Well here it is chappie 2. XD I started writing it last friday and then I sort of couldn't get my ideas unto paper and I didn't touch it until I decided to check out my reviews and couldn't help but be motivated by them and wrote the rest of the chapter. I'm so happy. :) Anyways Thank you all who reviewed although I was a little disappointed only four reviews but I guess it's okay after all Tala/Rei pairing has a lot of catching up to do to the other pairing like the ever popular and favorite Kai/Rei and so on. (it's also one of my favorites XP Go Kai/Rei I just wanted to try somethign a little different)

the italics is the dream sequence

the bold is Russian

Warnings: Blah blah blah look in the last chapter if you don't remember.

Disclaimer: look in previous chapter

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Chapter 02 Broken Promises

"Rei" a voice called "Rei…"

"Kshhh…I got a bogie on my six!" "I'm on it!" "Mayday mayday…Kshhh…I'm hit!" "Captain…Captain Kon…"

"Captain Kon you better get up this instant!" Rei's golden eyes opened painfully only for more pain to assault his body and spirit. "Rei, are you okay? Tala kneeled in order to get a better look at the raven haired Chinese. Reaching over Tala lightly ran his fingers through the raven bangs noticing that they clung together wetly. "No I'm not, my fucking chest hurts and the rest of my body feels like it's been run over by a tank!" Rei snarled as he tried to sit up "And add this to all that Hiwatari isn't letting me leave!"

"Rei calm down it's okay" Tala put a hand on his shoulder, his blue eyes taking in the pained look on Rei's face "Here take off your shirt let me see…" trailing off Tala helped Rei out of his jacket and shirt. The blue eyed Russian grimaced as angry dark bruises glared up at him.

The ones across his chest he realized were probably done when Bryan hit him with his sniper. The ones on his arms and sides he was pretty sure came from when his plane crashed and the huge across his back unnerved him terribly. "Shit come on I need to take you to the meds this one back here is beyond my expertise" Tala said reaching for the blanket so he could wrap the younger man in it. "Heh its bad isn't it? Well I guess that's what happens after getting out of your plane and then a sheet of metal falls on you" Rei commented letting the Russian help him out of the tent.

Outside the temperature had dropped considerably making Rei shiver visibly and smiled when Tala wrapped and arm around him to keep him warm. "Hurry up I can't have you getting hypothermia" Tala teased lightly in order to break the slight awkward silence that had settled over the two of them. "You just said that like I've never been in the cold before" Rei retaliated as they moved quickly across the camp. "Hey you are Chinese and from what I know the weather down there is hot and humid not cold and dry" Tala tried defending himself. "True but I've lived in London for a little over two years and it's very cold there so you'd think I'd be just little more used the cold by now" Rei huffed as they rushed into the medical building.

"Hey Tala found some company I see" a doctor joked coming up to the redhead and shaking his hand, "I wish, actually this is the new refugee and he's pretty roughed up" Tala pushed Rei forward "His back is the worst though so you might want to check it out" Tala switched to English when he saw Rei furrow his brow trying to figure out what they were talking about. The older Russian smiled at him before nodding over to a sectioned off area.

"Alright come on let's check these wounds out" he said his accent very prominent in his speech. Rei tried not to show his discomfort but it must have shown because Tala nodded to him and twined their hands and led him to the sectioned off area. "Don't worry Alex is cool he wont be mean."

Rei blushed at the warmth the red head's hand emitted around his cold hand. "I won't be able to stay with you Rei" Tala said as the young Chinese sat on the table "I have some business to take care of" Tala explained when he nodded to Alex to start his work. Rei nodded a little worried but trusted Tala's trust in this guy "Alright" "Remember you're in the best of hands" he encouraged his hand twitching forward as if reaching out to caress the smooth skin of his cheek but instead settled on the Chinese's shoulders. "Yeah I'll keep that in mind" Rei mumbled as a blush began to spread across his cheeks and nose.

"Alright" Tala glanced at the clock on the wall "I got to go. Alex keep him here until I get back. I shouldn't take that long, about an hour but no more than two" Tala quickly spoke "Yes sir. He'll be ready and waiting by then" the doctor nodded saluting the Russian officer.

"So you're the resident doctor around here" Rei stated as the blond man dawned on gloves and grabbed a bottle of antiseptic. "Yes I am but don't mistake me. I can also shoot a bullet through anyone's head that might deserve it" he answered as he assessed the damage on Rei. "Okay we're starting with you back since that seems to be the worse" he deducted grimacing at the large gash across Rei's back. "You know you're fucking lucky this gash isn't deep otherwise you would have died by now" he muttered as made Rei lay down face down to make it easier on both of them. For Rei because of pain that the antiseptic would cause and Alex in order to hold still better. "I kind of figured that" Rei said tight lipped as Alex applied the antiseptic on the gash.

