"I can't..." Ump45 muttered between sniffs and coughs as she tightened her grip "I know you can't believe it, but well..." ump40 said as she made eye contact with yulil and gave him a warm smile.
Ump45 slowly fell on her knees as she kept hugging 40's waist.
"C'mon now, get yourself up soldier, this should be a happy reunion" yulil said as he got up before he put his hand on 45's back.
40 chuckled and replied to yulil "He's right... And thank you for saving me, I don't know how I'm ever going to repay you, Mr?"
"Oh please, just call me by my name, it's yulil" he replied before 45 let go of 40 and hugged yulil's waist making him chuckle "Th-thank you so much..." 45 weakly said as she looked upwards.
He sighed and patted her head while keeping a smile on his face "Don't worry about it 45, you two deserve to be together... Oh you can go to that room 40, some clothes should be there for you" he said with a smile as he pointed towards his bedroom "Thank you, I'll be quick" 40 said as she headed for the aforementioned room.
And with that said 45 slowly let go of yulil as he helped her get up on her feet while keeping a friendly smile.
"This is what you wanted right?"
Ump45 quickly nodded as she wiped her eyes "How... Just how did you bring her back from the dead?" She asked as her voice still didn't recover from the crying.
"Well... I wasn't the one who did, the military did, then they handed her over to the FSB, I'm just the one who stole her from their hands" he said with a smile.
She widened her eyes as she pointed to the television, the news channel still discussing the car chase that happened earlier.
"Th-that was you?!" He smiled and flicked her forehead.
"What happened to your sharpness girl?" He said with a teasing tone as she smiled and pushed him towards the couche, he sat down while she did the same beside him.
She put both hands on her face before she threw her head behind her.
"These two days were a clusterfuck" "Hahah, you're right about that, but we still got a happy ending so everything is A-okay"
He heard ump45 chuckle as she slowly removed her hands from her face, she gave yulil a sidelook as she tried to have her usual mischievous smile, however it was ruined by her watery eyes and wet cheeks.
"All because of the actions of one suicidal man..." She said with a wink "I wonder who that man would be~" he replied as both chuckled while ump40 came out from the bedroom and straightened her clothes
" She said with a wink"I wonder who that man would be~" he replied as both chuckled while ump40 came out from the bedroom and straightened her clothes "So~, how do i look?" She said as she slowly turned 360 degrees "You look exactly like I remember you" 45 said with a smile.
40 pouted and put her hands on her waist "Some compliments wouldn't hurt, you know?" She replied as 45 chuckled "Don't worry you look great, especially your star shaped pupils, they make you look really cute" yulil replied with a smile "See~ he knows how to treat a girl!" ump40 replied with a smile as she joined the pair on the couch "You never told me I was cute" 45 said as she crossed her arms and gave yulil a sidelook "Well you never asked, have you?" Yulil said while changing channels with the remote "Heh... Touch " she replied as she eased her expression before she wrapped her arms around yulil and ump40 "You know... The folks at 404 squads are like little sisters to me... It's always me protecting them, I don't mean to say that they're a burden, but with you two... But with you two I feel like I can finally depend on someone, I can finally feel I can go and ask for guidance from someone, so thank you for being a part of my life"
She said as yulil and ump40 raised an eyebrow and listened to her speech, as she finished they both looked at each other before they burst laughing, ump40 playfully punched ump45 while yulil messed with her hair.
"My sister is so damn cute~" ump40 teasingly said "You're damn right about that" yulil added with a smirk while 45 just rolled her eyes "So, what will you two be doing next?" Yulil asked "I definitely won't be taking a contract soon, that's for sure" ump45 replied "Oh! Oh! I know!" Ump40 cheerfully said as she attracted both their attention "Let's go to the beach!"
Yulil gave her a confused look as he raised an eyebrow before he replied to her "We LITERALLY just got you free, the FSB is probably still looking for you, I think it's a bad idea to go around town, at least for the next couple of days" "You're right about that! But I'm pretty sure the last place they'd be checking is a beach!" Ump40said with a proud face, it didn't please yulil that what she said made sense "Well... It'll be a good brake for me and we always wanted to go together... But we still need someone to drive us there~" ump45 said as both her and her sister slowly turned their looks towards yulil with devilish smirks.
"I hate the beach" he immediately replied "Oh cmon! It'll be fun I promise!" Ump40 said, attempting to convince yulil.
