Hello Everyone!

This is the third chapter and I will slowly but surely introduce everyone.

Please keep in mind that all this is happening relatively at the same time as Lexas group is getting attacked.

I took a LOT of writers liberty when it concerns the military rules and how people interact. I just really wanted to have different people from different groups collaborating and didnt just want to make them americans ergo, they are all over the place. Politically speaking I will only include major western powers that have a well known special forces group and that is very closely allied to the US.

Here is the mini table to keep everyone straight on who is who and from where.

Lexa and Gustus: Australia (See the Last SHip for reference as to how kickass they can be)

Anya and Luna: England-GreenBerea

Lincoln, Aden and Emerson: USA SEAL team 17, Marine corporal (comms genius), Army Ranger.

Echo: Spain(Again, see Last Ship) Spain has crazy tactical forces against pirates and terrorist.

Ok well hope you enjoy Chapter 3!


SS Tom Chandler – Navy Military Carrier

1st Lieutenant Bellamy Blake was running out of patience.

First thing to go wrong today was a faulty gas line on the Helo transporting his team to POLIS.

Then bad weather was coming in from the Baltic.

And now...

some big wig from the State Department was hitching a ride with them but couldn't be considerate enough to get there on freaking time...

-"Hey Bellamy, the XO wants to see you".

Turning towards the irritating voice, Bellamy just glares darkly at his friend.

-"Tell me again Murphy why I haven't thrown you over board and claimed it to be an accident?" he asks his best friend. "All you've done today is give me bad news on top of crappy news".

Murphy pats him on his shoulders in a patronizing way and says -"Because you will definitely need me to back you up if the rumor mill is true and we got the SEAL team coming with us to POLIS".

Murphy now has that knowing grin he loves to sport, the one that makes you want to punch him in order to wipe it off.

-"Word is, your sisters lover boy is also stationed in POLIS... which means you can't kill me. I mean lets be honest, you simple NAVY dudes can't keep up. You'll need a marine on your side"

"Oh for fucks sake, shut up". That's just what I needed, thinks Bellamy.

To be stranded in Kandahar with Octavia and her boy toy in the same place.

His life is just too complicated to be real. Times like these he really wished his sister was a good money hungry socialite, a bookworm, or a peace loving pacifist... but no, instead he got an ass kicking military aficionado for a baby sister. And like a good older brother it was his job to keep her from doing anything stupid, and dating a SEAL stationed on the same base was definitely considered stupid.

"Fuck man, I have a feeling the next few months are going to make my entire hair turn grey".Bellamy shakes his head towards Murphy and heads up towards the ships XOs' office.

XO Jaha was an ok guy for an uptight legacy. His ship ran smoothly, something Bellamy could appreciate, but underneath the tip top shape was the ugly truth; most of the XOs subordinates had no true respect for the guy. His pretentiousness and inability to appreciate the enlisted men and women aboard made him a lesser man in Bellamy's regard. Hopefully whatever Jaha needed him for was concerning his new mission parameters in POLIS and some passive aggressive suggestion on his carrier and that oh his family. He was itching to get off this boat and see some action.

Knocking softly on the XOs' door, Bellamy waits before hearing a muffled -"Enter".

Jaha is standing next to his desk with a highball glass in his hand and three fingers of whiskey. Beside him is a woman. She is of medium height, with short cropped black curly hair. Her skin is dark and her eyes are suck a dark hue of brown they seem almost black. Her uniform was a stark contrast of that of his and Jaha's. They sported the dark blue navy fatigues, and while Jahas' had some insignia denoting his elevated status as XO, the woman's' uniform was stark white and sported the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral; the Crown of St. Edward in gold above a crossed sword and baton and two silver stars with the word "Australia" underneath.

She sported the men's cut (pants) instead of the regulated skirt women are supposed to wear. The insignia on her chest combined with the medals and the stripes on her shoulders made it clear whom in that moment was in charge of the large office. Bellamy was in awe... This woman oozed command and respect, and she didn't have to threaten or boast about bloodlines and money like Jaha does, to get it.

"Ah, lieutenant Blake. Perfect!" Jaha spoke with a familiarity that was obviously forced. But not wanting to tread on his XOs' feet, Bellamy just went with it.

–"Sir, Staff Sergeant Murphy said you asked for me".

-"Yes, yes Lieutenant. This is Rear Admiral Wolfe of the Australian Navy. I believe you were waiting for her to arrive for your trip to Polis. Radm. Wolfe, This is Lieutenant Blake, bright young man, third generation Navy. I am sure you would appreciate his escort to Polis. I trust your Helo will be set up shortly. I'm positive your both eager to be on your way".

This jovial XO was giving Bellamy the creeps. The sooner he could get out of this office the better.

Directing his words towards Radm. Wolfe, Bellamy says- "Ma'am, it is a pleasure to meet you. We are indeed ready to depart as soon as you are ready, please let me know if you will require anything before departing towards the Kandahar base".

