1 week later.

All the deltas assembled in a straight line waiting on instructions from Fitz. Their posture was perfect, they had demonizing scowls on their faces, they were truly a force to be reckoned with.

Olivia stood to the side watching as Fitz had instructed. They just had a 2 hour workout and now it was time for combat training. It was her first time watching them fight and she was anxious to see if they lived up to the clout.

"Romeo, Striker, get in position," Fitz instructed.

Jake and Scott stepped forward on what resembled the floor of a boxing ring. It was soft and cushiony and perfect for fighting only it didn't have the actual rings.

They both faced each other and took a defensive stance.

"Begin," Fitz commanded.

They circled each other, each waiting for the other to make the first move. Scott lounged at Jake first but he swiftly ducked and countered the attack hitting scott in the rib. Scott winced at the pain but didn't make a sound. They circled again, this time Jake made the a move, it was a punch. Scott dodged the punch and countered with a punch to Jake's side. They began to fight, punching, striking, kicking and dodging but it wasn't in a messing brawl sort of way, the way regular men fought, it was clean but ferocious. It was clear they'd both a had top of the line training. She could see them calculating and anticipating each other's moves and then countering it. They struck each other hard but they didn't injure each other which she was sure they could have easily done but her guess was that since it was just training, they were playing it safe.

The other deltas fought pair by pair. She was realizing that they lived up to the hype, they were lethal but the person she really wanted to see was Fitz. She wanted him to go against Akio because he was a ninja and she hoped Fitz would get his ass kicked by him.

"Olivia, Gypsy, you're up."

"What?" both Olivia and Mellie asked in unison.

"I thought I was only watching today….and every other day?" Olivia asked.

"Did I say that?" Fitz teased.

"Yes, you did."

"Well, I changed my mind, you and Mellie are up."

Mellie took her position on the mat, Olivia had no choice but to join her. Mellie had the angriest scowl on her face, no doubt an intimidation tactic.

"I must warn you though, Mellie's a little tasmanian devil, be careful and guard your face, I would hate to see you lose a tooth," Fitz teased from the sideline.

Olivia ignored him and focused on Mellie, he was just trying to throw her off.

Mellie was significantly taller than her, she towered over her at 5'9 to Olivia's 5'4. She was also quite muscular. Olivia wasn't a fighter and she knew she couldn't win a blow for blow fight against her but she also knew how to defend herself and she'd be damned if she let Mellie lay a hand on her.

Mellie threw the first punch, Olivia dodged it with swiftness and finesse. Mellie threw another one and Olivia dodged it again. Mellie stopped and sized her up. She could see that Mellie surprised that she dodged two very quick punches and she was trying to figure out a way to counter her quickness.

Mellie tried again but Olivia swiftly evaded her once again. Mellie punches became quicker and harder and Olivia moved faster and became more evasive, often using her own strength against her. She could see Mellie getting annoyed and she was glad because if she was annoyed then she was distracted. Mellie huffed and lounged at her full force but Olivia dropped to the floor and slid through her legs and then got up when she was behind her, she used her foot to pushed her to the ground.

Mellie fell flat on her stomach and quickly got up to charge at Olivia again but Fitz stopped her.

"Enough!"

Mellie stopped immediately and stood at attention to Fitz.

"We're gonna be waiting until the Chinese New Year for Mellie to land a punch." Fitz joked.

"FUCK!" Mellie screamed and stormed off angrily.

Fitz was genuinely surprised and impressed based on what he saw, he knew she was very skilled and he felt like it was just another thing about her that was concerning but intriguing to him. A regular civilian was not supposed to be able to get through a fight with one of his Delta's intact, even if it was just a practice fight but he also stopped the fight before it got too serious. Mellie was one of the best fighters there and she looked like a clumsy giant, fumbling over her own feet and she couldn't land a blow to save her life.

"That's it for today, intelligence briefing at 3pm sharp in bay 04, room 23-5, don't be late," Fitz announced to all the deltas.

They all dispersed happily as if they hadn't been fighting each other moments earlier. Fitz waited till most of the deltas left before he walked over to Olivia.

"Let's talk a walk."

Olivia looked up at him a little surprised.

"What?"

"You heard me, come on."

She stood up and followed behind him as he walked past that water vehicle training area.

"What was that?"

"Firstly, I can't believe you paired me with her, she looked like she wanted to rip me apart although I'm pretty sure that's what you wanted."

Fitz smiled.

"Please, don't be so dramatic, I wasn't going to let her hurt you."

Olivia raised her eyebrow.

"Don't tell me you actually care about me and behind all the muscle and bad attitude is a big, soft heart."

"What heart?"

Olivia was surprised by his response but didn't show it.

"Good, because that's boring."

Fitz smirked coldly and continued walking.

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

"Don't be cute. Answer the question."

"I told you, I can't really fight but I'm an expert at not getting beat up, I have quite the skills you know."

