Hey guys, I'm exhausted from my long flight from China. I never really liked traveling to be honest. But I'm glad to be back, there's no place like home! That sounded weird I know, but on to other business. I have received a question from a reader (who has chosen to remain anonymous) not about my story but about me! Can you believe it! Someone wants to know about me! (Sniff)

Alright so the question was: What girls in gaming do you find hot?

That is a question with an incredibly long answer. I'm an active gamer and I get around to a lot of games so this might take a bit.

From Mortal Kombat: I like Jade because she just seems very…I don't know, unique. I also like Sareena, not just because she wears skimpy clothing, all the girls do that, I just enjoy her story and the fact that she's hot. I think Mileena may be my favorite though. I know what your all thinking; Dreamerboy84, you know what she looks like under the mask right? Yes I know! But quite frankly I don't care, I kind of like her face. I know that sounds weird by I am in fact a very weird person. I actually even considered writing a fanfic starring her and an OC. The first chapter of it is sitting in my documents somewhere; I haven't had a lot of motive to work on it so far.

From Dragon age Origins: I like Morrigan because she's very unique, a bit of a dark woman. She's also pretty (drools).

From DOA: I only like Christie, I don't need to explain why, just look at the woman.

From Final Fantasy: Tifa…I'm not sure why actually, I just like her, very strong willed girl. I also like Lightning, not just because she's hot, but because she is realistically proportioned. Of all the hot girls of gaming, how many are realistically proportioned? She proves women don't need to have a huge chest to be attractive, I'm sure there are other out there but Lightning is the one that comes to my mind.

Well there you have it anonymous reader, hopefully the rest of my readers don't hate me for this. If anyone else has questions for me, about me or the story, feels free to ask.

(This was thoroughly embarrassing to write)

Chapter 10

How'd you get in here?

"C-come on! W-when's the food gonna be done?" whined Trip as she furiously banged her hands on the dining room's wooden table.

"Almost done," replied Bear from within the kitchen,

"T-that's what you said two hours ago!" accused Trip in her whiny voice, suddenly a shot pain struck her head.

"OW!" she screamed and turned around to see Anna holding a metal fork just above Trip's head.

"Trip, it's only been five minutes," corrected Anna as she set the table,

"B-but I'm soooooo hungry!" she whined. That earned her another bop on the head from Anna, which unfortunately, only made her whine more.

"For the love of Mary! Just knock her out Anna!" pleaded Mick as he entered the dining room,

"I'm afraid even that wouldn't shut her up," she sighed.

"No, but this might." Anna turned to see Bear walking in, still wearing his flower patterned apron, carrying four plates of sizzling steak.

"YAY! F-food!" squealed Trip in glee as Bear gave her a plate of the mouthwatering meat.

"Yang, come down stairs, it's time for dinner!" shouted Anna, she felt a small tap on her shoulder and turned to see YinYang already seated at the table. "Oh, my fault,"

YinYang nodded in acceptance of the apology then poured himself a glass of beer. The team quickly began devouring the food like ravenous animals, stopping only to breathe or drink.

When the meal was over, the team sat contently around the table with full stomachs. Anna picked at her teeth with a metal tooth pick, while Mick continued to gulp down bottles of beer.

"I have to say Bear, if there comes a day you can't be a mercenary anymore, you could always be a gourmet chef," said Mick,

"I doubt that will happen soon," laughed Bear,

"No I'm serious, think about it. A place where you can get your vehicles repaired or get your bellies filled. It's a perfect idea; we'd bring in mounds of cash!"

"Greed is one of the seven deadly sins," commented YinYang,

"Ah, what do you know Yang," scoffed Mick as he took another swig of beer. "All you ever do is keep your mouth shut, how about doing that now?"

"!"

Everyone at the table turned to see trip groaning in her chair and holding her stomach.

"I-I think I ate something rotten," mumbled Trip,

"Haha! It's not something you ate girl! Your eyes are just bigger than your stomach!" mocked Mick

Trip used what little power she had to scrunch her eyebrows together, then used her fingers to measure the size of her eye and compared it to her stomach.

"Oh for the love of god, it's just an expression you foolish girl!" shouted Mick,

"W-well how am I'm supposed to know? I-I'm not old like you!"

