And now, the rewrite of School Chapter 2, but now as it's own story. Anyway, we get on USS James Madison, where some old scores need to be settled between Shirley and members of some gang.
To it.
Chapter 2
,,Old scores"
July 21, 2022
10:22
USS James Madison, Swimming Pool
It was a sunny day aboard the US Army High School. Because America Libre was over, headmaster decided to give students a week of free time. This was used by soldiers to do what they often did in free time.
Shirley and Tiffany decided to visit the swimming pool for example.
"Ah, the sun is warm"Tiffany said.
"Yeah"Shirley replied"This is heaven".
The two were laying on the sunbeds and watched people swimming in the pool. They were sunbathing for around two hours now and this already made Shirley's skin get a darker tone. It wasn't as visible on Tiffany thought.
"At least we don't need to have remorse, that we failed the operation"Shirley said"And honestly? I wonder, how South America guys are doing now".
"Wait"Tiffany said.
Girl reached to her bag and pulled her phone out of it. She then entered apps menu and activated Instagram.
"I watch Moreno's Instagram profile"she said"Let me see…Oh, here. The newest photo",
Tiffany then showed photo to Shirley. On it, Witch could see Moreno leaning on the immobilized Leopard 1 tank with Chinese markings. Over the photo, she wrote 'On the way to liberate Colombia'.
"Huh, interesting"Shirley stated.
"Welcome to the social media era"Tiffany stated and laughed.
Right then, a someone splashed them with water. They looked on the pool and saw a boy swimming next to them.
"Sorry, that wasn't on purpose"he said.
"Just go"Shirley said.
Boy sailed away. Shirley then looked at Tiffany's phone.
"Tiff, your phone…"she said, but Tiffany just waved her hand.
"Easy. Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 is waterproof"Tiffany replied, hiding the phone"Wanna go? I think I sunbathed enough".
"Yeah. But because you're black, I think nobody will see the difference"Shirley stated and quickly added"Sorry, that sounded too racist".
"You don't need to sorry. You actually stated the fact"Tiffany replied.
The two the laughed.
"I knew I will find you there"a familiar voice said.
Tiffany and Shirley looked in the voice's direction and saw a group of three girls standing in front of them. Tiffany immediately lost all of her fun seeing them.
"What do you want Cindy?"Tiffany asked.
"Nothing from you"Cindy replied"I wanted to say something to her"she added, pointing at confused Shirley.
Which tilted her head and looked at the girl in front of her.
"Me?"she asked.
Cindy approached Shirley and leaned over her. She then whispered to her ear:
"Marcus is coming for you."
She then looked at her companions.
"Okay girls. Let's go"Cindy said.
With her words, the trio left the swimming pool, followed by looks of Shirley and Tiffany. Witch pointed at them.
"What was all of this about?"she asked.
"Well"Tiffany said."You remember Marcus, that guy you saved me from when we met?"
"Yes"Shirley replied. How could she forget?
"Yeah. Cindy is his girlfriend. And since you made him peed his pants, all school started to make jokes of him. So I want you to be aware, that his gang might try and get you."
Shirley just waved her hand.
"I was coming from worse situations. I'm sure I would handle this too"she said."We can go now, right?"
"Right".
And with this said, the two packed their stuff and left the swimming pool, walking to their room.
11:07
Shirley and Tiffany's room
Once the two reached the room, they changed into their standard uniforms and decided to take care of their own stuff. At now, Shirley was reading one of motorization magazines she bought in school's newsagent, while Tiffany was listening to music from her phone through earphones.
Shirley lifted her eyes from her magazine and looked at Tiffany.
"What are you even listening there?"she asked.
"Wanna listen?"Tiffany asked.
"Sure."
Tiffany took one of earphones out and gave one to Shirley. Witch put it in hear ear and could listen too.
This one's for you-David Guetta ft. Zara Larsson
"Hey, pretty cool. Who sings it?"Shirley asked.
"Zara Larsson. She a Swedish singer and my favorite singer at that. Also, this song was the anthem of Euro 2016"Tiffany replied.
