Sapphire woke up with a massive headache. She didn't get any sleep thanks to the attack, and she fell asleep in the infirmary tent set up by Fort Coumarine. She looked around and saw Captain Moon Mahina, Fort Coumarine's meddic.
"Oh, you're awake!" said Moon.
"Uh, yah. What time is it?" asked Sapphire.
"Around 12pm, you should probably go and change in your gear."
"Right...Thanks"
Sapphire exited the tent and had bright sunlight hit her in the face. She saw the base's soldiers walk around, all busy with rebuilding. She made her way to the deposit where she asked Ruby for a new set of gear, since the old one was lost in the attack.
She changed then left to Crystal's office. On her way she saw Blue and Red getting cranes of food inside the mess hall. Gold was back on track and he was as lively as ever. Green was "supervising"(torturing) the cadets while they worked. It was nice to see that the attack didn't knock her friends down. The only one who missed was Yellow, the petite major was shot in the side and was now at viridian hospital. The wound wasn't major so she would be coming back to the base in a few days.
She arrived to Crystal's office, knocked twice then entered. Inside she saw Crystal behind the table with bags under her eyes and ruffled hair.
"Uhh...Colonel?"
"Oh! Sapphire, what can I help you with?"
"More like what can I help ya with? Ma'am ya look like a mess."
"Jeez thanks, I really didn't notice...But, pffuu, yeah I can use the help. Do you think you can watch the videos on the cameras and make a report based on them?"
"Yes ma'am!"
"Thanks."
...
Green was pissed. He didn't get enough sleep last night, the coffee in the base sucked and those cadets were clumsy as hell. How hard is it to carry box filled with ammunition to the deposit? He could hear the cadets swearing him behind their backs, but hell if he cared. He just wanted them to do their job right for Celebi's started thinking, that maybe he was a little to harsh...
But then one of them tripped and broke his nose, so no, he wasn't too harsh.
"Uhhh, you get to the infirmary and get your nose fixed and you pick up his box and take it to the deposit." said Green.
"But sir, the infirmary was destroyed." said a blonde cadet.
"Then go to the infirmary tent, damn it!" the cadet jumped up, he saluted Green and ran to the tent. The other cadets started staring at him with scared expressions.
"What the hell are you looking at? Get to work!"
...
Blue felt like she wanted to punch someone. More specifically, the guy who shot her in the arm. She was an independent woman and she hated when she needed help. Right now, thanks to her injury she had to leave all the heavy things to Red, which she hated doing. Uhhh, it was just so frustrating. He asked her so many times if she needed help and every time her response was a cold glare.
"Hey, Blue? Can you get the flour sack from Ruby?" asked Red.
"Yes." said Blue with a small glare.
Red sweatdropped."She really is in a bad mood."
"What did you say?"
"N-Nothing."
Blue huffed and walked towards the deposit, she could see Gold flirt with a girl from Coumarine. Great! Now not only was her arm hurting, but her shipps were also sinking. She arrived at the deposit and saw something she would have expected. There was Ruby, with an ugly scowl on his face, smoking a cigarette.
"Ruby? I didn't know you smoked." said Blue
"Hm? Oh, it's you Blue. And about smoking, I started in high school to annoy my dad. I kinda quited when I graduated. But, uhh..." said Ruby.
"But after last night you felt like you needed one."
"Yeah..."
"I understand."
"I believe you're here for the cabbages?"
"Yeah, I'll take them and leave." she took the bag with cabbages and left.
"Oh! And Ruby. If you ever need a smoking partner, you know where to find me."
...
Gold didn't know what to do, half of his friends were angry while the other half depressed and Yellow was in the hospital. He was lucky Red was acting pretty normal, but still. What were you supposed to do in those situations? They all knew what they signed up for when joining the army, so if his friends were gonna be sad, it was his duty to make them feel better. He walked and helped with all he could while trying to raise everyone's moral. He first started with the cadets, helping them with work behind Green's back. Then he went to the training grounds and helped Second Lieutenant Yvonne "Y" Gabena and Second Lieutenant Xavier "X" Albarn. Officer Cadet Sun Cabaretta seemed to share his idea, since he too was doing the same thing as him. He was walking towards Ruby, to try and cheer him up as well, when he saw a flash of red hair enter the mess hall.
...
Ok, what the actual fuck happened? He was gone for 1 month and he comes back to this? The base was a mess, his barrack was missing and over half the soldiers were either dead or injured. He entered the mess hall where he saw Blue yell at Red behind the counter.
"Sis!" said Silver.
Blue turned around and saw Silver in the doorway.
"Silver? Silver! You're here!" said Blue. She runned and hugged him.
"Yeah, I just arrived. What the hell happened here?"
"The terrorists came last night, they took us by surprise around midnight. There are around 150 wounded and 65 dead. The general is leaving to Fort Goldenrod, in 1 hour and Crystal is trying to stop him from doing something stupid. Yellow in in the hospital and I want to punch someone." Silver sweatdropped at the last statement.
"Alright then, I'm gonna go and help Crystal, good luck with the mess hall."
"Thanks."
On his way to Crystal's office he meet with Gold. The two of them talked a bit, then Gold ran to the deposit. He entered Crystal's office and saw her sleeping on the desk.
...
A quick fake cough from Silver woke Crystal up. She jumped, took her knife and looked around the room. When she saw him, she put her knife down.
"Ah, Silver. You're back."
"Back and ready for work ma'am."
"I see...Well I do need help with the paperwork, soooo..."
"I'll get to it."
"Thanks."
After Silver left, Crystal got back to work for half an hour. After that she went to the general and gave him strict instructions(that he was going to ignore) on what to say and not.
After the general left, Sapphire came with the report that she read through and Silver finished his paperwork which gave her 4 free hour before bed time. She chose to spend those hours with the gang in the mess hall while telling jokes.
...
Yellow was losing her mind, of boredom and worry. She was stuck in a hospital, waiting for the damn doctors to release her. The base was under attack and what was she doing to help them? NOTHING! She was worried for her friends. She kinda knew what they were all doing. Sapphire would keep herself occupied with chores, while Crystal would drown in paperwork while trying to stop the general from making rash decisions. Gold would hide behind jokes and Red would try to stop Ruby and Blue from becoming a glaring duo. Green was certainly torturing the cadets, while Silver probably just came back in the base and he would start helping Crystal. She wished she could be there, but she had to stay 3 more days in the hospital for check ups.
...
Everything was going nice in the base, 4 days passed and the place was already looking better. The general was coming back today and the her moral was raised. Nothing could go wrong.
That is until the Major General Samuel Oak came back and said the words she feared the most:
We're at war.