This takes place a couple months after the last Chapter. The Director is out of jail now also.
Ramblings.
"Don't… Touch that Caboose." Church said in his sleep at two am as Tex laid beside him awake from his rambling.
"God damn it." Tex sat up an turned on the light, but he didn't wake up.
"Don't.. Damn it.." Church continued an Tex looked around on her nightstand for something to hit him with.
"Now you set off a bomb you dumb ass." Church once more continued before Tex hit him with her pistol in the head causing him to shoot up.
"What the fuck!?" He shouted, before she hit him again an sat it back on her nightstand.
"You were rambling about Caboose again." She explained pointlessly an he rubbed his hands on his face.
"Couldn't you have been a little nicer?" He asked an she turned off the light.
"Yeah, but that wouldn't have been fun." He laid down with a sigh an she laid her head on his chest.
"What was it about anyway?" She asked an he sighed again.
"Well me and him were in the presidents office an we found this button on his desk that said, 'DO NOT PRESS UNLESS NO OTHER CHOICE'. I told Caboose not to press it, but as usual he did the complete opposite an pressed it. It launched a nuclear bomb that went off an killed everybody an me an him were standing as ghost in the wreckage." Then Church heard her snore.
"Damn it." He cursed under his breath before closing his eyes an drifting to sleep.
Dream.
"Look Church! A rocket launcher!" Caboose shouted excitedly.
"NO! Don't touch that!" Caboose picked it up.
"How do you launch this thing?" Then Caboose accidentally shot Church with it an now stood as a ghost.
"God damn it." Church cursed.
Rise And Shine Asshole.
"Get your sorry ass up." Tex demanded waking Church from his slumber at five am.
"What time is it bitch?" He asked casually an didn't open his eyes, just turned over.
"Five am. You have to go to work in one hour. So get up before I spit my toothpaste on you." She threatened an he turned onto his back an stretched out.
"Just give me a second." He said an she snickered before walking into the master bedroom's bathroom an spit in the sink.
"On a cold day in hell. Two hours later," She did an impression of Church well holding her toothbrush, "Just give me two more seconds." He sat up an sent her a nasty look.
"All? Is Churchy mad?" Tex asked in a cute tone an finished brushing her teeth as he got up an walked to the closet.
"God damn it Tex." He got out Tan pants, a Blue and Cobalt vest, and a light Blue button up shirt before walking to the dresser an getting out some boxers as she walked out an over to him.
"Come on. Lets make up. Kiss?" She said nicely, but nasty at the same time.
"Not right now. I'm still pissed off." He pointed out an she pulled him away from the dresser an kissed him an he pushed her away.
"No." She pushed him onto the bed an fell onto him an into a kiss.
"Fine okay." He pushed her off an she stood up as he walked into the bathroom an started undressing as she turned around an started watching him.
"Are you dressed?" He asked frustrated and only peeking at her.
"Can't you tell I'm not?" She asked aggressively crossing her arms across her Black pj shirt.
"Oh don't you dare fuck with me. I just woke up. I don't give a shit what the hell your wearing at five am." He got into the shower naked an she walked to the closet an started searching through it.
"We have to announce our engagement in the newspaper A.S.A.P.." she shouted to him an he ignored her as she pulled out a pair of her jeans from the closet that were Blue skinny jeans an laid them on the bed.
"Did you hear me?" He responded as she carefully searched her jeans for lent or anything unwanted.
"Yes! I'm just thinking of a response!" She rolled her eyes as she turned to the closet again an started searching once more.
"Think of one?" He said nothing for a couple minutes.
"Of course! When?" Tex thought for a moment for a good remark.
"A.S.A.P.. And no that doesn't mean, Ass Sympathy As Possible." She got out a Gray thin tee shirt with a V-neck.
"That's not funny bitch." She laughed an scanned her shirt carefully for lent or all the above as he got out an rapped a towel around his waist, "Do you have any idea how they announce that anyway?" He walked over to his clothes in a pile on the bed an grabbed them while smacking her butt as he passed by.
"Not really, but I'm sure it'll be pretty easy." He turned her to facing him.
"Yeah.." He kissed her then released her before walking to the bathroom an combing his hair.
"Yeah? Is that it?" She looked at him as he stood facing the mirror.
