Chronicles of Admiral Demon
Chapter 19: Don't look back...
Admiral Demon's fleet began to follow Nod's expedition fleet out of Lotus islands view. Nod was generous enough to resupply the supplies of Demon's fleet. Civilian ships which was trapped in the clutches of the Lotus Docks began to depart as well. To Demon's surprise as soon as the ships got a good distance from Lotus Island, A Nod Submarine fired off a missile straight in to the sky hitting Lotus Island causing a Massive Green Mushroom cloud, Nod's combination with nuclear weaponry and Tiberium.
Ha! Have fun cleaning that off your Island!
The Admiral and his crew share merry cheers, and high fives all around, Nick sips his flask shuddering at the thought of dancing...he smiles, like the rest of the crew, glad to be away from that corrupting death trap.
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Nick's flash back…
as a young lad in the heart land, during the cold winters, I'd sit inside with my mother and father, by the fire place sipping warm tea or hot coco... my mother and father were expecting my uncle aunt to show up so we could start dinner...my home was simple and quiet, we lived far enough from other people for it to be quiet, but not far enough to be classified as "hermits"...I was happy, I was content and...I was young, then...came the knocking..
Nick Shake's his head sipping his... well chugging his flask down to remove the memory.. a special mix of whiskey and whiskey scientifically proven to take him out of it.
Well this was a Fucked up shore leave, I can see it in the crew's eyes... They're experiences after the Lotus's effect. There is no telling if the Hallucinogenic after effect will persist...
Demon looks over the railing, the green smoke rising in the sky, the fleet was fine at this distance. Some of the crew members were concerned working with Nod... even if the end justified the means. Nod was called a terrorist nation and with good reasons, they're action against some of their rivals, questions their resolve.
Demon was fixing his Red and Black camo fatigues.
"Not really... inform the ground team to meet me up in the Admirals Cabin, we need to discuss some things... but first I need to cut my hair back to my crew cut, this (pulling strands of his hair. ) Is not my Fucking Style..."
Demon moved up to see Ali for a haircut.
Well Mikoto approached me asking me what she was doing on the island while she was still under the Lotus's control... I told her that I tell her later... Boy am I waiting for that explanation...
Nick went and assembled the ground team as instructed, meeting demon in his quarters after they all groomed and cleaned ourselves. The ground crew sat at Admirals table, his room barely lit... there was no grand feast to consume.
"Everyone take your seats..."
The team all sit down at the admirals table, wondering if something is wrong with the fleet that they do not know of...yet.
Demon poured himself Vodka in a crystallized glass. Drinking it in one gulp he put the glass on the red wood table.
"I'm not going to lie... The Fleet's morale is absolute shit... I'm not casting any blames on this Nightmare... Kasumi... but the problem is right here... I was hoping Shore leave would heighten the mood of everyone, but this place was a meat grinder... We're going to have to start hitting trader ships again for loot and supplies... I'm ordering triple pay for the next few weeks, gutting our funds for future repairs, and rearmament... Meaning we have to hit more targets that we have been hitting the past year... "
Nick stands up and throws his two cents in "But admiral, we need new arms and more ammunition, we are scraping the bottom of the barrel as is!"
"We all have to pitch in, or we have to start raiding Mercenary Islands... Right now Money is the only thing keeping this fleet together, if I have to compensate the fleet for that fuck up, then so be it... But we need to start earning more..."
Demon says looking at Nick's direction
Nick sighs "then so be it...we raid mercenary islands, settle down in the tropics after raiding said base, and have shore leave there! Win win! more money, guns, ammo, and we make it up to the crew!"
James smacks the table with his palm in agreeing manner.
"Hell Yeah, I'm aboard for that plan!"
Fenris was busy looking at the list of supplies, with Ali.
"We could allow, Alcohol consumption on Duty to ease moral..."
"You're damn right!" Nick and James agree in unison...
Demon quickly wanted to shoot that idea down.
"No We can't have people drunk on the job, if we're ever attacked we could be dead because half of the residence on our fleet are intoxicated. "
Nick and James both sit back sighing, James crosses his arms and admits "yeah...guess your right Admiral." Nick shakes his head "can't win on this ship...anyways, I am still for invading a tropic Merc base, soft white sand, palm trees, money , booze and dead Mercs, what's better then that?"
Demon Poured another glass of his intoxicating beverage, in his cup.
"Well for starters finding a isolated front... meaning they're not allied with any one..."
Nick nods I say we send out recon teams on rescue craft...and stake out watching a few Merc bases for a day or two...then if we decide they aren't aligned with any big boys...we move in"
Demon pulled up the sea charts looking at the outlying islands, seeing which one to hit.
"A good plan, but our fleet's order may not hold out that long... which is why we need to find an Island with a variety of loot."
Nick and James nod at one another then look at Demon and say in unison "Merchant's" Nick elaborates by saying "we follow a merchant ship in these waters...and I'm sure there are dozens of them, follow em to a merc base, and attack them when they get their fresh supplies."
