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Episode 3: Saving Freelancer Tex

Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha

Base Roof

Steve's POV

"So, let me get this straight. You're telling me that the guy that showed up here, scared the living shit out of two of us, shot at Caboose, lifted Steve with one hand, and beat the hell out of the Reds wasn't a guy at all? That he was a chick?" Tucker asked in disbelief. "And on top of that, she was your ex-girlfriend?"

Church nodded. "In a nutshell, yes. That's an excellent summary."

"Damn. She's one strong woman." I added.

"I should have known. She didn't like me." Caboose said before looking down in depression. "Girls never like me."

"Caboose, I don't think anybody likes you." Tucker said with a deadpanned voice.

I sigh at what the aqua soldier said as Caboose gets more depressed. "I like me."

Walking up behind him, I pull my left hand back before hitting the back of the perverted soldier's head.

'SMACK!'

"Ow!" Tucker yelled as he stumbled forwards a bit before looking back at me with a glare. "What the hell man!?"

"One, because you deserved it, moron. Second, I disagree with that because I actually like Caboose." I told him as I looked at Caboose, who brightened up at my words. "Caboose, don't let that shit get to you. It's best to just be who you are and to not let anyone say otherwise."

Caboose smiled at me, the depression seemingly vanished. "Thanks Steve!"

Nodding at my fellow private, I turn back to Tucker and Church. "Right, let's get back on topic."

They nodded before Tucker turns to Church. "I don't think I've seen a girl that mean before. Are you sure she's a chick and not a guy, or like part guy, part shark?"

I shudder at the idea of something like that as Church blankly stares at Tucker. "I'm pretty sure I would know if Tex was a guy, and I'm definitely sure I would know if she was part shark."

"Are you sure you checked?" I questioned jokingly.

All Church does is glare at me before Caboose jumps in. "Wait, wait, wait." Everyone turns to look at Caboose. "If she's a girl, then why is she named Texas?"

Church looks at Caboose with a blank expression. "Uh, because she's from Texas." He responded. Caboose doesn't understand it and just looks more confused. "Trust me, it makes sense." He then turns back to me and Tucker. "And you can't blame her for being so aggressive. It's not entirely her fault to begin with."

"Right. You should blame God. First, he makes hangovers, and now half women, half sharks that won't even sleep with me." Tucker then looks up the sky. "Thanks for nothing, God."

"Don't you ever think about anything except sex?" I asked Tucker in mock amazement.

"Not really."

"Will you shut up with that!" The dead-man orders before continuing. "She got recruited into some kind of weird experimental program back during basic where they infused her armor with this really aggressive A.I. I'm not really sure how it all works, but all I know is it made her meaner and tougher than hell."

Caboose looks confused by this. "A.I... What's the A stand for?"

"Artificial." Church answered.

The blue soldier nods as he looks the other way before looking back at the ghost. "What's the I-"

"Intelligence!" Church answered before Caboose could finish.

"Ohhh! What was the A again?" Caboose for a moment thought he understood before looking confused again.

"Caboose. An A.I. stands for artificial intelligence meaning it's basically a computer that's able to think and learn like a human at a much faster rate. However, only smart A.I. are like that. There are different types, but smart A.I. are very important for the military because of their abilities. That's why they're used in UNSC frigates and some can be used to govern over cities." I told Caboose as everyone looked at me. "...What?"

"How the hell do you know that much?" Church asked.

"Because it's important to learn about the key assists of the military. After all, knowledge is just as important in war as anything else." I said. "Besides, A.I. are very, very important to humanity. Without them, humanity would probably be done by now."

Everyone nodded except Caboose, who still looked confused, before Church spoke. "Let's move on."

"So, the military put this program in her head, and that program made her a killer, but underneath it all she's really just a sweet, down home girl?" Tucker asked.

Church only scoffed. "Oh, hell no. She's always been a rotten bitch. It's just that now she's a rotten bitch with cybernetic enhancements."

Tucker and I only stared at Church with deadpanned expressions. "Wow! Sounds like you really won the lottery with that one. Good catch there, buddy. She's a keeper." Tucker spoke in fake admiration.

"So in reality, you were completely fucking wiped." I told Church my thoughts.