"I don't what the hell you want from me. A fucking poem? Roses are Red violets are Bitches and so are you." Tex walked to the doorway an shut the door an locked it from the outside.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!!" He hit the door after sitting down his comb as she laughed on the other side pressing on the door.
"Apologize for not listening." Church pushed on the door.
"Okay first of all. I was listening. Two, there's a fine line between not listening and not caring. I'd like to think I walk that line everyday of my life." Tex put her hands on her hips an walked to the bed an over to her clothes.
"So if you were listening, that means you just weren't caring?" He leaned on the door with a frown.
"What? No!" She walked back over to the door an unlocked it an then walked over to her clothes an started getting undressed as he opened the door an walked over to his clothes next to her.
"Get away from me." Tex ordered as she turned away from him an pulled her shirt off over her head.
"Don't get that way." He turned to face away from her an let his towel fall then grabbed his boxers an slipped them on as she pulled her pj pants down an then her underwear.
"Don't get what way?" He put on his pants as she put on her underwear.
"That way your getting." She strapped her Black bra on an pulled up the straps an he put on his shirt an started buttoning it.
"What way dumb ass? All you keep saying is, THAT WAY." She squeezed into her skinny jeans an put on her shirt as they both turned to face each other.
"That way darling." She started buttoning up his shirt for him.
"I still don't understand." He kissed her on the head.
"Your getting bitchy again. Lets just forget about what I said an just go on with our day." She finished buttoning his shirt.
"Fine." He kissed her an then got on his vest walking to the bathroom.
"Good. Can you go start me some coffee?" She nodded with a smile looking at him as he pulled the collar of his shirt free from under the vest an straitened it.
"Of course honey." She walked out of his view as he watched her refection in the mirror with a smile.
Plan Coming Together.
"He can do nothing. Now leave me be." The director commanded as he sat in his living room with a fire lit as a guard in Black mark VI armor stood nearby with his rifle in hand an the Director held a cigar.
"okay, but I thought you should know he's hired Wash for the job of finding you guilty." The guard explained an the Director snickered.
"Perfect. Good. He is doing exactly what I'd planned." The guard looked at him confused under his armor.
"You are dismissed." The guard walked out of the room an into the dark Brown hallway with a Red rug strait down the middle to meet up with another guard in mark VI armor only with a secondary of Purple.
"He is a very weird man." The man pointed out as the Director picked up a phone off of a side table next to the couch an dialed in a number.
"Hello?" A strangely deep voice of a man's came over the end from a telephone booth.
"Hello. I just wanted to let you know the Chairmen acted as we speculated. He hired Wash to find proof of Project Freelancer's sins." The Director explained calmly and confidently.
"Very nice. I'll work on exporting goods for our project well you work on the device." The man explained from the other end then hung up the phone.
"Sounds like a plan." The Director concluded before hanging up his phone also.
Maine scanned the surrounding area around the telephone booth before putting on Recovery Two's helmet an latching it on an slipping out of the booth.
"This is gonna be a breezy." Maine concluded before running off into the abyss of the night.
An Investigation At A Start.
"The first place I think you should start Wash would be this freelancer we have in captivity." A general working for the Chairmen explained to Wash as they walked down the Gray hallways of the Chairmen's base while Wash held his helmet.
"With my experience I have to confess that that freelancer probably won't tell us anything." Wash explained confident.
"We have a few ideas of how you might be able to get her to talk." Wash snapped his head quickly to look at the general.
"Her?" He nodded to Wash.
"Yes. Her name is Chrissie Singer." Wash nodded before putting on his helmet an latching it on as they entered the prison cells.
"Here she is. Agent Massachusetts. We call her Mass." Wash nodded once more as they walked over to a consol.
"So how are we gonna get her to talk?" Wash asked plainly looking at the consol then to her in the cell. She had been stripped of her armor an had long Brown hair to her elbows, Green eyes and was wearing a Gray UNSC outfit with the logo plated on the chest of her shirt.
"We have two options. One, a truth serum that was created, but has never been tested. Two, do whatever you do." Wash looked at her deep in thought then turned to the general.
"Which will you chose Lt. Washington?" The Gen. asked.
"Inject the truth serum. it's the only way I can have any chance of possibly cracking her." The Gen. nodded an pressed a button on the consol.
"Good plan sir." Then two guards went into her cell and injected her.
"Have you test it on anything?" Wash asked looking to the cell while the guards ran out an she sat on her bed.
