"Where's Meada?" Aya demanded of Pierce.
"The lab," he answered.
"Get him here."
"Who's Maeda," Logan asked as he entered. Pierce dialed the phone.
"The guy who got Jerome out of the nut house."
"Who's Jerome?" Pierce asked as he hung the phone up.
"A psychopathic, gun handling mechanic," Aya said. She grinned at the stunned look on Pierce's face.
"She exaggerates. He isn't a mechanic, he's a construction worker. You should see him dance twelve stories high on an i-beam. Actually, I think he was drunk when he did that," Logan explained.
"Where did you get this guy?" Pierce asked.
"Where did you meet him?" Aya asked.
Logan sighed. "He beat me in a street race about five months ago."
"You lost to him when all he has is a truck," Aya laughed to herself.
"No, he used a Viper, my Viper."
"So that's how you could afford it."
Just then Jodie entered. "Is he here, my hero, is he here?"
"Who are you talking about?" Aya asked.
"That dude who saved my life...Jerome." Jodie started talking very fast. "He's real nice. We're probably gonna get married. He's so handsome and nice and and and nice and, well he is gonna be my husband. We're gonna live together in a nice house with good friends. It's like it is out of a story book."
"Have you even seen the guy?" Aya asked.
"Well, no." Aya started laughing hysterically. "What's so funny?"
"You'll see." She took a moment to stop snickering. "You should come with us to meet him."
"Yay!" Maeda entered the room.
"Time to go," Aya said.
"Yay again," Jodie squealed.
"Where are we going?" Maeda asked. No one answered. Aya got into Jodie's car and Maeda got into Logan's.
Logan led them to a small house and pulled into the driveway. Jerome was working on his truck. Logan walked up to him followed by a very eager Jodie. Kuniko(Maeda) recognized Jerome and refused to leave the car despite Aya's encouragement.
Jodie couldn't hold back any longer. She ran up to Jerome and hugged him as hard as she could while chanting "thank you thank you ..." Jerome acted like she wasn't even there. He didn't even lift his head. He kept working on the truck. Aya rushed over to pry Jodie off of Jerome in case he would retaliate and hurt her.
Jodie felt like she hit a brick wall. She expressed love and gratitude and didn't even get him to look at her. She slouched back to her car and drove off, tears rolling down her cheek.
"What's wrong with the truck?" Logan asked after Jodie was out of sight.
"Gas mileage sucks." He looked up. He started marching towards the viper. He swung the door open and tossed Maeda out of the car like a rag doll. "I told you if you said a word I will kill you."
Aya and Logan raced over to hold him back. This didn't work. He was too strong. Logan tripped him and Aya put handcuffs on him. "I thought you were saving those for me," Logan asked referring to the handcuffs. Aya slapped him across the face. "Ow."
"Ok, you win," Jerome said while giving the handcuffs back to Aya.
"How did you... never mind."
"If you must know, I got deformed in Central Park in '97. I got caught in a zone between melting and burning. I didn't know it effected me until about a month later."
"Ok, we have a cargo plane taking off in an hour. Pack up and we will take your truck and equipment with us. Meet us at the airport in twenty. Ok squad leader."
"No, I'm not the squad leader. You are."
"Why?"
"Because you're the only one who knows what we're up against." Aya couldn't argue this.
Jerome had brought two ATVs with him and Logan fell in love. Aya was more concerned about the huge load of weaponry that was in his truck.
Inside the plane while it was in mid-air Jerome started issuing equipment. Everyone got a vest and helmet, headset radios, night vision and infra red goggles.
Then came weopons. Jerome offered a magnum. Logan wanted it bur Aya wouldn't let him have it. Then a grenade launcher. Logan really wanted it and of course Aya didn't let him have it. Then Aya didn't even let Logan see the flamethrower. Logan did get a sub-machine gun and duel uzis along with his saber and sword. Aya took an automatic rifle and a pistol. Jerome put on his trench coat with who-knows-what's inside. Finally, after briefing by a Marine general, they landed in North Dakota. Logan was already feeling cold.
