Author: Chapter 8. This is a two-part section, connected with the next chapter, part 2.
Chapter 8:
Group Meeting, Part l
A tall, lean male checked his watch with a glance of his blizzard blue eyes. 5:00 PM. He had expected Doctor Lock to have shown up already by at least 4:20. He remembered telling Sebastian that her presence was required immediately. She was late, but it couldn't be helped. She was a doctor, for all its worth. He, and all the others of the three teams, seemed to be sitting around the Main Office, a large conference room for overall meetings.
He was sitting at the head of the long wooden table, being of the highest rank in the room and all. He leaned back in his leather chair, observing the scene before him with interest.
He glanced around the room, examining all the people gathered together for this meeting. From Team Fox there was himself, Sentry Monroe, the team captain and overall superior and commander of the three groups. Off to his left sat his fellow team members. His team consisted of Silver LaNore, Jack Smith, Atania Lock (who still hadn't arrived yet), Jerick Alen, Adimiss Aion and Sebastian Aubrey. They seemed to always group together on the left side of the room, casually leaning against the wall or on the floor, backs propped against the concrete wall.
From that order: Silver was the master tech specialist and the youngest member to ever join the R.A.S.P. team in general. Jack was the team pilot and standard bowman. Atania was the team's medic and local senior doctor. Jerick was the scout and marksman with any gun or rifle. Adimiss was the chemical expert with a major in biochemistry and a minor in biology/chemistry. Sebastian was the soldier, the hand to hand combatant of the group. He was more of the ninja-type.
Towards the center of the room, gathered partially around the opposite end of the long table from him was Hawk's team, the third group. They were all sitting down in their seats, conversing over random topics of interest to them. The team consisted of Nicholas Lieght, Nora Alexander, Dominique Juliea, Aaron Rosaline, Alice Redfield, Jeska Birkin, Rakna Zelkine and Cerium Zelkine.
In that order: Nicholas was that team's respected captain with a military upbringing and a rifle expert. Nora was the team's medic and a genius with mathematical problems. Dominique was the team's scout and machinery expert. Aaron was the hacker with the ability of being able to get into anything, electronics-wise, which held information. He also had an extremely high IQ for his young age. Alice was the team's chemist with knowledge on almost all known chemical compounds. Jeska was the weapon specialist and vehicle expert with the capability of taking apart both a car and a gun and either making them better or putting them back together exactly as they were before. Rakna was the team's skilled sniper and street fighter. Cerium was the bomb/explosive expert and mechanic.
His gaze flickered over to his right, which sat the members of Team Iven, the second group. Most were seated but a few stood and leaned down into their heated debate over whether the government should make marijuana legal or not. It was a rather silly topic to discuss, but at least it kept them from bothering him. In Team Iven were Solilivon Verifire, Vincent Chist, Benjamin Leon, Damien Sabria, Gabriel Renee, Lucas Windchester and Locus Windchester.
In that order: Solilivon was the team's captain and expert driver, with medals showing in his house and on his desk of his time spent in tournaments for race car driving. He had won many, but had lost a few in the process. Vincent was the team's standard medic and the silent memory of the group. He was intelligent, with a very high IQ. Benjamin was the team's pilot and a weapon fanatic. He adored guns, knives, explosives, etc., because of his fascination of the military and machinery. Damien was the machine technician. His bright personality and chippy attitude always helped to ease any tension and make people laugh. When he was down, all hell broke loose. Gabriel was the communications specialist. She hardly left her office, where she conveyed messages back and forth between the groups and observed their movements on small monitors. She was the silent watcher. Lucas and Locus, twins, were the soldiers of the group, both very skilled in fights. Lucas, the brother, was the crafty-sneaky type while Locus, the sister, was the strategic-witty type, both excellent with a knife.
With the groups all assembled, except for Doctor Lock, it was almost time to give the meeting. He would have to wait for Lock to arrive so that he could begin. He glanced down at his watch. 5:20 PM. He sighed, resting his head against the table's surface. It felt of normal temperature to him.
He felt a hand rest on his left shoulder. He raised his head and his sapphire eyes met golden orbs.
"Are you alright?" Asked Silver as she removed her hand from his shoulder after she had his attention.
He nodded his head, "Quite alright, but thank you for asking."
She tipped her head forward in an elegant little nod, turning to leave him be after his condition was confronted and received with an 'I'm fine' type attitude. She acted so mature for one being the youngest of them all. This amused him.
He watched her head back to her team members, dropping back into their discussion almost instantly.
After what felt like hours, but was really only minutes, the double doors opened and in stepped the Doctor they had been waiting for. "Glad you could make it, Doctor."
