Combat

by Caligraphy

Combat Tea is strategist. The best there is actually. She would be able to defeat anyone given the right circumstances. She is also hyperactive and up until she is requested to attend a warlord meeting she is incredibly bored. But what starts as a way for Tea to beat her Boardroom quickly spirals into a set of events even she could not predict.

3. Chapter 3

The Marine on desk duty had seen a lot of messed up things in his life, both in his 40 years on the field and in his 5 years in semi-retirement but the new Miss Combat was the strangest person he'd ever come across. Tiny and Angelic as she seemed, he could detect the barley concealed presence of the monster beneath her adorable facade. The officer had survived this long through his detection ability, keeping his guard up around even the most 'harmless' of people, who would later lash out and kill those surrounding them. Yet, this child, probably no older than 12 and only just reaching a height of 5 feet, had his warning bells ringing like it was Armageddon.

Deciding to go out on a limb he asked "Here for the meeting mam?" His colleges looked up to see who he was talking to and burst out laughing at the, albeit comical, scene of the diminutive monster's conversation.

"Finally gone round the bend, think I can get his job?" a cocky new recruit asked.

"Funnily enough yeah, name's Combat. Tee," Tee said completely ignoring the others. "Though I'm kind of surprised, most people laugh and chat like your buddies there." Tee said pointing to the not so chipper any more paper pushers. One of the older workers, who was well acquainted with the Combat name, nearly had a heart attack there and then. They had been working with the marines off and on for a couple of years - though there had been that irritating woman who had joined the Pirate King's crew 2 decades back, that had been a disaster of massive proportions.

"Off duty?" Tee asked off hand.

"Semi-retired, mam they've been waiting for you, I believe you're the last,"

"Egh, I'm later than fluffy?" she asked shocked slightly, Tee had though she'd done quite well since she'd only stopped once to irraitate a bunch of recently promoted marines.

"If by Fluffy, you mean Doniquixoe Dolflamingo, then yes he was here around 5 minutes ago."

"Damm, well I'll be going," Tee said calmly strolling towrds the huge white door that seperated the warlord meeting from the marine office zone.