I came in suited up. My weapons organized and cleaned. Flint was cleaning his gun shirtless, a sight that I would never tire of.
"Hey, hot sauce," He laughed as I stepped through the door.
"Hey, Sexy," I laughed in return as our lips brushed.
"Are You ready kick some ass Nat!" He squealed raising his gun and then pulling on his shirt.
"Aw, I liked the shirtless look on you," I put my hand on his sternum.
"Well, I love that look on you too but I don't think either of us should fight like that." He cradled my hips.
"So, after the mission...if we are not too tired...maybe we could see each other shirtless and maybe pantless too," I huffed in a sort of husky voice.
"I am so so down," He smiled extremely happy.
"Good, because it would suck if only I wanted to have sex." I giggled. He embraced me tightly.
"I love you be careful," He kissed my lips deeply
"I love you too and I will kill you if you get yourself killed!" I snapped.
"Of course, I will be safe." He smiled sweetly at me. Then we just held each other for what seemed like forever until we heard Clint's voice.
I jumped out of his arms and he started pouring me coffee.
"Hey kiddos," He smirked walking in with a relaxed manner.
"Hey Clint," Flint responded brightly.
"Good Morning," I muttered a bit groggily.
"You two pumped up!" Clint smiled
"Yep, it has been awhile since our last mission." Flint smiled at me while handing me a cup of coffee.
"Well, I hope you guys aren't rusty." Clint chuckled.
"I hope so too," I laughed
"Alright you two, see you down there for mission prep." Clint smiled back at us.
"See ya later Old man," Flint chuckled warmly as Clint left. Then Flint pulled me in for yet another kiss.
"Flint, we have to pack for the mission." My voice came out softer than a cashmere sweater.
"Yeah, I almost forgot," He gave a short laugh.
"You are missing your pistols," I said flatly handing him the two guns.
"Thanks, I don't know what I would do without you," He smiled at me and then I noticed the tears welling up in his eyes.
"Baby," I wiped away his tears
"Nat I love you more than anything…" He sobbed
"Flint, the world without you would not be a place I would want to see." I fell into his arms.
"I promise that I will never leave…" He muttered
"I promise I will never leave." I echoed in a lovingly ritualistic way.
"Well, now that all that fuckery is over…" Mckinley stood propped up in the doorway.
"Sam…" Amanda faced palmed.
"What?" he whined.
"You were supposed to be helping me check off all the team, not watch our friends." She sighed, "you two all packed?" Amanda looked down at her clipboard.
"Yes," I laughed glaring at McKinley
"Fine," he pouted
"Now, why don't you go torment, Sterling?" Amanda said softly
"Ooh, my favorite pastime," He laughed maniacally.
"Run along," Amanda shooed him away and then walked slowly out of the doorway.
"Mission Control, to Spider," My comlink snapped to life as I walked down the hall.
"This is Spider, nearing target, need the hack done Cyan," I called, that was Corey's code name.
"On it Spider." Her voice broke out as I used my fake keycard to enter the main computer room.
"Bingo…" I huffed.
"Spider to Cinnamon at MC, info is coming in now." I downloaded duplicate files onto my own flash drive after I had diverted the info back to MC.
"Good, Spider I got hostiles coming in from the left hallway," Amanda said quickly.
"Spider to Hawk?" I called into Flint.
"This is Hawk," his voice came over my com.
"Hostels left hall you have a shot?" I asked walking down the left hall to my next stop.
"Shots were taken hostiles down," Flint said calmly. I knelt down at the bodies putting on gloves removing the bullet and altering the wound with a knife.
"Mess cleaned, Eagle where are you?" my hands removed my office wear and revealing my suit.
"Approaching conference room...I got hostiles about five suits," Sterling said quickly and closer
"Clock, I need the cameras slowed" Sam ordered
"On it nerd," Ashlyn responded back
"How many times must I tell you that is not my call sign," Sam spoke sharply
"Playboy you got the tech yet or do we have to wait." I retorted
"Cool it Spider, I got it and I am on my way to secure the west entrance," he said.
"Not a good idea one of you Spider or Playboy have to come help me out I have eyes on hostiles and need help getting into getting the meeting videoed." Sterling's voice came across.
"This is Spider have the cloaking device and a body cam, I will be out there soon approaching main central building and conference room, activating cloaking device and entering the conference room." I slid under the table
"This is Cinnamon, hawk there's 7 hostiles coming on your left." I heard Amanda warn Flint.
"Fuck," I heard him say over his com thank god my suit had the sound muffler to muffle my giggle.
"Please explain to me who decided these code names…" Dimitri sighed.
"Aren't you sick Disaster? " Scarlett screamed I winced
"Siren, are you trying to make us deaf?" An older man whispered under his breath.
