Last chapter was based on a glitch in Titans Together where X.L was in the midst of the Titans. I thought it was hilarious and I wrote on it.
This chapter is a look in on Bailey on a heist.
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer:
Wait for an entrance, Break in, Sneak along, Get spotted, Knock out, Kill?, Keep going, Keep going, Keep going, Look, See, Take, Run, Knock out, Knock out, Knock out, Kill?, Fight, Win, Keep going, Break out, Run.
Who:
The who was easy, it was Bailey and only Bailey. When he was working it was only he that mattered. His teammates were only consequential in the thinnest sense of the word. If he could give help he would provide it. But if helping them got in the way of the ultimate objective he would leave them. Bailey wasn't really Bailey on a heist. Bailey was Private Hive. He was a calculating soldier and he would do as commanded. The only thing that mattered when he was stealing was Bailey and the objective. Everything else other than that wasn't needed. until he completed his mission.
It was not as if Bailey didn't care for other people. But emotions were something that had use during free time. There were no emotions in battle. Only Bailey.
It was not as if Bailey was a cold hearted killer. Sure, he didn't worry too much about the people he knocked down to complete the assignment but he didn't go out of his way to hurt. Afterwards he even deposited a tiny dollop of pity for the poor son of a bitch he sent crashing through the wall. But that was afterwards.
The who was Bailey and anyone else who tried to become the who was fooling themselves.
Wait for an entrance, Break in, Sneak along, Get spotted, Knock out, Kill?, Keep going, Keep going, Keep going, Look, See, Take, Run, Knock out, Knock out, Knock out, Kill?, Fight, Win, Keep going, Break out, Run.
What:
The what changed with his commander's moods but was always basically the same. It was a device that would cause destruction. It was useful information. It was… It was… It was…
What it was didn't matter. What mattered was how fast he could secure it. How able he was to achieve it. Why Brother Blood needed it wasn't a problem. It wasn't the soldier's duty to question his commander. Granted Brother Blood was not his favorite person but he didn't have to be to instruct Bailey.
The what was whatever Brother Blood needed, no more and no less.
Wait for an entrance, Break in, Sneak along, Get spotted, Knock out, Kill?, Keep going, Keep going, Keep going, Look, See, Take, Run, Knock out, Knock out, Knock out, Kill?, Fight, Win, Keep going, Break out, Run.
When:
The times changed.
Wait for an entrance, Break in, Sneak along, Get spotted, Knock out, Kill?, Keep going, Keep going, Keep going, Look, See, Take, Run, Knock out, Knock out, Knock out, Kill?, Fight, Win, Keep going, Break out, Run.
Where:
The locations varied.
When and where didn't really matter in the end. They all piled up anyway.
Wait for an entrance, Break in, Sneak along, Get spotted, Knock out, Kill?, Keep going, Keep going, Keep going, Look, See, Take, Run, Knock out, Knock out, Knock out, Kill?, Fight, Win, Keep going, Break out, Run.
Why?:
He wanted to serve a commander?
Yes
He wanted to be in some form of military?
Yes. Definitions didn's have to be stretched too far to compare the Hive to the army.
He didn't want it to be the military?
Yes. The military had killed his father, why would he want to bother with that? Although his father died of it, the love of the army had stayed with Bailey. So as long as it wasn't his father's army he could still do what he loved.
He wanted to steal?
Yes.
Why?
It was damn fun.
Wait for an entrance, Break in, Sneak along, Get spotted, Knock out, Kill?, Keep going, Keep going, Keep going, Look, See, Take, Run, Knock out, Knock out, Knock out, Kill?, Fight, Win, Keep going, Break out, Run.
Who, what, when, where, and why all ran together during a heist. There was no emotion, no questioning, just unyielding accuracy.
And afterwards, he could become Bailey again.