Okay, Next chapter at last! This is hopefully going to be the length for most of the chapters, though I'll probably get too lazy for that rather quickly, so don't expect it too much, just enjoy it while you can! Whelp, here you go!
Red vs. Blue does not belong to me, but you already knew that.
We all looked at Jessie for a while, me myself taking in the armor she seemed to now have. Honestestly, I was thankful that she had come just now, the whole "Allison is alive" thing isn't something I could predict anyone's reaction to. I jumped back a little as a yellow flash came from her shoulder, mellowing out to show what looked like some sort of AI.
"What is that?" I asked, as Jessie turned to look at me.
"Huh? Oh, this is Zeta. He's my AI."
I stared at her. An AI?! Aren't those things like... Really dangerous?! "How did you get him?!"
She looked at me, then to Zeta. "You know season 6? With the Meta and the E.M.P? Yeah... Well, long story short, they got sent here and ended up not dying, then Wash gave me this one."
"Season 6? What are you talking about?" Carolina asked, and I decided it was best to ignore the question.
"But, when I watched, I don't remember seeing any Zetas or anything!" I said, a little confused.
"Me either, apparently he was never put into service to begin with, so we never got to see him," Jessie replied, explaining things.
"Oh..," I said, then a question popped into my head, "What trait is he?"
"Inspiration," Zeta said, speaking up for the first time. Inspiration? Interesting..
"Katherine, right?" Church suddenly said, and I looked to him with a small nod. "If I might be asking... What the fuck do you mean by 'Season 6' and 'watched'?! It's like you're talking about some TV show or something!"
Think! Think! Think! "Oh... Uh... Well, would you just look at the weather today? Absolutely gorgeous!"
"We can't see the weather," Tex said, "We're underground."
"Really? Hehe... I never noticed..," I said, faltering a little, and as I looked over everyone, I noticed they knew I was hiding something. I gulped, I had to think quick, before I realized something else about the group: people were missing. They must have slipped out while we were talking! Wash was gone, along with Tucker, Felix, Grif, and even Mom. Where did they go..
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Felix paced back and forth, glancing at Lily every once in a while. He was thinking.. and thinking hard.
"You left me," He said after a while, which was odd for him. He spoke a lot more than this normally. But this situation was far from normal. Lily looked back at him, looking guilty. After a while, she too spoke.
"I.. I had no choice."
Felix glared at her, "You always have a choice. You just chose the wrong one."
"I chose to save my family!" Lily countered, looking mad at both herself and him. "The device could only take three people. I had to get away."
"And you left me to get sucked into it all myself," Felix stated.
"I left you one of the letters," Lily explained, "One of the most recent ones I got. I hoped you would figure it out yourself and get away," She looked him in the eye, "You were a smart kid."
"Oh, I used that device alright," Felix said, "But, I only got sent a few years back in the past or so. In the end, I still got caught up in the events."
Lily slowly started to speak, as though debating weather the question she would ask would kill her or not, "How?"
"What?"
"How did you get caught up in all of... this?"
Felix hesitated, if only for a second, before answering, "I was alone. I didn't have anyone to look after me, so I made a living in doing jobs for money to help sustain myself. I'd do whatever anyone asked me to, as long as I got something out of it. It was like this for a while, and eventually I learned a very valuable lesson."
Lily looked curious, "And what was that lesson?"
Felix stared at her for a while, then gave his answer, "That lesson? Everyone has their price. There is no exception. You can't expect anyone to do anything unless they get something out of it."
Lily gave a nod, her expression suggesting she had heard this somewhere before. "That certainly can't apply to everyone, though."
"Trust me when I say I've had my fair share of this stuff. When I say everyone, I mean it."
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Tucker looked forward as he, Wash, and Grif snuck out of the group. Grif said he needed a drink or something and went on his own seperate path. Tucker and Wash stopped a little away from where Felix had left with that other girl, Lily was it? a few minutes earlier.
"What did you drag me out here for again?" He asked, and Wash looked at him.
"We need to talk."
Tucker looked at him, then let out an exaggerated sigh, "What about? Did I not do enough laps a month ago?"
"This isn't about that. It's about Jessica and her friends," Wash said.
"What about them?" Asked Tucker, curious to where Washington was going with this.
Wash answered him, "They know something that they don't want us to know. I want to find out out what that is. The stuff that they talk about... It doesn't make sense."
Tucker nodded, having the same thoughts, and now he knew he wasn't alone in having them. "I see what you mean.. she was only with us for about a week, and yet she knew way too much about us!"
"I just don't know how I'm going to get it out of them..," Wash continued, "I could force it out of them, but Jessie said something about making us insane to know."
"That's probably just an excuse not to tell us," Tucker replied, "I'm sure we'll figure it out soon enough."
Iota appeared next to Tucker, looking between him and Wash, "Do you think they would just tell us?" He asked, and the two soldiers looked at him.
"In parts, likely. They keep saying stuff that I'm pretty sure they didn't mean to come out. After a bit, I'm sure they'll have said enough for us to put the pieces together," Washington answered.
