So, I was really stuck on this chapter. I have an idea forming in my head, but I don't think the next chapters will come easy until I get it figured out. But if you have anything you'd like to see just let me know!

Happy reading.

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Luke wanted to be a doctor. It was what he'd wanted to be since he was twelve and had gone on a field trip to see the body exhibit that had been travelling around the world. It had absolutely fascinated him to see how the body worked. When they got back to school at the end of the day, he'd stopped by the library and had checked out all the anatomy books he could find.

He wanted to become a surgeon of some sort. Possibly an army surgeon, though Luke didn't think he'd last five minutes on the field. But he wanted to help people, help heal them and make them better. He didn't know how, though. And given the turn that his life had taken, Luke had felt that was completely unacceptable.

Which is why he could be found in the laundry closet, perched on the dryer, (where else? Wesley was taking a shower and there was a line after him.) with the first aid kit that was normally under the sink opened up in front of him.

It was an expensive first aid kit. He guessed that was only to be expected. They were staying in the cabin of an MI6 operative, after all. Always prepared and all that. He thought he heard Kae say that was the Boy Scout motto back in America. Or maybe it was something else. He couldn't remember. He could definitely tell that the agent had made some additions. For one thing, the kit was completely repacked in a different way then what you would normally see in the model picture in the stores. For another, Luke was fairly certain that you couldn't find a needle and thread for stitches in normal first aid kits. There were exorbitant amounts of gauze and tape inside, as well as alcohol. Luke picked up one of the bottles and turned it over to study the label on the back, trying to decide if there was a difference between alcohol for medicinal purposes and drinking alcohol.

"If you're going to try and get drunk, might I suggest doing it outside the cabin? Or better yet, not doing it at all?"

Luke jumped, dropping the bottle in his lap and turned to look with wide eyes at the SAS soldier who had walked in on him. Snake had a laundry basket balanced on his hip, his eyebrows raised. Luke flushed and hastily shoved the bottle back in the first aid kit.

"I – I wasn't – "he stopped to clear his throat. "I wasn't trying to get…I wasn't trying to get d-drunk. I was just looking through the first aid kit b-because I wanted to learn more about medicine. It's something that's a bit of a fascination for me and I – sorry. I'll shut up now. " Luke cursed his babbling. His mouth wouldn't stop talking whenever he got nervous and being caught with a bottle of alcohol in his hand, no matter how innocent the intention, was something that made him nervous.

Snake regarded him as he opened up the washer and dumped the basket of clothes in. He added the detergent and started the washer and placed the basket on the shelf above the appliances before he turned to look at Luke. Luke watched him warily.

"You want to be a doctor, then?" Snake asked. Luke nodded. "And I'm guessing that since you haven't exactly been following your normal course studies, you decided to go the less conventional route?"

"Why not?" Luke asked. "We're barely keeping up with our studies now. Alex is lessons behind us and we're lessons behind schedule. I'm not exactly learning anything useful here." Snake chuckled drily.

"Can't really argue with that logic." Luke shrugged, brushing his hair back out of his eyes. He really needed to cut his hair at some point.

"So," Snake said. "Would you be interested in learning how to be a doctor from say…a doctor instead of staring at a first aid kit all day?" Luke grinned excitedly.

"Yeah, I would." Snake grinned back at him.

"Excellent. We can have the lessons in my room. Eagle will be probably be popping in out, though, so just a heads up. And Wolf will glower a lot, but I imagine it'll be more comfortable than sitting on top of the dryer and that there'll be fewer distractions."

"Great," Luke said. "When do we start?"

"Well, do you having a pressing appointment in the next hour or so?" Snake asked.

"Did you just make a joke?" Luke countered.

"Well, that's my answer then. Come on. We'll start with the basics." Luke slid off the dryer and followed Snake down the hall, feeling better than he had in months.

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"Kae, you're barmy. Completely barking mad!" Jessie followed Kae through the woods as the shorter girl headed towards the spring.