"Rats, that's it sir." wash nodded an then she talked an the guards stationed outside of her cell started laughing.
"I think it worked Gen. Kings." Wash said happily an then the two made their way to the bars of her cell.
"Hello Mass." She turned to Wash covering her mouth an tried to say something, but continued covering her mouth, "Give us a minute Gen.." The General nodded an walked out of view with the guards following, "Lets talk Mass." She shook her head then accidentally released her mouth.
"Your armor needs polished and what's with the Black? So last year!" Then she covered her mouth again as Wash looked down to his armor.
"You think so huh?" She nodded then shook her head as Wash laughed, "What's the Director planning?" She looked at him utterly confused an released her mouth.
"He's planning something?" Wash smirked under his helmet.
"We believe so. And whatever it is its big." She walked to the bars and grabbed them.
"What makes you think its big?" Wash crossed his arms across his armored chest.
"I found records that he purchased a ton of mechanical parts. Its as if he's building something." She looked around nervously an then Wash started to walk off.
"Wait!" He turned to face her.
"I'll come with you. I can help you. Work from the inside." Wash had to stop an think for a moment.
"Okay. Release her gen." Wash shouted an the cage opened an she ran over to Wash, "Suit up Mass." She smiled an ran off to the suit room as the Gen. walked up to Wash.
"Why'd you do that Wash? What if she was pretending that the truth serum worked?" Wash smirked again an snickered.
"Don't worry Gen. I can handle her." Wash hit the Gen. on the back as he walked past him then started following Wash.
"I think the next step would be to hack into the phone company's website that he uses an see what calls he's made recently." Wash nodded as they started walking toward the suit room.
"Sounds good. Come on Mass." They stopped in the doorway an she ran out in Cyan with a secondary of Yellow on her mark VI armor.
"I'm here Lt. Washington!" She assured excitedly as she took a quick bow an the Gen turned to Wash an whispered to him.
"Have fun with her." Wash looked at her as the Gen. walked off.
"So where to first!?" She asked excitedly again an Wash started walking toward the exit with her following.
"We're going to my apartment so I can use my laptop to hack into Road Runner's website and see the Director's recent call list." She nodded as they exited the building an he jumped into the driver's seat of his warthog an then she jumped in an he started driving.
Looky Looky!!
Church walked into his and Tex's farm house at 5: 00 pm after a long day an sat his briefcase on the table in the kitchen where'd he'd entered.
"Awe man.." He sighed an walked into the living room to see Tex on the computer on the desk in the living room, "What are doing?" He asked frustrated as she stayed concentrated on what she was doing.
"I'm on an online forum chatting with these other brides." Church yawned an Tex tossed him the local newspaper, "Look at wedding engagements." He opened it to the page an saw them.
"You got it in here already? That was quick." Tex turned to him in the spinning chair an sent him an annoyed look.
"No. Tucker put it in for us." Church nodded slowly.
"I see. How- The Dallas Cowboys lost!?" He turned to the front page an sat down on their Black leather couch.
"You have the smallest amount of focus in the entire universe. Cobalt even listened better then you." She turned around in her chair again an he snapped to her attention.
"Cobalt? Who's Cobalt?" Tex turned around in her chair again.
"Cobalt is our new dog." Church sat up an tossed the newspaper onto the coffee table.
"Dog? And you didn't even ask me about this?" Tex then walked into the kitchen an came back carrying a Black lab puppy.
"But look at him Church." She sat down next to him an the dog tilted its head so Tex did also an gave Church lip, "Isn't he cute?" She asked in a sweet tone.
"Fine, but I sure as hell don't want him peeing on our new hardwood floor. So if he does say bye, bye." Church said an Tex smiled an sat the dog on her lap before hugging Church.
"Thank you!" He hugged her back an then kissed her as the dog then started licking in between them causing them to close their eyes tighter then split apart, "Hey!" Tex started petting it as its tail wagged an then she walked over to the desk an walked back over an sat back down with a Red collar in hand.
"You already bought it a collar?" Tex put it on the puppy.
"No, this one is old. It doesn't have a nametag on it yet." Church looked at the puppy an it started biting his hand with its toothless mouth an swinging its mouth side to side.
"Hey you little rascal." Church started playing with it an Tex snuck over to the desk an went back to work.