Chapter 5- Nicknames

(Laurens' POV)

(2 Weeks Later)

"Wake up Laurens! Laurens? For god's sake! Wake up you fuck!"

I shot up, squirming amongst my bed sheets. There were no bright lights anywhere, yet I still had my eyes squint to adjust to my room. Nothing different, the same room. Except for Lee towering above my sleeping figure.

"The hell?!" I croaked with a voice full of sleep. Before I even had a chance to crack my shoulders, he had literally dragged me from my bed and out into the hall way.

The uniforms down here were basically just all black. Day clothes were made up of a black t-shirt, tight pants and boots along with a dark jacket. The night attire was just black t-shirts and sweat pants. Fortunately, that night I fell asleep in my work gear, so I wasn't being dragged along the halls in embarrassing clothes (not that Lee cared).

This style of clothing was for all the agents and military personnel (also including the General). Medics were assigned to wear light blue at work and white as an everyday sort of thing. The Intelligence and Tactics department wore dark blue all round and cleaners wore yellow, along with a chef.

"Lee?! Tell me what the hell's going on!"' I demanded just as he dropped his grip, but not his rushed expression.

"He's gone."

Wait. "Who?"

"Hamilton! Elizler went to tell him he'd be realised tomorrow and he was gone! Now come on! Mulligan, Lafayette, Elizler and Angeler are already out searching!"

"He can't go far though. For one, the base is secured and two, he'll get exhausted way too quickly from being cooped up in that bed for a month."

All I got back from Lee was a mutter and a signal to follow him to (what I presumed was) the food hall.

As we raced through the tranquil halls in the dead of night, our footsteps were profound and heavy with our breaths. Lee split off from me to the right so I took the left wing. There was no doubt that the others were talking to each other through headset's, however I had left mine back at my bunk so I was in this alone…

I sped past two clocks in the halls, all reading about 04:05 am on its illuminated face. It seemed like five minutes of a constant (yet thorough) jog along the halls, each corridor as quiet as the next.

I came to a shaky stop and looked around aimlessly. The end of public premises was at this point. Through the next door was the way to the cars and the gate out…

Oh.

Almost concluding my suspicions, as if on cue, a dark figure whipped by in the dim light. I yelled through the silence for him to stay put but ran on behind him once he disobeyed.

Instead of attempting to carry through the restricted door, he made a sharp turn past me and back the way we came. I didn't know exactly what he was doing. To be honest, I truly thought he was running around trying to shake me off.

Yeah… No. I knew this place like the back of my hand plus I was much more physically fitter than him- that was enough points to give.

He made a dart for a side room helplessly fumbling for a lock. There were no locks in this place. Only on the Generals office and restricted areas had to be closed off. So to where he was running (an empty store room) I knew for a fact there was- one: no lock on the door and two: nowhere to run out of.

I had him.

I slid hastily through the door as he fell to a heap on the tiled floor. I reached for the light switch striking up on Hamilton's startled face.

"Okay, thanks for the good morning chase! But there's no more games Shortbread. Follow me." He scowled deeply at the new nickname we had all given him in the last week due to his lack in hight. We had originally thought about just keeping it "Shorty", but he really seemed to hate being named after something 'sweet'.

"How about I give you an irritating nickname!" He barked, crossing his arms tightly against his chest.

I breathed a chuckle, "Sure. Go ahead. Tell me once you get one. Now, do as I say." I reached out my hand to grasp his arm but was instantly batted away with a swing to my face which I expertly dodged and lunged for his legs, sending him toppling over. He squirmed beneath my weight as I grappled for his arms, dragging them behind his back.

"Now Hamilton," He looked up at me slightly dazed and angered, "first thing, if you swing, adjust your stance and shift your weight. Second thing, you never hit a Captain. That's punishable by death you idiot. So let's just keep this between us, shall we?"

He shot me a look that could kill and ground his teeth together in circles. I yanked him to his feet keeping his arms wrapped together, I leant up close to his ear, "And third, you never disobey orders. Got it?"

He nodded reluctantly and I dragged back towards Elizler and the others by the Medical Department, every step we took in silence.

"I'm not taking him!" Lee declared loudly inside Elizler's office, me and her rolling our eyes.

"Do I not even get a say in this?" I questioned, holding my head in my hands.

"No. You are letting him share a bunk with you. This is not what I signed up for!" Lee folded his arms defiantly, "Yes, I will help train and test him but I am not- NOT- sharing my bunk with him."

I swung back in my chair and gazed at the ceiling above, "Fine then you ass."

I turned to Elizler who was biting back a laugh behind her desk.

"So? When should I pick him up?" I asked standing up and walking over to the door.

"Now." She laughed.

I sighed and didn't have the energy to argue or show any sign of surprise. I just walked out of the door and down to his room.

I gave three average knocks on his door before he opened up looking smart yet daunting in his black uniform. I scanned him and nodded with a smile.

"Looking smart Shortbread."

He looked me dead in the eyes and smirked instead of his usual annoyed expression.

"Not too bad yourself, Freckles."

He found a nickname.

Author's Note: Ending was rushed. It sounds crap. It IS crap.

I really just don't like this chapter -_-

SOS.

I'm also sorry for the mistakes in this! I don't want to read through it :)

Oh well! The next few chapters will be slow coming out because of the lack in plot but, trust me, I have SO MUCH planned for this! We just have to get past the boring bits first!

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-L.E-Rae _x_