"So we wait, then?" Tucker asked, and Wash nodded.
"I'm not going to hurt them for information, especially if they can be useful in their fighting skill and smarts. It would probably be better to let it come out on its own."
"I dunno, man. She said some stuff that I really want to know more on. Like, when Jessie's sister mentioned Allison, and when Lily said some sort of 'is' thing, like, present," Tucker said, wanting more information.
"Yeah.. Also, she knew Allison. I know that."
"Uh.. How, exactly?" Tucker asked.
"Well, she knew me as well. Before everything happened, that is..," Wash replied.
"Wait, wait, wait. Hold up, she knew you?!" Tucker asked, and Wash nodded,
"Well, I knew her boyfriend, so, yes, I knew her as well."
"You need to tell me more about this stuff before the crazy reunions..."
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"No, I am not saying that in front of everyone!" Epsilon defended himself at Church's suggestion.
"Then what will you say, smartass?" Church shot back.
"Nothing. I will say nothing. Simple as that."
"Lame," Church muttered. Donut had interuppted Kat's awkward rambling and practically forced everyone to play a game of Truth or Dare until the others got back. Simmons, Kimball, and Carolina left early on, the latter leaving Epsilon behind to have some time to herself, so he was forced to play the game.
"You do realize you have to, right?" Donut pointed out, "Otherwise the game just isn't as much fun!"
"Ugh, fine! Hi, my name is Epsilon. I am a month old girl who eats rocks for breakfast and is in love with a turtle named Freddie B. Junior Minor. I suck, and everyone else is better than me, especially Church. He is the ruler of everything there ever was and gets everything he wants because of it. P.S., Tucker is stupid," Epsilon said in an enthusiastic voice he was ordered to have. Jessie's expression showed one of slight déjà vu. "Happy? Good. Now, Theta, Truth or Dare?"
"Uh.. Truth!" Theta replied, prepared for what he would have to answer.
"Okay. Then.. Uh.. What is your opinion on... toads? Fuck, I don't know! Just answer the question!" Epsilon said, only having a dare in mind.
"Toads? I think they're cute!" Theta replied, turning to Caboose. "Caboose, truth or dare?"
"Uh... Neither! No, wait.. Both! No, that can't be right.. A dare that shows the truth of Truth or Dare, daring me to be truthful about telling the truth of my dares!" Caboose replied enthusiastically, seeming pleased with his decision. There was silence for a while, and no one could figure out what Caboose meant by what he said.
Epsilon looked at him for a while, before deciding that it wasn't worth his time to try and figure it out. He tuned out the game, thinking of other things, such as why they were even fighting this war? After a while he realized that they had continued the game and now it was Donut's turn to ask someone else the question. He tuned it out again, looking back to where the others disappeared, and Grif came down, holding a cup or something that he was probably drinking. The orange man took one look at the game everyone was playing, and turned around, walking away.
"Uh.. Dare!" Jessie said to Kat, and the older girl smirked.
"I dare you to kiss Caboose," She said, looking smug, and Epsilon almost broke out in laughter. Almost. Others in the group looked almost sorry for Jessie, and the 15 year-old herself looked baffled at the dare that she had been given.
"C-Caboose?!" She stuttered, "No, I-I can't! Just.. I'll do anything but that!" She was madly blushing in embarrassment as she said this, and Kat began to giggle.
"Fine, fine, you don't have to kiss Caboose if you don't want to. Instead... You get to kiss Tucker when he gets back!" Kat said, not holding back her laughter this time at Jessie's expression.
"Th-that's even worse! I refuse! I won't! You can't make me do it!" Jessie said, rapidly shaking her head.
"Okay, then. You can kiss... that Felix dude!" Kat said, and Jessie's eyes widened as a slight blush came on her.
"No, no, no, no, no, I think I'm quite fine.." Was all she said.
"Uh.. Let's move to another game!" Donut said, and everyone nodded their agreement. "Any suggestions?"
"No more games at all?" Church suggestion, earning nods from everyone but Donut and Caboose.
"Aww, you guys suck," Donut said in response. Epsilon heard footsteps in the distance, and turned around to see Tucker and Washington coming towards the group, and a few people let out sighs of relief.
"Your back," Tex said, get up from her seated position, "Don't worry. You didn't miss anything. Just a stupid game we played while waiting for you guys."
"You were playing a game?" Wash asked, and everyone nodded. It's called embarrass yourself in front of everyone. Or at least, that's what he was dared to do.
"We're done playing it now," Church said, shrugging, and Wash nodded,
"Where's Carolina?"
"She left when she decided that she was too good for the game," Epsilon answered.
"Where's Felix?" Tex asked and Tucker exchanged glances with Wash,
"We dunno."
"I'll find him," Jessie spoke up, walking away from the group.
"What did you two leave for in the first place?" Asked Church as he looked at Wash.
"Just discussing things," Wash replied. Epsilon grew curious, discussing what? Meh, I'll ask them later.