"Any Fives?"
"Mmmm...Nope"
"Go Fish" One of them said, Playing Go Fish with inside a Briefing Room. Inside the Room were all the Aquatic Tactical Team Members, including Zuma. The Chocolate Labrador however instead of spending leisure time with his team and doing some productive with himself, just sat in his Chair waiting for the Captain to arrive and debrief what needed to be said.
Zuma just couldnt stop thinking of how much he had heart his friend even though he Rocky showed a well good heart, for sure Zuma knew he didnt have feelings for Rocky, but that didnt make what he did morally right. "Ey, Earth to Zuma, You there?" Zuma snapped back in reality as he tensed up from his head to hind legs looking right beside him to one of his team members sitting right next to him, supposedly trying to get his attention.
"Huh, What?" was all that Zuma had to say with his mind still blank and coming back into reality on short notice.
"Dude, you've been staring into that wall for the past ten minutes, Just wanted make sure you're alright in the head" He said.
"Y-Yeah, Im fine, Just bowed I guess" Zuma replied scratching the back of head.
"Welp, Get ready for a whole day of boredom like yesterday, nothing much to do around here" He said before the front door of the Briefing Room slowly swung open and in came the Unit Captain of the entire squadron. Like classic Military tradition, all of them shot up from their seats, dropping this food they had in their hand and throwing down the line of playing cards in their hands to stand up straight and yell "AT EASE!".
The Captain however remained silent and grasped the a beige coloured folder he had in his hands as he walked in onto a podium. When he reached his talking destination, he gestured with his arms for everyone to take a seat. The sound of unison of everyone sitting back down and their chairs moving caused a slight echo of Military discipline.
"Let me guess Captain, More Training, No more Games on post and stop using all the-" One member said, supposedly knowing the routine of everyone, until he was hushed by the HR. Which made almost everyone in the room chuckle just a bit.
"Quiet Corpoal, Today is different, How do you all feel about the cold?" He asked out.
"Hate it Sir"
"Freezes my ass off"
"Rather get shot than be in the cold" All the opinions from the Aquatic Units began to show their dismay for freezing Temperatures, some just stayed silent and wondering why would their Captain ask such a thing, and others knew exactly why.
"Too bad, You'll all be sent over to Alaska for a Retrieval Mission" He said, About everyone in that Room threw their hands up in a some sort of form of giving up, other just groans and buried their face in the table just from hearing it.
"Two Escaped Convicts from Camp Anchorage have fled and Eluded simple Law Enforcement" The Captain further explained.
"Wait, so why are we being tasked to find then, Dont these Camps have some sort of Retrieval Team already to do that?" One of them asked.
"Indeed they do, But they only cover a limited range outside the Camp, Its well out of their jurisdiction, recent intelligence from Authorities have lead to believe they are heading to the Alaskan town of Bethel, Its close to a Shore so you'll have an advantage" All the Members of the Tactical Team had already heard enough of what they needed to hear about the situation, all of them remained quiet.
"Nothing to say, Good, Thats how I like it, You all will be staying there for 7 days to track them down and bring them to justice, Pack everything you need and Meet at the Nearby Air Base tomorrow morning for the Flight, Dismissed" He said before stepping down and leaving the room. Once he was gone, everyone sat back up and decided to leave. Some continued their previous activities of eat or playing cards in fact.
"Cant believe it, Out of the All the places, Alaska, God Damned Alaska" Zuma heard one person said talking to another as they left the room. Zuma didnt know what to think about this, the Cold was one thing, but something strange bother him about this Operation.
Marshall and Skye luckily escaped their hooded invaders and fled through the Forrest in the night, running around where they came from make all the way back into Town. All the while with Tony still on Skye's back, eyes red from tears and him trying not to fall asleep.
Within a few minutes, they arrived back in the Town and right in front of Lupe's small establishment, Skye looked inside and saw Lupe and Eli already talking about something. When Skye knocked, Lupe turned his head and was surprised to see them here. "Skye, What you two doing here and, Who's kid is that?" Lupe asked as he let them both it.
"Tracker's pup"
"What are you doing with Tracker's kid, Where is Tracker?"
"He-He's Dead" Skye said, Lupe and also Eli hearing in was also taken back from the Death of the Infamous Bounty Hunter.
"H-How?!" Lupe replied getting very frantic.
"The Klan, They must have found out where he was" Marshall stepping and said. Lupe had turned away and slowly walked in circles just to comprehend what had happened and what he had just heard. "Okay, Okay, We cant let this get in the way of our work though, You two arent safe in the Neutral Zone however" Lupe stated.
"What do you mean?" Skye asked.
"Skye, you're in the Resistance, now that you're taking care of a kid, you're not going to have much Value to us right now since you're going to be taking care of him. Or...you can give him away to-" Lupe suggested, but what cut off by Skye.
