Hey everyone, it's been a while! :) A little over two weeks actually haha. Sorry for the long wait, but I did warn you guys that school was starting back up and boy am I going to be a busy bee this semester. 20 credits...special projects galore...papers after papers...barn chores up the wazoo...I have absolutely no free time anymore. :(
Anyway, I know this chapter is kinda short, but I wanted to give you guys at least something to chew on for a while. So, Tala almost loses a head, we find out that someone we already know is helping Rose along with her marital arts, we find out what Tyson, Max and Hilary have been up to, and Tyler meets an unexpected person out on the battlefield.
I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 13
"Again." Tala said.
Owen groaned. "Do we really have to do this?"
"Come on Owen!" Lillian shouted. "Stop being a chicken!" Owen rolled his eyes.
"Oh shut up Lil." He glared. Tala grinned at the sibling rivalry.
"Lillian, wanna try?" He asked. Lillian's teasing look evaporated and her eyes widened in shock.
"Umm, no thanks."
Owen grinned. "So now who's the chicken?" Lillian's eyes hardened.
"Fine. I'll try it out." Lillian said. She pulled off her jacket and took off her jewelry, handing it to Mariah, who had a sly smirk on her face.
"Alright, kick my arm." Tala said. He held out his forearm, fist up.
Lillian looked at it warily. Since his forearm was up by his face, it was about 6 feet off the ground. "You sure you can't lower that a little bit?"
Tala smirked. "You're what? 5'6"?" He said, looking at her. "Meg's only 5'3" and she can reach 7 feet easy."
Lillian glanced over at Megan. "Really?"
Megan grinned. "You doubt me? Alright, look sharp Tala!" She called. Megan took off like a bullet and ran straight for Tala. Tala held up his arms as Megan leapt up into the air, spinning and landing a blow on Tala's raised arms that were above his head. Tala grunted under the blow. Obviously Megan was taking out some of her pent up anger on Tala.
"Geesh Meg." Tala groaned as he finally pushed her off. Megan flipped in the air and landed lightly on her feet a couple of feet away from Tala. "Thanks! You almost broke my arms!" Tala complained, shaking his arms, then massaging them.
Megan rolled her eyes standing up next to Lillian. "Oh man up Tala. So Lillian," She said, turning to look at her. "How flexible are you?"
"I've done years of gymnastics, so very." Lillian replied.
"So you're comfortable spinning in the air?" Megan asked.
"Sure, I guess..." Lillian said.
Megan smiled. "Don't worry about it. As a Java, you're faster and stronger then him. You only have to harness that power." Megan explained.
"But that's easier said then done. I've never fought before. I don't do martial arts. Thats Rose's thing."
"Trust me, you'll be fine. Just start off with standing in front of him and lifting your leg to reach his arm. Then each time you do that, put more power into your leg. Start off with that." Megan suggested. Lillian sighed.
"Fine." She said and she walked towards Tala and started practicing with him.
"Can you help me out Megan?" Rose asked, coming to her side.
Megan smiled. "Of course Rose." They walked to the opposite side of the gym so that they would have more room and Mathilda followed them. "So you do martial arts?"
"Well not technically, you know since that rule against Java's fighting is still in effect. But a family friend in ESWAT has been helping me out." Rose said.
"Who's that?" Mathilda asked.
"Master Sergeant Robert Jurgen."
"Robert? We know him." Megan nodded. "He's on the same squad as Kai and Ray's sister as well as Kai and Tala's old friend."
"Really? Small world." Rose smiled. "He's been showing me some small things here and there."
"Well, lets see what you got then." Megan smiled.
Rose and Megan faced each other and Rose went in first. Megan saw it coming and block the punch aim for her face. She push Rose's hand off to the side, opening up Rose for a hit to her own face. Rose reacted and block Megan's punch, but just so. Her hand trembled under the weight of Megan's fist and she just barely pushed Megan's hand aside. Megan backflipped, aiming to grace Rose's stomach with her foot, which she did. The impact sent Rose stumbling a few feet back. But she checked her stomach and it didn't really hurt all that much.
"See? You're tougher then you think." Megan said.
"Wow, what's going on here Meg?" Ray asked, walking in, Hank following him.
"Just seeing how tough Rose is." Megan smirked. "Robert has been teaching her some stuff and I'd say that he's been doing a good job of it."
"Cool." Ray smiled.
"Wow Rosie." Hank grinned. "Nicely done."