"Good to know".
Shirley then looked around the room. Her eyes stopped on Tiffany's desk, where she could see numerous drawings. And pretty good to it.
"Tell me"she said."Is there something else you like to do except of listening to music?"
"What do you mean?"Tiffany asked.
Shirley then pointed at the desk. Tiffany looked there too and nodded.
"Well, yeah"Tiffany replied."I actually like to create animated videos. But in the old Disney style, so before CGI."
"Well. I can say you are pretty good at this"Shirley stated.
But Tiffany just rolled her eyes.
"Tell it to my mother"she said."She said, that era of manually drawn movies ended. And she stated, that I will go to military, like her."
"So uncool"Shirley stated.
"Yeah. And I still wonder why I had to go to the army? I had eight other sisters and nine brothers."Tiffany said.
She didn't noticed, that by saying that, she made Shirley widen her eyes.
"You have seventeen siblings?"she asked.
"With me, it's eighteen. And yes. Actually, I should tell this to you earlier, but we had not enough time. Besides, some of these siblings, like my brother Tommy or sister Courtney aren't even living with us. Only four of my siblings are younger than me"Tiffany said.
"I'm sure having such a big family is tiring"Shirley stated.
"And how much. You know how much work is there for Thanksgiving or Christmas?"
The two then laughed.
"Okay. Can you show me, what other songs do you have there?"Shirley asked.
"Sure"Tiffany replied.
They then listened to Tiffany's songs for the rest of the time.
11:26
USS James Madison, Storage Deck
Every School Carrier had the so-called Storage Deck. It was there, where all useful stuff, such as electronics and furniture were going. Such decks were having the same length as entire ship, making them real treasuries for someone, who will try to find anything interesting in there. And sometimes, such interesting thing actually could be found there.
But such decks also had their darker side. They were often used by the school wanted criminals or gangs as places to trade drugs or hideouts. Sometimes, they were even called 'Crime Decks' by schools' services.
Marcus' Gang used this deck for the second option. And now, the Gang was having a meeting in Marcus' office, which actually was simply three pieces of metal set up to form a roof. Under this roof, was a desk, behind which Marcus was sitting.
"Can you tell me, idiots, how is that possible, that people still remember about what happened?"Marcus asked.
Members of his Gang started looking around, trying to not look at their boss.
"Well?"Marcus demanded.
"We tried to rip it out of their minds"one of the Gang members said"but there are over half a million people on this ship. It's to hard to force them all to forget."
"I don't care! I want them all to forget!"Marcus exclaimed.
"So you shouldn't peed your pants"another member said.
"What was that, Mervin?"Marcus asked.
"Nothing!"Mervin replied.
Honestly, Marcus hated Mervin. He didn't knew, why he even accepted him into the Gang. He was too nice and often took only half of the money from their 'clients', instead of full amount. This is why he always thought about simply kicking him out of the Gang. But Marcus still needed him. Mervin was pretty useful during talks with several criminals, which were now serving as Gang's security.
"Just go away"Marcus said.
Mervin nodded and started walking away. He passed by Cindy, which entered the 'office' with her friends.
"What is it, honey?"Marcus asked.
"It's because of that fucking Witch!"Cindy exclaimed."More and more people are talking about her, while less and less people talk about me!"
"I know. We're in the middle of thinking what to do with her"Marcus replied.
And then, he knew, what to do. If they couldn't take care of her in harder ways, why not do it the easiest way possible?
"Hey. I think I know, how to deal with her"Marcus stated with smile on his face."You know professor Wolfe?"
"Well, duh. We share our money with him"Cindy said."Thanks, Sev."
Sev just threw up his arms. One time, when Sev was collecting money, he was captured by professor Wolfe. He told him to lead to the hideout and when the two got there, rest of the gang was surprised to hear, that professor won't tell about them, only of they will be sharing collected money with him.
"Well. I need to talk with him"Marcus stated.