"No, Im not going to do that, but I also want to help you guys anyway I can, Please, Is there anyway?" Skye pleaded, she didnt want to leave the Resistance knowing that it was much more desirable than being in the Reich.
"Im sorry Skye, but this requires 100% Effort day in and day out, I can arrange for you two to escape to South American or The Caribbean and live your life out there" Lupe shrugged, Skye felt her whole planned out future in the Resistance felt crashing down right before her eyes.
"Actually..." Eli stepped in. "What about the Pacific States?"
"What about it?" Said Lupe
"Well there are stuff we need to do in the Pacific States, dont we?"
"Im mean yeah, but-"
"Think about it, If they go to the Neutral Zone, They can be our eyes over there, Theres all sorts of stuff we need to know about the Pacific States, and this is the perfect time to find out more" Eli stated.
"That maybe so, But how do we sneak them across into the Pacific States?" Lupe asked.
"No need, If we can get Lambeth to Disguise Marshall and Skye, they can just Drive through the Border Gate, Heck, Now that they have a kid with them, they'll look damn near invisible to the authorities, whats so suspicious about a normal looking family after all, right?" Lupe had to admit, Eli's suggestion of his plan to send Marshall and Skye and their pup into the Pacific States sounded solid as hell.
"Thats...actually a pretty solid idea, Im down with that" Marshall said.
"Yeah, Im on board that with that idea" With Skye, Marshall and Eli all in favour, it was clear Lupe had his paws tied by the presented idea.
"Alright Fine, Lambeth!" Lupe shouted for his Colleague to come forward from where ever he was. Sure enough, Lambeth came in with Bandages covering his entire back legs. "You alright Lambeth?" Marshall asked.
"Yeah, Walking is kinda hard though, but im fine, What did you need Ulysses?"
"We're going to be sending Marshall and Skye into the Pacific States, I need you to change up their looks, Can you do that?"
"Can I do that, Clearly you dont know who you're talking to, I'll make them Ir-recognizable when im done" Lambeth flashed off his supposed expertise in the art of a good and convincing disguise. Marshall and Skye both followed Lambeth into another room where they could begin their transformation into a well disguise.
"Ulysses" Eli placed his paw on Lupe's back to gain his attention.
"Mhm?"
"Im going with them to the Pacific States"
"Alevia...We've been running...for...hours" Rocky exclaimed very much lagging behind the Shiba. Alevia just turned around to look in the eyes to relate to his pain and exhaustion. She was very compassionate, she had said that, so she now showed it. "Okay, We'll stay here for a minute" She said walking over to a tree and resting under a tree and pulling out his Bible to read until Rocky regained his strength to go on further.
"You cant be serious, Im not stay out in this snow, If the Police wont get us, the Cold will" Rocky stated showing clear signs of his dropping body temperature. His grey fur started to spike upwards individuals and become hard and rough.
"Matthew Chapter 11 Verse 28, 'Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will-" Alevia quoted from her text before Rocky perked up as he gazed upon something past her. Rocky took off in the direction as Alevia realized his sudden motion away from her and took off with him. "Rocky, Where are you going?!" She shouted, before getting close enough to see what he was after. It was an old cabin that look like it was abandoned.
Rocky looked through the windows to see inside, It was dark both inside and out in the open air. As he made his away to the Front door, he could see a bright red sign saying 'FOR SALE' on the front porch. "Jackpot, Alevia, We can stay in here" Rocky said as he began to stick his paw through the broken front door window and try open it from the inside. "Umm...Isnt this Trespassing?" Alevia seemed hesitant. "I mean...No one lives here so...No" Rocky said before finding own was and successfully opening the door. One unlocked and open, he began sneaking around as if there was anyone inside he didnt want to wake up.
With only the Moon light as Guidance, Rocky began looking around before successfully spotted a large bed in a room. Rocky's heart raced with joy as he finally was going to have a decent place to sleep instead Rocks and Dirt of a Makeshift Barrack in a Concentration Camp. "Ah, Finally, A Mattress to sleep". Rocky laid back his head on the dirty pillow as he looked to his side to see Alevia sitting right beside him very timidly.
"Alevia, How did you end up in that Camp, Kinda curious to be honest, I know having a Bible is against the law but, that should land you in a prison,right?" Rocky said starring up at the inside wooden ceiling before laying there silent, getting no answer from the Shiba before hearing her sniff in and wipe her face, Rocky knew she was all of a sudden crying.
"Woah Woah, Alevia, Whats wrong?" Rocky placed his paw on her, But instead she just slowly got up and paced herself out of the room away from Rocky. Rocky reached out to try and stop her, but she was too elusive and slipped into the darkness to express her sadness further. Rocky looked down on the location of the bed she sat on to see she had Left her Bible, even in darkness and with the mass of words on the page. Rocky caught one verse that seemed to jump out at him more than anything else.
'Answer me speedily,O Lord;my spirit fails! Do not hide your face from me, lest I be like those who go down in the pit'
Suicide...She was Reading on Suicide.