"The lab," he answered.
"Get him here."
"Who's Maeda," Logan asked as he entered. Pierce dialed the phone.
"The guy who got Jerome out of the nut house."
"Who's Jerome?" Pierce asked as he hung the phone up.
"A psychopathic, gun handling mechanic," Aya said. She grinned at the stunned look on Pierce's face.
"She exaggerates. He isn't a mechanic, he's a construction worker. You should see him dance twelve stories high on an i-beam. Actually, I think he was drunk when he did that," Logan explained.
"Where did you get this guy?" Pierce asked.
"Where did you meet him?" Aya asked.
Logan sighed. "He beat me in a street race about five months ago."
"You lost to him when all he has is a truck," Aya laughed to herself.
"No, he used a Viper, my Viper."
"So that's how you could afford it."
Just then Jodie entered. "Is he here, my hero, is he here?"
"Who are you talking about?" Aya asked.
"That dude who saved my life...Jerome." Jodie started talking very fast. "He's real nice. We're probably gonna get married. He's so handsome and nice and and and nice and, well he is gonna be my husband. We're gonna live together in a nice house with good friends. It's like it is out of a story book."
"Have you even seen the guy?" Aya asked.
"Well, no." Aya started laughing hysterically. "What's so funny?"
"You'll see." She took a moment to stop snickering. "You should come with us to meet him."
"Yay!" Maeda entered the room.
"Time to go," Aya said.
"Yay again," Jodie squealed.
"Where are we going?" Maeda asked. No one answered. Aya got into Jodie's car and Maeda got into Logan's.
Logan led them to a small house and pulled into the driveway. Jerome was working on his truck. Logan walked up to him followed by a very eager Jodie. Kuniko(Maeda) recognized Jerome and refused to leave the car despite Aya's encouragement.
Jodie couldn't hold back any longer. She ran up to Jerome and hugged him as hard as she could while chanting "thank you thank you ..." Jerome acted like she wasn't even there. He didn't even lift his head. He kept working on the truck. Aya rushed over to pry Jodie off of Jerome in case he would retaliate and hurt her.
Jodie felt like she hit a brick wall. She expressed love and gratitude and didn't even get him to look at her. She slouched back to her car and drove off, tears rolling down her cheek.
"What's wrong with the truck?" Logan asked after Jodie was out of sight.
"Gas mileage sucks." He looked up. He started marching towards the viper. He swung the door open and tossed Maeda out of the car like a rag doll. "I told you if you said a word I will kill you."
Aya and Logan raced over to hold him back. This didn't work. He was too strong. Logan tripped him and Aya put handcuffs on him. "I thought you were saving those for me," Logan asked referring to the handcuffs. Aya slapped him across the face. "Ow."
"Ok, you win," Jerome said while giving the handcuffs back to Aya.
"How did you... never mind."
"If you must know, I got deformed in Central Park in '97. I got caught in a zone between melting and burning. I didn't know it effected me until about a month later."
"Ok, we have a cargo plane taking off in an hour. Pack up and we will take your truck and equipment with us. Meet us at the airport in twenty. Ok squad leader."
"No, I'm not the squad leader. You are."
"Why?"
"Because you're the only one who knows what we're up against." Aya couldn't argue this.
Jerome had brought two ATVs with him and Logan fell in love. Aya was more concerned about the huge load of weaponry that was in his truck.
Inside the plane while it was in mid-air Jerome started issuing equipment. Everyone got a vest and helmet, headset radios, night vision and infra red goggles.
Then came weopons. Jerome offered a magnum. Logan wanted it bur Aya wouldn't let him have it. Then a grenade launcher. Logan really wanted it and of course Aya didn't let him have it. Then Aya didn't even let Logan see the flamethrower. Logan did get a sub-machine gun and duel uzis along with his saber and sword. Aya took an automatic rifle and a pistol. Jerome put on his trench coat with who-knows-what's inside. Finally, after briefing by a Marine general, they landed in North Dakota. Logan was already feeling cold.