Chapter 2

Location: blood gulch outpost #1

Jenny stared at Simmons. Was this guy crazy? Sleep in his room?

Ok, she thought, I can do this. As Jenny walked into Simmons's room,

he was already taking off his armor. Jenny stared at Simmons as he opened his arm.

"Oh my God! Did Sarge do that?" Jenny almost screamed. Simmons hooked up the cords without looking Jenny. "Yeah, horrible, isn't it." Jenny, almost collapsing, sat on the bed. She cared about Simmons now, knowing about his secret.

"So this was what you didn't want to tell me."

"Yeah and hey!" Simmons looked at Jenny surprised. "How did you know that I wasn't going to tell you?" He demanded.

"Ok, if you must know, I can read people's minds. "Oh ok……don't you think that's a bit creepy." "Uh, no not really." Jenny, still surprised at what she saw, said nothing more. I can't believe it, Jenny thought, he's part machine. "I need my arm to charge. This is the only part of my body that I need to charge."

Jenny's p.o.v.

I just sat there, staring at Simmons. I watched hook two cable's to his arm. I stared at them funny. "I need my arm to charge. This is the only part of my body that I need to charge," Simmons said. I hope he's not entirely machine. Jenny thought. "I'm not entirely machine if that's what your wondering," Simons said without looking at me. I sighed in relief. I heard a beeping from Simmons's arm. "Can you remove those cables for me? I always get shocked for some reason." I nodded, moved in front of him, put my hands on the cables and pulled them out, then moved back.

Normal p.o.v.

Simmons looked at Jenny. "How did you….." "Yeas, my armor can absorb the discharged static." "Oh that must be…" Simmons stopped talking. "Get Down!" and with that, Simmons pushed Jenny out of the way. The wall, which Jenny was just in front of, exploded. Simmons decided to take the blast. "Simmons, are you ok?" Simmons stood there, shielding his face with his arms. Simmons stumbled and fell, back first, onto his bed. Jenny, grabbing her kit, went to Simmons side. "Jenny, I need you to go to blue base. Get Doc," and then Simmons fell silent. Jenny ran to Simmons's 'hog, jumped into it, and sped towards blue base. Three figures came through the hole. Simmons turned his head and looked at them. Two figures were unfamiliar to him. The third was very familiar. "Donut! What the fuck are you doing here?" "Well, Sarge told me to come back here." Great, Simmons thought, I must be dead then if Sarge told Donut to come back.

Location: blood gulch outpost Alpha (blue base)

"Doc! Doc! Where are you?" Jenny yelled, pulling off her helmet. The rest of the blues ran out of their rooms. "Who the hell are you?" someone demanded from behind. There was cold metal at the back of her head. "I'm the reds…" The person behind Jenny cut her off. "You're a red? What, they sent you over here to spy on us." "Church, please. Lower the gun," the black clad armor said. "Tex, you don't get it. She could kill us, and Tucker, don't say a thing." "Hey Church?" "Caboose, don't ask to show Jenny a picture your sister." "Aw man" "Bow-chicka-bow-wow!" "Can I?" Tucker fell silent. Tex was going to hit him if he said anything again. Doc had just appeared. "What happened?" Everyone was talking at the same time. "Simmons is…" Aw for the love of sake, Jenny thought. "Everyone shut the fuck up!" Everyone turned to Jenny. "What is it?" "It's Simmons. He's hurt." That got there attention. "Ok, Tex get those 'hogs ready." "Ok" Church looked over to Jenny. "Stay with Doc, ok?" Jenny nodded. On the way back to red base, Jenny told them about the explosion. "So now there's a hole in one of the walls of red base?" "Yeah" As soon as they got to red base, Sarge stopped them. "Whoa hold on there. Where do you think your going with the blues?" Jenny was already worried about Simmons, pushed by Sarge. When that happened, Sarge, Grif, and the rest of the gang gasp! Simmons came walking out. Most of Simmons's left arm was replaced with flesh, while his right arm was replaced with wires. Simmons almost collapsed when Jenny caught him. "Doc follow her," Church said. The two figures from the vortex came into view. Both teams had guns pointing at them. One of them turned to the other. "Hey California, why did we get sent here?" "I don't know, Washington." "If you ever do that again Washington, I will report you to command." "Ok Sage, I won't do it again."

Meanwhile, Jenny was worried about Simmons. "Will he be ok?" Jenny asked a third time. "Ma'am, I don't know. It might help if I knew what hit him." Jenny exited the base and came back in two seconds later. Doc turned and saw the weapon, suprised