"So this is how you're gonna play it?"

Olivia sighed.

"Why is everything some conspiracy with you, my father made me come here because he thought I could add something to the team, I didn't ask to be here but I am and since you accepted me, you either need to get over it or kick me out."

Fitz stopped walking and faced her.

"You're dismissed."

"Of course, when you can't come up with anything else just be a dick," she said, "is that how your going to get through the rest of your life, just by being a dick? A big baby? A baby dick?"

"Do not forget your place Olivia, I'm the commander and you're the subordinate, I might not have kicked you out as yet but I will, if I need to, because this is still my base."

"I'll learn my place when you stop being a dick."

Fitz was amused.

"Go back to your quarter and spend a little time to yourself."

"What?"

"You heard me, go back to your quarters."

"You're sending me to my room, I'm not a child?"

"Are you deaf, do you need me to repeat or are we done here?"

Olivia scoffed, shook her head and walked off.

Fitz watched as she headed off in the direction of the rooms. He smiled and turned back and headed to the lounge area where most of the other deltas were gathered. Scott, Jake and Harrison were huddled up on the couch playing video games.

"Move over boys, the general is here," he joked.

Scott grabbed the fourth control and handed it to Fitz, they switched the game to 4 player and Fitz joined them on the couch.

Olivia sat in her room for a while before she got curious about what he was doing and headed back out to find him. She walked by his office but didn't see him, then she went to the cafeteria then the lounge and found him on the couch playing call of duty with his brother and two of the other deltas.

"Switch gears god dammit and cover me," Fitz yelled to Scott.

"I'm out of ammo," Scott yelled back.

"Thank god, you're not this terrible of a fighter on the field," Jake joked.

All four of them started laughing.

Olivia stood back and watched them joking. At that point, she was sure he was only a jerk to her, he seemed like a decent enough human being to everyone else.

Abby saw her staring and walked over to her.

"Good job today, that was really impressive, I, for sure thought you were gonna get your ass kicked."

Olivia chuckled at the backward compliment.

"Thanks, I suppose."

"If I were you, I wouldn't get caught staring at him, Mellie has solidly claimed him."

"What- it wasn't like that-"

"Don't worry, I just wanted to give you a head ups that now after what happened today, I'm sure she's going to be on your case, especially if she sees you looking at him."

"Look, I can guarantee you that I don't want him, I'm just trying to figure out what his problem with me is, he's being...difficult."

"I wouldn't worry about it, you're new, once he gets used to you and can trust you, he'll lay off."

Olivia sighed.

"I hope so."

The next day.

Olivia was in lounge reading after spending the entire day doing target practice. As she sat on the small couch, completely caught up in her book, she heard the intercom go off.

"Deltas, alpha team 1 and 2, report to bay 06, level 2-32, immediately for mission prep and deployment."

Olivia watched as everyone around her quickly got up and headed in one common direction. She wasn't sure if she was suppose to join them because she had no idea if she was apart of the delta's. As everyone was leaving, Abby stopped and turned to her.

"Come on, you too."

Olivia dropped her book on the couch and followed them, they moved quickly and with purpose to the higher level of the deck were Fitz was waiting with a group of other men.

Fitz was in a full black militarized suit, he looked terrifying, like you wouldn't want to be in a one on one against him. The part of his suit that covered his torso and arms was armored and seemed completely bulletproof. He had a kalashnikov assault rifle with a bullet belt slung over his shoulders like a sash. He had two daggers attached to his gun holster around this thigh that also had a handgun attached to it. She wasn't sure where else he had guns hidden but she was sure he did. There were many different gadgets attached to the suit, especially around his arm cuffs, some seemed to be for defensive purposes and others for offensive. It wasn't like a standard military outfit for a soldier, it was very high tech. The other men were dressed normally in camo pants and the standard black training shirt.

The deltas all gathered in a straight line in front of him and waited for him to speak.

"At 1100 hours, the South Korean military base 20 miles outside of Jeonju was raided by North Korean military forces. They stole a Thaad missile interception device and now they are heading back to their base in Pyongyang. Our the satellite estimates that they will arrive at 1600 hours. Our mission is to retrieve the Thaad system and deliver it to the U.S military base in Japan. The base is small but heavily guarded, they plan to take the Thaad system to a warehouse on the southside of the compound, which is partially secluded, that is where we will go to retrieve it. I'm bringing a small team because we cannot afford to draw attention to ourselves and we need to be in and out.

Anarchy, Dementor, Onslaught, Barricade, Frenzy and Hardship, you are our water team, suit up and take 5 SSBN trident submarines at full speed up to the sea of Japan and rendezvous in international territory, do not engage with any north korean military personnel and stay in stealth. Keep comms. up and wait for your orders. I need all members of alpha team 1 suited up for close combat in 7 minutes, meet on the shutterdome for deployment. Diablo (Huck) I need their defenses down before we set foot on that base, Gypsy (Mellie) you will be our sniper, make sure once we get into that warehouse, no one escapes, Slattern (Harrison) I need you in on their communications, I want to know everything going through their channels.

