Love Struck Delusion
Chapter 100 – Something better.
Raptor's POV. Later that night.
We flew in to another place Zeta knew of. It was a few miles outside the main city borders but she had a way in. One that wouldn't require us to go through the main gates. I was scared to ask how.
After hiding the plane away Zeta turned to approach me as I waited in the middle of the runway. We each had our weapons and she had a small backpack with her. With our eyes locking one more time she asked with a smile.
"You worried?"
"About?" I wondered as she shrugged and replied.
"Well you'll be in the heart of the enemy in a matter of the next hour. I'm sure everyone knows your face from that speech you gave a few weeks back. And well I'm pretty sure if G.U.N even sees you once we will have half the army on us in three minutes tops. Not to mention you don't have any back up this time. Well...other then me of course. But that's not saying much when I compares us to the amount of troops here."
Zeta now looked to my lips as I thought about an answer for her.
"You know now that you mention I can see that being an issue."
Quickly getting in front of me now Zeta then asked.
"You know...I'm pretty good at makeup. I have a kit with me I use sometimes. If you want I can maybe do a few things to...hide that face."
"Something wrong with my face? And you wear makeup? Hard to imagine." I stated with a smirk as she placed her hand on my wrist to reply.
"No of course not. It's not like we will both be shot on sight if someone sees you or nothing. And for your information, no I don't wear makeup. It's more of a kit to help hide some features of mine some people I get hired to kill might ether love or hate. Depends on the situation." She said with a smirk of her own.
Both of us now just stared at each other. But I could see she wanted this. Placing my other hand on her wrist that held mine I pulled our hands both up to asked.
"You sure we can get away with this if I let you?"
With locked eyes she replied with a smile.
"I'm positive. Give me ten minutes and full access and not even the rebellion will know."
Part of me was worried she was going to turn me pink or something. But against that judgment I replied.
"Ten minutes. That's all."
Pulling her hands away with excitement, Zeta threw down her bag to urge.
"Take a seat! This will be fun!"
Sighing in fear for myself, I sat down with her in the sand. God what was I doing? I wondered as she unzipped her bag.
Black's POV, Iraq Capital.
For hours I was staying up. I couldn't sleep. Something wasn't right and finally I placed it. My armor was missing. The one Raptor gave me. I swear to god I left it here in my room. Now I was up searching for it. It's not like losing a key. This was important. That armor was advanced and well beyond deadly in the wrong hands. But who the fuck would sneak in my room to steal it? And when? I was only gone for an hour to make sure everyone was inside before the storm hit.
Driving myself wild looking everywhere, I soon had enough and went out into the hall to head for Hunter's room. If anyone saw anything it would have been her. She was in charge of lock down in the capital.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
It took a minute. But after another set of knocks and bangs Hunter came to open the door. She stared at me in utter confusion. She was barley even standing as I said.
"I'm sorry I woke you but I got a problem."
"What? Do you know what time it is Black?" She replied as I nodded.
"Yeah and I'm sorry again. But someone broke into my room and stole my combat armor."
Hunter's eyes lit up in concern as I then stated.
"You were in charge of the lock down here. Was anyone other then the guards out before the storm? Cause it had to be right before then cause I wasn't inside for an hour tops."
"I...I don't know. Everyone was secured from what I know. You can try asking around the guards. Someone should have saw something. You check the cameras yet?"
With wide eyes I replied.
"Genius Hunter! Thanks."
Patting her shoulder as I ran for security, I soon was approached by one of the guards standing by the door.
"Something wrong Black?"
Unsure I replied.
"I don't know yet. I need to get in there for a minute or two. Can I?"
Nodding the guard replied while grabbing his key.
"Yeah all yours."
Taking the key from him, I opened the door and shut it behind me. All that was in the room was some extra guns and our camera setup. At least twenty TVs just showing feeds around the building. Inside and out this place was covered. Whoever took my shit had to have been spotted.
Going right for one of the computers, I began to search around for the old footage. Once I was sure I was in the right spot, I went back to the time I knew I wasn't inside the building. From there I began to watch.
Nothing came up for the first few minutes. But nearly a half hour in I stopped the clock to see Raptor heading for my door. Looking closely to be sure it was him I said to myself seeing his obvious face.
"What the hell?"
With a duffel on his back I watched him go right in and in about a minute and a half he came out. The duffel was packed with what I assume to be my gear.
I was at a loss for words as the footage just showed him head right for his room.
Fast forwarding I never saw his door open again. Up till now it has been shut. Standing up from the monitors I said to myself.
"What the fuck is he doing taking my armor? If he wanted it back he could have just asked."