-"Thank you Lt." Her voice said sharply. "We will depart in 30. I will see you in flight deck. That will be all, thank you". Radm. Wolfe spoke succinctly and commandingly. Ending the brief introduction and getting up to depart from the XOs' office along with Blake.

-"I will make sure the SEAL team is ready. Until then Lt." turning towards Jaha she says –"Capt. Jaha, a pleasure". And without further ado Radm. Wolfe exits the office and marches down the hall leaving both men staring after her.

-"Sir, If that is all. I will take my leave and prepare for our flight?"- Bellamy asks, hoping Jaha will dismiss him and not bring up how Radm. Wolfe had totally taken over control just a second ago.

-"Yes, Blake you're dismissed" Jaha waves his hands dismissively and knocks back the remaining whiskey for his glass.

Bellamy doesn't linger. He exits the office and starts walking towards flight deck, slowly his excitement makes his walk faster and faster until he is running through the tiny halls of the carrier, dodging people and saying more sorrys than he's ever said before. He is almost out of this miserable ship and he's taking along his best friends and sister. All he needed was for the to hurry up and they could leave.

Getting to Flight deck he sees his friends and his sister talking to the side. Like always they are talking and joking around, everyone is excited to get to POLIS. For a while it's like they forget POLIS is in the middle of a war zone, all they can think about is that POLIS holds friends and family and they can't wait to be reunited with them.

"Hey! You guys ready to ditch this place or what?" –Bellamy says with a small smile. He can't be as rowdy as his friends but he'll be dammed if he wont show that he is also excited.

His team is small, just 6 of them: Octavia, Harper, Jasper, Miller, John and himself. They have been together for about 6 months and though tensions can run high between John and the other four, for the most part they got along. Jasper was the baby of the group; Octavia and Harper were constantly protecting him. His sister and Harper have both consequently become good friends. Octavia is a wild card on a good day and the main cause of his graying hair. While Harper was the perfect soldier, she was kind and loyal, and followed orders to a T. Miller was generally liked by everyone, but was extra attached to Harper. He was super down to earth and a standup guy, a real asset to the team. John was the only marine in their group, which was unconventional but necessary for their jobs. Their main goal wherever they went was to protect the medical staff of the area and accompany them on any off base missions that may come up.

They weren't the usual unit that handled such things; they didn't have a pilot or a doctor in their group like most standard MEDEVAC teams. Theirs was a very new experimental group and had been put together as a sort of peacekeeping unit by the higher ups. They thought that by integrating Navy, Army and Marine soldiers they would expand the teams reach and make it easier to collaborate with any base at any given time.

-"Jasper, your uniform is all messed up! We need to make a good impression on the command in POLIS. General Kane won't tolerate us slacking off. He is not Navy so be prepared to be inspected to an inch of our lives… so tuck it in Jasper, no one wants to see it" he motions to Jaspers' halfway untucked shirt and the goggle situation going on top his head.

-"By the way guys we have a guest on the ride to POLIS, She is a Rear Admiral with the Australian Navy and I'd like everyone to be in their best behavior. She doesn't seem like the person who takes bawdy jokes well so for now bottle up, clear?" Bellamy looks around to see if his team got his instruction and sees them looking up at the sky or down at the ground.

Just as he is about to snap at them for not paying attention he hears an amused voice behind say -"Lt. Blake" Shit… Bellamy turns after shooting his team a withering look for letting him out to dry.

-"Ma'am, I see you are ready to depart. We can start boarding as soon as you like". He tries to deflect his obvious gaffe towards her and motions to the helo. He is really trying to avoid further embarrassment in front of his team, a commanding officer and it looks like a few SEAL team members.

-"Thank you LT. Blake. Now if your team have been briefed as to what constitutes proper decorum when addressing a higher ranking officer maybe we could get on our way?"

Radm. Wolfe lifts up one perfectly straight eyebrow and look down on him. (Even though she is of smaller height).

Bellamy hears the SEAL team behind Wolfe snickering at his expense, but decides to brush it off and get the show on the row.

-"Of course Radm. Wolfe. Please follow me, we have made the appropriate accommodations for everyone to fit in the Helo".

Wolfe halts him and very briefly motions to the SEALs. -"This is part of SEAL team 17. I have worked with them on many occasions and whatever escorting I will need they will handle".

Radm. Wolfe heads off to their helo with her escort. Bellamy just shrugs and tells his team to move out. Finally everyone is seated and they are on their way to POLIS.


NATO BASE POLIS - Kandahar

"Pstss…Hey!...pstt!" Petty Officer Bryan kept ignoring the annoying sounds trying to call him to attention. He tried to keep his face stone serious for as long as he could. He would not be sucked into another hair brain scheme of Ravens'.

-"Bryan! I know you can hear me, you dumbass!"…after a few more minutes of ignoring Rave, Bryan releases a deep breath thinking that she is finally given up. He really should have known better.

