Chapter 5: 44 hours since- 2 hours till impact
"okay. I'll take…2." I came in and gaped at how Windrie, Flam, and Bulb were sitting around a table playing POKER!
"I'm folding." Bulb sighed, lying his cards face down. Flam smiled.
"I'll raise it $20 since twitsy toes folded." He said, looking smugly at Windrie. He was bluffing, even I could tell.
"What in the world! You jacks are sitting around playing poker when the enemy strikes in 2 hours!" I demanded. Windrie sighed, laying down $10.
"great, the mummy strikes again…" he groaned.
"What!"
"nothing."
"listen smart ass don't sass me!" I growled, leaning over the table to get in his face.
"okay. Here have a drink. It's water." He said, shoving his glass in my face. I blinked a few times, taking it and taking a long drink. I pulled it away from my mouth…this wasn't water…
"What the hell is this!" I demanded. I felt a little out of it.
"What? It's water…" Windrie said.
"plus about a dozen other things…" Flam said, slightly laughing.
"what you mean you tried to drug me!" I demanded, dropping the glass. It dropped to the floor and shattered, glass going all over me along with whatever contraption was in it. Pain shot up my leg: a piece got into my leg.
"you tried to drug me too!" Windrie faked, standing up acting angry. He smiled, sitting back down. "I never even drank any." He smiled.
"you hate me that much?" I asked slowly, kneeling down and puling up my camo. Sure enough there was blood running down my leg. I grabbed the piece of glass with my fingernails and pulled it out, throwing it at Hayate. The nerve! He looked at it and then at me.
"what happened to you? Saw a mouse?" he asked, picking up the glass. "did u pull that out!"
"yes I did. You guys will never get rid of me so just live with it." I snapped, pushing my pant leg back down when I saw Flam looking at my leg. I stood up with a jolt and walked out of the room.
"she's a feisty one…" Bulb said, leaning back on the legs of the chair. Windrie nodded and put in another bill. Flam looked at him, then laid his cards down.
"two pair."
"royal flush." Windrie countered. Flam sighed as Hayate pulled the pile of money to him and put it in his pocket. He stood up, walking out.
"he's actually going to apologize…" Flam said, slightly laughing.
"yeah it looks like it." Bulb smiled. "wanna play again?"
"Why not?"
"Hey, Colonel Mustard wait up!" I stopped, extremely annoyed. Windrie ran up to me and smiled.
"excuse me!"
"hey babe wanna catch the 7:00 show?" he asked. Oh my gosh, he was drunk.
"not with you no. Sergeant!" I gasped as he slightly fell sideways.
"I'm fine tootsie. Hey I want a drink…" he said slowly, walking towards the mess hall building. I grabbed him by the collar and dragged him towards the showers. I yelled inside and no one answered to I dragged him in and turned the water on full blast. But ice cold. I stuck his head under it. "what the f-"I heard him yell after a few minutes so I pulled him out of it.
"you alright soldier?"
"alright! I'm soaking wet and its freaking COLD!" he snapped, smacking my hand so I would release my hold on his collar. I didn't and he looked at me annoyed.
"that didn't hurt…" I said. I felt a strong urge to smile.
"yeah you're too tough for it to hurt am I right?" he smirked.
"I'm in command here, I have to be." I snapped back, pushing him forward before releasing my hand from his collar.
"not necessarily." He said, fixing his collar and shaking his hair trying to dry it.
"yes necessarily. I'm the only one here with respect for everything. With you slackers all around me there's no way-"
"ATTENTION! RED ALERT! SENIOR STAFF REPORT TO COLONEL AWAYUKI'S OFFICE A.S.A.P.!" the loud speaker sounded through the camp.
"shit!" Windrie and I said at the same time, running across the base to my office to find Bulb, Flam, Flood, Freeze, and Sonic.
"General! Flood what is it!" I demanded as me and Windrie burst in. I saw everyone looking at us suspiciously, even Sonic. I didn't even want to know what they were thinking.
"Colonel Awayuki an enemy fleet has been spotted!" Flood yelled, hanging up the phone.
"how far!"
"at tops 25 minutes ma'am!" he said quickly, pushing a red button, sending sirens across the base.
"Okay. Bulb! You, Flam, and Freeze get weapons for everyone ready and take up the watchtower. Freeze man the missile on the top tower!" I ordered, knowing exactly what to say after hours of preparation. "Windrie come with me! Flood, barricade you, Shin, and the general. You know how and where." I ordered. Everyone nodded and took off except for the general and Windrie.
"Colonel I can't just hide myself when you're fighting-"
"I have no time for this sir. I'm the commanding officer of this base and I will fight." I snapped.
"okay fine…watch yourself. You're a fine soldier, none of us would like to lose you." He warned, running after Flood and Shin.
"Windrie come on!" I said, running out the back door of my office as I kicked it open. He gaped as he saw it was locked. Does he not know of woman power gosh?
"gotcha!" he said, getting over his shock and running after me.