"Oh~ by the looks of it someone can't swim~" ump45 said as she put the palm of her hand on her mouth and smugly chuckled "I can"
"if you really can then I don't see any problems~" 45 added "Fine fine... Guess I'll spend the last day actually enjoying my break" he said and concluded with a sigh.
"Great, Everything is settled! Let's go and buy our swimsuits then 45!" Ump40 said as she grabbed 45 from her hand and headed towards the front door "Hold on you dummy I still need to change my clothes!"
"A-ah, my bad I'm just too excited" 40 said as the rest chuckled "I am too, I really am" 45 replied with a warm smile before she headed to change her pyjamas ...
"Where the hell are they now..." Yulil said inside of his car as he was tapping on the wheel with his index finger while resting his arm on the window and a cigarette between his lips.
As he was going to grab his phone he finally noticed the twins as they waved at him.
They reached the car as 45 got in the passenger seat while 40 got in the backseats both carrying two bags.
"Hope we didn't keep you waiting~"
He gave 45 a sidelook as he grabbed his cigarette with his fingers.
"You're 20 minutes late" "Oh well~ I'm sure you can forgive these two adorable sisters can't you~, besides we only were late because we wanted to pick something good to show you~" 45 replied with a smug smile that made him sigh.
After that Yulil threw the cigarette outside the window and started the engine.
"Let's just have plenty of fun today!" Ump40 cheerfully said "Yeah, let's enjoy what we couldn't back in the days" 45 said with a warm smile that for once, didn't emit any sign of mischief.
"We'll go change before we join you, you can drop the stuff wherever you want just pick a quiet spot" ump40 said "Of course I've gotta do everything" yulil replied as he rolled his eyes "Jeez don't you think you're being awfully grumpy today?" Ump45 said as she put her hands on her waist, yulil thought about it for a second then replied "Hah, well guess you're right, fine fine let's meet there, I'll set up the place." "That's the spirit" Ump45 said
Yulil popped the trunk and got the things they needed outside.
"Food, sunscreen, towels, the beach umbrella, the foldable table, the foldable chairs... Hm... Guess that's it...now how the hell am I supposed to carry all of these" yulil muttered to himself as he brought them out of the trunk of the car.
He was too lazy to do two trips from the car to their spot and so he did his best to not have to come back for the rest as he awkwardly carried all of their stuff from the parking lot to the shore.
"God...damn...those... two" he said between breathes as he sat on the hot sand, after he caught his breath he started setting up their spot step by step.
"You've grown an awful lot haven't you?" 40 said to 45 "Well, it's been a long time since that happened..."
"Sorry that I uh, forced you into-" ump40 was saying as 45 put her index finger on her lips "Let's just enjoy our day alright? Let's keep the past buried behind us" as she said that 40 smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
"So who is he?" Ump40 asked with a serious tone "Oh~, have you fallen for him?" 45 replied with a Sly smile.
"You know that I don't like humans"
"Well, neither did i, but I've met good humans, deele, sheele and most importantly... him"
"I wouldn't mind hearing the story you got between you two" "Well... When you uhm, died... I kinda changed... Hahah, "kinda" is a massive understatement" ump45 said as she remembered betraying yulil and his team, she concluded it with a sigh before she resumed speaking "Anyway... I became an outlaw alongside other rogue tdolls, we became mercenaries and got a decent enough reputation... A reputation that we would finish the job, no matter what, and we... we kinda did some-"
Ump40 looked at her sister with sympathetic eyes before she replied to her "You don't have to say what you did, I can have a pretty good guess"
45 looked at her with a smile "Well anyway, until one day a contract sent us to an enemy occupied city, that's where I first met him, let's just say me and my "elite" squad got our asses handed to us by him" she said with a light-hearted chuckled "I didn't think much of him at that time, then we got another contract to actually be the backup for him and a couple of tdolls he got along and well, we got in a pretty tough spot and we used him and his team to escape"
"You betrayed him?" Ump40 asked with wide eyes "Yeah..." 45 said as she looked away, before 40 put her hand on her shoulder "Easy... I don't know what happened so I can't judge you"
"Ahem, well... Karma hit us hard and we got heavily injured by an enemy detachment, and he saved us and got us repaired with his own funds"
"And this happened AFTER you betrayed him?"
"Yup" 45 said with a giggle "I don't even... He either must be dense as a mule or madly in love with you" 40 was saying before 45 laughed out loud.
