Many thanks here to 'MuTaNtFiSsIoN' for reviewing it and remember that I have yet to finish this. I hate when I read fictions abandoned by their autors and I'm doing the same thing. Shame on me... ;;
Well, well, let's get to the real thing. I do not own Advance Wars characters, I only have AW2 and AWDS. I'm gonna buy AW1 soon, but that doesn't matter here. Enjoy the chapter and forgive me again for my grammar/spelling mistakes.
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Chapter 3: The last fight
As Eagle entered the room, Jess stood up and gave him the same angry look he was giving to her. But after he stopped as if daring her to say anything, she just recomposed herself with a deep sigh and waited for him to start. And he did start:
- What the hell are you trying to do, Red? Not thanks to you, Blue Moon decided to cease the attacks and you go and captures surrended soldiers? How stupid are you?
She didn't say a thing.
- I know you said you were not at the office, but guess what? That was exactly the place you were supposed to be! You say you want to be a commander but still act like a soldier! What the hell were you doing in the field? Can you answer me that? You are supposed to be in the office! You are supposed to give orders to your troops! Not to ride a tank or whatever you ride and play as a dumb infantary in the field! Are we clear?
She remained quiet, just looking at him.
- It seems I was right in the end. You just are not worth to be a Commanding Officer of Green Earth. In fact, I don't even know if you were supposed to be in this sub-commander position I gave to you. I might as well make you back to a soldier, seeing that you just can't help yourself and rush into the battle field alongside with your troops!
The silence was the only thing filling the room after his snap. Drake was looking at him behind his back shaking his head hopelessly. Jess just stared at him without saying a word. Fealing a bit uneasy with the lack of reaction, Eagle broke the silence once again:
- Aren't you going to say anything?
- I'm waiting the end of your speech, 'commander'. - Jess said with sarcasm in her voice at the word commander.
Eagle frowned. "What is she up to?" he thought a bit disapointed of the lack of an angry response from her. "Well, whatever it is, I'll buy it anyway".
- Well, I'm done. Got anything in your deffense, sub-commander?
She breathed slowly. Now it was the time. As much as she wanted to yell at him at the top of her lungs she decided to be superior at least for once. She wouldn't play his game. She would say what she wanted to, but she would do it her way this time.
- No, commander Eagle, I actually got nothing in my deffense.
- As expected... - he interrupted her starting to smirk sarcasticly.
- However...
He raised an eyebrow to her.
- ... there are a few things I would like you to hear.
Drake looked at her. She looked back and smiled as if saying "The time has come". Then he diecided to interrupt:
- Look, Jess, Eagle, I believe we had enough for one day. Why don't we...?
- Wait a minut, Drake. Let her speak. I do want to know what she has to say to me.
Drake shut his mouth looking sadly at his two friends. "Why can't they just get along" he thought with a sigh.
- So, you were saying? - Eagle demanded.
- I have no idea what kind of grudge is that that you hold against myself - she started calmly - I don't know if it's because I was better than you with the ground units...
- Wait a second, you... - He interrupted her.
- I thought you said you were done? - she asked him firmly. Biting his tongue he decided to let her finish.
- As I was saying, I have no idea why you hate me so much. And honestly, I don't care anymore. But liking it or not, I am a well trained vehicular expert and I am capable to be a Commanding Officer, God knows for how long. And you, commander Eagle, know it. You keep dragging me down, you keep getting in the way putting all sort of obstacles, but I know you know it.
She took another deep breath. Eagle was looking at her as if he was about to explode of anger. But he didn't say a thing. "Two can play this game" he thought.
- You have not to like me. But I would demmand respect. You yell at me in front of my soldiers, you boss me around as if I was nothing but a soldier myself and you act like a complete jerk wether I fail wether I success. And I won't accept this kind of behavior no more. - she finished.
- Oh, you won't? - it was his time - Oh, you won't? Well, now you listen to me, sub-commander as I also have a few things to say to you. As you can tell, I was not entirelly wrong when I didn't make you a CO. Do you have any idea what you have done now? You were about to re-start a finished war! You...
- Dammit, Eagle! - she losted her cool now - can you listen to yourself? I made a mistake, ok, I addmit, but honestly, tell me, was in my carrer in Green Earth's army everything I have ever done a mistake?
- I wouldn't say everything... but, pretty much 99 of the time... - he said with a superiour tone in his voice.
- Is that what you think? - she asked clenching her fists.
- I tend to say what I think most of the times. - he answered her back with a mocking smile in his face.
- Ok, then. Drake?
Drake blinked as if he was waking up from a dream... or a nightmare for that matter.
- Yeah?
- Take care of my troops from now on.
Eagle looked at her surprised.
- And you, Eagle... congratulations.
- What? - he was confused.
- You won.
- What the hell are you talking about now?
- I'm leaving next week. You will no longer have to deal with a worthless sub-commader. Orange Star will now have this crappy army woman as their Commanding Officer. Wish them good luck.
She turned her back and left the room leaving Eagle's eyes wide open and Drake's eyes full of tears.
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Bah. A dramatic ending. This is really getting angst-ish but I'll try to be less dramatic next time. A short chapter too. Told ya I was getting through writer's block.
I hope you liked, though. With any hope I'l finish this in the beggining of the next year, lol.
Feedback appreciated and good criticism too. Flame won't be appreciated but I can't do anything about it. Although I don't think there's any reason to flame me. Unless, of course, you're some sort of grammar-nazi. But I did say sorry about the mistakes, so...
Anyway, see you next chapter!