Slowly the pain subsided as Alex thoroughly cleaned the gash "Fucking lucky it didn't get infected" Rei heard at some point while in agony of the burning liquid on his back. He breathed easier as Alex set down the bottle on the trey beside the table when a phone somewhere in the medical wing rang. "Somebody fucking answer that!" Alex yelled as he carefully applied gauze all the way across the gash on his back. "Sir Commander Hiwatari wishes to speak to you" the med said rapidly as he ran with the phone to Alex who grumbled something unintelligible and took the phone when he took off his glove. "Grushev finish bandaging his back while I speak to Hiwatari" Alex order the med as he walked always.

Nodding the medic grabbed the roll of gauze and looked over at Rei. "…Could you sit up it would make this so much easier" Rei looked at the kid and was a little surprised to see the kid was maybe around fifteen slowly he understood when the kid grabbed a gentle hand around his arm and tried to get him to sit up. As he watched the kid apply the gauze to his back since the other ones had soaked through with blood.

As the kid worked Rei began to ponder at all he had seen so far in his one year service so far in the war. Although he flew he was still not spared from seeing such horrible carnage of death as soon as he landed for refueling. Everywhere it seemed that someone's innocent blood had been spilled. It was tripled when the first he came to a concentration camp. He felt bile rise in his throat, he had never seen so much death in his life. What made it so much worse seeing little boys and girls not even a year old dead mother still holding their children. It was all too much and he'd had to run out of there along with some others who could not stand what they had seen.

Of course not all of the people were dead but even then those people were walking skeletons and they had scared Rei with the horribly sunken eyes and hollowed cheeks. At some point of the soldiers had felt so much sympathy that he had given one of the captives a chocolate bar. In which was devoured in nanoseconds but not even a minute later the man died. Their stomachs were so used to not having food in them that at presence of something with so calories caused it too much energy to burn killing the man instantly.

Rei couldn't understand how people could have let something so horrible happen to those people and still let it happen.

He awoke from his thoughts when Alex shook his shoulder softly. "You alright there?" "Y-Yeah I was…just thinking" Rei said a little shakily. "Around some of the guys have come up with a great solution to that. Don't think" he smiled as he began to dress the rest of Rei's wounds. "Also I'm going to have to give a physical" Alex put in as he thought about it. "Really why?" Rei asked a little surprised at that. "Don't ask me I just follow orders" Alex said with a shake of his head.

Rei nodded and sat there as Alex went ahead and gave him his physical.

After completing the form Alex went and took a bottle and dropped two tablets into a cup and went to get water. "Here" he said handing them to Rei "They will help you rest and stop from getting a cold since you've been standing around without a shirt for some time now" he said Rei nodded and took the pills and gave the used cups back to Alex. "Okay not follow me you're staying here until Tala comes and gets you so might as well be comfortable" he winked as he pointed to a cot at the very corner of the room.

"Thank you" Rei said warily as he lay down and drew the covers over his body.

He didn't remember when he had fallen asleep until something touched his cheek. The caress was smooth but the object itself was a little rough. Slowly he opened his eyes to see someone's smirking face. He blinked a little to focus his eyesight as soon he saw the crimson eyes he groaned in regret at having been awoken. "What the hell do you want?" he asked groggily as he tried to sit up. "I'd shut my mouth if I were you" Kai glared as he pushed to lay down again, "Remember I hold your fate in my hands" he said venomously as he stood over the Chinese.

Rei chose not say anything but instead clenched his jaw in anger as he glared at Hiwatari. "So I understand Tala has taken you under wing" Kai his voice considerably lighter as if he was drinking tea outside on a patio. Rei shifted a little as he looked at the Commander "Your point being…?" "That you have two choices" Kai said as he took the clipboard from where it had been laying on the table beside the cot. "Your physical shows that you are in perfect health with the exception of the wounds you received after your plane crash, in little time those will heal" Kai said as he looked over the medical charts. "So what does my health have to do with my two choices?" Rei asked as he looked at the paper in the Russian's hands.

"Your choices are simple if you sign this contract I will let you remain under Tala's wing until our forces have met with the western forces. Or your other choice is you don't sign this contract you will then be kept captive of course as a refugee and not released until your commanding officers come for you" Kai explained both choices clearly.

Rei bit his lip in a worrying gesture. He didn't like the idea of signing the contract he would have to read it first but also he didn't want to be kept in a cell until their forces met with the British. "What does the contract say?" he asked as he looked at the sheet that Kai had pulled from the bottom of the clipboard to the top. "It's the standard contract that every Russian soldier including myself have to sign before they are let into this army" he sincerely but with a gleam in his eyes. "I'll give you two days to decide until then you are to stay with Tala until you decide" Kai said as he took the clipboard from Rei and handed him the contract and put the rest of the papers in a folder he hadn't seen on the table before.

