August 6th, 2023
Specialist Derrick "Loki" Castellano
West Coast Rainbow HQ.
Portland OR. USA
"I told you asshole, you're getting nothing!"
"Uh oh...that was quite the wrong thing to say to me."
Derrick shook his head vigorously trying to forget about his time as a prisoner. He had just got off a 2 week shore leave with his parents. He'd mainly spent it hitting the waves, playing with Josie and hanging with his sister. He had been so happy to see her upon his rescue from that hell hole and she in turn was happy to see him.
"She's not coming to help you Derrick. Does she still love you?"
"SHUT UP!" Derrick said loudly to his empty bedroom at HQ. He sat up and rubbed his head and bare chest. He felt the burn marks now permanently on his skin and clenched his fists.
"It's ok," Derrick said to himself and put his feet on the floor. His back had been stinging with pain as well the previous night so he had taken his shirt off to sleep. He looked down at his bed and cursed. The wounds had opened again and left a dim shade of red behind on the sheets. He got out of bed and dressed quickly, putting on a black undershirt under his outer shirt. No one was allowed to see or know what really happened to him. Not Meghan and not Tina. It would terrify them, he was sure of it.
"Alright man, happy face. Act like you don't resent all of them...especially Lukas," Derrick said to himself as he unlocked his bedroom door. Apparently, his "best friend" had been talking to Tina a lot when he was missing. It was high school all over again. That's what he gets for trusting other people again. They would just go behind his back when he wasn't looking. Derrick felt that Tina's short visit to him on Castellano Hill was just her making up for the fact that she fucked his best friend. He had been so happy to see her too and wanted to confirm that they were still a couple. She had said yes but "left to go to HQ" rather than remain with him and Meghan at his parent's house. If she really loved him, she would have done so. She would have wanted to sleep with him but she left him with his fucking sister.
"You think Tina loves you? If she really did, where is she little Derrick? Why isn't she saving her man?"
"SHUT UP!" Derrick yelled again.
"Derrick? Is that you?" someone asked from around the corner. It was Lukas. Of fucking course it was. The guy slept in the room next to his. Tina appeared from behind him too. That nearly sparked Derrick's rage but he kept it at bay...for the moment.
"Hey there he is! Heard you got back last night with Meghan," Lukas said. Tina smiled at him before she faltered.
"Derrick, sweetie, what's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing," Derrick lied quickly. She didn't know what he had dreamed of the previous night. She had no idea what that man had done to him. Thankfully, he had covered up the scars across his chest and back. Tina cocked her eyebrow.
"Seriously, what's wrong? We just heard you yell 'shut up' for basically no reason," she said. Oh, you heard me over your make out session did you?! Derrick thought but he actually said
"Bad dream, my bad. So, what am I supposed to be doing today hmm?" in his old cheery tone putting aside his anger for now. Tina still eyed him suspiciously.
"Well, I'm busy until tonight, so I'll see you then. I'm supposed to be going somewhere out of state with Craig, Jordan and Monika. Forgot where. I'm actually a tad late," Lukas said and walked past him. Derrick nodded.
"Right, lab for me I think, gotta see if Elena or Megs broke my shit," Derrick said.
"I'll go with you," she said, still eyeing him. As he and Tina walked to the lab, Derrick asked the question that had been burning inside of him since Tina left him back in Oceanside.
"Do you still love me?" he said.
"Yes, why? Are you still sad about me leaving you in Oceanside?" Tina asked.
"A bit…" Derrick admitted. Tina pecked his cheek quickly.
"How sweet. Derrick, I was technically on a tight schedule. Meghan and I almost got in trouble for that,"
"Alright, you know what, fair,"
"I know both of us are off tonight. Meghan agreed to give you your house back. You and I can...you know…" Tina said and quickly squeezed Derrick's ass. Derrick grinned at her.
