
Comprehension dawned on Fox and he hurried his footsteps, absently noticing others were doing the same thing. His frown split into a wide grin as he realized where he was, spotting the bold "Who Dares Win" motto inscribed onto the light post that they neared. Alex and Ian looked confused as to the significance of the post before Ian's lit up in realization while Alex simply asked Snake what it meant, getting an answer second later, making him cheer.
"We made it!" cheered Eagle, "Never thought I'd hear myself say I missed the barmy old place."
"Don't let Sarge hear you say that," snickered Snake.
"Ears like a wolf," Eagle shuddered before he grinned at the offended Wolf.
"What's wrong with having ears like a wolf?" he questioned making the unit laugh.
"They're the worst kind of animal there is," Eagle said cheekily and he yelped as Wolf threw a cantine at his head. The unit laughed only to halt as they heard footsteps. Adjusting into an appropriate position and keeping their four-year-old charge hidden from view, they waited, only to somewhat relax as a soldier stumbled upon them.
"K-Unit?" the man asked in surprise, "You're back early."
"We are?" Eagle questioned, "I thought we were due back in three days at 1800."
"Weird..." muttered the man with something akin to confusion in his voice, "Sarge told us it'd be four days."
"Must've had the information switched there Jackal," Wolf said dismissively, "Can you take us to Sarge?"
It was twenty minutes later of walking when K-Unit plus the two extras found themselves in the Sarge's office. The four soldiers stood at attention until the Sarge released their stance and then he turned to the two in front of him, ignoring the unit for a moment. The two blonds in front of him said nothing. Ian was stiff and quiet, remembering the years his elder brother was a commander here and he had no desire to find out what it was like as a soldier. Alex, on the other hand, was squirming on Ian's lap, his boredom raised a few notches as nothing was said until...
"Pray tell, men, but why am I being acquainted with Agent Rider and a child?" the man barked.
"A-Agent Rider!" Wolf stumbled.
"MI6 had me on a mission on the borders of your camp sir," spoke up Ian, "and this child is my nephew."
"They let a child accompany you on a mission?" asked Eagle incredulously and the Sarge did not rebuke the man's outrage. He was miffed at MI6's careless antics as well. Alex blinked at what was being spoken and Ian had no desire to let the boy figure out what Agent Rider meant. He carefully shifted the boy off his lap and quietly requested Fox to take the boy out of the room. Fox sighed but did as was said after the Sarge gave him an affirmative look. He took the boy into his arms, mindful of the injury, and took him to the Hospital Wing. Might as well get the lad's ankle in a proper cast.
The boy was quiet as a rough looking doctor gently set his leg in the proper position and began to build the cast around it, doing his best to ease the boy. Fox reassured Alex's small sniffles of pain and whimpers as the boy saw his battered leg cleaned up from the wildlife results and hid away in an itchy cast.
"Hurts," Alex said to Fox who lifted the boy up as the doctor finished.
"I know kiddo. It'll get better soon." he assured him.
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Promise Promise?" the boy asked with a frown. Fox laughed and ruffled the boy's hair.
"Promise Promise. Now let's go see if your Uncle and the others are done," Fox said with a grin as the little boy settled against him and he carried the boy to the office area where the unit was just walking out with Ian nowhere in sight.
"Where's Rider?" Fox asked with a frown. No one answered him and all three looked equally disgruntled and furious. Wolf stalked off while Snake and Eagle came over to him, Snake playfully making comments about the strong cast with the four-year-old he was holding and Eagle remaining silent, to his surprise. It wasn't until they were back in their hut that Wolf rejoined them and explained while Snake left with Alex to get the boy cleaned up since his cast would be a problem. It seemed Ian Rider was a spy for MI6 and had been on a mission in Whales for the better part of a few days until he had run into trouble four days ago, fleeing from his nephew and getting held captive for the better part of a day. Having left, he sought his nephew out and couldn't find him, leading him to think K-Unit was the enemy since they had the child. The group who shot at Wolf was the one who kidnapped Ian named Scorpius or something like that. Wolf really hadn't been paying attention to the name. Ian had debriefed them before abruptly telling the Sarge he was going back out on his mission and for them to watch over the boy until he returned since it seemed K-Unit was more than capable of doing so.
"So we're babysitting a four-year-old at SAS camp?" Fox asked incredulously.
"Looks like it." Eagle sighed.
Author's Note: Hey y'all (total Texan accent in real life) so the story has a few chapters left BUT I might continue on to the ending of Ian's mission with K-Unit helping only if I get some ideas as to what kind of mission it should be. I have a bit of a clue as what I can make, but I'm not too great on that tidbit. Soooo review your ideas to me please.
