Finely we finished off with this part of the review. Everyone passed, but I must say I was a little surprised and yet not at the same time. Chad even did really well. He surprised us both. If he wanted, a little extra work and he would be field ready. Not that I think he will chose that.
I finally, finished all the files that needed to be read. I put them in order and put them aside. We finished early last night and everyone had a good time eating, drinking and kidding around. They needed a little down time before what's next. My guys have been a hit or miss.
But they were here last night. They woke up with me and hit the gym. After getting cleaned up they stayed with Andra while I headed downstairs. I sat at the head of the table and waited for everyone to join me. While I was waiting, I turned on the screens around the room and pulled out the key board.
"Today we're starting with the next set of tests." I told everyone and brought up the picture of the woods. Everyone looked at them. They were surprised and impressed.
"Today it's just the captains pitted against each other." I started to say.
"You a captain?" Tim asked me. I looked down at him and nodded.
"We have the same rank. But my clearance is equal to a general. I control the team." I told everyone.
"But you answer to someone?" Ryan said. I nodded to them.
"Yes, they head up the team." Everyone thought about it and nodded. I looked around to see if they had anything else to say.
"This game is going to be similar to capture the flag. You have to protect your flag at the same time as taking out the other team's flag." I told them. They nodded to me. I started explaining the ground rules.
"How is this a test?" Sid asked.
"It's as close to real life as we can make it. You must use all the skill you have to win. To win, all you have to do is capture and return someone's flag to your camp. If your killed, you stay where you are. If your captured, you can be returned. But you will think of the other teams as compromised." I told everyone.
"Why are you all going at it today and not everyone?" Patch asked. I looked around and smiled.
"Because we all can go through this without a team." They were surprised. "Today you can watch. If you choose to listen on coms, you can't watch. There's no cross helping. You can stay and watch in the center station." I told them and showed them.
"How's it going to work tomorrow?" Ben asked.
"We'll spilt up in teams. How your team is run is your captain's choice." I told them. Then showed off the different areas and bases. I pointed out who's was whose and looked at Vic. He nodded and was good.
"We'll meet upstairs shortly." He told everyone. Nat and Kyle get everyone out and upstairs.
"Fun times, what's the play?" Chris asked everyone.
"Pause." They all looked at me. "Blue." I said and put my name on the base.
"Green." Adam said and leaned back. I put his name on that base.
"Black." Vic told me. I looked at West. He was looking the map over, thinking about it. Then smiled.
"Brown." I nodded and put his name on the base. I saved everything and opened the woods. I shut everything down and we got up. We headed upstairs and looked around.
"I think we forgot something." I told the guys. The doors opened and there were four SUV's waiting. I smiled at Ranger and winked at him. The guys started handing out order and left. I shook my head and let Andra out. I pulled out the jeep and parked in front of the doors. The guys got in and I locked up the warehouse. I got in and pulled away.
"Thank you." I told Ranger. He nodded to me.
"Catch the flag?" Tank asked.
"You'll see, it will be fun." I pulled through the gate and it closed behind me. I drove through the woods and parked at the main building. We got out and headed inside.
I moved over to the computer and started turning everything on. I checked everything. One by one, the screens around the room turned on. Everyone was watching. I opened the four bases that were already tagged. Vic handed out flags, coms and a tracker. Andra took my place.
"Good?" I asked her. She nodded and was checking everything.
"You wired the whole place?" Les asked me. I nodded to him. I put my com on and we did a radio check. She nodded to me.
"One hour and I start the games." She told us. We nodded and walked outside.
"So, what's the play?" Chris asked again.
"Winner picks the bases." I told them. They nodded.
"Also, two time outs." Vic added. We nodded.
"Five, one minute coms with Andra." Adam said. We all smiled and nodded. We shook hands and looked around. Everyone pointed to someone else's base. We headed that way.
Andra counted down. We got to our base and changed clothes. We also suited up and placed our flags. I smiled and knew right where my flag was going. I climbed on the railing, grabbed the side of the house and climbed up. I hooked it to the vent and jumped down.
I grabbed the bag and worked around the base hooking them up. I turned on my hand held and smiled as they all turned on.