"I'll hold you to that Miss Tseng," he said. He was going to show her how a real man fucks, not like some washed up old musician in need of a more modern hairstyle.
He arrived in the lab accompanied by Tina to see that Meghan and Elena were already in there working on various projects.
"Hey Derrick!" Elena said. Derrick waved in greeting, sat down and got to work on his old projector.
"Are they your friends? They still haven't come to save you Derrick."
"They would beat your fucking ASS!"
"Oooh, I'm so scared of wittle Derrick's sister and all the other morons who left him to suffer. Fucking as if"
Derrick shook his head again as he worked. Not now. Derrick realized that someone had used his projector recently. He viewed the user log and saw that it had been Meghan back in June. He frowned a bit. What was she doing using this?
"Megs, uh, did you use this at any point?" he asked Meghan. Meghan turned to face him.
"I did. It was before Lukas found you, I couldn't help myself. I was missing you so badly," she explained. Derrick saw Elena smile before going back to what she was doing.
"She's ashamed of being related to someone as pathetic as you! If she cared, she would have found you by now!"
"What'd you do?" Derrick asked, trying his damndest not to get angry. Why did Meghan always have to touch his stuff? He had been immensely surprised that she hadn't given most of it away when he was being held prisoner.
"Took a trip down memory lane," Meghan answered. Derrick nodded at her and played the infamous
"SHUT UP DERRICK, YOU DON'T KNOW, I'M A NAVY SEAL!" sound clip at her again. Tina chuckled along with Elena. Meghan rolled her eyes.
"Yes, yes, very funny. Now I need to work," Meghan said and turned back to her project. Derrick smiled to himself and rubbed his beard. He hadn't bothered to shave it off since returning and no one seemed to have even cared that he hadn't. He hadn't got his hair cut either. If people didn't like it, that was their problem, not his.
"DO THAT AGAIN, AND I'LL MAKE IT SO PRECIOUS TINA WON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE YOU LET ALONE KISS YOU! THAT IS IF SHE EVEN CARES ENOUGH TO FIND YOU!"
"FIGHT ME YOURSELF BITCH!"
"BEAT HIS ASS!"
"BRING IT TUBBY!"
Again, Derrick shook his head trying to clear it from the memories. He worked in silence for the next hour or so, performing system updates and various tests. He had mainly wanted to work on his hacking skills and set up a testing station nearby to do so. He programmed the "firewall" to give him a random password that he had to decrypt in order to get access to the test camera. His fastest time was about 25 seconds.
"Hey sir, how did you get in here? This is private property," Eliza said from behind him. Derrick turned to face her. Eliza faltered
"Oh sorry Derrick, I didn't recognize you," she said before walking over to Elena. Derrick scowled at Eliza's back but he wasn't stealthy about it. Meghan and Tina had seen him do so. Meghan walked over to him.
"What was that about?" she whispered as Eliza and Elena began talking about something Derrick couldn't decipher over the screaming in his head. His own screaming. His own pain.
"AHHHHHH! MEGHAN! LUKAS! PLEASE! SOMEONE! MONIKA! "
"Oh boy! Who were those people? More friends of yours? I don't think so, Castellano. Friends wouldn't leave you to die"
"Eliza...ma'am...please...I need you…"
"Eliza? Is she your CO? She left you to die, remember? "
"Elena...Craig...Jordan...Ela...Zo...please…"
"They aren't your friends Castellano. Face it, your best friend is me now."
"What," Derrick retorted.
"I saw the face you just gave Eliza. Derrick, seriously, what's wrong with you?" Tina asked him again.
"NOTHING ALRIGHT! GET OFF MY BACK MOM!" Derrick shouted at her. Meghan gasped. Tina gave him a "what the fuck did you just say to me" face. Elena and Eliza had also turned at the noise but had continued speaking about something. Tactics or whatever. It didn't fucking matter to Derrick at the moment. The screaming in his head was peaking again.
"Your sister would have saved you by now if she wasn't so ashamed of you,"
"FUCK. YOU!"
