It seemed even Sev calmed down a little. They had put Scorch in a bed in the guestroom and Talisha was gathering some things to make an every late dinner. Fixer could see her putting 'dinner' on the table just as he came in. "What? You smelled it somehow?" she joked and looked up at him "Where have you been?". Fixer looked down at his boots and saw what she meant; he was covered in mud up to his knees. "He's been setting up a perimeter" Boss explained while Fixer took off his boots. "But it does smell good" Fixer said.

Everyone seemed to have relaxed by now, they all knew this was a risk for all of them; but right now Scorch needed help. Talisha looked around the small living room, seeing what her guests where doing. Right now fixer was cleaning his boots, Sev was taking care of his rifle and boss was looking at some maps. Everything was quiet and Talisha was dozing away, that was until Sev snapped the last piece of his rifle into place and Talisha shot up. Earning stares from the three commandos.

It looked as if they were going to ask her uncomfortable questions, but everyone turned around when they heard something. Talisha, thanking whatever it was, reached for the modified blaster at her hip. But as soon as she realized that the sound was coming from the guestroom, she knew it was no intruder. But the deltas took no chances and kept their rifles trained at the door.

The door opened and Scorch stepped into the room. "What kind of welcome is this" he joked looking at his brothers, who all lowered their rifles. "So where are we?" he asked looking around the room, gaze resting on Talisha for a moment "and who is she?" "She saved you, Scorch. And her name is Talisha" Boss explained. She stared at Scorch of a minute; even though they all shared the same face she thought he was somehow different. "Well, thanks for saving me than" Scorch said smiling at her. "Uuhh... sure. No problem" she said being suddenly dragged back into reality. She walked over to him, "you hungry?" she asked the commando, urging him towards the table.

"So what did I miss?" Scorch asked his brothers, sitting down. "Uh... let's see. You collapse, we tried to find a place to lay low, she found us and invited us" Sev informed his brother. "Looks like a missed quit a lot" Scorch concluded, throwing a curious glance at the pan. "Go ahead" Talisha said noticing the look on his face. "He is definitely different from the others". "vor'e" Scorch said grabbing the pan. "vor'e" she asked a questioning look on her face. "It means 'thanks' in mando'a, our language" fixer explained her.

"So you live here on your own?" scorch asked her, honestly interested. "No, but my dad is … away right now." She said meeting his eyes. "Where to?" he asked again. "I don't want to lie to him, but…" she hesitated. "On a delivery" she said finally "he's a pilot". "So, what about you, can you fly too?" "Yep" She answered proudly "about anything".

"Anyway what are we gonna do now?" scorch asked looking at Boss, who averted his eyes for a second. "Uh... scorch" he started hesitantly, "you were bitten by a forest animal, a poisonous one, which caused you to collapse and … you need time to recover". "But we have a mission" scorch said, not getting where Boss was going. "scorch you need to recover, you have to stay here" Boss eventually said. "Are you gonna leave me behind?" scorch asked, eyes wide and voice completely empty. "Only until you recover" Boss said, trying to calm his brother. The squad has known each other their whole lives, even though their lives have been half as long as they should have been. And being together for about 10 years was long enough to know how each and every one of them reacted. Long enough to know that scorch gets dangerously quite when he was angry. "We have to do some recce first" Fixer put in, backing up Boss. "And you can all stay here" Talisha said putting her hand on scorch's shoulder, trying to calm the commando a little. Scorch got up and walked to the door. In the doorway he paused, shook his head and walked away, slamming the door behind him.

Short chapter I know. I'm already running out of inspiration, but I wanna finish this one.

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