"Well what if they don't trade with Merchants, and they rely on raiding?" Demon questioned Nick's decision.
"We could be flogging down ghost ships." Demon added.
"Then we still follow the merchants ship, when they raid the merchant ship, they have to head home, right?" Nick replied.
Demon put his liquor back in the cabinet, shortly after her approached his small window overlooking the Ocean, seeing the Sun setting.
"Alright... Spread the Word tonight we celebrate on the Ravager... that should boost the morale if only a little, while preparing us for the mission tomorrow. "
The entire landing team stands in unison and nods, leaving in a orderly fashion all except: Tali, Mikoto, Ali, and Lingqi. The Awkward silence left Demon to move his eyes to scan the girls expression, though he was unable to get a read on them he sat there in his chair quietly. The silence was broken, when Tali made a throat clearing noise gaining everyone's attention.
"Ahem... so Admiral would you like to start on explaining on what that was or *is* going on between you and Lingqi?"
Demon could only slump down in his chair, remembering doing that in front of everyone was probably a bad idea, but in the end it brought Lingqi back into reality.
"So yeah... remember back on the tropic Isles?"
The mere mention of the memory brought a flushed look to Lingqi's face, placing the palm of her hands under her jaw. Tali's eyes widened pointing her right index finger accusingly at both Demon and Lingqi.
"I KNEW IT! KEELAH I KNEW IT! YOU WERE NEVER SPARRING IN THAT CAVE, YOU WERE FUCKING EACHOTHERS BRAINS OUT!" Tali cried out.
Demon rubbed the back of his neck trying to think of a way to recover from the mention of that day.
"Well it started out as sparring, though a slip of our weapons caused that event... "
Mikoto just laid her head down on the table, waiting for Tali to calm down, while Ali sat in her chair indifferent to the whole situation. Tali took a long inhale from her nose trying to calm down.
"Demon, could you leave for a few minutes we're going to set some things straight with Lingqi... "
Demon cautiously got up, leaving the room knowing he did not want to get mixed up in a cat fight... unless the situation demanded for him to be physically involved.
As Demon left the room leaning up against the wall listening in to the conversation, between the four.
"So... what are these 'Things' you need to set straight with me?"
Tali folded her arms while sitting in her chair, lifting a leg over the other one, as she leaned in to the back of the chair.
"Mikoto, Ali and I are deciding whether to let you this close to Demon, or to plainly tell you to back off... Mikoto and I were supposed to muscle anyone who even tried to get this close to Demon... "
Lingqi's eyes shifted towards Ali who was reading some sort of book in her chair.
"So why did you let her in?"
Mikoto's eyes began to stutter a bit while, Tali was acting all nervous before Ali spoke up.
"Because I could poison their meal when they'd least expect it..."
"Yeah there's that..." Tali said awkwardly.
Lingqi narrowed her eyes on both Tali and Mikoto, who just sat there observing her like she was on trial.
"So you're looking to fight me or something? (Cracks knuckles) Because I can guarantee you that I don't hold back my punches..."
Tali just leaned her elbows on the table resting her jaw on her palms.
"Lets keep this civil... Now if we let you in, we could assure that no other competitors come in trying to steal our Admiral's heart... But then again you pose as a threat of doing the same thing to us, going after Demon."
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Location:?/Hydra Stronghold
A room filled with Fifteen chairs in placed in a circular formation, some of the marble chairs are vacant due to campaigns and operations being launched by said leaders.
The Illusive Man sat in his chair, watching his pocket watch waiting for the correct time to be established. On time, a messenger walked in handing The Illusive Man a Black file with a red Hydra stamp.
The Illusive Man opens up the file reading through the information that just hit Hydra Intelligence affairs.
"So it seems the Brother Hood of Nod has just hit Lotus Island with a Liquefied Tiberium Nuclear Weapon... Apparently Lotus Island was selling it's visitors to the Collectors..."
The Hooded Man, shifted in his chair before speaking before the Illusive Man.
"Perhaps Nod has done us a favor for destroying the Island."
The Masked Man sat in his chair reading unknown scriptures, seeing that this topic was uninteresting.
"I doubt Nod went to Lotus Island, from the goodness of their hearts... they must've had an ulterior motive for being there... either the Collectors had something that Nod was desperate enough to engage with a Multi Million resort, or … never mind... " Spoke The Masked Man.
The Illusive Man began to turn the pages on the report, seeing any new announcements Nod as cared to establish... though it seemed that Kane was quiet on the whole attack.
"Gentlemen because of Nod's quick reaction, we'll have to step up our operations as well... Menendez, how are our operations in the regions below the Southern Alliance?"
Raul Menedez A lieutenant leader under the big three, read through his reports.
"As well that can be expected, the Southern Alliance Government has been cracking down on any Hydra vessel that comes in to one of their ports... Though it is a minor inconvenience my lieutenants will have to step up their product on the Heartland waters, ever since Hydra has their King in its pockets. "
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Location: Ravager/Admiral's Cabin.
"So how do you three decide on sharing the Admiral?" Lingqi asked.