12:48
Biology Class
Shirley was sitting on the chair, with her legs put on the desk and hands behind her head. She was there with Tiffany, as well as two other members of their class: Carly Jensen and Tim O'Connor. Currently, she was telling about what she did back in their universe.
"And what happened next?"Carly asked.
"My Striker started to accelerate more and more, until I couldn't stop it. And before I knew, I pierced straight through the Neuroi. Only plus of this situation was that I destroyed it's core"Shirley replied.
"I had to hurt"Tim said.
But Shirley just waved her hand.
"No. Only my swimsuit was ripped off of me"she said."However, till today, I don't know, who tinkered with my Striker."
"And probably you will never know"Carly said.
Right then, the door to the classroom opened and Michael entered. Seeing this, Carly and Tim saluted.
"Sir!"they both said.
"At ease"Michael said"I came here to talk with Shirley."
"And what do you want to talk about?"Shirley asked.
Michael sat down on another chair.
"Well. There is a situation. Professor Gentles wants to see, how you perform in battle"he said.
"Wolfe?"Tiffany asked."That son of a bitch?"
Professor Wolf Gentles was a teacher responsible for Marines trainings. He was a veteran of Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, what could be noticed, as he had numerous scars on his face. He also was several times given medals and often thought, that putting him as an instructor in MHS was just punishment.
"So he want me to show him my fighting skills as a Marine?"Shirley asked.
"Yes. What will you say about it?"Michael said.
Shirley pretended that she thinks for long, only to nod.
"Sure. If he wants to see how I do it, then let me show him."
"Okay then. Please, be ready before 1400 hours"Michael said and left.
"Let's go, Tiff. I need to prepare"Shirley said.
Then, both she and Tiffany left the classroom.
13:31
Armory
Shirley was wearing the vest with Tiffany's help. She already took her riffle and only needed to get dressed.
"Are you really sure about it?"Tiffany asked.
"Do I even have any other option?"Shirley replied."Besides, you actually think, that I will not make it through this little test of his?"
"No…But I just wonder, what the hell is that guy thinking about."Tiffany replied."Why he wanted you to show your abilities now? And what does he want from this?"
Witch just threw up her arms and took her riffle.
"We will see."she stated and walked out of the armory.
14:04
Forest
Over half an hour later, Shirley was walking through the forest placed on the ship. From what she was told, she would have to go up against three other students: Jason Mallister, Mervin Watchfire and Tilly Sigurs. So three to one. But it isn't anything hard, Shirley faced three enemies alone before.
Currently, Witch made her way through the forest, looking for the enemies. She looked into her magazine one more time. It was filled with blue paint bullets.
"Okay, now where are you?"Shirley asked herself.
Suddenly, she heard a sound on her left. She immediately activated her shield just in time, as several red paint bullets collided with it. Witch quickly returned fire, but didn't scored any hits. She also finally saw her attackers. They were two guys. Witch quickly hid behind the tree.
"Come out!"Jason exclaimed.
He fired series at the tree, but only effect was a red stain on it. Shirley jumped from behind the tree and fired at him. Jason and Mervin barely evaded her bullets and were forced to retreat. When this happened, Shirley smiled.
"Now, where is the third?"she whispered.
In response, she saw red laser appearing on her. When she followed it, she saw Tilly sitting on the tree branch and aiming at her. Immediately Shirley jumped behind another tree, again barely evading fire. Tilly unloaded a whole magazine at Shirley.
"Just die!"she exclaimed.
When the ammo ended, Shirley came out from behind the tree and fired at Tilly. Bullet hit her, leaving blue stain on her arm and making her fall from the tree branch. However, as a member of acrobatic team, Tilly acrobatically landed on the ground and ran away.
After few seconds, she joined Mervin and Jason in the forest.
"That bitch shot me!"Tilly said.
"Yeah, she's better that we thought."Jason said."I think we need to go to the plan faster that before."
Tilly nodded and Jason gave her a magazine from his pocket. They loaded them into the riffles.
"What are you doing?"Mervin asked.
Jason and Tilly just looked at him. And next, without saying anything, they walked away.