He hears Raven whispers faintly to someone else -"Echo, you try. You probably have ways of making him corroborate".

"Fine!.." is replied in an exasperated way.

-"Hey, Petty Officer Bryan. A commanding officer is calling you to attention!" walking up to him, at his post next to the gate of entry in POLIS, is a tall beautiful woman with a slight Spanish accent. Her gaze is riveting and steady as she waits for him to respond.

-"Ma'am, I apologize but… but Reyes is not here in an official manor!"- Seriously, Bryan can't believe he is going to get chewed out because of Raven, again!.

-"Next time, Petty Officer, you might want to listen before dismissing her, no? Echo cracks him a smile so the poor boy knows she is on his side even if she is reprimanding him.

-"Now come on, Brayan" she says with a come hither look trying to entice him with her soft eyes and nice accent.

Bryan just shakes his head and looks at her before asking -"Did Raven say that would work?".

Echo looks at him with an innocent look. -"That what would work Brayan?"

Echo keeps looking at him with a very flirty look, if he was any other man it would have totally distracted him and he would fall for whatever crazy idea these two had.

Unfortunately for Echo -"Sorry ma'am, but I'm gay. You are going to have to try a bit harder to get me to move from my post". Bryan turns away and gazes back to the door he guards.

-"Jesus Kennedy Christ…Bryan we need your help!"- Raven finally gives up her hiding spot around the corner and comes up to Bryan and Echo.

-"We need your help man, you have a good relationship with all the higher ups. We need to get a radio out of Titus' office...We just need you to get Kane to call him in for something. Monty will make sure he leaves his office and me and Echo will go in get the radio and be out in a second."

Raven looks at him expectantly. -"Please, please please… dude... I will owe you big time" Raven stops and looks to Echo -"Actually she will owe you for like ever and ever... shell be your slave!" Raven screams out excitedly.

-"Wait, no mija, I will owe you Bryan but I draw the line at being anyone's slave eh!" Echo looks to Bryan and gives him that look again.

-"Dude stop that, it really doesn't work on him, I just wanted to see how a Black ops chick would go about seducing an innocent pup like Bryan" Raven says in consternation, feeling a bit of embarrassment for her new friend.

-"Wow, thank you my new friend for the great backup." Echo shakes her head and tries to assuage the fear she now sees in Bryans' eyes. -"No my friend, we are not black ops don't worry. Nothing like that. We just do things a little bit more quietly than you hunkering lots and well, in a way more covert way… But no Black ops!"

Echo considers how to explain her unit to her captivated audience of two.

-"Its more like an elite group of people from allied countries that do the work in a cohesive unit that not just any one country could do by themselves. We go to bases all around the world and can do basically anything we want. But we don't just go in and kill everyone, yes, we clean up every once in a while but mostly we take out terrorists and keep people safe from very dangerous areas…"

Echo looks to them to see if they got it. Raven and Bryan just stare and say at the same time

-"So you are black ops"…

-"Sounds like black ops to me"…

-"Dios… ok, whatever you'd like people, but lets get going with the mission, no? I need that radio working Raven".

She turns to Bryan - " Bryan we really do need your help. I need to make sure my unit is safe." Echo looks at him with a straight face, just trying to convey her worry for her team onto him.

-"You have comrades too Bryan, what would you do if they were lost and nobody would tell you anything?"

"Alright..." Bryan mulls his options over before coming around.

-" Yeah, fine. I'm in. I'll help you guys out. I might know how to get Kane to call in Titus. That guy is so stuck up he keeps insulting every other high commanding officer in the base. Kane calls him in constantly to reproach his behavior. So I'll just tell Kane he did something stupid at the gate and that for security reasons he should be spoken to so that it doesn't happen again... Only thing is, he could just call instead of asking Titus to got o his office…"

-"Yeah, I thought of that already so I cut the telephone wire going into the building". Raven doesn't look too concerned that she tampered with the phone lines in a military base. "It is going to take the tech guys like 5 minutes to fix it and they barely know their asses from a CPU so don't worry"...

"Ok, ill head out right now. Once I'm out of Kanes' office ill give you guys a wave so you know the plan worked, alright?" And with that Bryan gives then a nod and heads over to Kanes' building to get this party starting.


Hello again. Here are some notes:

I know Octavia hasn't spoken yet but I want to keep her for when sh!t hits the fan. Well see more of how our friends in the Helo interact with each other and try to break the ice with the SEAL team.

Bellamy will not be a dirt bag in anything that I write. I saw so much potential in his character in the tv show and I absolutely hate how they just wasted it by making him a petulant child that was ignorant and a bigot. We have terrorist and spies and double agents in this fic, so the need for Bellamy to an ass doesn't exist. He will be a decent guy who truly wants to help. He wont always agree with others but he also wont go killing sleeping soldiers in this one. Also I totally have him paired up with someone.

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