"It's definitely the former... My reality kinda shattered after that mission, I always hated humans, my memory of my past was locked at that time yet I knew they've done some messed up stuff towards me so I loathed them, however when I met that guy... Well let's just say that he put me back on the road" she said with a warm smile.
"And can you tell me more about him?" "He's an ex sangvis Ferri commander"
"Sangvis Ferri?! Isn't it like 2062? Let alone the fact that all sangvis Ferri personnel was killed how is he alive?"
"Heheh, he was cryogenically frozen or something like that"
"And does he know that we... You know..." 40 said with a guilty tone "No he doesn't... And I'd rather it to stay like this... He'd hate my guts if he knew... And honestly, excluding you, he's the last person that I want to hate me"
"I see... Don't worry... He'll probably never know, pretty sure all the documents were torn apart and destroyed... The only left proofs are" 40 said as she pointed to herself then to 45, 45 looked to the ground before she sighed.
5 minutes later
"Ah~ looks like he's done" a voice said behind yulil, who was sitting on one of the chairs under the shade the parasol provided, he turned his head to be met with the twins, ump45 wore a one piece grey and black swimsuit while 40 was wearing a simple black bikini, both had big smiles on their faces.
"So~ how do we look?" Ump45 asked with her hands behind her back and slightly leaning forward while smirking Yulil looked at them both for 3 seconds each before he gave his verdict "10 outta 10, they really suit you both" he said as ump45 chuckled while ump40 held her chin.
"Huh~... I thought the kids' swimsuit would suit 45 more because of her fla-KUGH" ump40 was saying before 45 punched her in the stomach, making her fall on her knees.
"As merciless as ever... You're okay 40?" Yulil said before ump40 gave him a thumbs up as she held her stomach.
"Anyway, let's get in!" Ump45 said as 40 slowly got up and chuckled.
"You two go have fun I'll stay here for a bit before joining you" yulil said as he put his hands behind his head The twins looked at each other before they both gave yulil a stern look "You're not scared of the water are you?" 40 asked "Do you honestly think I am?" He replied "Then where's the problem?" 45 asked "There's no problem, I'll just enjoy my time at the shore for now and join you girls later okay?"
The twins sighed in unison before they looked at each other.
"You hold him and I take off his t shirt?" 40 said as 45 only nodded.
"Hey, hold on a second... Ow! Stop! okay okay, I get it!"
The twin slowly backed up with proud faces as yulil just sighed, he grabbed his t shirt from the bottom and pulled it upwards before he threw it on the table, he crossed his arms and gave them a stern look.
Both the twins eyed yulil from top to bottom as they noticed the uncountable scars on his body.
"A-ah... So that's why you don't like the beach" ump40 said as she scratched her cheek.
"Jeez was that it?! Come! Let's go!" 45 said Before they both grabbed yulil's arms and started heading towards the sea.
As they reached deep enough they threw him face first into the sea as they laughed.
Suddenly however a hand caught both of ump45's and ump40's leg they looked at each other with wide eyes before yulil pulled their legs making them fall.
He emerged from the water as he shook his head and wiped the water off his face while the two others also got up.
"Is this a declaration of war m'lord?" Ump40 said with a competitive look.
"Let's spice things up, the last one standing can order the remaining two anything they want, only once of course... how's that?" Ump45 said as she shared ump40's look "Oh you're on" yulil replied with a smirk.
And so the battle started, yulil could sometime feel the constant gazes of the people that were on the beach but he didn't mind them, he had too much fun with the two sisters to even care.
"Hahah! I win!" Ump45 said as she kept jumping with her arms in the air.
"We're in for a treat... God knows what she'll do to us" yulil said "Looks like you know her well" ump40 said with a worried look "You" ump45 said as she pointed to her sister "Just don't die" she said with a Smile "But you~" she said to yulil "Oh boy here we go"
"Heheh, don't worry I'll save it for later, I've got a plan for you~" she said with a wink
"Here" ump45 said as she threw a towel to yulil then another one to 40, who both expressed their gratitude and sat by the table, each a sandwich in their hands.
Suddenly however a bzzt interrupted their eating as ump45 took out a phone from the backpack and handed it to yulil.
"It's your friend" "Ah yes" he said before he accepted the call and put the phone on his ear
"Uncle yulil~ where are you? I thought you'd be back by morning!" "Ah yeah, I actually was there in the morning, where were you?"
"Hehe, i actually went to confirm the transaction of the bar"
"You already sold it?!"