Meanwhile…
Outside of the forest
Outside of the forest, Michael, Will and Tiffany were watching the whole action taking place thanks to camera mounted on Shirley's helmet.
"Hell yeah! You saw how she took care of them?"Michael asked.
"Sure she did."Will said.
Tiffany just sighed. It seemed, that right now, Shirley had everything under her control. So maybe she actually shouldn't be scared of anything?
"And to think, that she is taking on three best men of Marcus' Gang."Michael said.
Hearing this, Tiffany looked at him. She knew about Tilly, as she was Cindy's sidekick, but not about Mervin and Jason.
"What?"she asked.
"Mervin and Jason are in Marcus' Gang too."Will replied.
Tiffany looked back at the screen. She now actually started worrying for Shirley.
Back in the forest…
Shirley was again moving through the forest. Again, her targets disappeared somewhere and she was pretty keen on finding them and showing this Gentles, that she is as reliable on the ground as in the air.
"Come on, where are you?"she whispered.
The two then stepped out of the bushes on a small elevation next to her. They pointed their weapons at her.
"Okay, let's…"Shirley tried to say.
But then, much to her surprise, Jason and Tilly started firing real ammo. Witch didn't had a time to think about the situation and quickly jumped behind nearest tree, which was now being ripped apart by the bullet force.
Mervin, on the other hand, was as surprised as Shirley.
"What are you doing?!"he exclaimed, putting his hand on Jason's arm.
"Fuck off!"Jason said, shaking his hand off.
Mervin just stood there and watched, as his companions fire live rounds in single fire mode. He then backed off into the bushes and walked through them, until he emerged next to Shirley. Witch immediately aimed her riffle at him.
"Wait!"he exclaimed."I want to help you!"
"How do I have to be sure?"Shirley asked.
Right then, several bullets flew next to Mervin. He leaned and fired, hitting Jason in the leg.
"I always wanted to do this!"Mervin exclaimed.
"Stop hiding, you bitch!"Tilly replied."We have the live rounds, so it won't help you!"
"And you, you fucker!"Jason said to Mervin."Marcus is gonna hear about it."
Hearing this, Shirley looked at Mervin.
"You all are from Marcus' Gang?"she asked.
"Honestly, I think about leaving them."Mervin replied.
Meanwhile, Jason stopped firing and reached his belt.
"What are you doing?"Tilly asked, continuing to fire.
"Blowing these two up."Jason replied, taking the cotter out of the grenade.
Next, he threw it in direction of Shirley and Mervin.
"You think we will make it?"Mervin asked.
"We should."Shirley replied."I came out alive form worse situations."
"Okay, I believe…"Mervin said, but stopped.
Grenade landed next to the two. Seeing it, Mervin quickly stepped in front of Shirley to cover her from the explosion.
"No!"he exclaimed.
Grenade then exploded.
Outside the forest…
Michael, Tiffany and Will in shock watched the situation developing in the forest. The biggest show was when grenade exploded and camera on Shirley's helmet stopped working.
"I thought that Gentles forbade the live rounds."Will said.
"And you think that who gave them to these two?"Michael asked.
Tiffany quickly stood up.
"Don't stand there and just let's go help her!"she exclaimed.
"Will, call the medical team."Michael ordered.
"On it, Mich."Will replied, grabbing his phone.
The trio then made their way towards the accident site.
Few minutes later…
As Tiffany, Michael and Will reached the area where everything took place, they looked around. Tilly and Jason were laying unconscious on the ground several meters away. Mervin laid on the ground to, but had piece of grenade now stuck in his left eye. And Shirley was sitting next to the tree and checking her riffle.
"Shirley!"Tiffany exclaimed."Are you okay?"
"Yes."Witch replied, standing up."Could be worse."
"What happened here?"Michael asked.
"I had to knock them out."Shirley said, pointing at Tilly and Jason."They were just too dangerous. I activated my shield to stop the explosion, but he wasn't as lucky."She then pointed at Mervin." When it comes to Mervin, he needs a medical help."
