"Right your first up" I gestured to Joe "or do you want me to show you how it's done?" I added, this adaptable battlefield gave out holograms that can shoot.
"No. I'm going first" Joe lightly pushed me aside
"Careful, the shots aren't exactly..." before I could say the rest of my sentence Joe was out in the Virtual battlefield "...Rounds" huff never listen to intel do you hopefully the pink foamy stuff won't hit him.
"Are you ready to begin training agent scarecrow?" F.I.L.S.S's voice rang over the intercom
"No, not Yet. Who holds the current record for this course?" Joe was doing last minute checks on his L96A1
"Agent Texas holds the current record after astoundingly neutralising all targets in this test "The synthetic voice said
"You lied George!" Joe shouted
I clicked the button on the intercom "I'm the best on my ship, so I didn't lie" I bragged
"Right. Throw these guys at me" Joe paced back and forth
"I can stop this you know if your scared and all... Are you sure your ready?" I asked, my top spot was in serious danger of being took over, Joe took a whole to answer.
"I was born ready" Joe replied and stood completely still
"Beginning wave in 5...4...3...2...1...Wave begins" with speed Joe vaults over, under and across the virtual battlefield not even getting hit once, five minutes in and still not one hit on him, he was shooting like a bat out of hell. He popped his head out of cover and the hologram returned fire clipping him on the shoulder.
"Ow you bastard!" He shouted "That stuff stings like a bitch!" Scarecrow leaned against his cover reloading his rifle while swearing under his breath. He bounced around the walls and took every caution whilst trying to find the hologram that nailed him in the shoulder. He eventually found the hologram and pulled his combat knife out, same one he had I against the afghans, with such precision threw the blade, it went through the hologram and lodged in the nearby wall. "Hell yeah... You think you can best that George?!" Joe did a little victory dance as the door opened.
"Well done Agent Scarecrow, you managed to draw with Agent wolf" F.I.L.S.S
"Haway that's not right" I said folding my arms "it's nearly Half past six lets get our armour off and go to that card game" we slowly walked into the changing rooms and split up as our lockers were on the opposite side of the room. I took my armour off threw on half decent trackie bottoms and stood looking inside my locker for a t-shirt that wasn't creased, reached in and got my British Marines shirt, I took may time putting it on as I was inspecting old battle scars, I put my top on and walked out meeting Joe on the way.
"Haven't played cards in ages" Joe said
"same here. To be honest with you I really can't be bothered to play a game of cards" I put my hands in pockets as we paced towards the recreational room, to my surprise everyone was there apart from Carolina and York, mission accomplished so its either Kearin or Marcin who's not going to sleep tonight.
"Lets get this show on the road then, who's got the deck?" I looked from person to person and ended with Marcin
"Oh yeah I brought them, I'll get them, Wanna come with me?" He smiled and pulled himself up, Yorks room was up ahead.
"Damn" I said to myself, I had totally forgot that York and Carolina were having some down time.
"What?" Marcin looked said as we advanced further to York's room.
"Lets just say York might be occupied" I tried to put it as lightly as I could, not to damage Marcin's fragile mind, he just stopped and cocked his head.
"No he's not" Marcin shuddered as he pivoted on the spot to go back to the common room "They were a polish deck of cards anyway" he looked distraught
"Lets guess you were uncomfortable on the couch so you swapped places with York. You should be happy, its the closest you'll get to you know..." I smiled as Marcin shoved me through the door and shouted something in polish "say that to Klaudia did you" now I was just being annoying, Marcin pointed a finger and gave a threatening look, I was so compelled to continue the joke but didn't, thankfully North had a spare deck so we went with that.
"what are we putting in place of chips?" Kearin said as he dealt
"Weapons? I would say clothing but thats out of the question" I joked trying to get out a couple of laughs, I succeeded, Maine growled and again washington failed to translate, I just drank my cup of tea and stared.
"What does she mean North?" That was Theta, I face palmed North didn't bother answering
"Maybe when or if we get drunk" Washington smiled, the card game went on for a good two hours, good thing everyone was nice enough to give each other back their lost weapons. Now at 20:48 the deck was away and I was getting played by Theta's question.
"North?" I asked
"yep" he answered as he folded his arms across his chest
"Does Theta not know about the Birds and the bees? I know its an A.I and all but I mean why so innocent?" oh god that sounded a lot better in my head than it sounded spoken, I thought
"Not sure. But I'm not going to ask. With me being caring and all, Theta was made for me so the attention I give him is nice" he smiled, but it still didn't answer my question, I looked on the nearby dining table and scanned my weapons. Desert Eagles. Rifle... Wait no knife!
"Looking for something?" Washington waved my knife at me with a sly grin on his face, if a fight kicked off he was going straight down hard on the metal floor.
"Washington give me back my knife" I gestured for him to give it back but he held it above my head, I'm too small I cant reach.
"You better give her it back Wash" North said "You'll get hurt or worse she'll kiss you"
I turned round and looked at North "you make that sound like a bad thing"
"Im not scared of her, pouting or otherwise" Washington said, he held my knife out, I went to grab it, but he pulled it above my head again and sneered.
"right, come here then, If your not scared, come here" I egged him on and he bit back by flipping the knife in a aggressive fashion.
"Don't do that she likes dangerous guys" Kearin noted "Wash just give her it back, you'll feel alot better when she's beating you up"
"Fine, but I want something in return, a kiss" Washington ended his sentence with a raised eyebrow, I would do near anything for that knife, it was my best friend. I stepped over to the blond and pecked him on the cheek, he still didn't give me the knife.
"you got what you wanted, so knife please" I reached for the knife but he still hung it over my head "if you said a proper kiss, I would've gave you one. You didn't ask" I flopped my arms to my sides in defeat but Wash was nice and gave me my knife back and whispered something in my ear. Footsteps came from the door and it was the two lovebirds Carolina had her red hair out of her bobble and she was smiling and York's hair was fairly ruffled.
"Hey, thanks wolf." York said tiredly, Carolina seemed to have plenty of energy left
"anytime mate" I smiled back and stuck my thumb up "go on now back to bed the pair of you's" I said
"No, I'm up now, might as well stay here" York yawned and seemed distant
"Well don't come whinging to me when your tierd tomorrow" I joked and sat in between Marcin and Kearin, tonight was good, getting a relationship sewn up, playing a game and fighting, what can be better than being with your mates. It was quiet to begin with, but Delta suddenly broke the scilence
"York? May I ask why you had me offline for more than one hours?" Delta's green hologram flickered
"Personal matters D no more than that" York answered, Delta disappeared into thin air. The whole room was engulfed in silence, the hum of engines couldn't be heard though, just the sound of Carolina humming, Joe started a Conversation and so everyone joined in. Can't wait for the training match but until then this will be quite an interesting Conversation.