Purple. That was the first thing you registered when the elevator doors slid open.

Lots and lots of purple. Purple walls, purple carpet, purple ceiling. Too much purple, that's for sure.

An assistant waved to you from down the hall. "C-Come with me please, Miss." He said as you approached him. He was about your age, wearing a purple polo shirt and black slacks. His brown hair was cut neatly, and when he smiled it showed off perfect teeth.

"Just through here, if you w-would." He said, smiling again.

"Thank you. What's your name?" You asked, trying to make conversation.

"We d-don't use n-names here, Miss. Same with the t-teams. My title, as you would call it, i-is Helper." He shrugged. "I run errands and d-do whatever I can to help the Administrator."

"Oh. My name is (F/N). Nice to meet you, Helper." You said with a smile.

"Nice to m-meet you, Miss (F/N)."

You giggled. "There's no need to call me 'Miss', I'm not anybody special."

"O-oh, alright, Miss. Um, sorry." He replied, blushing slightly.

The two of you arrived in front of a purple(what else?) door, and he knocked timidly. "M-miss Administrator, ma'am, your g-guest is here." He announced.

Your mom's familiar voice replied from inside. "Thank you, Helper. Send her in and notify the RED team of her whereabouts, please."

"R-right away, Miss Administrator." He smiled at you before heading back down the hall.

Slowly, you pushed open the door and entered the room. Your mother was seated at a desk across the room in a high-backed chair. "Hello dear. Do have a seat." She said without looking up.

You closed the door behind you and sat down in a small office chair across from her.

"Hey Mom. What am I here for?"

She ignored your question, still looking down at her paperwork. "You do know the battlefield is no place for a lady, right, dear?"

You looked down at the floor. "Yeah..."

"Then please explain what you were doing on the field yesterday?" She finally looked up at you, an unplaceable expression on her face.

"I... uh... I was filling in for Scout..."

"Unacceptable!" She argued, glaring at you.

"But Mom-"

"No buts, (F/N)! You almost got killed! Why can't you be more like your sister? She is a proper lady, gone to college and is studying to become a teacher!"

You stood up angrily. "I don't want to be more like Bailey, okay? I'm not like her! I don't want to teach, I don't want to study in college, I don't want any of that! Do you not get it? Stop trying to change me, I'll do what I want."

"I can get anybody removed with a single word, it would be in your best interest to remember that."

"So?"

"Disobey me, and I will remove the mercenaries of RED, starting with that idiot Scout."

You froze at that. "No! I mean, alright! I'll do what you want!"

"Good. Return to the base for now, I will speak with you soon. Do not, under any circumstances, speak to any of the BLUs. They do not know you are staying with the REDs."

"I wasn't planning on talking to any of the BLUs..."

"Good. Now return to the base, and I will contact you in a week's time."

You left the room silently, a frown on your face. Helper stood outside the door, and eyed you when you came out. "I-is everything alright?"

You let out a sigh. "Sorta..."

"O-oh..."

The two of you walked down the hall silently, and stopped in front of the elevator. "S-see you in a week, Miss! I, uh, I mean (F/N)..."

You smiled. "See ya, Helper."

As you entered the elevator, you could hear his quiet footfalls heading down the hall.

When you arrived back at the base, it was almost nightfall. Entering the large red building, you could smell something delicious wafting from the kitchen. Your feet followed your nose, and you entered the mess hall with a grin. "Hey guys."

Scout grinned at you. "Hey (F/N)! C'mon, dinner's almost ready!"

You smiled and sat down next to him. "What'd I miss?"

"Nothin' much, really."

You nodded. "Cool."

"Where were you?"

"I was with the Administrator..."

"Your ma? Why?" He asked.

"She just wanted to talk..."

"Oh."

"Yeah." You replied, shrugging.

You didn't really notice any of the other mercs, you were focused on the cutest one right next to you. You felt a faint blush spread across your face as you kept up the conversation.

"Hey, um, wanna hang out after dinner?" You asked quietly.

"Yeah... Meet me in my room, we can go somewhere away from the others..." He replied with a smile.

Just then, Engineer began to pass around plates of hamburgers and fries, both homemade. Or, really, base-made.

Taking a bite of your food, you relished the flavor, chewing slowly. When you swallowed, you looked up. "Wow, Engie! These are really good!"

Engineer smiled from across the table. "It weren't nothin', darlin'."

You noticed that Sniper and Spy both sat next to each other, and were leaving their food practically untouched while they were deep in conversation.

You caught part of their conversation as you continued eating.

"What if th'others foind out?"

"Shh... They won't, mon amour. I promise."

"Alright, Spook, Oi trust you..."

"Good."

You silently mused to yourself as you chewed. Why are Sniper and Spy always so close? Maybe because they are support class, they talk often or something. But... Sniper said he trusted Spy, and I thought that not many people trusted him. And what secret are they trying to hide?

A voice interrupted your thoughts. "Hey, (F/N)?"

"Wha?" You asked, turning to the source of the question.

"You okay there? You were lookin' a bit dazed..."

"Oh, sorry. Just got lost in thought, is all." You replied.

"Okay. See ya in a few minutes." Scout smiled and stood up, taking his plate to the sink.

He left the room quickly, and you finished up soon after, placing your plate into the large sink and then heading to your own room to clean yourself up a bit.

You hurriedly brushed your hair and teeth, and changed into slightly nicer clothes than the ones you'd been wearing all day, then headed down the hall to Scout's room.