Chapter 4
A/N; So 'next monday' turned into 'three years'. So sue me.
Tucker helped the limping Church as they ran for the caves.
"How did Caboose come back to life like that?" Church yelled.
"Are you sure he was even dead in the first place?" Tucker asked
"Pff, hell no! You think I cared? It's Caboose. I assumed that the reason he wasn't pissing me off anymore was because he was dead, not because he was unconscious. I'm gonna go with the idea that you fucked up this one dude" Tucker took Church into the nearest passageway and unwound his arm to let Church rest.
"Well whatever happened, he may not remember us, but he's still dumb as a rock, so I'm gonna go with the idea it's some form of amnesia." Church sighed out as he checked his suit's life support.
"That dumb rock killed you with a tank, remember? He's worse than Tex!" Tucker checked over his ammunition before peering out of the cave.
"Oh man, if only. When Tex wants to kill you, she gets it done fast. You know, I guess I should be grateful though, this bullet in my foot is the first time I've been hurt by someone that isn't supposed to be on my own goddamn team."
"At least I did what you guys hired me to do. You whimps can't even hold out for two days without me." Tex turned off her camo and kneeled next to Church's foot. "Can you feel it?"
"I don't know..." Church grimmaced.
Tex fired a second bullet into his foot.
"How about now?"
"Goddamnit woman! Fuck!"
"That's a yes." Tex turned to Tucker "I swear, you two are hopeless. We'll be fine, Tex. We can handle you being gone for just a couple days. I come back and what do I find? You've been getting flirtsome with mrs. pinky, and the other reds have got you hiding in a cave."
"Hey, at least we blew up their Tank." Tucker protested.
"Right, because Ivan was a load of trouble for you guys. He was pointed at their base the entire time with his pedals jammed. Did it not occur to you someone else might have set that up 'before' you went banshee-happy on him? Do you have any idea how long that took me to set up?"
"Caboose did it." Church muttered.
"What?" Tex wheeled on him.
"Yeah, Caboose wanted to blow up ol' Ivan. Something about him getting in-between him and Sheela. Isn't that right Tucker?" Church asked.
"Right, yeah, you know how Caboose is when it comes to his women... tank... things."
Tex turned her camo back on and was out of the cave without another word.
"So how long until she figures out it wasn't Caboose?" Tucker considered.
"Not long enough. We need to get out asses out of here."