"Don't tell me shit I already know." The dead-man spoke in frustration before looking at Caboose. "So how are you doing, Caboose? Are you following any of this whatsoever?"

Me and Tucker turned to look at the blue soldier as he looked at Church with a bit of uncertainty. "I think so. That guy Tex is really a robot, and you're his boyfriend. So that makes you... a gay robot!"

"PFFFF- HAHAHAHA!" Me and Tucker fell to the ground in a fit of laughter from what Caboose said as Church looked at him blankly. "Yeah, that's right. I'm a gay robot."

"Oh my God! My stomach! My stomach hurts!"

"I- I wish I had recorded that! That's one of the funniest things to ever come out of Caboose's mouth yet!"

"Will you two shut the fuck up!"

Blood Gulch Outpost #1

Prison Cell

No one's POV

Tasked with guarding the prisoner, Simmons and Grif stood in front of the cell that held Tex. Simmons had his rifle pointed at her while Grif hand his magnum in his left hand.

"So." Grif decided to stir a conversation with Tex. "You're a girl, huh?" All she did was stare at him blankly.

Simmons shook his head a bit at Grif's comment. "Just ignore him. That's what I do."

Grif looked at the marron soldier in annoyance before looking smugly at Tex. "Not so tough now that we unloaded your weapon, are you?"

"Hey punk, I don't need a weapon to kill you." Tex warned the orange soldier.

Scoffing, the fat man only crossed his arms. "Yeah, right! What are you gonna do, punch me?"

Tex looked down at her fist and shrugged before suddenly rushing forwards a bit and stopped before the bars. This was enough to make Grif lose his smug attitude and rush backwards in fear. "Ahh! Not in the face!"

Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha

Roof

"Well, don't worry, because I have a great plan for how we're going to rescue Tex." Church told the three soldiers.

"A plan?" Tucker cried before his shoulder sagged. "Oh, man, I hate plans. That means we're going to do stuff. Can't we just have a strategy or a mission statement?" He complained.

Church sighed at Tuckers whining. "I just need you guys to run a distraction while I spring Tex."

"Distraction? Huh. That sounds a lot like decoy." Caboose asked.

"Woah, hold on Church. Why should we help her?" Steve questioned Church.

"Because I said so." Church tells him.

The new guy only shook his head. "Yeah, I don't think so."

"What!? You just can't say no! That's an order!" Church yelled at Steve.

"Actually, you can't give orders because you're not the leader. From what I heard, you were never promoted by Commander after your Captain died." The white and blue soldier pointed out. "Besides, I don't see any reason why we need to. She showed up here and proceed to use Caboose as a target and from what you said, she was a total bitch. I would like to see those as reasons to dislike her."

Church tried to speak but stopped himself and remained silent for a few seconds before looking at the ground. Steve watched him stare at the ground before sighing. "Hey Tucker, Caboose, do you mind if I speak with him for a bit?"

The two looked at each other before heading down the left ramp as Steve looked at Church. "You still love her, don't you?"

Church looked at him before nodding. "...I knew she was selfish bitch who would steal my money and sleep with other guys. But at the same time, she knew I was an egotistic asshole who's hopeless at keeping one job and had horrible luck with women. We both knew this, and that's probably what led us to meet each other. She needed me, and I needed her." He admitted.

Steve only looked at Church, but he didn't see a ghost with an ego that rivaled that was as big as the canyon itself. He saw a man who was missing the half he needed to feel complete.

"Alright." He said as Church looked at him. "I'll help you bust Tex out."

Church looked confused by Steve's sudden change as he continued talking. "She maybe, as you said, a bitch, but I just can't let her rot in the enemy base and let you suffer because of my disagreement with her methods. If I did, my dad would probably comeback from the grave and haunt my ass until I agreed."

He then looked Church square in the face. "So, how are we going to do this?"

5 Minutes Later

After taking a few minutes, Steve called Tucker and Caboose back up to discuss the plan. "The way I see it, the Reds have absolutely no idea how many freelancers we have out here." Church started. "So, all I need from the two of you is to run around in the middle of the canyon wearing black armor while me and Steve sneak in the back of the base."

"Wait. Why is Steve going with you?" Caboose asked.