"Come on Hank, lets see what the doctor's got." Rose smirked. Hank rolled his eyes, knowing that his sister would not give this up.
"Fine Rose, lets go." Hank handed Ray his jacket and walked over to his sister.
Hank groaned as he fell to the floor once again. "Ok, I'm done Rose."
Rose grinned as she took her foot off of his chest. She was panting slightly, but not too bad. She reached down and Hank grabbed her offered hand as she pulled him up. "How was that Megan?" Rose asked, looking over at the Marine. Once Rose and Hank started fighting, everyone had stopped to watch and the Marines had been giving them tips.
Megan nodded. "Good. Robert has done a great job. We'll make a soldier out of you yet."
Rose smiled. "Sounds good to me."
"Yea, I think I'll aim for the Medical Corps." Hank groaned, massaging his neck.
Ray smirked. "Sounds like a plan. I could barely keep up today in that one class of yours, what was it again..."
"Developmental Biology: Molecular Mechanisms of Vertebrate Development." Hank said.
"Umm, yea." Ray chuckled. "That."
"My mind was just blown to bits." Tala chuckled.
"Yea, we're just lucky that he doesn't go on and on the way Owen does." Lillian smirked.
"Oi! At least my skill is useful! How does knowing multiple languages help you?" Owen bit back.
"Je peux malédiction vous dans quartorze langues différentes, et que vous n'aurez jamais savoir!" Lillian smirked and Mathilda giggled.
"Wh-What?" Owen asked.
"Exactly my point." Lillian smiled.
"What did she say?" Owen asked, turning to Mathilda as she was the one who reacted.
"She said, 'I can curse you out in 14 different languages and you'll never know.' In French." Mathilda laughed.
"14?" Megan whistled. "Wow." Then she thought. "هل تتحدث العربية?"
Lillian smiled. "طبعا, بالتأكيد, من غير ريب, قطعا"
Megan smiled. "Now that's cool."
"Did you just speak Arabic?" Mariah asked.
Lillian nodded. "Yup. And I can also speak German, Irish, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Chinese and Japanese."
"Too cool." Tala smiled at the mention of Russian. "Как уже давно не вы изучают русский?"
"Когда я был 6 я научился говорить русский." Lillian replied.
"Six years old you learned?" Tala whistled. "Nice."
"Alright everyone, sorry to be the joy kill, but it's already 2, we should start getting dinner ready." Annie said.
"Good, cause I'm hungry over here." Owen nodded. Rose rolled her eyes as she got her younger brother in a headlock. "Oi! Rose let go!" He chuckled, trying to get out of her hold. Rose shrugged and was half dragging him towards the kitchen.
Megan giggled and her eyes locked on Tala's. He smirked. "Reminds me of you and I."
Megan rolled her eyes. "Yea think?" Tala laughed.
"Oh yea, Rose definitely has your kind of attitude."
Megan glared. "And what kind of attitude is that?" She asked dangerously. Of course Tala didn't notice.
"The kind that hot chicks who can kick ass get." Tala smirked. Suddenly he was down on the ground, a foot on his throat.
"I would stop talking if I were you." Megan warned.
"Ok Killer, off." Kai said, grabbing her arm and pulling her towards the kitchen as Ray pulled Tala to his feet.
"You're an idiot, you know that, right?" Ray asked Tala.
Tala rolled his eyes. "She's the one who attacks me."
"Yea, cause you push her buttons. Her sensitive buttons." Ray reminded him. "You know what she went through back in her childhood."
Tala's eyes widened. "Oh shit. I did say that, didn't I?"
Ray's eyes narrowed. "Yea, you did."
Tyson sighed.
"Stop sighing!" Hilary snapped.
"Relax Hil." Max said calmly. Hilary turned on Max, fire in her eyes. "Calm down."
Hilary sighed. "Sorry. You're right."
"It's been boring around here." Tyson grumbled. "Kai and his squad are off on protection detail, Spencer and his squad are doing random missions, covering for the teams that have been sent to Earth, Kenny and Lee are busy building mobile suits and Em, Marium and Bryan are running around gathering intel."
"That's cause they have lives Ty." Hilary rolled her eyes. "And speaking of lives, I should get to work. My shift starts at 1."
"Yea, go to your nurse job." Tyson waves off.
"Say hi to Mrs Saji for me." Max smiled.
Hilary nodded. "Remember Chase, Alexi and Michael are coming over for dinner as well as Chase's girlfriend Madison. I should be back by 7 though. I have a short shift today." Hilary reminded them.