Without a word the Russian walked out of the medical ward.

"Jerk."

"You're awake I see" Alex smiled at the Chinese as he made his round checking on the injured soldiers on the other cots in the room. "Tala should be here any minute since Kai has already come to see you" Alex said he walked over to the Chinese. Rei licked his lips as he looked down at the contract again his eyes narrowing as he saw the Russian lettering on the paper.

"Um…Alex is this thing the same one you signed in order to part of the Army?" Rei asked lifting the paper and showing it to the Russian. Alex grabbed and quickly scanned before he nodded "The one and the same, of course since I'm a doctor I had to take like fifty oaths and sign like a hundred contracts" he teased with a grin as he handed the paper back. "So what does it say?" "Basically that you will be loyal to your country, pay worship to Stalin for letting you join, support any campaign you are set upon; never disrespect your superiors…" Alex paused as he looked over Rei's shoulder and then smirked "And that Tala should have brought you with a shirt instead of half naked."

"What?" Rei asked as he blinked at the completely irrelevant thing that Alex had said. "Shut up Alex you jerk" Tala said as he walked towards them a smile on his lips. Rei couldn't help noticing the Russian redhead looked a little windswept. "Hey I'm not the one who brought a banged up pilot half naked" Alex defended himself with a grin "Whatever which is why I brought these" the redhead said holding up a uniform shirt with a thick woolen coat. "Is it that cold?" Rei asked as he sat with the help of Alex.

"Well I'm used to it you're the one with injuries and stuff and I wouldn't be surprised if you're one of those people who curls up in front of a fireplace with a mug of coffee along with a good book" Tala teased as he helped Rei put the shirt on. Rei blushed at the very truth of that statement "Whatever" he mumbled with a slight smile. "Leave the kid alone Tala" Alex said as he lightly pushed the younger officer. "Hey punk you wanna start something?" Tala said with a grin as he readied his fist like he was about to enter a boxing match.

"Tala you are going to regret that one" Bryan said as he walked in on the scene. Tala pouted as he put down his fists to look over at Bryan "You're mean" he mumbled with puppy dog eyes. Bryan made a noise and rolled his eyes "Idiot."

Rei couldn't help at the slight feeling of normality that he felt in the presence of these Russians. As he chuckled at Tala's continued act of being hurt he felt the ground shake beneath his feet. And then the explosion rang in his ears as the place rocked and swayed the force of the explosion.

Glass fell and shattered around them. Tala who had been hopping on one foot fell to the ground and Bryan and Alex just managed to stay upright. Getting up Tala swayed slightly as the earth stopped shaking beneath his feet. "Shit!" He turned quickly to Rei and helped his up from where he had fallen back on the bed. "Rei promise me something" "What?" Rei said uneasily as he heard gunfire and the loud engines of the Nazi Luftwaffe. "That you'll stay here with Alex" Tala said urgently as the world around them started to rock with the force of explosions. "But I can't promise that" "Rei please promise me" Tala said caressing Rei's cheek softly as he looked into the golden eyes of the Chinese.

"Tala hurry up" Bryan shouted "I'm going!" Tala yelled behind him "Rei?"

"I promise" Rei said softly looking straight into crystal blue eyes.

"Thank you Rei" Tala said and hesitated a moment before he laid a soft kiss on the Rei's cheek before running out of the building after Bryan and shouting orders at some of the soldiers running around.

Rei stood for a moment watching the building release dust from the ceiling as the earth continued rock with explosions. He then looked down where the contract was still in his hand. Realization hit and he ran out of the building ignoring Alex's shout after him.

Running and avoiding the soldiers he ran into the headquarter buildings where papers were all over the floors and more flying around as people ran around shouting orders. Somewhere he heard the unmistakable clicking of the tanks advancing into battle.

Hastily he grabbed the fountain pen he found on the floor and check if it still had ink before he hastily scribbled his name on the dotted line at the bottom before taking off the hallway that he knew led to Hiwatari's office. He barged in expecting to see the slate haired Russian sitting at the desk giving orders but was met with an empty office. Quickly he put the contract on the desk and covered it with the ink fountain before dashing back outside.

"Sorry Tala but you want me to be safe but if I stayed there I wouldn't be safe" he mumbled as he picked up the rifle of a dead soldier. As he moved around he remembered he was not a foot soldier he was a pilot, a pilot holding a rifle about to go out into the chaos of flying bullets, artillery shells and dead bodies.

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