"I'M NOT OLD!" Shouted Mick, wagging his finger at her like it was a whip. Trip simply responded by sticking out her lounge.

"All right break it up you two, we already have enough people dying each day without you two trying to kill each other," said Anna,

"Whatever," muttered Mick,

"Trip put your dishes away and get ready for bed," ordered Anna, rubbing her temples to get rid of the building headache.

"Awww! B-but I'm not tired!" complained the teen as she tried to stifle a yawn,

"Uh huh, then why are you yawning?"

"I-I'm not!" she defended,

"Yes you are,"

"N-no I'm not!"

"Trip, just do as I say,"

"D-do I have to?"

"Yes."

"O-okay," resigned Trip, most likely knowing if she didn't, she'd get another bop to the head. The teenager put away her plate then skipped up the steps. A few minutes later the sound of the shower came from the top floor.

"So tell me Anna, they say that you and the crew have taken down Boss Conner, am I right?" asked Mick as he took out a cigarette and lit it.

"Yeah that's right," said Anna, taking another sip of her beer. "Took down his entire gang, all that are left are him and a few stragglers."

"He's alive!"

"Yeah, but after Samael the guy was too scared to even lift his own hands to his face," chuckled Bear,

"Who's Samael?" asked Mick,

Immediately Anna knew they had just put themselves in a tight spot. They either had to tell Mick the truth, which he would most likely not believe or come up with a lie real fast.

"He's…uh…a-"

"Another mercenary," said YinYang cutting her off.

'I owe you for that Yang,' she thought to herself.

"But, what was he doing there?" asked Mick, suddenly very interested.

"Well…we didn't exactly escape on our own," admitted Anna,

"You mean the ferocious trio actually needed help for once?" asked Mick with a tinge of sarcasm.

"It was mostly Trips fault," explained Anna,

"W-was not!" shouted Trip from upstairs.

"Anyway it was Trips fault, she had seen something shiny on the ground and got taken hostage," recounted Anna,

"Again?"

"Again," the three said together,

"We didn't have a choice but to surrender," continued Anna, "he took us into his little cavern hideout, he wanted us to open the Stryker but we wouldn't."

"He was about to let his men have his way with Trip-"

"That bastard! The girl may be stupid but she doesn't deserve that!" interrupted Mick, "sorry, please continue."

"Well, Samael and his two friends showed up just in time to save us. He and his men were quite the savage killers, by the time they were done, Conner's men were in so many pieces there wasn't a number high enough to count them," said Anna with a small smile.

"What did he want with Conner?"

Bear answered this time. "We're not sure; they simply took something from him and left. Didn't even bother to kill him. After that they let us go and helped us escape."

"What did they look like?"

"Don't know, they wore masks over their faces. Didn't talk much either," said Bear.

"I did manage to get myself shot though. Amazingly enough Samael patched me up," added Anna, "probably saved my life."

"This Samael person sounds like a nice guy,"

"Yeah, I guess," said Anna, staring blankly at her beer bottle.

"My, do I hear some affection in your voice there," teased Mick. Anna immediately blushed and began playing with her hair, an old habit she had developed when she became embarrassed.

"I…uh…don't know what you're talking about," she stuttered, she gulped down the last of her beer and stood up from her chair. "I'm gonna turn in, it's been a long day."

"Good night," said Bear,

"Good Night lover girl," mocked Mick.

YinYang simply waved.

'Ugh, why did I say that,' thought Anna as she headed up the stairs.

By now Trip had finished with her shower and was walking out of the bathroom in her blue nightgown, her hair tied up in a ponytail.

"Did you brush your teeth?" asked Anna,

Trip opened her mouth, most likely to lie, but Anna gave her the "motherly look".

"No," she admitted and walked back in to brush.

After finally hearing the sound of brushing, Anna walked to her room, which was just down the hall from the bathroom. Her room could be considered fairly luxurious in the days standards. It had a bed with a mattress, pillow, and blanket. The walls had originally had a red and blue flower pattern to them but had eventually faded away. Her room also contained a window that gave her a view of the back of their house. Across the room from her bed was a work bench where she fixed and maintained her guns.

In fact sitting on it right now was her personal AK-120 assault rifle. She had had since her years in the Spetsnaz and had kept it by her side for the duration of her time as a mercenary. Recently she had accidently damaged the bolt while trying to maintain it. Which, in her opinion, was incredibly ironic.