"Ah, great." Tyson groaned, burying his face deeper into the pillows on the couch.
Hilary shot him a death glare, but of course he didn't see it. "Make sure you make it to work Ty. Max has the day off so that he can do some errands, but you don't have that luxury."
Tyson waved her off. "Yea, yea mother. I'll go to the lab today, relax."
"You best. Have fun boys." Hilary smiled and she walked out.
"Alright, I guess I'll head to the lab." Tyson sighed. "Have fun cooking Maxie!" He smiled.
Max rolled his eyes as Tyson hopped up and basically ran out.
Tyler pulled out his knife as he crept along the wall of an abandoned building. His squad was currently in the middle of a big battle in the southern part of Rome.
He strained his ears and eyes to search for any enemies hidden in the rumble. Suddenly, his ears heard a movement right around the corner. He crept up slowly, making almost no noise. He held out his knife in front of his body, ready for whatever happened.
He rounded the corner and tackled whoever was there down to the ground.
Tyler smacked his hand down on her mouth to silence her before she even realized what happened. The women struggled fiercely as she looked into Tyler's strange colored eyes. It was then that Tyler realized she wasn't a normal soldier. She had on a Medical Corp uniform.
Medical Corp uniforms were a bright white that would stand out on the battlefield. It was a unanimous agreement that no harm would come to either the Union or the Resentment's Medical Corp, but lately the Resentment hadn't been keeping to that agreement. Although both sides had a bright white uniform it was the stitching that told soldiers the difference between their own doctors, and the enemies. Bright green was the Union and bright red was the Resentment.
This doctor had bright green stitching which meant that she wasn't on Tyler's side. But that also didn't mean that he could kill her either, although she was fighting him pretty hard. Usually Medical Corp Soldiers weren't fiercely trained to become very tough soldiers, but since the fighting had gotten worse, Medical Corp Soldiers had to be trained just as hard as the regular soldier, plus they had to be up to date in the medical field.
"Relax, I won't harm you." Tyler said softly. The women's eyes widened at his tone of voice. Tyler realized that she must have thought of him as one of the more brutal and blood-thirsty Resentment soldiers, who wouldn't care that she was a doctor. "I'm going to remove my hand, ok? Please don't scream." The women looked at him warily for a moment, then ceased her fighting and nodded. Tyler slowly removed his hand and got off of her as she sat up.
Tyler took a moment to size her up. She was older, like in her 50's, but she obviously still had a lot of fight left in her. She had bright red hair in a low bun under her hat, and clear ocean blue eyes. "Who are you?" Tyler asked, noticing that the level of fighting had gone down around them.
The women glared at him, but then seemed to think about how he spared her life. "Major Alena Valkov of the Union's Medical Corps." She answered.
Tyler nodded. "2nd Lieutenant Tyler Hathaway of the Resentment's Marine Corps."
"Nice to meet you I guess." Alena said, her eyes narrow. "How old are you by the way?"
"25." Tyler said. Alena mussed on that.
"So the Resentment is desperate for soldiers as well. You're so young, yet you hold the rank of 2nd Lieutenant." Alena replied.
"So is the Union." Tyler countered.
"I'll give you that." Alena nodded. Then she looked up and around, listening. "The battle is over."
"I don't know if that's a good thing or not." Tyler said, on high alert. The end of a battle met one of three things. One; no one survived and they were all alone, two; the other side won and he would probably die soon as they came searching for Alena, and three; his side won and when they come find him, his squad would probably kill Alena. None of the three options seemed pleasant.
Alena was right on his train of thought. "We need to split up. Now."
Tyler nodded. "I agree." He leaned over, offering her his hand and she took it, allowing him to help her up on her feet.
"Well I guess it was nice to meet you." Alena smirked.
Tyler chuckled. "Sure, I just hope for your sake that my side didn't win, cause my squad is not a polite as I am."
"Thanks for the warning, I'll see you around...maybe." Alena winked and she took off.
Tyler chuckled and took off, hoping that he could escape this world.
So? Good? I think so, probably could be a lot better, but I was in a little bit of a rush.
Anyway, love your reviews! As always I'd like to thank AquilaTempestas and taitaliney-2049 for your review and then my newest reviewer, IcePrincessMoonFaerie, thanks for your kind words :)
It'll be a while till I can update again, but hopefully it won't be another 2 weeks, only one more week. Oh and if anyone is a huge NCIS fan, like myself, the 200th episode is on Tuesday and I can't wait! :D