love & Deception chapter 2
Clay forgot his meeting with Rebecca, he got back to his life. So it surprised him not two weeks later that Lindell called him into his office. Clay knocks on the door when he got there and waited until he hears enter by the commander. "Enter" he hears so Clay enter and waited for Lindell to talk, " So I call you in here, Clay for a very important proposal. I would like to offer you STA-21! You would be a great candidate for the program, a natural born leader. What do you think?" ask Lindell.
Clay look at him and said, "thank you for the offer, sir but I'm going to say no." before Lindell could say anything Clay kept talking," losing Swann and trying to get him the Purple Heart. I figure out one of the best ways I could help keep his story alive is to stay on my team and tell the younger guys why it is important to report a head injury. Also, I am happy with my position on my team. For the first time ever, I have a girlfriend who understands what being with a SEAL is like. Her dad is Master Chief Hayes." Clay stop and took a breath, then continued "And I feel like I need to learn more on the field. My goal is to run my team before I'm forced to stop. You know about our job. You never know when an injury can cut our careers short," explained Clay. Lindell looked at Clay and took a deep breath. Before he said anything he thought about what Clay said. It's true he got so badly injured, he had to stop being in the field before he wanted to. He took another breath and then said, "you got a point but if anything does happen just keep it in mind, okay?" Clay shook his head. Lindell nods his head to the door so Clay knew he could leave.
Clay left Lindell's office and headed to the cage room where the rest of the guys were. He got to the door and enter the code to get in. When he walks in, all the guys stop talking and waited to hear why he was called to the office. Clay starts to talk before anyone can ask. "He wanted me to go to STA-21. I told him no thanks I'm happy with my team. I also explain some other stuff. Lindell seems like he was okay with it." "You can't leave us, Peter Pan cause you complete me," Sonny said, everyone else, started to laugh as Clay hits Sonny in the head with one of Cerberus toys. Everyone was laughing and joking while they pack for their next spun up. This was when Blackburn walk into the room and he didn't look happy. He shut the door and then started to talk. "We have got a problem guys, I have to bench Clay. Full Metal will go with you."
Everyone looks at Eric with a 'what the hell is going on' look. Blackburn sighed and began to talk, "it seems like Lopez has filed a complaint with the higher-ups. He says that you made it an uninviting and unsafe work environment. That you made it so he couldn't learn for the rest of the guys." So they are going to send an NCIS officer to interview you and when the guys get back they will be interviewed too. Sorry Clay." "You are to go home now. I'll call you when you have to come in. Till then you can't come on Base," said Backburn. Clay sigh then said, "look you guys, I know we will get this figured out. You keep your heads in the game. Besides now I get some time to spend with Emma without Sonny and Jason bugging us." Everyone gives a small laugh. Clay left the room. The rest of the team sat there for a minute thinking how would fix this. They all got and headed for the plane for their mission.