"Ah ah ah, language Castellano. Language. Hit him with the car battery again. That was funny"
"Derrick, I saw how you acted shortly after Tina left back at Mom and Dad's. You've been very distant and a little moody. What happened?" Meghan said as Eliza and Elena's conversation was beginning to grow louder.
"I see that you still feel the need to baby me like your little girlfriend does with her own brother," Derrick said to her angrily. Meghan gave him the same face Tina had given him.
"The fuck did you just say?" Meghan ordered.
"Didn't hear me with Monika's tongue in your ear did you?" Derrick answered.
"DERRICK!" Tina said reproachfully. Derrick didn't answer her, instead he turned to Elena and Eliza who were now arguing rather loudly.
"WILL YOU IDIOTS SHUT THE FUCK UP! GOOD FUCKING LORD, EVERY TIME I SEE YOU TWO TOGETHER, IT'S LIKE WATCHING 2 ANGRY CATS GO AT EACH OTHER. I AM SO GODDAMN SICK OF HEARING IT! IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME THING. ELENA BITCH ASS SAYS SOMETHING STRATEGIC AND MISS KICKINTHEDOOR GOES FUCK THAT NONSESE, I'M GOING TO GO IN GUNS BLAZING! NOT ALL OF US HAVE A FUCKING FORCE FIELD AROUND OUR HEADS THAT DEFLECT BULLETS COHEN! IF THIS BULLSHIT IS WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH TODAY, I'M NOT HAVING IT!" Derrick shouted and marched out of the room. Elena and Eliza stopped talking and stared at him as he left.
"What the hell?" he heard Elena say in Spanish as he rounded the corner. Fucking honestly. That's all those 2 did. It was infuriating to hear. Most of the time he just drowned it out. Why Harry had decided to put Elena and Eliza in the same base was beyond Derrick's comprehension. He must have known it would come to this at some point. He marched off to the thankfully empty cafeteria and grabbed some food. After eating about 2 meals worth of it, his anger seemed to dissipate for good. Great. Eliza just walked into the room too. Awesome.
"Castellano," she said and sat down opposite him. Use of his last name. Fan-fucking-tastic.
"I know, I know. What's wrong with me, what the shit dicking fuck was that outburst back there right?" Derrick asked. Eliza studied him curiously.
"Yeah. Look, I think Harry and I made a mistake in clearing you so fast after just two weeks," Eliza began before Derrick cut across her.
"E, I'm fine. I guess I was just hangry,"
"Hangry?"
"You know, hungry and angry. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night either," Derrick lied. He'd gotten enough...even with the horrible nightmares.
"Uh huh...You do know I'm your CO right? And you just yelled at me to shut the fuck up?" Eliza asked.
"Right, sorry...what's my punishment?" Derrick asked.
"Nothing, just...just don't do it again or I'll have to do something. You had a point to be honest. I'll let it slide for now. I'm concerned about you too, you know. You might have gotten off the hook with me, but Meghan and Tina are LIVID," Eliza told him and got to her feet. Jordan had just entered the cafe too and he smiled at Eliza before going to get some food. He looked like he just got back from the gym. Eliza definitely noticed. Derrick smirked at her. Eliza shook her head but Derrick spoke anyway.
"Hey Jordan, did you ask E out ye- oh dear! I may have spoiled the su-preeze!" he said, putting his hand over his mouth. Eliza turned as red as her hair and tried to avoid Jordan's eye. Jordan gave Derrick a "finger gun" as if to say "thanks pal" and then motioned Eliza to come join him. Eliza did so as Derrick left the room. He'd go back to the lab later and talk to everyone else about what happened later, right now his injuries were stinging a bit and he decided that a nice shower was in order.
August 7th, 2023
Specialist Derrick "Loki" Castellano
West Coast Rainbow HQ.
Portland OR. USA
"I will ask you again Mr. Castellano, who do you work for?"
