"OK. Protective much?" J said quietly with American humor.
"What was that?" Wolf barked at him.
"Nothing. Just noticed you are all very protective of Cub over there." J said quickly, trying to save his butt from getting kicked again.
"That's what happens when you're the youngest person in the unit. They're all like older brothers to me. If anything happens to me, you don't want to see it." It seemed like this was a very close knit group of soldiers, just like the SEALs squad. No one wanted to get on the bad side of one, or else they would get on the bad side of all four of them.
"Well, you lot need to get off your behinds and shift it to the cabins! Don't just stand there like a bunch of pansies!" Their sergeant came around the corner and saw them standing in the middle of the road where the Navy SEALs had gotten dropped off.
"Yes sir! Right away sir!" Both groups of men answered and they ran off towards their cabins. Cub stuck out his foot and tripped M while they were running and K-Unit burst out laughing. They had gotten their revenge and M was covered in mud from the rain the previous night.
When they got to the SEALs cabin, K-Unit told them their training schedule and left them to unpack, telling them they would be back in 10 minutes to go to the assault course.
"Did you see the look on his face?" Eagle asked between laughs.
"It's gonna get a lot stranger when we get to the assault course and I kick their butts!" Alex exclaimed.
"Ha, that's going to be good." Wolf laughed.
"So, what do you think of that small one, Cub?" M asked his squad.
"Really confident in himself and trusting in his teammates. Did you see how he just stood there and let them take you down? He didn't even try to get involved before they took you down!" M glared at J, but the idiot didn't see it. He was too busy laughing his head off to care about anything else.
"Are you lot ready? I'd hate for you to be late your first day here." Someone called through the screen door of their cabin. Snake, that was his name.
"Yeah, coming! Get your lazy butts off the floor." M growled at his squad.
"Yeah, yeah. Give us a sec."
"Be quiet."
"Hang on." L said. Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at L.
"Dude, you talked!" J yelled.
"I can talk just like everyone else. It's just that you guys tend to do all the talking for me. I don't need to. And I won't be doing it again anytime soon if this is what happens." L glared at J for making such a big deal out of it.
"Are you coming, or are you going to be late? Because we have no problem just leaving you here." K-Unit was getting impatient so the SEALs got over their shock and hurried out the door.
"Let's go."
"What was that all about?" Fox asked M.
"What was what all about?" M replied, seemingly oblivious to what had happened.
"J, I think it was, got all excited because someone talked."
"Oh, yeah. Well, L doesn't talk except to answer orders, so it was kind of a big deal." M answered just as J opened his mouth to answer.
"Maybe that's what's wrong with you, Cub." Fox nudged Cub, smirking. Cub winced and the smirk was wiped off his face. "What did I do?"
"Nothing. I just have a bullet wound there that hasn't quite healed yet." Cub said quietly. Everyone's jaws dropped.
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THE ASSAULT COURSE, YOU MORON?" Snake yelled, reaching out to shake Alex, but thinking better of it.
"It's just a bullet wound." Alex said defiantly, sounding like the rebellious teenager he should have been.
"JUST A BULLET WOUND?" Snake roared. "YOU AREN'T DOING THE ASSAULT COURSE, CUB! YOU ARE STAYING IN THE CABIN!"
"No, I'd like to come, thank you very much."
"What is going on, M?" J asked his leader.
"I have no idea. But I would like to know why the kid thinks it's 'just a bullet wound'. He's a kid, for crying out loud. It sounds like he's used to it." M said. No kid should be accustomed to bullet wounds already. He had been a SEAL for years nowand he wasn't used to them yet. How long had this kid been doing this for?