A.N: Short chapter. If the written accents bug you then let me know and I'll tone it down a bit. Enjoy.
Morning came, and along with morning came another day off, filled with napping and fun.
"HAHAHA! I know right what a chuckle nut!" Scout doubled over laughing at his own joke.
Alice laughed too but not nearly as hard as Scout, just enough to make her eyes tear up a bit.
Once their laughs turned to giggles Scout straightened himself up. "Hey so Mann. Co actually answered us for once; they said ya could have your class and everythin." Scout smiled bringing the good news to her.
This brought a thought back into her mind. *What about my first plan to leave this place on the trans bus...* Her smiled faded as she was lost in thought. *Staying sounds like fun but what about my parents and my friends... and my education... All those years for nothing...*
"Hey! Alice!" Scout was waving his hand in front of the frozen girl.
She flinched as she came back to reality.
"Isn't it great? Their givin ya a chance to be your own class?" Scout was trying to get her smiling again. It didn't work so he tackled the problem without hesitation. "Alice? What's wrong?"
Alice finally processed what was happening in the real world. Scout was staring at her with his eyebrows furrowed. Alice then spoke. "Oh... Nothing... I may need to think about this..." She got up from the caff table, leaving her breakfast and Scout behind.
*I'll never be able to see anyone again...* Alice laid, sprawled out across her bed. *Mom, dad, Kim... My cousins...* Alice felt a sting in her eyes at the thought of her cousins. She loved them so much, she truly felt like she belonged with them, like they could have been her brothers and sisters instead. There were just 4 of them, 3 girls and 1 boy. The younger ones, which were one girl and the one boy, looked up to Alice as their leader. The other two girls were her age and were more than her friends or cousins; they were like her super awesome sisters. All four of those cousins together with Alice only cause hilarity and ruin. The group would prank people, play man hunt, toboggan and skate in the winter, fish and tube in the summer. They would be an unstoppable force up at their cottage. Whether it was being lazy and watching TV sprawled out over whatever furniture they could get to first or it was planning out the best game of 'man hunt in the dark'. Alice was torn. *What about Christmas... Thanksgiving... My birthday...* She could now feel the cold tears fall from her hot cheeks. *I will never see my family..."
'Knock knock knock'
Alice scrambled to straighten herself up, wiping the tears off her face with her hands. "Who is it?" her voice came out shaky.
"It's me mate, Sniper, are you okay in there?" his voice was calming even from coming behind a door.
"Yup... I'm okay." she answered wanting to sound fine but came out winey instead.
"Is it okay if I come in?"
She was silent not knowing what to say. Alice gulped.
The door started creaking as it slowly swung open. Sniper peeked from the opening to see the solemn girl. He then sighed standing up straight and walked over to her, sitting by her side. "Whots wrong mate?"
Alice forced a smile. "Nothing... I just decided that I was going home on the trans bus..."
Sniper was confused at first then it hit him. "Is this about the company offering you a class?" he leaned forward trying to look at her face which was affixed to her lap.
"Yea I'm not going to take their offer anymore..." She spoke her sentences as if she hadn't cried.
"Well that's good that you made your decision, but why are you crying about it?" his eyebrows furrowed under his hat.
Alice paused. Why was she crying? If going home was the hands down decision, why was she crying about it?
Sniper shifted in his seat as a response to her silence. "I had a crappy lofe back at home... An assassin on the run couldn't have no family, no friends. And my parents didn't like my job choice very much eithar..." He forced a smile at her. "But then I came here, and I can do what I love without being judged..." She sighed and looked up at him as he carried on. "These men here became my friends, more than friends really, like a family... As cheesy as it sounds it's what happened..." Alice nodded showing she understood. "Now if you stay here I'll guarantee that'll appen to you, being an innocent gurl an all." he nudged her trying to be sarcastic. "And I understand you may have a family back out there, you can send em letters if you want, but if you really just want to go home I won't stop you." he patted her back and stood up going to the door and standing there. "Just know that you're a pretty good fighta out there." Sniper smiled and left her to her thoughts.
She thought about everything from different perspectives. She had a nice life back at home but it was always missing something. That pinch of excitement, adventure and action. Alice loved those things and actually left home a lot to find them. And she found it; right at this very base was her opportunity to experience adventure, action and excitement every single day.
About an two hours of thinking and pacing and lying down and biting her nails she came down with a simple tally solution. Compare her home and the base by the simplest needs that are there. 'Home' had 3 tallies: 1. Family/Friends, 2. Belonging, 3. Good life ahead of her. 'The Base' had 3 tallies: 1. Family/Friends, 2. Belonging, 3. Adventure/Action. *A fucking tie...* No matter how Alice saw it, rearranged it, or changed it, the two would always come down to a tie.
Alice's sighed and flopped down onto her bed. *Well it is not that bad here...* She was leaning towards the idea of staying. *Running around killing people...* she smiled at how disturbing that sounded. *It's just like manhunt... but with grown men... * she pondered this and shrugged, accepting it as a positive thing. *It's fun here... and I could get paid to do this.* Alice sighed with euphoria. *...and I get my own weapon and uniform if I join... all I gotta do is play the game...* her smile relaxed into a concentrated complexion. *...for the rest of my life...* Alice didn't know whether to frown or smile again. She knew it would be the same thing almost every day. Would she get bored of it? Alice thought for a long time and came up with her mini plan. *Ok if something happens or an opportunity that will somehow make every day interesting comes up before the trans bus gets here then I will stay.* Her thought up words were final, and so was the day.
BLU SCOUT.
Scout was wondering around the halls trying to find his way without tripping. It was midnight and all the lights had been turned off, leaving Scout hesitantly walking in the dark. *Fuck this is the last time I drink a BONK! before bed...* He wandered the halls trying to burn off the sugar rush.
"What the-!?" Scout exclaimed stepping back after he had walked into a figure.
"Scout, wat are you doing up zo late?" The BLU Spy straightened out his suit sounding annoyed.
"Fuck man, you scarred me... Uh I can't sleep, decided to burn off some energy." Scout scratched the back of his head.
"Hm..." Spy grunted in acknowledgement and was about to walk past the Scout but then the boy spoke up.
"Why are you up?" Scout protested with a smile.
Spy paused then continued to pass him and walk away. "...I cannot zleep eithair." he spoke smoothly and was gone.
Scout furrowed his eyebrows. *Geez why's he gotta be so mysterious an shit...*
A.N: Sorry for another boring one but don't worry next time i promise, seriously. Next chapter. Don't worry.