"Yeah surprisingly, a friend of mine knew people that actually wanted to start a bar, 2 women and a man, Jill Stingray, Dana Zane, and Gillian, that's their names, they even kept the original name va-11 hall-a"
"Excuse me did you just say Dana Zane?"
"Y-yeah, why?"
"How old did she look like?"
"Around 25 perhaps?"
"I... Genuinely can't believe it... Anyway, good job on selling the bar, you can bring back your stuff to my flat, I'll be back shortly alright?"
"Okay!"
"Good girl, take care of yourself Laura"
"You too!"
Yulil ended the call with a sigh as he put his phone back on the table
"What's wrong?" Ump45 said "Hm?... Oh, nothing nothing, just heard a name I thought I'd never hear again, the world sure works in mysterious ways" he said as he took a bite "So you're going back to parabellum tomorrow right?" Ump45 said "Yeah, why?"
"Oh nothing~" she said with a Smirk, yulil sighed and took another bite.
After they thought was enough fun they wrapped up their stuff and headed back home, as they arrived they met up with the rest of 404 squad, the twins decided that it'd be better if they keep the past a secret from the rest.
"Are they gone?" Laura asked while she was sitting on the couch and watching the television.
"Yeah, they didnt let me give them a ride, they said they had people waiting for them nearby" he said as he dropped beside Laura "I see, so we'll go to your base tomorrow right?"
"Yup, you'll be working there from tomorrow, nervous?" He said with a smirk, she nervously chuckled as she scratched her cheek.
"I'd lie if I'd say that I wasn't, but still, I'm sure your tdolls are nice people"
"Oh you got that right, don't worry you'll get accustomed quickly"
"I hope so..." Suddenly Laura looked away as she resumed speaking "By the way my memory is really fuzzy when we drank that night... Sorry about acting indecent towards you" as she said that yulil burst laughing before he slapped her back.
"Don't worry about it, alcohol can make people do a lot of stuff"
Laura slowly turned her head back as she gave him a smile while her cheeks had a faint red colour on them.
Yulil smirked before he continued talking "But still, I never saw this side of you, Noah's princess turned into such a bad girl~" "Please don't make me remember!" She said as she punched his arm while he continued laughing "So what do you wanna watch?" Laura asked with a warm smile "Shaun of the dead?" "Hahah, how many god damn times have you watched it already? You'd always pester me and Angy to watch it" "Hey, it's a masterpiece okay?"
"Sure sure, I'm sorry" she said as she couldn't stop chuckling "Your apology ain't very convincing you know?" He concluded with a sigh as yulil started the movie
"That ending was definitely unexpected I'll tell you that" Laura said with a confused face.
"But now I get its charm" she added "See~ I was right about it being a masterpiece"
"Yeah yeah, you're always right~"
"So" yulil said as he got up "You'll be sleeping in the bedroom and I'll sleep on the couch, fairs?"
"Yay~"
The following morning
Yulil grunted as he could feel something poking his cheek, he slowly opened his eyelids as he saw Laura crouching down by the couch as she kept poking him.
"You told me to wake you up at 6 right?"
"Mmm...thanks..."
"Come now, breakfast is on the table"
"Uh-huh...got it"
she said as she got up and walked away, yulil rubbed his eyes and went towards the bathroom, after he washed his face he went towards his bedroom where he changed his clothes before finally joining Laura by the table.
"Oh~ bacon and eggs" "Hehe, hope you like em uncle yulil"
As yulil took a bite he gave her a thumbs up, she smiled and started eating.
"So I imagine I'll be living in the base right?"
Yulil nodded his head "Don't worry, you can have my car and go back to the city on your days off"
"Hehe, im not gonna say no to that!"
"Of course you won't" he said with a smile
"I'm guessing your base is far away right?" Laura said as she joined yulil inside of his car "It's about an hour or two max, it's still in the protected zone, albeit in the borders... Ah but I'm sure the military is doing their job"
"Yeah, I doubt sangvis Ferri would mess around with the military"
And with that yulil started the engine as he headed towards his base.
"It's pretty big huh?" Laura said as they finally could see the base.
"Damn right"
Yulil drove to the checkpoint as he was met with stg44 and mp40.
"Kommandant! I'm so glad to see you! Thank you so much for helping us that day!" Stg said as she noticed it was yulil.