And as she said that, a team of medics appeared and quickly started taking care of wounded Mervin.
"I called them on the way here."Will said.
"At least you showed them, what they deserved."Tiffany said, looking at Tilly and Jason.
"But they also showed cleverness."a voice said.
Everyone looked in that direction and saw no one other, that professor Wolf Gentles himself. He was in the middle of his forties and dressed in USMC uniform. On his face was number of scars, souvenirs from his ventures in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Hearing him, Tiffany stood up with fury in her eyes.
"Cleverness?!"she asked."They almost killed Shirley and that second guy!"
"But they showed, that they can take care of enemy in every environment."Gentles replied."And I respect cleverness."
Man then walked to Jason and Tilly. Without hesitation, he kicked them in the gut, making them wake up from their dream.
"Go and report everything to Marcus."professor whispered.
"Y-Yes, sir."Tilly replied.
The tow then stood up and quickly ran away. Shirley, Tiffany, Michael and Will just turned around and left the scene too.
That night…
Shirley and Tiffany's room
"Are you sure you are okay?"Tiffany asked.
"For the hundredth time I say yes."Shirley replied."You don't have to be so worried."
"I know, but…"Tiffany replied."I just can't believe he let them go!"
Witch just rolled her eyes.
"I just wonder, how is Mervin doing."she said.
Tiffany looked at her.
"I hope he will never leave hospital."she said.
"Why?"Shirley asked.
"Because he's from Marcus' Gang! And because he helped you, doesn't mean, that he is some good guy among the baddies."Tiffany stated.
Shirley just sighed.
"I think you rate the people too quickly."
"I just state this after looking at where are they working."Tiffany replied.
Witch wanted to say something, but was stopped by her phone, which beeped. Shirley reached the device and turned it one. She then looked at the message she got.
Hi Shirley!
I know it's late, but I have a question. Lina signed us for vehicle repair courses and I don't know how to do it! Will you meet me tomorrow and show me how to do what? Pretty please?
"What is it?"Tiffany asked.
"It's from Lucchini."Shirley replied."She asks me, if I can meet her tomorrow, because Lina signed them for vehicle repair courses."
"So it seems like second lieutenant Tieri thought her how to write messages on phone?"
"I think so."Witch said."Wait a minute…"
With these words, Shirley started writing the reply for Lucchini:
Sure. I don't see reason why not to meet with you. Can we meet in the afternoon? Of course, if you don't hSave anything to do then.
She pressed the button and sent the message. She waited for few seconds, before the message from Francesca came:
Yes! Thank you so much! I always can count on you:)
Liberian Witch looked at the smiled face at the end of the message for few seconds. She then showed it to Tiffany.
"What is it?"she asked.
"It's emoji."Tiffany replied."You use it to express emotions in the phone messages. So it's a kind of modern pictograms."
"Hm. Actually clever."Shirley said and put the phone down in her backpack.
The two then turned their backs and covered with quilts. Soon, they were asleep.
The next day…
The Magazine Deck
Marcus was looking at Mervin standing in front of him. His left eye was covered in bandage after what happened yesterday. Tilly and Jason told Marcus about what happened in the forest and he wanted to deal with him himself. It was like that, until Mervin didn't said something, what surprised Marcus.
"You're leaving?"Marcus asked.
"Yes. I have enough of this gang."Mervin said."Besides, I understood I made a mistake."
Marcus then smiled and walked up to Mervin.
"No, you're not leaving."he said.
"Because what?"Mervin asked.
"Because then, we will kill your girlfriend."Marcus replied.
Immediately, Mervin felt as something catches him by throat.
"Sandra? But how…?"he thought.
It seemed, like Marcus read his mind, as he said:
"What? You really thought, that I won't ever know about it?"
He then took his phone and turned it on. Marcus looked through gallery, until he found the correct photo and showed it to Mervin.
On the photo, Mervin could see himself, kissing a girl in the darkened corridor. Seeing this, made Mervin break.
"Jason once sent me this photo. I must admin, I'm impressed."Marcus said.