Walking out to the guard again, I handed him back his key and made my way back to officer's quarters. Raptor's door remained shut as I now took care to knock on it.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
I heard not a single thing move inside. He had to be sleeping.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
Again not a peep was made as I now just looked like an asshole knocking on the Commander's door in the middle of the night.
Heading back to Hunter's room I knocked again and soon she came to greet me.
"What Black?" She asked as I chuckled slightly to reply.
"Is Raptor in his room?"
Nodding she replied.
"Yeah. I went to talk to him earlier and he wanted to get some sleep. He hasn't come out since. Why?"
"Cause I got him on camera going into my room and leaving with my armor. Tell me that shit isn't weird?"
Hunter now was lost as she questioned.
"Why would he take that from you?"
"I don't know. He went back to his room after and he didn't come out since. I even tried knocking just now but he didn't open up."
"He's probably asleep again. Just wait until the morning Black to talk to him. Your armor isn't going anywhere and you know where it is now. Just go to bed and deal with it then."
Letting out a sigh I slowly replied.
"It's just strange. That's all."
"He probably had a reason. Deal with it tomorrow. Goodnight now."
Shutting the door on my face, I let out a sigh and went back to his room. Placing my ear on the door I heard nothing inside. He was ether a really quiet heavy sleeper or he was trapped in the bathroom. But ether way Hunter was right. He was locked in for now. But come tomorrow he'll be up. And I'll be ready.
Zeta's POV, Thirty minutes later.
God this was harder then I imagined. Little did I know this guy had more features then me. Not to mention he's staring right at me as I play around with his face. Doesn't add any more pressure but I was pretty sure I nailed what I was going for. Slowly pulling off of his quills I said.
"I think that's about it."
"Can I see?" He asked with a sense of concern as I handed him a small mirror I had in the kit.
"I didn't turn you pink if that's what you were worried about." I told him as he looked right at me. Caught off guard almost from the statement.
I only did a few things. Step one was trimming his quills. They were too long. Almost matched how old he looked. I had to make him look younger. Even if by a few years. Cutting his hair short I stated.
"You needed a haircut. You looked too mature. Like you just bothered to stop trimming as the years went on."
Raptor calmly ran his hands over it to reply.
"Kinda the point. But...?"
"But?" I said in a curious way as he looked back at me to state.
"But it actually looks really good. Haven't had it this short since I was working under Shadow."
"Shadow Robotnik!?" I asked in shock as he grew worried for my reaction to his next answer.
"Yeah. Why?"
"He was kind of a big deal when I enlisted. Learned all about how he was a sniper for G.U.N. Then how he turned hero and tried to end a long fought war with peace. Even more crazy was that it worked. Well for a decent bit of time though."
"Peace huh? Well you don't know the half of it." He stated back as I then grew even more curious.
"You actually knew him?"
"We were best friends. I was his bodyguard. And I lead his special forces team back during the last war. I was there for everything. Even the end." He stated in a low tone as I also lowered my tone to reply.
"Yeah I heard he killed himself after the treaty was signed. That had to have been hard."
I began to clearly see anger in his posture. It was clear as day as he calmly replied.
"Yeah...really hard."
This was like my story about shooting that girl. I saw he was mad inside about something more then just that. And I knew I had to turn this around. Really fast I grabbed him by the arm to get him to look at me.
"Hey I'm sorry. I can't imagine what you went through with that. Hey!" I shouted as he began to look away. Quickly looking back however to me I urged.
"Just forget about it. Focus on me. Focus on what's happening right now. We do this right you'll be not only avenging your family but you'll be helping end the war. And if you really knew him I know you'll want nothing more then peace after this is all over."
Raptor just stared into my eyes now. His posture got more relaxed as he began to nod his head.
"We should change your color by the way."
"Color?" He questioned as I smiled and replied.
"Yeah. The whole gray thing you got going on. We should change that. Every picture or video you've ever been caught dead in has been looking like that. Even if you went black like me not a single person would know. Of course you could keep the green if you want. It's actually kinda nice. But I mean if you did want to do that I would need to...well...ahhhhh...?" Raptor nodded and replied.
"Go ahead."
Widening my eyes I questioned.
"What?"
Standing up he urged.
"Go ahead and do it then. What you're saying makes sense. I didn't come this far to get killed cause of my color. What options do I have?" He asked as I was still flabbergasted by the whole thing.
Slowly breaking out of the thought I replied while looking into my bag.
"Ahhhhhh I got black. I got red. I even have some silver. I mean that's really it. I didn't come here with the whole rainbow sorry." I told him as he looked at the three colors. Taking black into his hands he read the label.
"Permanent? Guess this a commitment."