"Because the Reds are more then likely going to have one or two of their guys watching Tex. Church, being a ghost, will possess their sergeant and distract them long enough so I can sneak in and get Tex out." Steve told them.

Tucker nodded, approving the plan. "Sounds good. But Church where the hell are we going to get two suits of black armor?"

All Church did was look at the teleporter and Tucker followed his gaze before realizing what was going to happen. "Oh, fuckberries."

Time skip

At the teleporter exit, Church and Steve watched as Tucker appeared, his armor now black.

"Are you OK, Tucker?" Church asked.

Tucker nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Weird. I've been through plenty of teleporters and none of them have ever done that." Steve commented as he looked at Tucker's armor.

"We don't understand either." Tucker agreed before running up the hill with Church and Steve following. Once at the top, Tucker yelled to Caboose. "Come on, Caboose!"

"Does it hurt?" He yelled back.

"No, not at all." Tucker replied.

"OK! Here I come!" He then turned towards the teleporter and walked in.

Church then looked at Tucker. "Does it hurt for real?"

"Oh yeah. Big time." Tucker admitted in amusement.

Steve only shook his head. "You are a fucking child, you know that?"

"Whatever." Tucker dismissed what Steve said as all three of them looked towards the teleporter exit.

Just then, Caboose popped out, now covered in black soot. "Ow! Geez!" He then turned to look at Tucker with a glare. "You lied to me."

Blood Gulch Outpost #1

Roof

"Ah, damn it!" Sarge cursed as he spotted something moving. "Lopez, c'mere."

Lopez rushed to the red leader's side immediately with a sniper rifle and looked at him, awaiting further instructions. "Do you see something out there?" Sarge asked. Lopez quickly looked into the rifle's scope as the camera moves down the opening in the roof to show Grif and Simmons.

"There's no L in it. It's pronounced 'both.'" Simmons argued.

"That's what I'm saying. Bolth." Grif said, not pronouncing the word "both" right.

"Both."

"You sound like such an ass the way you say it."

Before the pointless argument could continue, Sarge yelled down the opening. "Grif! Quit yer yammerin' and get yer keester up here! Need some help. Got more of them Special Ops fellas headed toward the base."

Grif quickly got into the sergeants view. "An in more than one?" Grif asked in worry. "Uh, maybe we should bolth go, sir."

"Both!" Simmons quickly corrected the orange soldier as he backed up to Grif's left.

"Seriously, man. Like an ass."

"Well, well. Another brilliant idea from the think tank." Sarge spoke sarcastically. "Why don't you both come up? Leave the prisoner alone. We can just put her on the honor system, have her guard herself."

"Good point, sir." Simmions said as he went into 'kiss-ass mode.'

"You're God damn right it is!" The red leader yelled, his patience thinning. "Now git yer ass up here. We got just enough time for me to spray paint the bullseye on your back." He paused for a second before realizing he gave away his plan to get the lazy soldier killed. "And by bullseye, I of course mean camouflage. Now move it, cupcake."

Grif only sighed. "Yeah, I'll be right up." He then began to head to the exit at the back of the base.

Cliff

Steve's POV

Me and Church watched from the cliff to wait for a chance for Church to sneak in and distract the soldiers so I could get in to the base and break Tex out. Church was looking through his sniper rifle while I used my helmet's build-in telescope to watch. We saw the orange soldier appear from the back of the base and making his way to the base's left ramp.

Church then spoke through the radio. "Hey, Tucker, come in, man. You there? This is Church. It's working. The orange one is coming out of the base. I repeat-"

Behind a Boulder

Tucker's POV

"-The orange one is coming out of the base." Church's voice rang in my radio.

"Roger that." I replied.

"Oh, oh! Tucker, Tucker, Tucker!" Caboose suddenly got close to me, forcing me to move back a little. "Is that- is that Church?"

"OK, Tucker. You and Caboose just keep moving forwards towards the base, keep their attention on you so we can move in." Steve ordered as Caboose tried to tell me to say hi to Church.

Turning towards the cliff the two were on, I spoke back to him. "Wait, wait, wait. Hey, what? I missed that. Caboose is talking to me." I then turned back to the retard. "Shut up, man, I'm on the radio!"

Cliff

Church's POV

"He said just keep moving-" I was trying to tell them what Steve said before Tucker started talking again.

