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Chapter 21

I looked around the corner towards the shooting range building. Catching a soldier coming up, I pressed myself against the wall. His footsteps got closer but then disappeared. He must have headed into one of the buildings. Looking around again, I rushed over to the doors and pushed them open.

The dim glow of the lights gave the room an eerie glow but I didn't expect much from Lal. If she wants to scare the shit out of people by just the feeling of the room she had my blessing. Closing the door behind me silently I tried to hear if anyone was around. Taking a few steps forwards I heard cursing.

Walking towards the voice I saw a small desk lamp was on with ammunition underneath the light. Looking towards the targets I saw bullet holes slowly filling the sheet. Well he wasn't too bad. "You need to relax more."

At the sound of my voice the bullets stopped and a head popped out from behind dividers. A smile graced his lip while a hand ran through his hair. "Ah bambina what are you going here, kora?" He asked. Raising an eyebrow I walked over to him and snatched the gun he had in his hands.

"You should be wearing earmuffs, Colonnello." I said pulling the empty magazine out. He was going to lose his hearing if he didn't put those damn things on. The blonde just shrugged wrapping an arm around my shoulders. "So you didn't answer my question, kora."

"I was just walking around." I lied grabbing another magazine, except this one was loaded, and clicking it into place. "Now since I'm bored and you can't aim correctly, I'm going to help you." I said grabbed his hand from my shoulder and putting the gun in it. "You obviously have no feelings towards a handgun Colonnello but its mandatory that you learn how to be a decent shot with it."

"I'm more into heavy artillery, kora." He stated frowning a bit. It seems Lal has gotten a hold of him. Damn her and her love for such large ass guns. I took his other hand and wrapped it around the bottom of the gun, "Now aim". And of course without my permission took a shot.

He was a couple inches from the middle but I hadn't expected him to make the perfect shot. "That was better than the last one, kora." He praised himself.

"That was terrible." I stated. He was out of his mind if he thought he could handle bigger guns. "You're too tense Colonnello. You're waiting for the recoil to come before you even pull the trigger. Take a deep breath and relax your shoulders."

He raised the gun up again this time taking a deep breath. I watched his body carefully and even though he tried he was still uptight. His arms were locked perfectly straight and his legs were side by side with about two feet of distance between them. I completely ignored the sound of the bullets flying from the barrel and the urge to turn around to see how he had done. "Colonnello I told you to take a breath. That didn't mean to stop breathing all together."

"It's much harder than it looks bambina, kora." He complained setting the gun down.

"What? You didn't think it'd be easy did you?" I asked looking him straight in the eye. His blue eyes met my green before turning away. His arms were crossed over his chest and a small pout came to his lips.

"It's not easy when your stranding there watching me, kora." He whispered but it was loud enough for me to hear.

"You're an idiot I swear. What do you have to be nervous about?" I asked slapping him in the arm. He didn't bother to turn to look at me. Taking the gun from his hand again I tossed it onto the table with the desk light on it. "Maybe you should start with imagining yourself hitting the middle."

"How did you learn, kora?" Colonnello asked. Almost instantly I could feel all the blood rush to my face. Shit! I can't think of any other story to tell him than the actual one. Looking away I coughed trying to relive some of the tense that was starting to build. "Aw~ are you embarrassed, kora?"

"Shut up!" I shouted at him.

He just laughed and kissed my temple. "Come on it can't be too bad, kora."

"I learned how to shoot from my father but naturally my father was a fan of rifles, so when I first got to boot camp that's all I knew how to shoot. Because of that my commanding officer at the time decided that he would teach me personally. Seeing as everyone took to the handgun with such ease." I said pushing some of my bangs out of my face.

"He seemed like a nice guy, kora."

"Oh he was. Tan skin, chocolate brown eyes with dark brown hair to frame it. He was every woman's dream. I usually wouldn't have accepted his offer but I knew he would have to talk to me the whole time and he had the most amazing accent. I couldn't turn him down." I put my hand to my lips to cover my smile.

"I think I regret asking now, kora. I'm starting to hate him." Colonnello said running a hand through his own hair out of frustration.

"It doesn't matter he was married and I have a rule about touching what's already taken..." I said looking at him. "...he knew everyone liked it when he talked because he was from Spain and he used it to his advantage. When I would aim he start talking to me just to distract me. It worked and I would get pissed. I knew he meant well but it was a dirty trick. After awhile without any progress he told me how he learned and it worked." I said ending my story there.

"You can't just leave me hanging, kora!"

Unclipped the gun on my hip I put it in his hand. "Colonnello what language would you like me to speak? " I asked fixing his hands to hold the weapon better.

"You can always speak Italian, kora. That'd be pretty hot." He said not thinking much about it. Rolling my eyes I took a step back as he took aim.

"Hai fatto sesso correto?" (You've had sex correct?) I asked knowing the answer anyway.

He put the gun down and ran a hand over his face. "I can't concentrate when you speak in that language, kora." He said.

"Questo e il punto. Ora rispondi alla domanda." (That's the point. Now answer the question.)

"Si" He sighed and took aim again.

"Ora tenerela pistolacome se fosseuna donna." (Now hold that gun as if it was a woman.)

"Aldina you've got to be kidding me, kora." He complained.

I held my hands up in defense. "That's how I was taught. Of course he told me to hold it like I was holding hands with a guy but it still works the same. Colonnello you are suppose to take care of that gun. Keep it close to your heart. Don't you do the same with a woman?" I asked switching languages.

"I guess kora. But I don't see-"

"ALDINA!" Clicking my tongue I turned towards the door to see Luke with his hands on his hips. Well he looked mad. "You are thirty minutes late for your appointment. Geo is going to have your head."

Taking my gun back from Colonnello I put it back in the holster and clipped it. "Keep working on it Colonnello." I said leaving him.

"Good Morning" Rohas said as Colonnello sat in front of him.

"Good Morning, kora." He greeted back shoving a bagel into his mouth.

"Oh um Luke wanted me to tell you that Aldina will be gone for about two days. So there isn't any point in grabbing her a coffee."

"Is everything alright, kora. She was fine yesterday." He asked.

Rohas just waved him off. "It happens all the time after she's done with a psychiatrist. She needs time to recuperate."

"Okay, kora."