The gun used the same system as the Spetsnaz pervious rifle, the AN-94. She had outfitted it with a red dot sight for when she had to perform more accurate shots. In addition she had pairs of magazines she had super glued together as makeshift double magazine. She had also managed to find a flashlight attachment, giving her an advantage during night time.

"Hello old friend," she said as she took it off the rack.

Working quickly, Anna took the rifle apart, carefully cleaning each part as she went. Then reassembled it with the missing part she'd managed to find on one of the weapons they'd stolen from Boss Conner. Satisfied with its condition she replaced on its rack until she would use it again.

By now Trip had brushed her teeth, and it was her turn for a shower.

Ak'shara found himself very disturbed when he arrived at the Ooman's dwelling. Lying just in front of him on the Ooman's roof lie the body of a serpent that had managed to bypass the Ooman's defenses. He'd quietly snapped its neck in order to not draw attention to himself.

He had been rather proud of the kill so he cut of the creatures head and strapped it to his back.

From under him he heard a small noise coming through the window, it sounded like someone humming a tune. Most likely the younger female. That was good, of all the Oomans she seemed the most comfortable in his presence.

He hung himself from the top and swung into the girl's room. He landed a thud, startling the small one. She seemed very nervous at first, then he uncloaked and she immediately brightened up.

"H-hey there," she said cheerily, immediately rushing over and giving him one of those strange Ooman displays of affection. She did not seem to want to let, so Ak'shara tapped her on the shoulder and she released him.

"I-It's so great to see one of my newest and best friends, I was wondering when I'd see you and here you are. Yay! Is Titan or Dex with you? Huh? Oooh, d-do you have a present for me? H-huh? D-do ya?

Ak'shara paused for a moment, trying to decipher what the small one was talking about, then reached in to a small pouch on his belt and handed her a unique knife. It had a jagged edge and was outlined with a golden color, he'd taken it in a fight from Yautja male who'd challenged his honor. He didn't really need it as it never really did anything for him.

"Oooh! S-shiny! I bet it's really sharp. N-now when someone attacks me I can stab the to death! Stab stab stab kill kill!

"Arna?" he asked, snapping her out of her disturbing imagination.

"Oh! Y-you wanna see Anna?"

Ak'shara nodded.

"S-she's just finished her shower so she must be in her room, let me show you," offered Trip,

Trip led the giant alien out of her room and towards Anna's, she playfully led him by hand until they reached Anna's room.

Trip, without knocking, opened the door to Anna's room. There was a loud popping sound as a 6 inch blade flew over Trip's head. Ak'shara, with his quick reflexes, managed to catch the blade before it struck him fatally in the heart.

"Damn it Trip! I told you to knock before entering! I was practicing my knife throwinnnnggggggggg what is he doing here?"

"Y-you remember Sammy right?" smiled Trip as if the whole knife incident had never happened, "h-he said he wanted to see you! I-Isn't that sweet?"

"S-see me?" stuttered Anna,

"Yup!"

Through his mask's thermal vision, Ak'shara could see the Arna's face growing hotter, perhaps she was sick.

"Uh, I can't right now. Goodbye," said Anna before closing the door.

"A-Anna? I-its impolite to not talk to a guest!" hollered Trip before knocking on the door,

"Tell him to go away," commanded Anna through the door,

"J-just let him in! D-don't make me get him to knock down the door! Y-you know I'll do it!" threatened Trip,

"Ugh, fine!" surrendered Anna, opening the door for the tall alien. "So what do you want?"

Ak'shara walked into her room, noticing at least several knives stuck to a target attached to her wall. He noted, that nearly all of them had hit dead center.

"Well I'll leave you two alone to do your adult things?" giggled Trip before making a heart with her hands and showing it to Anna,

"What is that supposed to mean? Trip?" but before Anna could ask again, the young girl was already gone.

Ak'shara had no idea what had happened between the Oomans, but he gathered that the two females had some sort of argument about him. The younger one had apparently won and now he was allowed access to Arna's living quarters.

Wasting no time he pulled the serpent's head off his back. He held it out in front of him then pointed up, towards the roof.