"I'm not yelling! I'm just telling you to let me finish talking to Church!" Steve and I looked at each other before looking back at the boulder the two idiots were at. "No, I'll tell him you said hi later. No, you can't talk to him! How could you possibly talk to him on my headset?"

I shut off my radio as Steve did the same before face palming. "Oh, my God. I can't believe I actually died for this war."

First, I'm assigned to a shit hole in the middle of no where. Then my captain dies in his sleep. Finally, the rookie gets me killed with our goddamn tank!

"It's even worse when you know that this war is completely pointless to begin with." Steve added.

"Yeah."

Steve stood up and turned to me. "Alright Church. It's time for you part."

"Right." I turn to head to down the other trail to the canyon floor before I stopped myself to look back the newcomer. "Also Steve."

He looked at me in confusion. "Yeah?"

I sighed as I was about to say something I try not to make myself look soft. "...I want to say... thanks for listening to me. I never could say that about me and Tex with the others."

I didn't say anything before giving me a thumbs up. "No problem man."

Nodding, I continued down the trail. As I did, I did a mental comparison between me and him.

Well... Letting go of my ego for a bit, I would have to say that between the two of us, Steve is probably a better leader then I am. No, he is a better leader then me. He genuinely cares about me and the others like Captain Flowers did, but he takes his responsibilities as a soldier much more serious and seems to work well with others, even an asshole like myself. He's even a great strategist, given that he helped work out a few faults with my plan.

I wouldn't be too surprised if he was promoted anytime soon.

However, I was confused by why I felt like I could tell him how I felt about Tex.

Why did I feel like I could trust him that much?

Blood Gulch Outpost #1

Roof

No one's POV

As Church made his way to the back of the base, Grif, now with the sniper rifle, is looking through the scope to spot the two black armored soldiers. "I don't see any- uh oh." He quickly changes his response as he spots Caboose running into his line of sight. "Yep, there's one."

To the fat soldier's suddenly gets confused as the 'special ops' soldier reaches the boulder he was heading to and stops in front of it, still in view. "Why is he just standing there?"

On the Ground

"Caboose! Get behind the rock. They can still see you." Tucker yelled to Caboose from the hill.

Caboose only shook his head, believing they couldn't see him. "They can't see me! I can't see them."

Tucker sighed at Caboose's stupidity. "That's because you're facing the rock."

Turning to his right, Caboose finally realized he was still visible. "Oh, right." He then quickly moved behind the boulder.

Face palming, Tucker shook his head. "Real smooth, dipshit."

Base Roof

"They're definitely Special Ops." Sarge nodded to himself as Church came up the left ramp. "I ain't seen troop movements this coordinated since my days on Sidewi- wa-kika-herger!" He was cut off as the ghost quickly took over his body.

Both Lopez and Grif quickly turned to their leader's sudden spasm. "Sir? Are you OK?"

Church, now in Sarge's body, looked at the orange soldier. "Uh, who you talking to, Red? Me?"

"No, I'm talking to Lopez because, you know, that's real rewarding." Grif said sarcastically. Lopez turned to Grif before punching his right arm. Grif moved to the left a little and glared at the brown soldier as he rubbed his arm. "Hey, what did I tell you about that?"

Church quickly saw Steve out of the corner of his eye coming down the cliff before stopping to look at Church. He quickly gave the OK hand gesture before Church nodded and looked back at the two soldiers. "Uh, I'm fine."

He then walked in between the two soldiers until he was in front of them both, drawing their attention onto him. "I'm gust so mad about- these, uh, God damn Blues out here." He shook his fist in front of him to make it look like he was angry. "I'm so God damn mad, I could spit." He then proceeds to spit, only for the glob of saliva to hit the Red sergeant's visor.

All three of them were silent as Steve snuck up on the back of the base. Grif was then the first to speak. "Um, sir? Did you just spit inside your own helmet?"

"Uh, yeah." Church admitted in disgust by his action as he turned to face the orange soldier. "I guess I did."

"Permission to speak freely, sir?" Grif asked.

"Go ahead."

"That's really fuckin' gross."

With Caboose and Tucker

"Hey, Tucker?" Caboose quietly spoke to the other Blue soldier as they were both crouched behind the same boulder.