"STDs where are you?" Ashlyn responded.
"I consider that name a micro-aggression." The older man huffed.
"You are full of shit." Ashlyn groaned.
"Clock Zombie focus!" Corey snapped over the com.
"Sorry!" They yelled at the same time.
"Yeah Focus on my terrific Abs," Zombie spoke confidently
"You see what I have to deal with!" Ashlyn cried out.
"Shut the fuck up you two," Scarlet growled
"Guys. Bugging meeting room!" I scoffed.
"Sorry," they all responded. I swear the mutated kids were going to
get themselves killed. I let out a deep sigh. That was when Roger Harkson entered the room and I froze.
"Spider to base," I whispered
"We read you Spider," I heard Maggie's voice
"I have a familiar hostile, name Harkso n ,Roger height 6'6 weight approximately 195-235 lbs about 18-23 years of age alumni of Eagle's old school." I said flatly
"My friend is here…" Sterling's voice came over the com.
"Who?" I asked surprised only a little bit
"My friend from when I was little Jack Bartholomew Farmer, We called him Barns, he died five years ago… he fell to death." I heard Sterling sputter.
"Well he is here now, get your head in the game Jones," I heard Mckinley say.
"But…" I watched him get up as if in a trance and head toward his friend who was in the room.
"Barns!" He called. I face palmed.
"Jones!" I heard Mckinley scream.
"Who?" The boy said flatly
"Soldier attack," Harkson snapped
"God Damn it Flint! I need some help here,"
"On it!" He cried "Spider are you okay are you hurt?" He sputtered
"Eye on the targets," I snapped
"No! Don't shoot! Hawk Stand down!" Sterling yelled.
"Spider!" He whined in confusion. Mckinley burst into the room.
"Sergeant Jones!" Mckinley started blasting all the guards but Harkson, Jack Farmer and a few others with him were long gone.
"Spider, I have the car!" I heard Flint over the line.
"I have Eagle and Playboy we are headed out to you!" I snapped and the pulled the two fuming personas out of the building. Here I was Nat saving the day yet again.
"Spider, I love you," Flint let out a deep sigh satisfied by my safety.
"Love you too Hawk," I sighed. The two other parties refused to talk and Flint pulled the van around. I threw Sterling and Sam in the back, then sat shot gun and kissed Flint on the cheek sweetly.
"What happened?" He whispered glancing at Sterling and Sam sitting across from each other pouting.
"I will explain to you later just go pick up everyone else." I whispered in reply.
"Well that went well" Amanda Sighed through our earphones.
"Shut up Manda" I heard Sam and Sterling snap from the back.
"Manda the two of them are having a fight so…" I messaged her in. "They are on their man periods" I chuckled under my breath Flint cocked his eyebrow at me.
"Manestration." Corey snickered.
"True," Maggie giggled "But is Sterling okay?" She questioned quickly.
"I am fine Maggie stop worrying," Sterling sighed in response
"Okay, I am going to alert the Mentors of your success and Sam and Sterling will be debriefed tonight, Nat, you tomorrow," Corey said flatly
"Yes ma'am," I responded with the other two witnesses to the biggest blow out between those two since they first started working together.
I turned to Flint "Can we just go up to our room… and just screw around all night, I don't have much of an appetite, you can get food but after everything I just went through I just want you, for just a bit of sanity," I whimpered
"Yeah, Sounds great, anytime spent with you is good, besides you need to fill me in on what went down." He smirked at me.
"Ew, you guys, your com links are still in" Manda whined
"Oops sorry at least they were only to MC." I laughed with Flint. Soon we were back on the Avenjet, as Sam called it, and heading back to Superlit Island.
Flint had gotten a burrito on the way and now was back with me in our room drinking beer and playing darts, usually we didn't drink, but I was so shaken from the bullet that just missed.
"So what happened?" Flint hit the bullseye yet again.
"I was bugging the office cloaked, Roger Harkson from the boarding school was there...but I didn't want to freak you out."
"Okay, what happened?" He threw a dart facing backward it hit one of the inner rings.
"Well Sterling was hiding out nearby when he spotted his childhood friend who was as far as everyone else in the world know is deceased name is Jack Farmer, Sterling called him Barns, but when he called to him, Barns didn't seem to respond but the Harkson gave him orders and he sprang into action he fired a bullet that I thought was going to hit me but it missed…" I let out a deep sigh. "I wanted you to take out the hostiles because that was our one shot but Sterling wasn't going to lose his friend again so the window was lost," I pouted "Mckinley bursted in and shot the remaining hostiles with me Sterling was in a trance the whole time…" I locked eyes with Flint.
"That is new," He shrugged trying to hide the worry from his face.
"Yeah," I sighed and soon our lips crashed together in the introduction to the rest of our night