"What?" asked Anna,

The large alien repeated the gesture.

"You found a bug on our roof? Is that what your trying to say?"

The alien nodded.

"That can't be right, this town is practically a fortress. No bug could have gotten in, much less managed to make it through to our house."

Ak'shara knew that he most likely wouldn't be believed, but he still had more proof. Holding up his wrist computer, he typed in a few commands. A red hologram of the city sprang up from the computer, the hologram showed the tunnels that the serpents had created under the city.

"They're tunneling under," realized Anna as she studied the diagram." This will defiantly have to be fixed. I'll talk to the Crusaders, see if they can help out. Most of them are bored anyway so they'll probably help."

Ak'shara nodded in satisfaction, understanding that his job was finished.

"Oh my god your wounded," said Anna,

Ak'shara looked down and realized that he had indeed been wounded without even noticing. Three slashes had found themselves above his right ribs, letting out a trickle of his golden blood.

"Here let me help you with that" offered Anna moving to inspect the wound, Ak'shara quickly shrank away. "Oh come one, don't be a baby let me help you. It's the least I can do after you helped me."

Ak'shara shook his head, then reached into his pocket and pulled out a vaguely cross shaped object. He slammed it point first into his wound; Anna watched as the wound suddenly closed itself. Three small distinctly golden lines could be seen on his body, but other than that the wound was all but gone.

"Wow, handy," muttered Anna.

Ak'shara nodded, then remembered the Ooman's own wounds. He had only patched them up yesterday and he needed to make sure he had done a good job. As a medically trained Yautja, or whatever he was, he always checked his patients after he had treated them. The female Ooman was no exception.

He moved towards the small female and reached out with his talons to inspect her wounds. She immediately shrank away from him, he tried again but she did not cooperate.

"Ned ta cheek vound," he said to her, (need to check wound)

"Ned ta cheek vound," said Samael,

Anna was reluctant but she understood the purpose of the alien's sudden attempts to reach out and touch her. She nodded, she'd let him do his work, he was a doctor after all so it shouldn't be too embarrassing for her.

The tall alien reached out again, this time managing to get a hold of her. He grabbed her shirt and fumbled with the material a bit before lifting it up to reveal her bandaged stomach.

Anna was silently proud of her flat stomach, most woman even now a days would kill to have her kind of body. Having a large male alien, stare at her stomach was all most too much to bear. But she managed.

Eventually Samael started lifting her shirt even further up, she resisted at first but the alien was adamant in his decision.

'I might as well take my shirt off,' she thought, 'its not like he hasn't already seen most of me'

Her face blushed a deep red as she took her entire shirt off, leaving her only a bra to cover her chest. She reflexively wrapped her arms around her womanly parts in a rather vain attempt for decency.

She shivered as she felt Samael's claws trailing over her skin through the bandages, he peeled a few of the wrappings back to check the wounds more thoroughly ,then replaced them with fresh bandages out of his pack. The alien looked up from his inspection and pointed to her legs, signaling that he had to inspect there too.

Anna sighed, 'this is getting out of hand' she thought as she reluctantly removed her pants.

Anna blushed uncomfortably as Samael's talons traced down her legs.

(I know what you are all thinking, damn perverts. Ah who am I kidding, I'm the one writing this, I'm so bad! Mwahahahahaha!)

Needless to say she was glad when it was finally over. Her relief was short lived when Samael pulled out one of the star like injectors he had used on himself.

"Dis will hurt," he said. He gently took a hold of her hand, Anna was confused as to the purpose of this, it made her feel incredibly awkward. She understood as soon as he pushed the injector into her skin, she felt like her veins were suddenly filled with oil and set on fire. She let out a small yelp and squeezed the alien's hand with all her might in order to stamp out the pain. She clenched her teeth and shut her eye tight.

Then it was over.

"Damn that hurt!" she growled, suddenly grateful that Samael had given her his hand to hold.

"It vil herl son," said Samael,(it will heal soon)

"Thanks…I think," said Anna as the giant alien walked towards the window and opened,

"er elcome,"

With that he jumped out and left her in the room alone.

That chapter might not have been the best I've ever written but cut me some slack, I just got back from China. Anyway, remember to review and tell your friends! I'm gonna go stare at a picture of Mileena…he he he.