Looking at Caboose, Tucker replied. "What?"

"I'm having a really good time with you-"

"That's great, Caboose." Tucker cut off Caboose, clearly not wanting to listen to him.

"Yeah, it's like we're real soldiers!" Caboose said, enjoying the operation that he should be taking seriously.

Tucker frowned at Caboose. "Would you please go hide behind another rock?"

Behind Red Base

Steve's POV

Okay, Church is keeping those two on top distracted. Now I just need to get in their and break Tex out. I looked back at the Warthog the Reds had, grinning at the little 'surprise' I left them if they try to give chase.

Looking back at the rear entrance, I quietly made my way in as Church, possessing the sergeant's body, kept talking to the other two up top.

Reaching the wall, I quietly moved along it until I reach the right opening and take a quick look inside. There was a marron soldier with an assault rifle, in the center of the room was what appeared to be the Red flag, and behind in front of the marron soldier was a prison cell and in it was the main objective of the mission, Agent Texas.

I activated my shield and quickly calculated the angle I need to throw at hit the guard's head before I brought my arm back and swung it forwards, sending the shield flying towards the corner on the opposite side of the opening.

Hitting the right wall first, the shield quickly hit the left wall before flying into the room.

'BAM!'

"Ow! Geez, the back of my head!" I heard the soldier cry out as the shield returned back to my arm.

"What the hell?" I heard Tex yell, clearly not expecting an energy shield to fly out of no where.

Walking around the corner, I make my way to the marron soldier and dragged him over to the scanner at the side of the cell.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I hear Tex ask me, clearly not expecting someone like me to be here.

"What's it look like? Me and the others are bustin' you out." I simply said as I finish dragging the soldier to the scanner before placing his left hand on the screen. A green bar moves up and then down before going completely green.

I let him go as I watch the bars retract back into the floor. "I didn't need your help." She bluntly tells me.

"Your situation tells me differently." I countered. "Believe me, I would have left you here if someone didn't convince me otherwise."

"Convinced you?" Tex asked before scoffing. "Yeah right. I can't think of anyone who would have anything positive to say about me."

"Actually, there is someone." I responded. "His name is Church and he told me you two use to date each other."

She looked surprise by what I said. "Church? I thought he was dead."

"Well... you could say he is." I told the black armored freelancer, which only made her more confused. "Look, you can see for yourself once we get back to base. Right now, we need to get moving." I then walked to the Red flag and grabbed the pole with my hands before pulling from it's stand.

"Why are you taking that?" Tex asked.

I only shrugged my shoulders. "Well, they managed to take our flag, so I call this payback." We then made our way back to the rear entrance.

Base Roof

Church's POV

"Did you hear something?" The orange soldier asked upon hearing a faint noise from inside the base. In the left corner of my vison, I saw Tex and Steve heading towards the trail that ran alongside canyon wall.

"What's, uh- why, I didn't hear nothin'. Why would you ask if I heard something?" I asked him.

He became more confused by what I said. "Uh... Isn't that a normal question if I heard something."

"Yeah, well, I don't know. You're startin' to act kind of suspicious there, orange... Red guy. So I'm keepin' my eye on you." I told him.

"Sarge, I think that-"

"That nothin', orange guy! You two get back to keeping an eye on those other Special Ops soldier. I'll keep an eye at the other end." I ordered. The brown one didn't complain and did as he was told. The fat one looked baffled by what I said before shrugging his shoulders and doing the same. I head the back of the base and stopped before looking back to see if the two were looking.

Seeing the coast was clear, I jump out of the sergeant's body. "Hurk!"

I quickly jump down as the red leader falls to his knees and the two others, hearing their sergeant's sudden spasm, rush over to him, asking if he was all right. I then rush over to the boulder Caboose and Tucker were at.

"Hey, Church!" Caboose said joyfully.

"So, did he bust her out?" Tucker asked.

I nodded. "Yep, let's get moving!" I ordered before all three of us rush back to the base.

Red Base Roof

No one's POV

Groaning, Sarge finally regained his sight. "What in Sam Hill? Where the-" He stopped when he saw the spit on his visor. "Who spit on my visor?" He asked in disgust.

"Um, you did, sir." Grif, who was standing to Sarge's right, told him.