"Wayne Enterprises," CRACK! "Mmmf, Stark Industries" CRACK! "Ahh! LexCorp" CRACK! "Ow, Queen Consolidated" CRACK! "Oscorp. I got a million of 'em!"
"ENOUGH WITH THE FUCKING COMIC BOOK REFERENCES!"
"I can switch to video games. You'll get nothing fuck face,"
"GIVE ME THE POKER!"
"Poke her? I hardly know her, wait not again….no...no...NO! AHHHHH! AHHHH! MEGHAN! TINAAAAAA!"
"Aww! Look at this pathetic weakling yelling for his girlfriend again. How have you not realized that she doesn't love you?"
"AHHHHHHHH! PLEASE! MEGHAN HELP ME!"
"Your sister isn't coming, Mr. Castellano. Neither is this Tina. Or that one named Lukas or the other one named Monika...or Eliza...or Craig...or Elena...or Jordan...or Ela...or Zofia. None of them are. Have you not read the papers? You, give me the San Diego Union-Tribune from a few days ago...Let's see, ah here we go. 'It is with great sadness that Colonel Guiseppe Castellano of the US Marine Corps and his wife Suzanne announce the unfortunate passing of their son, Derrick Joseph Castellano, aged 29 of the US Air Force. He was reportedly killed in action while assisting with the Washington State National Guard with the terrorist attack on Northwestern University. He is survived by both of his parents and loving sister Meghan Jane Castellano, aged 31, of the US and girlfriend, Tina Lin Tseng, aged 32, of Canada. Derrick was routinely referred to as charismatic…' blah blah fuckin blah. The point is, your family and friends think you're dead.
"No...no…"
"Yes Mr. Castellano. No one is coming to save you. To them, you are a dead man,"
"Derrick, hey, Derrick," Derrick found himself being shaken awake by Elena back in the lab.
"What?" Derrick said groggily and lifted his hand to wipe his eyes. "What time is it?"
"9 am on the 7th," Elena answered. Through his tired eyes, he thought Elena was looking at his chest area.
"Fuck, must have lost track of time last night and fell asleep in here. Tina must not be happy," Derrick said in his old cheery tone. Elena however, was not as cheery.
"Derrick...what happened?" she asked. Derrick cocked an eyebrow.
"I fell asleep in here by accident. That's what happens when you close your eyes for an extended period of time Elena," Derrick answered. Elena apparently was not in the mood for jokes. She was still looking at Derrick's chest. Derrick looked down to see that his shirt had ridden up his chest a little as he slept. The burn scars etched on his chest were visible. Immediately he went from cheery to angry.
"YOU...YOU PEAKED?!" he shouted at Elena. Elena jumped before retaliating.
"No...I was just…" Elena began but Derrick's anger was too strong.
"WHY WOULD YOU PEEK THAT?! YOU WILL TELL NO ONE. NO FUCKING ONE. UNDERSTAND?! ESPECIALLY MEGHAN OR TINA!" Derrick shouted. Elena, who Derrick always had liked, looked him dead in the face before she muttered "Yeah fucking right. I'm going right to Meghan." in Spanish which only agitated Derrick more.
"I UNDERSTAND SPANISH YOU MORON! I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD ELENA, DON'T!" Derrick yelled and stormed out of the lab.
August 15th, 2023
Specialist Derrick "Loki" Castellano
West Coast Rainbow HQ.
Portland OR. USA
"I SAID FUCKING TALK!"
"I am talking, just not about what you want bitch ass YAHHH!"
"YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME WH- Eh? What?...HE'S WHAT?! THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN A GIANT GERMAN GUY KILLED HIM?"
"Whoopsie doo, your brother is now goo"
"SHUT UP!...I...I need to go see this...Leave him like this, if he falls asleep, shock him. If my brother is dead and I find out ANY of your supposed friends is behind it, you are going to fucking wish for death Castellano"
"Bring it tubby, OOOF!"