Flight team is will Scunner, Cacophony, Red Snapper and Dead end, I need you in MIG-25's hovering in the stratosphere in case we need reinforcement. That is our mission, we will go over the plan on the flight, suit up."

"Yes, sir," they all said in unison and then took off.

There was still a few people left that weren't set to task.

"Dismissed," Fitz announced.

Everyone headed off, as Olivia was about to head back to the lounge area Fitz stopped her.

"Olivia."

She turned around and faced him.

"Stay here with our mission control team."

She nodded and wondered why but kept her thoughts to herself.

She watched as he took off in the direction of the shutterdome to meet with the other deltas. She stood back with the mission control team and watched as they shuffled around getting ready for the mission.

A little less than seven minutes later, one of the men in the mission control team spoke on the intercom.

"All alpha team 1 members prepare for boarding on the Suffix-27 aircraft on the shutterdome, water team prepare to engage transport in the south water port, flight team will take off on the hyperborean runway."

She was on a high deck and she could see everyone assembling below. All the deltas including Fitz were all suited up and gathered outside a plane on the shutterdome. She didn't see the flight team but the base of operation was so massive that she didn't have a direct view of everything. She saw the submarines assembling by the watergate for departure.

Everything happened so fast and within a few minutes, they were off. She hovered around the mission control center, it was over an hour and nothing really happened except for Fitz and the team going over the plan. There was a tracker on all the vehicles so she could see they were moving and fast, faster than she thought possible.

One plane in particular, she was sure it was the plane Fitz and the team were on, had ventured into North Korean territory and then everything happened really quickly.

"Ready for the big drop," she could hear Fitz say into his mic.

All the deltas had a mic and earphone attached to their suit so they maintained communication with mission control.

"Disengaging transport in t-6 minutes," one of the men in the mission control said into the mic.

"United, we stand," she heard Fitz yell.

"United, we stand," the other deltas yelled back.

"United, we fall." He yelled.

"Divided, we fall," they all yelled together.

She was wondering what they were talking about but then she realized that it was some sort of a pregame mantra or ritual. She thought that the idea of what they were chanting was beautiful, that they would stand united and fall united.

A few minutes later.

"Alright alpha team, disengage transport in t-1 minute."

"Alright everybody it's showtime," Scott said over his mic.

"Watch your back, watch your brothers and sisters backs, everyone makes it home alright," Fitz said to the alpha team members.

"Nearing position," said mission control, "go, go, go, go, go."

The line got staticky and she heard wind disruption; they were jumping out of the plane. They didn't yell or shout or give any hint that they were falling out of the air, all she heard was wind.

A few moments later she heard the thud of feet and a rustling of bushes; they landed.

"The eyes are online," said Huck.

She didn't know what he meant until she saw several video feeds come up on the screen. They were in a forest, it didn't seem like regular video that came from a camera on a helmet, it seemed like a drone that was hovering above them. She could see everyone, they wore special balaclavas but somehow she could tell who was who.

"I need flight team and water team on standby," Fitz said.

"Copy sir, waiting on standby."

"Copy, sir, hovering in the stratosphere, waiting on standby,"

It was quiet as they made their way unto the compound.

Fitz led the group, they cut through the electric fence that Huck had disarmed, quietly making their way to the warehouse. As they got to the closer to the warehouse they came across a guard who had his back turned to them and was facing the other side of the compound.

Fitz creeped up behind him and covered his mouth with his hand as he pulled his dagger from his holster and stabbed the man in the neck four times and she watched as blood sprayed all over the walls and onto the concrete floor and then Fitz threw him to the side and they made their way forward to the warehouse door. All the video feeds on the compound were disrupted so none of the soldiers were aware of their presence. Huck attached a device to the lock of the door that required a code and within seconds it bypassed the code and the door was opened.

Once they entered into the facility a firefight ensued. She watched as they mercilessly cut through the soldiers as if they weren't real people. She was sure Fitz killed the most men just because of how quickly and lethally he fought, he didn't shoot to injure or fight to injure, he fought to kill.

Once all the guards in the warehouse were taken out, they took the missile system that was attached to the back of a truck and and drove it out into the military plane that had landed just moments earlier into the hard and was waiting on standby. She could see a few of them looking out, and shooting whatever guards attempted to impede them. Once the missile system was in the plane, it took off. She was sure that plane didn't leave from the Shutterdome, it was from the american base in Japan.

The alarm on the rather small base started blaring but it was too late because Fitz and everyone in the team were already running through to forest to get back to their plane that was waiting in the cleared area of the woods.

Olivia didn't bother waiting, she was still so stunned by the bloodshed that she'd seen that she headed back to her quarters.

Seeing Fitz in action, truly witnessing that he was as ruthless and a savage as they'd described him, changed everything.