Tali starts off with a shrug before speaking what she needed to say.
"It varies, sometimes we take turns... others its mission achievements, or Demon just takes the blunt way and asking personally if one of us wants to spend the day with him.. then... our new favorite Lottery night... something Demon has no knowledge of..."
Lingqi, had a bizare look on her face from hearing that from Tali.
"I'm sorry Lottery night?"
"Yeah you know when you put all those white little balls in a cage, and spin that handle letting a number fall out? Yeah we put in the equal number of balls with one of our symbols on it and let fate decide who gets Demon, fair and balanced... that and it keeps order and keeping us from killing each other... We even have a separate cage for the amount of days... So you have to have a symbol on your ball so you can participate in the game." Ali chipped in.
"Right... So how's that worked out so far?" Lingqi wondered.
"Pretty well actually, it's placed a bridge over the gap of trust between us. (Though I bet everyone is secretly competing how to end up being the only one to be with Demon... 'Ali'). "
An hour would pass discussing the terms of Lingqi's invitation in to the group. Lingqi and Tali left the Admirals room to set up Lingqi's symbol on the Lottery balls. Leaving Mikoto and Ali in the room, which Demon entered on Mikoto's request.
"So I promised that I tell you of what occurred on Lotus Island while you were out of it didn't I... and Why you were Naked Ali?"
Both Ali and Mikoto looked at each other then back at Demon Nodding their heads in Unison.
"Okay so when I found you Mikoto... "
Demon spent two minutes explaining the whole situation of what occurred between the three when both Mikoto and Ali interrupted him in mid sentence.
"WHAT?!"
Mikoto and Ali shakenly pointed at each other, with a look of disbelief and shock.
"I had sex with you!? " Ali Shouted.
"You Kissed ME!" Mikoto shouted back.
Both Ali and Mikoto screamed from the top of their lungs, leaving Demon to cover his ears. Demon saw Mikoto head towards the bathroom, leaving Ali to walk towards the Admirals kitchen, with her eyes twitching.
Demon got up to follow Mikoto leaning his ear towards the bathroom door, he heard water running from the shower. Demon walked in seeing Mikoto sitting in the tub as the water rained down on her leaving her to scrub her body with a wash cloth, still freaking about what she heard from Demon.
"I can't believe I did that... apparently to you I was enjoying it to!"
Demon leaned over to Mikoto washing every where, but was stopped when Demon put a hand on his the was cloth on her stomach.
"Mikoto it's alright that wasn't you... not really, may have been your body... but your mind wasn't in the right place."
Mikoto splashed some of the soapy water on Demon's face, catching him off guard.
"Says you, you were there enjoying the whole thing! Why didn't you try to stop us?!"
Demon wiped the soap off his face with Mikoto's wash cloth, before giving her a semi serious look.
"I tried you girls weren't giving me much choice on the matter... my mind was still recovering from the shock... so yeah sorry."
Mikoto understood what Demon was trying to say, she grabbed his hand holding the wash cloth pulling it to her shoulders.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't of yelled at you like that... You got us out of there, and now I'm just mad because I let my guard down...Just the thought of that kind of person was in me..."
The thought sent shivers to Mikoto's mind, however her thoughts were disrupted as the was cloth traveled from around her shoulders to her back touching the top of her rear end. Mikoto held the cloth in place giving the Admiral a flustered look.
"Demon... really now?"
Demon biotically shut the bathroom door, before he looked back at Mikoto. Mikoto let go of Demon's hand, grabbing his face forcing his lips upon hers. Demon moved his hand that was on her ass, sliding it up on her back. Demon leaned down nearly falling in the water with Mikoto. Demon was about to discard his clothing right by Mikoto's, Demon felt Mikoto's hand pulling her face away from his, leaving her to lean in closer by Demon's ears.
"Just give me a few minutes, I'll be done bathing... "
Hey...
"Why can't I take a bath with you?"
TWENTY SECONDS LATER...
Demon was leaning against the wall in the tub, leaving Mikoto to sit on his lap with his arms wrapped around her waist. The two sat their in the tub with hot water listening to the waves outside their ship.
"This is actually nice... usually I take showers, but there is a certain calmness of a bath."
"Mmhm" Mikoto said in agreeable tone.
Mikoto turned her body around taking the wash cloth, rubbing against Demon's chest, leaving him to let his hands wonder over her back end. The Calmness of the evening let the two forget all their troubles before them.
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Well there you go another Chapter here!
Codex:
Hydra the Big Three: The big three or also known as the three aces. The Illusive Man, The Masked Man, and The Hooded Man command the Entire Hydra Organization if anything gets passed through Hydra command, it must be approved by two out of three of its head members before going in to plan.
The Southern Alliance: Below the Heartland Empire, lies a Constitutional Republic that was once a colony to the Heartland Empire. Due to separation and a bloody conflict, the Southern Alliance gained it's independence when it separated from the Monarch. Conflicts leading up to the After War, the Southern Alliance has been the Heartland's Empire most trusted Ally in it's conflicts, up until the previous King of the Heartland Empire died.