"Derrick," Derrick was again shaken awake in a lab chair, this time by Meghan. Derrick mumbled something and wiped his eyes again. Thankfully, his shirt stayed down this time. He normally slept in here every night and he usually set an alarm for 6 am and left, where he often fell asleep in the wee hours of the morning, and went somewhere else to sleep. He figured Tina would be waiting for him at his condo or in his room at HQ. The days hadn't been so fun either, not because he had been on any kind of mission or anything, it was just the memories and the trauma he was reliving daily. He didn't understand why either. He had been fine at his parent's house with Meghan. He had even made sure that Josie was the other living being that saw his scars. He had showered either really late or really early and wore a wetsuit while out on the waves. Derrick had barely spoken with Tina too and he could tell she was worried about him...now. What happened to "I never stopped loving you Derrick?" Was that how she felt before or after she fucked Lukas? Speaking of Lukas, he was also in the lab looking at Derrick with confusion. Derrick had barely spent any time with Lukas either. He mainly stayed in his room or in the lab and often left whenever someone else came in.
"Derrick, you fell asleep in the lab again. 4th night in a row," Meghan said and pointed to a blue camera in the corner near the ceiling. Fucking fantastic. Meghan was spying on him too. How did she know that he had fallen asleep in the lab...unless...Derrick's eyes found Elena and they narrowed in anger. Meghan's hand touched his shoulder blade, exactly where one of the whip marks was.
"DON'T. FUCKING TOUCH ME," Derrick shouted at her. Meghan withdrew her hand and looked at Elena. This confirmed what Derrick feared. Elena had told Meghan what she had seen.
"I told you...NOT TO SAY ANYTHING!" Derrick shouted at Elena. He saw that Tina was in the lab too, standing behind Meghan and Derrick couldn't tell if she was concerned or angry. Elena, however, was angry.
"Tell her Derrick. Tell her what happened to you. The truth. Tell her right now. That's an order," Elena said.
"Ok, I was held prisoner for 3 months, begging for my big sister or the woman that I love or fucking ANYBODY to come save me only to find out oops THEY ALL BELIEVED I WAS DEAD!" Derrick shouted at his sister and girlfriend. Derrick saw them recoil with fear. Good. They knew nothing about what he had been through and what he had been told. They hated him and he knew it. They didn't want him back here at all. They wanted him to remain dead.
"Derrick...buddy," Lukas said, while putting a consoling hand on his shoulder. Derrick threw it off immediately and glared at him.
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME VERRÄTER! AND YOU, BITCH, GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Derrick directed the last comment at Meghan who did not move. Instead she attempted to lift Derrick's shirt, which sparked his anger again. He threw her hands off him and wrapped one of his arms around her neck and kneed her in the back. Meghan retaliated by elbowing him in the stomach and shoving him backwards. She advanced on him but Derrick dodged and elbowed his sister in between her shoulder blades. Meghan turned to face him again but Derrick had punched her in the nose. Meghan shouted in pain and anger.
"DERRICK STOP!" Tina shouted. Derrick realized who he was attacking and lowered his arms. Meghan wiped her now bleeding nose and stared at him.
"Derrick…" she said.
"YOU. LIED TO ME," Derrick snarled at her. Meghan started to answer but Derrick had already left the room.
August 15th, 2023
Specialist Lukas "Amp" Weiss
West Coast Rainbow HQ.
Portland OR. USA
Lukas stared at the spot Derrick had just vacated. Elena had been right. Something was wrong with his buddy. That and the fact that Derrick had just called him a traitor in German for some reason. He looked around the room at everyone else who was just as confused. Tina helped Meghan into a chair, Lukas could see she was angry and crying again. It was when he looked at Tina he realized why Derrick called him a traitor. He must think he and Tina were sleeping together. Yeah fucking right, Ela would kill him.