"Please, don't do anything to her! I promise, I do whatever you want!"Mervin exclaimed.
Marcus just smiled.
"Okay then. So listen."he said and started explaining.
10:32
Bar&Grill
Shirley was sitting in the school's bar/restaurant and reading the newest edition of Military High School Daily-America.
Currently, she was at the article about recent events aboard Moroccan School Carrier Muhammad I. According to the article, one of colonel wanted to take the school over, by replacing the current headmaster with his puppet one. However, before he could perform a full scale coup, he was captured by squad of school's anti-terrorists and placed under guard in school's prison.
Witch just shook her head.
"Who would've thought…"she whispered.
"Hey."a familiar voice said.
Shirley lifted her eyes from behind the newspaper and looked at the voice's owner. As it turned out, it was Mervin.
"Oh, hey. How are you?"Witch asked.
"I had better times in my life."Mervin replied.
She then noticed eye patch covering his eye.
"Sorry for the eye."Shirley said.
"Nah. It's my fault. I wanted to play a hero."Mervin said."But now. Can you go with me?"
"Why?"
"I wanted…to show you something."
Shirley took some time to consider this offer, after which she nodded her head.
"Sure. Why not?"she stated.
And with these words, she followed Mervin.
Later…
Deck 6 corridor
Sometime later, the two reached Deck 6, where Mervin led Shirley to one of less visited corridors. Witch looked around, don't knowing, where are they going.
"So, how far is that thing?"she asked.
Mervin then stopped. Shirley looked at him.
"We're here."Mervin said.
"What?"Shirley asked.
Boy then walked forward and turned to Shirley.
"Shirley, I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry."he said.
"Sorry for…?"Shirley wanted to ask.
But before she could, she felt two people grabbing her from behind by arms. She tried to get out, but couldn't.
"Well, well, well. Who do I see?"a voice said.
Marcus then emerged from the nearby turn and walked up to Mervin. He put his hand on shorter boy's arm.
"You did well."Marcus said.
Shirley immediately looked at Mervin. She now had true fury in her eyes.
"Tiffany was right about you! I thought you were different!"she exclaimed.
Mervin juts lowered his head.
Marcus then approached her and without warning, punched in face. He had a victorious smile on his face.
"I waited for this for too long."he said and turned to Mervin."You can go."
Boy just once more looked at Shirley, turned around and walked away as fast as he could. Marcus again looked at Witch and looked at her with smile on his face.
"Let's start then!"he declared.
And without saying anything more, he kicked her in knees, bringing her down. Next, he kicked her in her belly, what made her bow in half.
"Sev, Jason, let her go."Marcus ordered.
Two boys keeping her let go and Witch fell on the floor. Next, the three started kicking her in head, back and other such places.
"This is for that first time!"Marcus said, as he kicked her in face."Now you know your place, bitch!"
"Yeah, get that!"Jason said, as he kicked Shirley in her spine.
"Suck my, whore!"Sev exclaimed.
This continued by around five more minutes, as three boys continued to kick, punch and stomp on Shirley as hard as possible. Witch ultimately lost her senses and didn't even bothered doing something about it.
"Oh, it's so awesome!"Sev said."It's…!"
Suddenly, there was a shot and red hole appeared in Sev's head.
"Get the hell away from Shirley!"Tiffany exclaimed, continuing to fire.
Her next shot hit Jason in the arm and sent him on the floor. Marcus, seeing this, turned around and started running away. Jason quickly got up from the floor and followed his boss to get as fast as possible from this crazy bitch.
Tiffany approached Sev and made sure he's dead. Next, she came up to Shirley and checked her pulse.
"She's alive."Tiffany said with relief and took her phone."Just hand in there. I'm calling for help."
Only response was a muffled mumble.
11:00
Mervin's room
Mervin quickly entered the room and closed the door. He leaned on them and sighed deeply. She looked around and his eye stopped on a person in the room.
It was a girl, with long black hair reaching her back and green eyes. She was dressed in USAF uniform and had red bracelet on her left hand. When she saw Mervin, she smiled at him.
