Chapter 21

Coco turned to see her friends coming into the room. "Where am I?" Coco said holding her head trying to sit up. "Well glad to see your up miss Adel." Said the nurse as she walked in. "Yes, what's going on, where am I?" Charlotte put her hand on her friend's shoulder. "Coco you are in the infirmary. You have been here for three days, both of us have." Charlotte finished showing her the wound she received along her torso. Coco looked at her stomach, and saw the same wounds. "Where's Vex?" She said as she leaned upward a bit more, "Is he here?"

The teams all looked away trying to find the right words to say. Charlotte knew that she had to tell her friend what happened. "Coco, Vex never made it back." She said choking on the words herself. "What?" Coco said taking time to understand what Charlotte had told her. "Miss Raven, miss Adel." A stern voice came through the door. Everyone turned to see general Ironwood standing before them. "I have the answers you are looking for." The general said carrying a briefcase in his hand. "But what I have to say is only for you two, no one else. Everyone else out." He ordered the teams and the nurse. All left leaving the three.

"There is no easy way to say this but we believe Vex was killed trying to save you two." The two girls looked at Ironwood and didn't say a word. A few minutes went by before Charlotte began to speak. "What proof do you have Ironwood, sorry but I know you have a tendency to not tell the whole truth." Ironwood open the briefcase and held out two combat sticks which had dog tags dangling from them. Then pulled out a pair of goggles, damage and battle worn. "What more proof do you need?" Ironwood said closing the briefcase leaving the items on the bed in front of the girls who just held them. Coco looked at the goggles, she held them in her hands. She thought of everything the two of them had done, the moments they shared, the warmth he gave her when she was cold at night. Charlotte looked at the combat sticks, she also began to think of the only boy she ever truly loved, the only one who looked past her being a faunus, and promised to be there for her. The both of them looked at the items, held them and began to cry.

"Girls I know you are hurting, but how would you like to get the man who killed your friend?" The two girls looked at Ironwood, he continued and handed them a picture, "I believe you know the man in this picture, right Charlotte?" The girls looked at the picture, in it was Vic, next to him was a couple. " The people in this picture is Vic, he is the new leader of a fraction called Shepard a mixture of faunus and humans. He was an agent just like you Charlotte but its seems he has gone Rogue." He started to explain to the girls. "The couple in the back is his bodyguard and a general. The call her the 'colored devil', the bodyguard is called 'the Jackel', the mission I have for you two, if want to take it is to bring Vic in and end this conflict before he leads . Also revenge for the death of Vex, if you want to go after 'the Jackel', the intelligence we were able to gather was that he was the one who killed Vex."

The girls sat there taking all the information in. "Let me know if you want to go on this mission since you two are the team leaders. " Ironwood headed to the door. "I will be back tomorrow." With that he shut the door and walked toward his officer, "The meeting go well sir?" The officer asked as he opened the car door for Ironwood. "Yes more or less." Ironwood said with a grin. "If the girls make it their mission to avenge their lover they won't stop till they get him." Ironwood pulled another picture out. "And if the girls do kill Vex they tie up a loose end for me." He said with a chuckle. "Anderson, you should pay attention, these methods may further your career."

Across the way…

As the sun began to set over the ruins of another taken base, Vex sat there looking over what he had done. As he removed his helmet he felt two hands come over his chest plate. "And to what do I owe the pleasure?" He said looking up into the colored eyes of his leader. She looked down at him with a grin she kissed his forehead. "Neo, I told you I do not want to be in something like this right now." Vex said holding the girl's hands. "Everyone I seem to get close to die around me. People that I love and cherish. I can't lose someone else. Am sorry." With that Vex put back on his helmet got up and went to check his troops. Neo watched as he aided the wounded, help carry those who couldn't walk, and even gave so of his water to those who needed it. She watched this and folded her hands, she wanted to be more than his commanding officer, she wanted to be his. She felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned and saw Vic standing by her side. "He's a great one isn't he?" He started. "They say a great man are created by the situation they come from. He has made himself hard, he feels as if the further he is away from anyone the better he will be." Neo looked and shook her head. "Well there is only one thing you can do which could make or break the relationship you are trying to build." Vic leaned to tell Neo what she should do. Once he was down he left Neo wide eyed thinking of what she was just told. "You will have two hours that should be plenty of time." Vic said as he headed back to the command post.

Vex headed to a secluded area of the base under Shepherd control. As he made his way to one of the barracks his radio went off, "Vex you there?" Vex answered. "Yes Vic, what do you need?"

"What's your current location?"

"Southside, commander barracks."

"Alright just making sure, have a good night Vex."

"You to sir." Vex said as he got off the radio. As he entered the room he set his stuff on the bed, his uniform, helmet, armor, and his weapons. He headed to the shower and began to wash up. 'Thank god we didn't destroy the generators or water systems.' He thought to himself. As he continued with his shower he felt to hands around him. He turned startled seeing before him a very beautiful 'colored devil' wearing nothing but her own natural beauty. Neo just smiled putting one finger on her lips. "Neo, what are you doing?" Vex asked puzzled trying to stay in control of himself in this situation. She put both of her hands on his face sliding them to the back of his head pulling him to her. Vex knew he should pull away, he should walk out or kick her out. However, he was alone, his heart ached and Neo was trying to be that aid he needed. She smiled and looked up into his eyes. "I guess I'm in for a treat." Vex said with a smile as they shared one more kiss.

"I wonder how have you will go if I take her away as well. Will you be unstoppable? I guess I will find out." Vic said looking at the security camera. As he was sitting back in his chair an officer ran in short on breath. "Sir we have confirmation that Ironwood's army is on its way." Vic looked at his watch and smiled one more time. "Right on time."