"Tina," Lukas said.
"WHAT?!" Tina snapped before realizing who spoke, "Oh, sorry Lukas. What was that he called you?"
"Traitor. I think he thinks you and I slept together behind his back," Lukas explained. Meghan was still fuming and saying a lot of what Lukas thought were swear words in Italian. Tina stared at the doorway Derrick had just walked through.
"Do we know where he went?" Tina asked Meghan. Meghan shoved her phone in Tina's hands. Lukas watched Tina flip through it. Lukas had learned that Meghan had placed various cameras in sneaky locations around the base following Derrick's first outburst a few days ago in order to watch him.
"Ok, he's in his room...going to sleep again," Tina said, handing the phone back to Meghan.
"Derrick's got some sort of PTSD, I'm sure of it," Elena added, going over to comfort Meghan.
"He...he seemed fine over in Oceanside. The son of a bitch hit me," Meghan said. Monika entered the room looking a bit fearful. Lukas figured she must have seen or passed Derrick in the hallway. She saw Meghan sitting there shaking with rage.
"What happened?" she asked and touched Meghan's shoulders consolingly. Tina explained what happened. Monika's eyes widened before turning on Meghan. She even wiped some of the blood from her face.
"I'm sure he still loves you," Monika said.
"MONIKA, HE FUCKING ATTACKED ME! I SAW PURE HATRED IN HIS EYES!" Meghan shouted. "Something happened to him...and he won't tell us...someone fucked up my little brother...I'm going to find out who and kick their fucking ASS…Nobody does this to my family...especially him," Meghan gripped Monika's hand. Monika sat down next to her and put an arm around her shoulder and gently shushed her.
"I love him so much...I want to help him. He's never been like this. Why won't he tell us," Meghan continued.
"He must not want to be viewed as weak," Monika suggested.
"He's not weak. He survived whatever happened to him didn't he?" Meghan said.
"What did he mean by 'you lied to me'?" Tina asked. Meghan punched the table but didn't answer. Tina dropped it.
"We gotta tell Eliza about this ja?" Lukas asked the room. Lukas himself had noticed that Derrick was acting very differently than he remembered. He actively avoided everyone, especially himself, Tina and Meghan. Lukas couldn't understand why. Derrick had been so happy and just like his old self when he had found him back in Northern California. Was the Butcher related somehow? Eliza entered the lab at that moment as well. She must have heard the yelling or the brief skirmish Meghan and Derrick had.
"I just saw Derrick storm into his room and slam the door. Did anything else happen?" Eliza asked the room at large. To Lukas's surprise, Elena explained what happened in a calm tone. Eliza turned to Lukas
"You say he's avoiding you too?" she asked. Lukas nodded
"And me, I know this is frowned upon to say right now but I haven't been alone with him since I stopped to see him in Oceanside. He thinks Lukas and I slept together," Tina added. Lukas could tell she was on the verge of tears too. Someone had fucked up her boyfriend and she was not happy, he could tell. She had just got him back and was terrified of losing him again.
"You got the cameras set up around the place right Meghan? And Derrick has no idea?" Eliza asked. Meghan nodded.
"I just...I just want him to tell me what happened...he's always came to me first with whatever was bothering him...but...but he seemed so happy in Oceanside," Meghan said. Monika squeezed her hand. Lukas heard her say "We'll help him, I promise," in German. Lukas agreed. Whatever was bothering Derrick, he was determined to find out and help.
"We'll be sure to monitor him over the next few days. I should probably tell Harry at some point too. That's a very drastic change in personality and I'm concerned about him. There's absolutely no way I'm taking him on this next proposed mission. We found intel on the Butcher again. As well as a new prison camp," Eliza explained. "We'll discuss it tomorrow, right now. I want eyes on Derrick. I want to know where he is and where he's going. I'll tell some of the staff members to watch him too."
"Eliza….I can't...I can't lose my brother again…" Meghan said.