"I'm guessing you were with 47 and grizzly huh?" Yulil said before stg nodded quickly "Don't worry about it I'm glad you girls are alive, are you two always on guard duty?" "W-well, we usually always get posted to day guard" mp40 said with a shrug "That's not fair, I'll send someone to relieve you girls"
"Thank you! That'd be much appreciated" stg44 said before yulil bid him goodbye and parked inside of the parking lot.
"Looks like you really get along with them" Laura said "Of course I do, I need them to trust their superior not fear them" he said with a shrug as he got outside and stretched his arms "Yulil~!" he heard someone yell behind him.
"And here come the wild sangvis ferri ballistic missile coming at me at the inhuman speed of mach-5-UGH" he was saying as architect dived into him, her momentum made them both spin 360 degrees as she gave him a hug.
"I missed you! It was so boring without you!" "What did I tell you about calming down architect! Oh, you're back!" Intruder said as she came running alongside gager "Yeah I'm back in business, how are ya girls doing?"
"Great! and now that you're back we can have plenty of fun!" Architect said "Like she said, we're impatient to play a role in your future theaters" intruder said with a smile Gager crossed her arms as she kept looking away before intruder slapped her back.
"Don't you think you're being too cold gager? He saved your life after all" intruder said as yulil was busy trying to get architect off him Gager looked uneasy before she just sighed and dropped her arms.
"I'm uh, glad that you're back too" she said as yulil and architect unitedly stopped wrestling and stared at Gager with wide eyes.
"It's not nice to keep staring at people" Gager added "Oh, yeah sorry, oh by the way, this is Laura she's a really close friend of mine and will be the bartender of the caf , treat her nicely"
Laura waved at them with a friendly smile as he Introduced her "Nice to meet you Laura, let's get along from now on" intruder said as she shook her hand.
"Like wise" she replied.
"Oh~! she's so cute~" architect replied.
"A-ah, thank you" Laura replied with a nervous chuckle "Yes she's cute now go and latch on to her" "No can't do~" she said as she tightened her bear hug around his waist "I won't let you deploy alongside gager and intruder then" she immediately got up and let go of him before giving a polite bow "I sincerely apologise for my actions" architect said which made the rest giggle.
"I'll see you girls later, Come laura, I'll give you a tour" yulil said as he showed Laura around the base.
"If you continue down the hallway and go downstairs you'll go towards the hangar, our armored vehicles and all are stored there... but for now" he said as he faced the door of the caf "Let's show you your workplace" he finished with a smile as he opened the door and got inside along with Laura.
He could see mg3 sitting beside sv-98 while Springfield was by the bar, the cafe was quite empty, which made sense since it was still really early.
"Oh~ look who it is" sv said with a smirk when she noticed yulil "Grab a drink and join us commander!" Mg3 shouted across the room, yulil chuckled and gave her a thumbs up as he headed towards the counter.
"It's a pleasure to finally have you back with us, welcome back commander" Springfield said with a warm smile.
"I'm glad to see you girls again, now this is Laura, she's a good friend of mine and will work as the bartender from now on, I'm guessing you always wanted some help around here eh?"
As springfield and Laura made eye contact they both chuckled and shook hands.
"Who would've thought we'd see each other again" Laura said with a smile.
"It's a pleasure to meet you again" Springfield said..
"Wait, what?" yulil asked with a confused tone.
"Springfield here used to work in dad's bar, she then left us when she wanted to join a PMC, or that's what you told me that day" "the world sure is a small place huh?" yulil said "It sure is... The usual?" Springfield asked yulil with a smile, he smiled back and nodded After Springfield mixed his Sazerac she handed it to him as he grabbed it and got up "Springfield would you mind showing Laura around her new workplace? Meanwhile I'll go and speak with kalina" "It'd be my pleasure" Springfield replied Yulil then headed towards mg3 and sv-98 as he waved at them and sat beside them when he reached them.
"I bet you really enjoyed your break eh?" Sv said Yulil remembered his deployment alongside ump45 and fighting destroyer on top of revealing the disturbing past of 45 while also pissing off the FSB, all of this in a span of 2 days.
"Heheh guess you can say that, so how are you girls doing?" "Apart from almost dying two days ago, I'd say that we're doing just fine~" mg3 said as she took a sip of her beer.
"So what exactly happened that day?" Yulil asked with a curious look Sv-98 crossed her arms and out them on the table.