"Oh, you're back?"she asked."Did you took care of that thing?"
Mervin returned the smile.
"You could…say it like that."he replied.
Girl immediately frowned, hearing this.
"Something happened?"
Mervin passed her and sat on the bed. Girl did the same.
"Sandie…"Mervin said."I did something I really regret."
"It has something in common with Marcus' Gang?"Sandra asked.
Boy nodded. Sandra crossed her arms on her chest.
"You promised, that you're gonna end with this. That you're gonna leave the gang."she stated.
Mervin looked at her.
"I tried, but…"he said.
He then looked in her eyes.
"But he said, that he will hurt you."Mervin said."Jason saw us kissing and sent photo to Marcus. I didn't wanted you to get hurt."
"Oh, Merv."Sandra said.
She then leaned and Kissed Mervin on the lips. Immediately, this made him feel better.
"You shouldn't be scared of him."Sandra said when they ended."You should finally make sure he will go down."
"I don't know…"
"Yes, you do."Sandra stated firmly."You already showed me, that you can face any danger. So do it and face it. Confront him and show him, that he isn't what this school needs."
Mervin looked at her and smiled.
"Yeah. You are right. I can't fear him all the time."Mervin stated, standing up."I will make sure that he will pay."
He then started making his way towards the door. But before he left, he once more turned to Sandra.
"If I don't come back…"he said."Got to the police and tell them everything. And don't let them get you."
"Never."Sandra stated.
Mervin smiled and left the room.
Later…
Storage Deck
Mervin decided that using elevator would be the best and fastest way to get to the Storage Deck. He once more checked his uniform and made sure he looks well enough. Next, he just waited for the elevator to reach the target area.
"Hope it will work."he thought.
The elevator then stopped and door started sliding open.
And immediately, Mervin looked into two barrels of M4 assault riffles. Behind them, he could see two people. He immediately recognized one of them as Andrew Nester, a criminal accused of fourfold murder of his girlfriend, her lover and two school's Military Police.
"Oh, right. I forgot Marcus likes to hire criminals as mercenaries and paid killers."Mervin thought.
"What do we have here, Delko?"Nester asked his comrade.
"I…"Mervin wanted to say, but was stopped by Nester:
"Nah, who cares. Let's just blow him up."
"Wait, Andrew."Delko said."It's that guy, Watchfire. The one that helped boss take out that bitch."
Hearing this, Mervin bit his lip.
"Oh. If that's the case…"Nester said, moving away.
Mervin then made his way between the two criminals and started walking in the direction of Marcus' 'office'.
Once there, Marcus looked at him and smiled.
"Mervin, my boy!"Marcus exclaimed.
"Marcus."Mervin replied.
"What brings you here?"Marcus asked.
Mervin just threw up his arms.
"I just came to…talk about you going down."he stated.
Hearing this, smile immediately disappeared from Marcus' face and he quickly made his way towards Mervin.
"Me going down?!"he shouted."More like you and your girlfriend going down!"
But Mervin didn't showed any fear.
"Trust me, Sandra isn't that easy."he said."And I have to be honest, I know how you truly are. I just didn't wanted to say it earlier."
He then moved closer.
"You are just a simple coward, which tried to subjugate everyone using force."Mervin stated.
"Shut up!"Marcus exclaimed.
Mervin then moved away, what made Marcus hit the pile of scrap. Some things fell on his head, but he took them off. However, as he looked up, he looked straight into six barrels.
"Good, that I still remembered, where you hid your Microgun. Now, I can simply keep you in one place."Mervin said.
In that moment, whole deck was filled with sound of gunfire.
"What did you do?!"Marcus asked.
Few minutes earlier…
Nester and Delko were still keeping guard at the elevator, waiting for anyone to come out of it and if needed, to shoot him or her. This didn't matter for them, if they were shooting at men or women.
"No shit, man."Delko said.
"No, I'm serious."Nester said."When you stomp on them, little seals' skulls, they make so fun noise when they die."
"Awesome."Delko stated.