"I'm not sure what you're referring to, Jess," Kae said cheerfully as she climbed over a long. Jessie followed her.

"Not sure what I'm referring to?" Jessie repeated in disbelief. "This is a horrible idea." Kae laughed.

"Why? You're telling me you don't get tired of interacting with the same people every single day?" Jessie huffed.

"That's beside the point, Kae! The point is, when we decided we weren't going to tell the soldiers there was a man running around the woods we weren't going back to look for him!"

"That was stated nowhere," Kae countered. "Besides-"

"Besides, you said he was dangerous! As in the same way as the assassin back at camp," Jessie argued.

"Yeah, I guess I did say that." Kae took a running start and jumped over a log. Jessie jumped over the log a moment later and quickly caught up with Kae who had stopped to wait for her. "So what if he decides he's had a bad day and doesn't want visitors?"

"That," Kae said. "Is why I brought a housewarming gift along." Jessie stared at her in disbelief.

"You brought a house gift? Since when do you know where he lives?" Kae shrugged. It was then Jessie noticed the package inside Kae's coat tucked under her arm.

"I don't," she replied easily. "But I figure we'll have to run into at some point." She snarled under her breath as her foot landed in a puddle of slush, completely soaking her shoe. Jessie skirted around it.

"So basically what you're saying is that your entire plan is to wander around the woods until you find some strange man that may not even be anywhere near here?" Kae stopped to consider this.

"Um…yeah, pretty much," she answered cheerfully. Jessie rubbed her temple.

"I'm going to regret this, but are you bringing him? And why?" Kae shrugged, now carefully checking the ground in front of as she walked, wanting to avoid anymore puddles.

"That football Derek sent me," Kae answered. Jessie snorted.

"You're bringing a Russian a football?"

"Yup."

"Wouldn't a hockey stick be more appropriate?"

"We don't have any of those around the cabin and besides, everyone needs to expand their horizons a little bit," Kae said grandly, throwing her arms out in a wide, encompassing gesture.

"Yeah, that's exactly what needs to happen," Jessie muttered under her breath. Raising her voice, she asked, "So, where exactly are we going?"

"The spring," Kae answered. "It's a nice place, even in all this slush. Perfect place to go if you want to get out and avoid going stir crazy. Nobody to bother you." Jessie made a mental note to check for headache medicine when they got back to the cabin. At the rate they were going, she was going to have a full-blown migraine by the time they made it home.

"So why are we going, again?" Jessie asked pointedly. "Because if we show up there, I'd say there'd be somebody there bothering him."

"Okay, first of all, his name is nowhere on the spring. He doesn't get exclusive rights to it. And secondly, if we're going be sharing a spring, we might as well make nice with the neighbors even if the others don't know it."

"I repeat, you're barking mad," Jessie told her.

"And yet here you are," Kae said smugly. "And here we are." They pushed aside a few branches, dodging the snow that fell from them to enter the clearing around the spring. Jessie had to admit, it was beautiful. Rocks created a natural barrier around it, hiding it from the rest of the world and on the far side there was a frozen waterfall. She could see why someone would want to spend a lot of time there. It was also empty.

"He's not here," Jessie observed.

"Nope," Kae agreed, brushing some snow off a rock and settling down on it. "But I don't have anything better to do today, so I figured I could wait." Jessie cleared another rock and settled down next to her.

"And if he doesn't show?" Jessie asked, settling in for what she was sure would be a long wait. Kae shrugged.

"Nothing better to do. Just come back tomorrow. And maybe think up something more appropriate to give him," Kae shrugged and pulled her knees up to her chest, settling her chin on them and settling in for the wait.

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So this chapter was more Luke-centric, but that's okay because I need more Luke.

Okay, so do you want Yassen to show or do you want to make them wait before they get to see him?

In other news: One episode of Dr. Who = hooked. Absolutely love it favorite line: "Don't talk to me about constitutional rights! This is an invasion, plain and simple!"

Also, to Moe, I haven't seen it yet :( Message me and tell what it's about :)

Have a Merry Christmas!