"I'm hungry." Jack said, as he sat on his bed.
"Me too," said Jace next to him. "They didn't give us any dinner and barely let us eat our breakfast. I only eat my bread and a little mash potatoes, trying to eat it all in two minutes."
"At least you got that," AO signed. "Erica kept elbowing me, making my food pop out of my spoon."
"Sorry," Erica innocently said.
She pushed her knees against her chest feeling guiltier. AO and Erica had a neck for getting in each other way. When Erica tripped on a rock on a mission, because AO blinded her with the reflection of a mirror (a location mirror what Manticore call it), AO laughed and she pushed him on the ground. When AO slipped in the shower, because Erica was rushing him to take his soap, she laughed but he splashed water in her eye for revenge.
"Besides I wouldn't of elbowed you if you gave me more room. You had more room on your side, you could fit a whole gigantic tank." Erica pointed out.
Jack and Jace chuckled.
"Stop complaining!" I cried out. "We failed the mission yesterday for not finishing it fast enough. As a team we must pay the price. Even though Zack didn't listen to me to recon the base first then go in blindfolded. Got most of our team dead but me, Eva and Jack." I smiled at them.
Jack and Eva smiled at each other.
Zack jump up from Jack's bed, staring at me. "Are you trying to say this is my fault."
"I didn't say it was your fault, you assumed I said it was your fault. But a leader must take all the faults, right." I smiled.
"I don't know what's wrong with you but this isn't a game!" He said, furious.
"Never said it was a game." I said, raising my voice.
"Can you guys stop yelling. You'll get us in trouble." Tinga snapped at both of us.
Zack grants, sitting back down. We eyed each other for a minute, locked into a staring contest. A long silence was between all of us.
"I'm still hungry." AO complained.
We all just laughed at him. AO had a stomach like a bottomless pit. He'll keep irritating you until he gets something he wants. I look out the window at the dark sky, showing we had plenty of nighttime, and then glanced at the door.
"What do you want to eat AO?" I asked him.
"I would like corn, mash potatoes, that apple sauce they sometimes give us," His eyes light up. "Eggs, ketchup to go with my eggs." He rubs his tummy, tasting it in his mouth.
Jace felt gross about that ketchup part on the eggs. "That's nasty."
"It's really good. Tried some when Lydecker and Drill instructors wasn't looking," AO said confidently. "And I also want some milk with my meal."
"What are you feeding for four." Erica said, sarcastically.
"I told you I was hungry." AO complaining like a little child.
"Alright then. Anybody else." I said, pretending to take down orders.
"I want what he's having too." Jack said.
"Ok."
I walk to my bed. The others kept talking about what they wanted, making a game out of it as I grabbed two paper clips from under my pillow. I unbend them both to be straight and walked over to the door. Nobody saw what I was doing until Zack heard the click of the door and turned his head.
"What are you doing?" Zack said, getting up and walking over to me, followed by the others.
"Going to get some food. What's it look like."
"You can't go to the Mess Hall at night or any other time until instructed too."
"So, it never stop you."
"You're going to the Mess Hall?" AO smiled, listening to his stomach instead of his head, not examining the dangers involved.
"Yes, want to come?"
He cheeses, nodding.
"I want to come too." Jack said.
"And me." Erica said.
Eva tummy growled of food then look at me.
Zack eyes were growling like a dog because of my behavior. "I'm giving you an order soldier, and I said no!"
I opened the door and poke my head out, seeing nobody around. I smiled at Zack, then ran out the door and straight down the hallway. I paused for a second and kneeled down hearing if any guards are around, but felt a body behind me following with faint noise of footsteps. I look at Jack, AO, Erica, and Eva.
"Decided to come?" I said.
"I figured were with you that will be ok." Jack said.
I smiled as myself figured that Jack fully trusted me with his life. This was the first time Jack disobeyed orders from Zack and the others as while. For now, there lives were in my hands as I always felt that about the unit if Zack wasn't around. I use my super hearing and give a go signal.