"And what you like to do?"
Delko put his finger to his chin and started thinking.
"Well. I like twist animals necks, push children to the well and make sure somebody will lose some body parts."Delko replied.
"Nice."Nester stated.
But then, they heard a sound of elevator door opening. And when they turned around, they saw squad of anti-terrorists aiming their weapons at them.
"Motherfuckers!"Nester exclaimed, grabbing his riffle.
But before he could, anti-terrorists opened fire and soon, both he and Delko were laying dead in pools of blood. One of anti-terrorists approached the two.
"Andrew Nester."Tiffany said."That was for Lynda and Deacon."
Next, anti-terrorists started moving in the direction of Marcus' office.
Back in the office…
"It's over, Marcus."Mervin stated."You lost."
"I know, okay?!"Marcus exclaimed.
Right then, anti-terrorists entered the office and aimed their weapons at Marcus. Two of them approached the crime lord and handcuffed him. Tiffany came up to Mervin.
"Hey. Thanks for giving us location of Marcus' hideout."Tiffany said.
"No problem."Mervin said."What about the others?"
"We already got Cindy, Gentles and the rest. They will respond for what they done and will be thrown out of school."Tiffany replied.
"Remember, who killed Sev."Marcus said.
And he was hit in the back of his head with butt of his riffle.
"Shut up, cocksucker."he said.
"Take him out of my sight."Tiffany ordered.
Anti-terrorists nodded and took Marcus away.
"And how is Shirley doing?"Mervin asked.
"Doctors say, that she will be okay."Tiffany replied."And once again, thanks."
And without saying anything else, the two walked out of the Marcus' 'office'.
Two days later…
USS James Madison Medical Center
Shirley was laying on her bed, surrounded by Tiffany, Michael and Will. She moved her arm, feeling some stinging in there, but not big.
"So, how long do I have to sit here?"Shirley asked.
"Around two more days."Michael replied.
"So it seems that most of this free time will pass me."Witch stated."By the way. How Fran reacted, when she heard about what happened?"
"She was just furious."Tiffany said."She said, that she would personally go there and explain Marcus. Easy, I stopped her."
Shirley sighed.
"Good. I don't want to know, what would happen to her."she said.
"Fortunately, after you got here, we called for Yoshika. She actually healed all your wounds, but doctors just want to keep you for observation."Michael explained.
"Oh, and did you hear, that Marcus' Gang is no more?"Will asked.
Witch looked at him.
"Really?"she asked.
"Yeah. Tiffany commanded the team, which captured Marcus himself."Michael said.
"How did you found him?"Shirley asked Tiffany.
"Let's say, that I had an informant."Tiffany replied.
"Informant?"
Tiffany then turned to the door.
"You can enter."she said.
As she said that, Mervin and Sandra walked in. Seeing him, Shirley immediately felt furious.
"What is he doing here?!"Witch exclaimed.
"Easy, let me to explain. He is my informant."Tiffany said."And trust me, when I saw him entering our room, I also wanted to kill him. But then he said me, that he had a reason to do what he done."
"And what that would be?"Shirley asked, her arms crossed.
"Well, he wanted to save me."Sandra said.
Shirley looked at her.
"And who are you?"she asked.
"Oh, right. Sergeant Sandra Wolfe, Merv's girlfriend."Sandra introduced herself."Mervin did it, because Marcus said, that he will hurt me."
"And trust me, I will do everything to protect the people I love."Mervin said.
Witch looked at the two for few seconds and smiled.
"Okay, in that case, I can forgive you."
"Really?"Mervin asked, not covering surprise.
"Yes. You just wanted to protect her. So I can understand that."Shirley explained.
"Thank you. I actually didn't hoped you will forgive me."
"No problem."
Mervin then grabbed Sandra's hand.
"Now, excuse us, but we planned to spend all day together. See ya later."he said.
And with his words, the two turned around and walked out of the room.
XXX
And here it is. Done. I actually have nothing much to say, only that I'm happy I finally rewritten it. So, see ya later.