"We were just bringing back ressources back to parabellum when we were caught in an ambush, they shot our engines out and left us pinned, it was a pretty nasty firefight, grizzly played her leader role just fine, she made us scatter and return fire, though that didn't stop the casualties, 11 tdolls were heavily injured, grizzly included" sv-98 said as she drank from her glass "And I don't think we would've survived that day without your help, so thank you" mg3 said with a smile.
"Don't worry, you can always depend on me, I'm your commander after all" "Hehe, that makes me rest at ease" sv said "Then I'll do my best not to betray your trust, well I'll be going to my office now, there's a bunch of things I need to check out, see you later you two"
"Take care~" sv said while mg3 waved him goodbye
Yulil then headed towards his office when he met kalina along the way, she smiled and waved at him.
"Our favourite commander is finally back, how are you doing?"
"Doing great, what about you?"
"Same, by the way I hope kruyger told you that you're finally an official commander right?"
"Hahah, well yes in a way, oh yeah since you're here, there's a friend of mine that will start working as a bartender for our cafe, can you sort out the papers for her?"
"Jeez... Well yeah, where is she?" "She's with Springfield at the caf , her name's Laura"
"Alright alright I'll go and talk to her"
"Thanks a lot, I'll get going now see you later kalina"
"See ya"
And so yulil resumed walking towards his office, he quickly reached it where he got inside and sat on his chair before he powered on his computer, the Griffin logo came up, he entered his credentials and two new tabs appeared.
Commander Ranking
G&K Armament Store
He raised an eyebrow and checked out the rankings first
1) Gentiane 2) Anna 3) Yulil 4) Ayu 5) Laz
"Hoho, looks like Anna isn't all talk" yulil muttered as he was a bit impressed she was the second most proficient commander "Well, guess third place from the dozens of commanders isn't that bad when I only joined 2 weeks ago...Gentiane huh?..." he thought as he wondered how the G&K's big dog would look like, if Anna looked like a seasoned warrior he wondered how Gentiane would look like He next checked the armament store, he noticed it was for ordering not only exclusive tdolls and equipment but also armored vehicles, helicopters and artillery, either from 16Lab or I.O.P "So I have 100 commanding points... Equipment cost around 10 and tdolls around 30, vehicles however are above 100... I see"
He started checking out the equipment he could order through the armament store "Exoskeletons, night vision scopes, silencers, oath rings, specified ammunati- oath rings?!" He said out loud before he checked it's description "An item that concludes the pact made between a commander and a cherished tdoll, granting each other more authorization and responsibility" yulil said as he was reading the description, he blinked twice at the confusing text, it sounded more like a marriage than anything.
"Hehe, I don't think favouritism will do them any good... Ah well, it's none of my business anyway" Suddenly a knock on the door echoed throughout his office.
"Come in" yulil said as the door opened.
"Hey boss, heard you came back from your break" ak47 said as she closed the door behind her.
"Oh ak, come take a seat" Ak47 nodded and complied.
"What's wrong? You're usually quite explosive" yulil said with a sympathetic smile Ak47 giggled as she scratched her cheek.
"Well..." She said, or more like tried to say as she looked away from yulil's gaze.
"You're free to say whatever is on your mind" "Heh, I don't think I can look at your eyes and speak at the same time," she said as she got up and slowly walked behind him She wrapped her arms around him as she spoke "You know... I didn't think we'd make it that day, I mean I'm used to being in a firefight, but that ambush was just too much, especially when I saw grizzly get caught in the blast of a grenade... And without you, I don't think we would've survived, so...well... thank you commander"
Yulil sighed and turned his chair to face her as she let him go.
"You don't have to thank me, it's my job ak, and if you need help in anything just ask" he said with a smile Ak47 chuckled and replied "Actually heh, there's one more thing"
"And that is?"
She inhaled deeply before she replied.
"I want you to make me a better soldier"
"Huh... And where exactly did this sudden ambition come from?"
"Well... When we got caught in that ambush I felt so powerless, around 10 tdolls got shot and injured, and I couldn't stop it... They say whatever doesn't kill you make you stronger so I want it to make me stronger" she said as she concluded her speech with a smile.
"I see I see... Still, I don't think you can be strong individually, see war aren't won by just sending a hero, war are won by a group of brothers and sisters, each with a role, each with a duty and mission, and together they can wreck havoc within the enemy lines, one is useless alone, but together... That's a whole other story, so what do you say 47? How about you find tdolls that share your ambition and that have enough guts and bring them to me, I'll personally supervise your training and turn you into an elite squad" "Do you...honestly think we can be like ar team?"
