Well okay, I felt like I had to split the upcoming action. So sorry to JimmyRocket, you'll have to wait a bit more. Okay, so now that that is out of the way, here is chapter 11
Being an ex-general of the United States military William Abrams knew a lot of secrets, secrets that date back to the 1700s, secrets that cannot be given to the public. Some of these are Area 51, the Lincoln assassination, even the crimes of war that were committed during the Second World War. But one secret surpassed all of these, and one of the examples of it was sitting in the chair across from him.
Sapphire was sitting stiffly in the chair obviously quite nervous about the scolding that she thought was sure to come. The young vixen tried with all of her energy to avoid eye contact with Abrams, she was still very embarrassed by her behavior earlier that day despite the fact that she thought that it was called for. Sapphire loved her brother and would do anything to get him back.
Abrams leaned forward, placed his elbows on his desk and said "Okay Sapphire, I know that you are angry about how this situation with your brother is being handled, believe me, so am I. However, I can't do more than send out people that I already have, and that's not too many."
"Yes sir, I understand that you're doing what you can. I just wish there was something that I could do." replied Sapphire, now seeing that Abrams wasn't going to yell at her.
A small smile sunk its way onto the CIA directors face "Well then, I think I can help you with that."
Sapphire's face lit up slightly "What do you mean?"
"I mean that I think that you should go with Reznov to find your brother."
The fox leaned forward, both of her front paws on Abrams' desk, with an open smile on her face. Not only would this be her first mission, she would be going to recover her brother. "Really?!" she almost yelled from the excitement.
"Yes, I know that you've kind of been pushed to the back seat since Jason had such great test results, but I think that it's time that you get to show what your made of." said Abrams with an ever widening smile on his face.
"Wow! I-I-... just... thank you! So much!" she exclaimed.
Abrams leaned back into his chair "You should go to the armory, Reznov will be there."
"You already told him?"
Abrams nodded "Indeed, and I wouldn't keep an ex-KGB waiting."
Bolt was very confused about the events that had happened before him in just the last few moments. Just minutes before he was trying to conclude an argument with Emerald, and now he was hiding in a bush with his friends and a somewhat bitchy possum with Jason crouching behind a tree. The aforementioned possum didn't seem to be afraid of the situation at all, while he and Mittens were shaking in fear.
Jason also noticed that Pearl was just laying there completely in the open. "What are you doing, get behind something."
She looked up at him, which is when Jason saw that there was absolutely no fear in her eyes. She then spoke ''Oh, yeah. Okay." She said it in such a nonchalant way, quite bizarre for someone who hasn't been in life-threatening situations before.
It was obvious that White was breaking his superior's orders but he thought that he could end this right then and there. With his pistol drawn he walked up to the hiding group.
"Here he comes..." whispered Mittens, still crouched in the bush. She didn't even need to say anything, Jason already knew it.
Out of the corner of his eye the fox saw the soldier stop, with his gun drawn and pointed at Pearl. For a quick moment the man held the gun there, but then lowered it slightly and took a step towards the tree that Jason was hiding behind.
The agent took the chance to attack.
Jason, in one swift movement, emerged from behind the tree and kicked the gun from White's loose grip. He then lunged at the man's right arm with his teeth bared. However Jason miscalculated how fast White could move and was surprised when the private dodged his attack. Jason landed and turned around in time to see White pull out a combat knife.
'Don't hesitate White, do what you need to do' thought White. The private then charged at the fox and swung at him, but Jason pulled his head back just enough to avoid loosing an eye. However he didn't expect to have to duck to dodge the second swipe. He then jumped back to create some space between him and White, but it didn't do much since White lunged and swiped his knife again. However, this time Jason wasn't so fast and received a small gash on the side of his head.
By now White's fellow squad mates had recovered from their run in with a stun grenade. Simms was just finishing rubbing his eyes when he saw his private having a knife fight with the CIA fox. He squinted his eyes "What the hell are you doing White?"
Bolt, still hiding in the bush, easily saw that Jason was having trouble. In the previous encounters with enemies Jason acted fast and deadly, never making a mistake or misstep. However in this current encounter he seemed slower and not as professional. Bolt wasn't sure what was wrong with the fox.
'Probably 'cus foxes aren't reliable.' he thought, but soon shook the idea from his mind, knowing that he was being ignorant.
The ex super star looked to his side and saw Mittens' literally shaking in fear. He had never seen his friend is such a matter. Her mouth was slightly agape and her eyes were transfixed on Jason's now losing fight. Every time Jason narrowly avoided a blow she flinched. It took him a while to figure out, but he soon saw that she wasn't afraid for herself, she was worried about Jason.
And Bolt was correct about his assumption; the feline at that point did care about Jason. She thought that he was unnecessarily mean, somewhat aloof, and didn't seem to care about people. But something about how he acted seemed controlled, almost like he wasn't acting the way that we wanted to. After the talk that she had with him the night before she now thought that Jason, somewhere deep inside, was a good hearted fox and seeing him struggled like that was hell for her.
Rhino however, wasn't showing any fear, despite the fact that he was terrified. Rhino had always known that he was small and to compensate for that he would do very dangerous things; but the truth is that he simply enjoyed the rush of putting his life in peril at any given moment. Unlike his feline friend, he didn't care about Jason on a personal level, but he did know that he was still a kid and still needed to be rescued sometimes.
The hamster had made up his mind, he would save Jason but not just for the heroic reasons. He wanted to impress Pearl. The possum was looking at the unfolding battle in front of them but seemed to not be engaged. Rhino was attracted to the possum, but he also saw that Pearl wasn't the least bit interested in him. Rhino was intent on changing that.
Rhino took a few seconds to collect his thoughts before taking action. He, almost on queue, ran out of the bush while in his ball and stopped in the exact spot where White was putting is foot down. The young private stepped on the ball and tripped. He tumbled to the ground in absolute shock.
Jason looked at Rhino, who was standing proudly in his ball, completely not expecting the hamster to act so bravely. However, after a moment the fox snapped back to the situation at hand.
The fox turned his head to his group "Alright we've got to get away from these guys."
Bolt instinctively laid his head down next to Pearl, allowing her to get on his head. Bolt, even though he was in danger, still felt the need to help her. Pearl hauled herself onto the ex super dog's head while thanking him for help.
Just as Pvt. White stood up he looked up and saw the fleeing group of animals. He felt a bolt of desperation run through his body as he reached down to pick up his pistol. Without even trying, he aimed down his weapon's sight and fired one single bullet.
He gridded his teeth and dropped his gun in frustration and dismay, he had failed. He lowered head; he had not expected the black fox being so strong. Behind him White heard the footsteps of his squad mates approaching.
"Wow White," said Simms as he placed his hand on his sniper's shoulder "I didn't think you had it in yah!"
White looked at his sergeant with a confused look on his face. "What do you mean sir? I... I let them get away.''
"Are you kidding me White?" said Jacobs as he gave a snobbish laugh and shook his head, finding enjoyment in what the private didn't know. "Amazing, he doesn't even know what he just did."
The private was starting to get annoyed. For one thing he had let their target get away, which was embarrassing to begin with. But now that he had done something that he was completely unaware of. "What did I do?" said White almost yelling.
"You made them run right for the convoy!"
White turned to his commanding officer in shock "Huh?"
"You idiot, those animals are going to have a run in with a heavily armed convoy. So pretty much," said Griffin while smiling " you just screwed them, great job kid."