"I know Meghan. I won't let it happen." Eliza replied. Lukas nodded at Meghan too. No White Mask fuck was going to take his buddy away from his friends again.
August 16th, 2023
Specialist Lukas "Amp" Weiss
West Coast Rainbow HQ.
Portland OR. USA
Derrick pretty much kept to his room, the cafeteria or the lab the next day. Lukas was careful to keep a safe distance from him. He had remembered that Derrick had some trust issues dating back to his high school days and whatever happened to him must have amplified those tenfold. Ela had heard about Derrick's outbursts and talked with Lukas about it a few times.
"It's gotta be PTSD. He's distant, moody and you often find him staring off into the distance a lot right? Does he shake his head like he's trying to forget something?" Ela asked him in a low voice as they ate lunch together on the opposite side of the cafe to where Derrick was sitting. Lukas had figured that if Derrick saw himself and Ela together, he might abandon his belief that he had slept with Tina. It seemed to be working as Derrick didn't glare at him with immense hatred anymore.
"Ja," Lukas answered in the same low voice.
"Elena mentioned something about scaring on his chest too, right?" Ela asked, taking a bite of her sandwich. Meanwhile Derrick had begun playing five finger fillet with his knife on the table. Lukas quickly and discreetly motioned to one of the line cooks to watch Derrick. The line cook nodded and motioned for his fellows to watch.
"Ja, she said they looked like burn marks or branding. He also jumped about 10 feet in the air when Meghan touched his back so I suspect there's something there too," Lukas said. Derrick finished his knife game, got up and left the cafe. Lukas pulled out his phone and texted Eliza. "Derrick's out of the cafe. He was playing five finger fillet again" was his message to her. He saw the time on his phone too.
"Oh shit, the briefing. Come on, let's go." Lukas said and led Ela out of the cafe
The pair of them arrived in the lab to see that Eliza, Jordan, Meghan and Elena were already in there. Zofia followed them inside but went off to sit in the back away from everyone else.
"Ah, Zofia's here, good. She'll want to hear this too. Alright let's go over what we know."
"Hang on a second," Ela said. "Do we know where Derrick is?" Meghan pulled out her phone and stared at it for a few seconds.
"Yes, he's in his room working on his laptop," Meghan answered. Zofia shifted in her seat and nodded. Meghan put her phone away and turned back to the screen where there was now a building/ground layout of yet another White Mask base. This one was mainly a prison camp overseen by none other than the Buchter. The motherfucker that got away last time. The plan was to send in a small team in for an assassination attempt. Lukas was going to act as the sniper.
"Uh me?" Lukas asked.
"Yes you, you're the best with long range rifles if you remember," Eliza said. Lukas thought she was inadvertently mentioning his time as Fenrir. She continued explaining the plan along with Elena. Go in, draw the Butcher out of hiding and get him in a position so Lukas could take him out. After about 15 minutes, Eliza asked
"Any questions?" No one raised a hand.
"Another thing Eliza, Derrick does NOT hear about this. For any reason. Make sure he doesn't see these plans or know what we are going to do. Tina is going to watch him tomorrow and try speaking with him again. I just hope he understands that we want to help him. Does anyone want a copy?" Elena asked. Jordan, Lukas and Zofia raised their hands and were each given a copy of the building layout, the attack plan, and the supposed location of the Butcher. Zofia took her copy and left the room without another word. Ela eyed her suspiciously for a moment before shaking her head. Lukas examined his copy. This was going to be it. They had the fucker now. There was no escape for him this time. He had a feeling that the Butcher was somehow related to Derrick's behavior. The guy had been arriving at the location they had extracted Derrick from afterall. I'll help you buddy, no matter what it takes, Lukas thought to himself. Ela seemed to know what he was thinking.
"Yes, we will," she said.
Mission Report:
Derrick seems to be suffering from PTSD. No one is 100% sure why but are monitoring his activities at HQ.