"Of course, ar team might beat you in their better fire control modules and all but there's one thing that every tdoll has... The ability to learn and adapt, the thing that let humans evolve and Beat nature itself, adaptability... so yes, I believe that with enough effort you can be as efficient as ar team... So do you agree?"
Ak47 smiled and gave yulil a quick salute.
"Of course! Grizzly will definitely be a part of the squad, now I'll go and find others... Thank you so much boss" she said with a smile "Don't mention it, report back to me when you find at least 3 tdolls alright?"
"You've got it!" 47 said as she exited his office.
Yulil sighed and smiled at 47's ambition "Looks like I'm gonna become a drill sergeant soon enough, ah well it won't be that bad" he said as he slid down a bit from his chair.
He checked the time as he noticed it was 9 am, he suddenly received an email...16Lab.
Yulil opened the email and started reading it.
"Hey there commander yulil, it's me persica, or like you call me "the catgirl" , for your valiant efforts in capturing Area s13 which is the snowy area you crashed in, 16Lab and IOP would like to give you the opportunity to request your own personally designed tdoll, you'll be the one choosing it's armament and abilities, IOP will handle the actual manufacturing of the tdoll while 16lab will handle the equipment so please contact us as soon as possible ps:don't feel unique though, this isn't the first time we did this to a commander jeez talk about a professional email" he said with a light-hearted chuckled.
Yulil yawned as someone knocked on his door.
"Come in" "Hey commander, it's been a while" grizzly said, with a bunch of files on her hands.
"Oh my favourite adjutant, how are you holding up?" He said with a smile "Almost giving up... Almost" she said as she dropped them on top of his desk.
"But still it's nice to have you back" she said with a smile as she presented him a fist, he smiled back as he bumped her fist "Oh I heard the word from ak that you're trying to form an elite team, is that true?" "Yup, ak wants to get better, so why would I not help help her, besides it'd make it really easy for me to have a squad I can fully depend on" "Dont you have ar team?" "Well..." He said as he interlaced his fingers and put his hands behind his head.
"Ar team is ar team... I need a team that I personally made... A team which I fully know it's capabilities, you feel me?"
"Guess that makes sense, ah well I guess I'll be part of this squad you're making, I'm guessing we need at least 5 members right?"
"Sharp girl, yeah 5 is the golden number for the team I have in mind" "And what kind of team you have in mind?" "Oh I'll leave that for later, more fun that way~"
"Gee, let's hope you won't disappoint, oh I forgot, some tdoll wants to speak to you in the communication room, I'll stay here and sort out your files"
"Alright, thanks a lot grizzly, you're a life saver"
Grizzly sighed and gave him a smile "Don't worry about it"
And so yulil exited his office as he headed towards the communication room As he got inside he noticed gager and intruder who were seemingly playing chess, they looked focused on the game while architect was sitting next to them albeit crossing her arms and legs with an upset expression.
He chuckled as he powered on the monitor, a tdoll with black hair was on the other end of the communication
"I'm the commander of parabellum, name's yulil" he said with a friendly smile.
"Good morning commander my name is NZ75, I'm speaking to you on behalf of my own commander regarding a joint logistics mission that's set to happen tomorrow"
"Yulil~ intruder and Gager are bullying me~" architect said in distress cutting their discussion and making yulil divert his attention towards her "Yeah yeah, I'll be with you soon Archy, just hold on for now" he said before he diverted his attention back to NZ75 He found her with wide eyes as she blinked thrice.
"Um, is there a problem there NZ?"
"Did you just nonchalantly say the name of a ringleader like she was your friend?"
"Oh I see, well yeah it might surprise you but well, I've got three ringleaders working for me"
"I don't think that's an easily believable claim Mr yulil" "Oh lemme change the angle of the camera...there... can you see them?" NZ saw Gager and intruder as they played chess while architect was still pouting.
"I genuinely can't believe my eyes... Wait a second, since you captured those three you must be the rumoured commander who ripped off the arms of a ringleader!" "Well, I'd lie if I'd say that I didnt... Ah but we're all friends... Now back to the main topic, what about that joint logistic mission?"
"Ah yes, well it's simple..."
Sorry boys and girls this chapter is a bit messier and shorter than the usual ones, finally got a good score in the ranking map, my ressources however are near nonexistence.
I'm done with the event and I can go back to writing so stay tuned~