"You wana do the black?" I asked him to be sure this was his choice. Looking once more at the darkness it had to it, he soon handed it to me and replied.
"Yeah. What do you need from me?"
Thank god it was dark out here to begin with. Last thing I need is him seeing me slightly red. Keeping my face away from him till I was able to calm down, I replied.
"I need you to ahhhhhhh...well I need you to take all that off. This is going to take some time. I need to make sure I get everything. Every little strand and quill you got."
Raptor stood up from the ground and with me still beneath him I watched with wide eyes as he undid his cloak and bandana. With it falling to the ground I watched as he began to take off the armor. My eyes followed as then he moved to take off his shirt.
Raptor's POV.
This was nuts. I was telling myself as I got my shirt off. Zeta stared at me as I soon looked down to her. Instantly she stood up to cough and whisper.
"Wow."
"I'm not old." I told her as she admired my body. Well what was left of it at this point.
"I mean not every guy you're age lives through three wars and has a six pack to boot. Even by Russian standards." She chuckled as I smiled and looked to the dye in her hands to urge.
"Better get started."
Letting out another nervous cough, she soon nodded and undid the cap.
"Are you sure?" She asked again as I looked to her to reply.
"You know for a girl like you, you really do enjoy asking the same thing over and over again. Yeah I'm sure. Just get started so I can get a shirt back on. It's fucking cold out here." I told her as she again laughed and replied.
"Stand still. Like I said. Every strand and quill."
She started with my back. The dye was like ice on my skin and fur. It was hard not to start shivering as she began to spread it out. She even had to bend down get leveled with me. I could feel her breath and keeping my mouth shut I soon felt her hands run around my sides.
After some time she came around to my front. This is where I felt like this was weird for her. She was right on me as she got to work. Her fingers rolled along my chest and stomach as soon my gray and green was almost entirely gone.
"It's fast acting. It'll get sucked into the fur and quills in a matter of minutes after I apply it." She stated as I then wondered.
"What happens if I cut it? I assume it won't grow back this color right?"
Nodding Zeta replied.
"Yeah you'll be back to normal. So until this is all over let's try to avoid any more scissors."
I now went silent as she took a few more minutes to finish my front. After it was done however she stood back up to stare right into my eyes. At this point I was starting to think she was cute. Insane but kinda cute. She had a weird smile on her. Kinda reminded me of Alicia. If Alicia was a crazy Russian bounty hunter. Now two feet apart she asked before touching my face.
"You want me to trim your ears a bit? It'll look nicer."
Nodding I replied.
"Sure. Whatever you think will make me look the part."
Grabbing back onto her scissors, Zeta went to work on my ears. When she got to one of them however she soon asked in confusion.
"You know your missing half of this right?"
Laughing I replied.
"No of course not. When did that happen? I told you to be careful with those."
Prodding my side she asked in seriousness.
"No really. How the fuck did that happen?"
"No stories till I out drink you."
"Come on!" She shouted me as I continued to laugh.
"Earn it. Then I'll tell you whatever you want."
Zeta took the hint and with a smile she replied.
"I'm warning you now. If you pass out before telling me I will paint you pink."
Giving her a smile, I got an even bigger one back as she urged.
"Try me. I am not joking Voltz."
"You almost done there? It'll be morning soon if you keep wasting time." I told her as she again hit me in the side. This time harder as she got the dye ready.
"Close your eyes smart ass."
Obeying I did just that and began to feel her all over my face. It took much less time then my back but she was even more careful not to miss any spots. She had to get it perfect. Once confident she pulled back to get her mirror.
"So?" She wondered as I looked at myself. I couldn't even describe this. All I could say was.
"Looks like I'm twenty five again."
"Keep it that way." She urged me as she smiled and then looked to my pants. In an instant I stated.
"I can handle this part."
"Are you sure?" She asked with a smirk as I looked right at her to reply.
"Yeah I'm sure. To be honest I'd be scared to have you anywhere near my legs. Don't know what you might do with those fangs of yours."
Immediately she blushed. She thought I couldn't tell but I knew. But with some sass she said back.
"I only bite people I'm paid to bite."
"Sureeeeeee." I replied as she watched me begin to walk away and towards the hanger.
"I swear to god Voltz! I'll actually turn you pink!"
"Yeah add some white to your cheeks and we might end up with enough to do that!"
Zeta instantly widened her eyes in confusion to the joke. But soon catching on she pulled her body back and went silent. Finally a woman I got the final word on.
Once I was in the hanger I got to one corner and began to take off the rest of my clothes. Time to say goodbye to the old Raptor Voltz. From here on out I was going to change everything. It was up to the everyone else if that made a difference.
mT Shadow.