"Five minutes." She told us and I knew we were all heading back to the base. We had to be touching it in some way. I sat on the stairs and waited. The speakers all around. I finished off fixing my boots. I pulled my bandana on and got up.
I pulled out the hand held and looked around the area. I smiled and headed right to Vic's base. I moved into the trees and headed that way. I made it there without hearing anything and leaned against the tree that was hidden, but I could still see the base.
Vic chose the black base. It was the easiest to get to. But also, the hardest to see anyone else. I grabbed the branch above me and pull myself up. I walked through the trees and looked around the base. Finished I dropped on the roof and looked around.
I moved off the roof and walked into the base. I took the flag and sat on the table as I pulled out my hand held.
"How'd she know?" Someone asked and Andra patched it through to me.
"She looked around first. The flag has to be seen." Andra told them. I rolled my eyes and thought about it. I was going to head to Adam's base next. I looked out the side window and listened. Then opened the door and moved back through the trees.
Now the games were on. I know just about everyone has a flag and now we were hunting each other. Or so we thought. Adam and Chris were on the hunt the whole time. I made it to Adam's base and took my time looking around.
"West's out." Andra told everyone. I thought about it and looked at my hand held. I saw he was close to my base. I moved up on the ridge and pulled off the sight from my gun and looked around. I changed the settings a few times.
I smiled and pulled out my gun and put the sight back on. I line up my shot and waited till the person was in the right spot. Then took some breaths and pulled the trigger. The person stopped and looked down.
"Chris is out." Andra said. Chris looked around for the shooter. I smiled and got up. I headed down and looked the base over. Then grabbed the flag and headed to Chris.
"Damn. I hate when you're playing." He told me. I held out my hand and he handed over my own flag. I put it away and winked at him. I moved back into the shadows and headed back to my base.
"Five minutes." Andra told me. I ran through the doors and tatted my flag to the door.
"Adam's out." Andra said. I waved my hand. "Four flags down and one left." I moved back into the shadows. I found the spot I was looking for and took up a spot and watched the flag and my hand held.
A few hours later we were at a standstill. I let out a breath. When I had enough of waiting, I moved. I checked on the flag and my mouth dropped open.
"Cheater." I said and looked around. I was on the hunt now. We kept missing each other. I moved through the branches. While he moved throw the bushes. I finally smiled when I heard him. I stopped and listened. He did the same. I moved softly and dropped behind him.
He caught the noise and moved around. We killed each other at the same time. I glared at him and folded my arms. He didn't look happy either.
"Shake and make up." Andra told us.
"You do know you won." I told him. He thought about it and put his hand over my shoulder.
"It used to be a lot more fun." He told me and we looked around. We pulled each other to two different directions. Then pulled out our hand held and started trying to show where to go.
"Walk forward." Andra said. We stopped and looked around. Then followed her heading. We headed back to the base as we met up with everyone else. We headed back and checked in with Andra. I finished off the file and saved it.
We answered questions and headed back to the warehouse and ate dinner. After dinner before I could do anything Ranger pulled me away and dragged me upstairs. He kicked the door shut. We were naked before we got to the bed.
I laid on his chest catching my breath.
"Hey?" I said.
"That was fucking sexy." He told me. I smiled and kissed him. "We need to talk." He told me. I leaned up and looked at him.
"Alright Carlos we'll talk." He gave me a look.
"No Babe, we all need to talk." I nodded to him.
"I was thinking we would wait till we got home." He looked my face over.
"At least you agreed to talk." I nodded and laid back down on his chest. A while later the door open. I looked over and saw Tank walk in. He looked us over.
"Do you know how hard it is sleeping with you." He said and looked us over again.
"Hey I never said I was hands off." He glanced at Ranger. Then pulled off his shirt. I smiled as I watched him undress. I remember most of the weekend with him. He's even more built than he was then.
I was laying on my stomach between them catching my breath. Ranger couldn't stay away. Not that either of us cared.
"I'm hurt, where was my invitation Beautiful?" Les said as he walked in. I smiled and couldn't move.
"I'm tired, tomorrow." I said into my pillow. I felt him move up the bed and kissed up my back.
"I'll wait." He said and kissed my ear. "But you'll want to put some clothes on if you want Bobby to wait." I nodded. Someone helped me into a shirt and turned off the lights. I was already falling asleep.