Sarge looked baffled by that and was about to respond when Simmons came up the right ramp. Grif looked at him as Sarge took his helmet off, revealing a gruff-looking man with a stubble, yellow hair that was cut in a military fashion that was going gray at the sides, and steel-grey eyes with a scar going over the left one. He began to clear off his visor as the fat soldier noticed Simmons holding his head. "What the hell happened to you?"

Simmons only shook his head. "I don't know. Something hit the back of my head and I was knocked out." Shaking his head, he looked at the others. "Guys, we have a problem."

Sarge looked at the marron soldier. "What?"

"The prisoner and the flag are both gone, sir."

Everyone, except Lopez, looked alarmed. "What!? How the hell did-" Sarge began before Grif tapped his shoulder. "Grif, we don't have time for your bullshit right now!"

"Yeah, I'm guessing me pointing out that is bullshit then?" The fat soldier said as he pointed at the cliff. Looking at it, all the Reds saw a black and blue figure running off the cliff trail and towards Blue base, the blue figure holding something red.

They didn't say anything before Sarge broke the silence. "Well, shit."

Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha

Steve's POV

Upon reaching the base, Tex and I headed to the roof to meet up with the others. Once up there, I saw Caboose helping Tucker wash off the black soot from his aqua armor and Church was standing there. Hearing our footsteps, he turned around to meet us.

"Um... Hey Tex." He greeted her.

She looked at his specter form as I spoke. "Mission complete. And I brought back a little bonus too." I then showed him the Red's flag.

He looked at it before looking back at me. "Alright man. Great job. You might want to call Command to inform them." He told me.

Nodding, I walk back down the left ramp and walked a few feet away from the base before getting on the radio. "Command. This is Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha. Come in Command."

"Hello dude, this Blue Command." I hear Vic's voice come out from the speakers.

"Vic, this is Private Steve Walker. I have a report to bring in." I responded.

"Okay, let's see here. Walker... W-W-Wallllllkkeer- Aha! Here we go. OK, go ahead dude."

"Right. We've successfully manage to rescue freelancer Agent Texas from the Red's base and while doing so, we've manage to successfully capture the enemy flag. Casualties: None." I informed.

"Alrighty, my man! Good job with the rescue mission and capturing the flag. I'll be sure to get this to the big cheese here."

"Thank you Command. That's all I have then."

"Alright then, my man. Before you sign off, just one more thing to inform you about."

"Umm, OK. Go ahead Command." I said in confusion.

"We've been told by both Privates Tucker and Caboose about you actions and behavior so far during the short time you've been there and you've made the nice list early before Christmas."Vic informed me. "Because of that, it's been decided you are promoted to Sergeant rank as of today and officially making you the commanding officer of Blood Gulch Outpost Alpha. Congratulations dude!"

The sound of cheering and horns filled my speakers. I went wide eyed for a few seconds before responding. "W-Well, thank you, Command. I'll be sure to do my best here. Sergeant Walker out."

I then make my back to the ramp and meet up with Church, who was just finishing talking to Tex before looking at me. "So, how'd it go?"

I nodded to indicate it went well. "Good. They also had some news for me."

"Well, what is it?" He asked as Tucker and Caboose came over.

"Umm... I've been officially promoted by Command to be the commanding officer of Blue base." I told him as the rest of the guy looked at me in amazement. "Starting today, I'm Sergeant Walker."

'BBBBOOOOOMMMM!'

Suddenly, an explosion rang from the other side of the canyon. All of us looked in the direction of Red base and saw smoke coming from it.

"What the hell was that!?" Tucker asked.

I gave a small laugh before answering. "That's a little 'surprise' I left in their Warthog if they decided to try and get their flag back."

"What you do?" Caboose asked.

"Using a bit of string, tape, and grenade, I rigged it so if they drove forwards-" I then pointed at the smoke. "-that happens."

All right, chapter 3 is done. I hope you enjoy it because I defiantly enjoyed making it. Although, not as much as seeing Avengers: Endgame. The movie was everything I was hoping for times a million. I highly recommend to check this movie out because it's spectacular.

With that, NexusLight out!

Edit: 4/29/2019 - Changed Sarge's look.

Update: 5/11/2019 - Edited.