"Me too," said Jace next to him. "They didn't give us any dinner and barely let us eat our breakfast. I only eat my bread and a little mash potatoes, trying to eat it all in two minutes."
"At least you got that," AO signed. "Erica kept elbowing me, making my food pop out of my spoon."
"Sorry," Erica innocently said.
She pushed her knees against her chest feeling guiltier. AO and Erica had a neck for getting in each other way. When Erica tripped on a rock on a mission, because AO blinded her with the reflection of a mirror (a location mirror what Manticore call it), AO laughed and she pushed him on the ground. When AO slipped in the shower, because Erica was rushing him to take his soap, she laughed but he splashed water in her eye for revenge.
"Besides I wouldn't of elbowed you if you gave me more room. You had more room on your side, you could fit a whole gigantic tank." Erica pointed out.
Jack and Jace chuckled.
"Stop complaining!" I cried out. "We failed the mission yesterday for not finishing it fast enough. As a team we must pay the price. Even though Zack didn't listen to me to recon the base first then go in blindfolded. Got most of our team dead but me, Eva and Jack." I smiled at them.
Jack and Eva smiled at each other.
Zack jump up from Jack's bed, staring at me. "Are you trying to say this is my fault."
"I didn't say it was your fault, you assumed I said it was your fault. But a leader must take all the faults, right." I smiled.
"I don't know what's wrong with you but this isn't a game!" He said, furious.
"Never said it was a game." I said, raising my voice.
"Can you guys stop yelling. You'll get us in trouble." Tinga snapped at both of us.
Zack grants, sitting back down. We eyed each other for a minute, locked into a staring contest. A long silence was between all of us.
"I'm still hungry." AO complained.
We all just laughed at him. AO had a stomach like a bottomless pit. He'll keep irritating you until he gets something he wants. I look out the window at the dark sky, showing we had plenty of nighttime, and then glanced at the door.
"What do you want to eat AO?" I asked him.
"I would like corn, mash potatoes, that apple sauce they sometimes give us," His eyes light up. "Eggs, ketchup to go with my eggs." He rubs his tummy, tasting it in his mouth.
Jace felt gross about that ketchup part on the eggs. "That's nasty."
"It's really good. Tried some when Lydecker and Drill instructors wasn't looking," AO said confidently. "And I also want some milk with my meal."
"What are you feeding for four." Erica said, sarcastically.
"I told you I was hungry." AO complaining like a little child.
"Alright then. Anybody else." I said, pretending to take down orders.
"I want what he's having too." Jack said.
"Ok."
I walk to my bed. The others kept talking about what they wanted, making a game out of it as I grabbed two paper clips from under my pillow. I unbend them both to be straight and walked over to the door. Nobody saw what I was doing until Zack heard the click of the door and turned his head.
"What are you doing?" Zack said, getting up and walking over to me, followed by the others.
"Going to get some food. What's it look like."
"You can't go to the Mess Hall at night or any other time until instructed too."
"So, it never stop you."
"You're going to the Mess Hall?" AO smiled, listening to his stomach instead of his head, not examining the dangers involved.
"Yes, want to come?"
He cheeses, nodding.
"I want to come too." Jack said.
"And me." Erica said.
Eva tummy growled of food then look at me.
Zack eyes were growling like a dog because of my behavior. "I'm giving you an order soldier, and I said no!"
I opened the door and poke my head out, seeing nobody around. I smiled at Zack, then ran out the door and straight down the hallway. I paused for a second and kneeled down hearing if any guards are around, but felt a body behind me following with faint noise of footsteps. I look at Jack, AO, Erica, and Eva.
"Decided to come?" I said.
"I figured were with you that will be ok." Jack said.
I smiled as myself figured that Jack fully trusted me with his life. This was the first time Jack disobeyed orders from Zack and the others as while. For now, there lives were in my hands as I always felt that about the unit if Zack wasn't around. I use my super hearing and give a go signal.
