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Jensen's Petunia
Cougar continued to watch Wolfe as the new man seemed to realize that he had been staring at Jensen and smiling for far too long. He watched as Wolfe subtlety shifted himself, probably to make his pants fit more comfortably.
"Has mission control given you the intel on our target?" Wolfe moved further into the clearing without getting too close to the others.
Clay stared at Wolfe for a moment longer before answering. "We were just about to go over the layout of the fortress when we were told to expect you."
Wolfe and Clay stared each other down for a full minute before being interrupted by Pooch. "Okay, so we know that their numbers have doubled and that they are expecting some kind of attack. But they aren't sure when, right?"
Pooch looked to Jensen for confirmation. Jensen was still staring at Wolfe. Pooch shook his head in amazement. Leave it to Jensen to become speechless at absolutely the wrong time. And because of someone who shouldn't have made him speechless in the first place. "Jensen!"
Jensen blinked in surprise and turned to look at Pooch. "What Pooch man?"
Pooch just shook his head before re-asking, "The fortress is expecting an attack but they aren't sure when, right?"
Jensen shook his head. "No, they aren't exactly sure according to the information the military has acquired. But they don't expect it before Salvador gets there. They know he's our target."
Roque jumped off the jeep and stalked over to Jensen. Wolfe, upon seeing the anger in Roque's face, moved slightly closer to Jensen. Wolfe knew Roque had anger issues. It was one of the reasons he was transferred to the losers to begin with. However, Wolfe wasn't going to let him hurt Jensen. At least not until after he's had his fun with Jensen.
Cougar saw Wolfe step closer to Jensen as soon as Roque had made a move towards Jensen. He did not like that. First, Jensen was Cougar's. Jensen just didn't know it yet. There had never been a reason to tell him before because no one else had ever interfered. Until now. Second, Roque wouldn't hurt Jensen. He knew better. The last time he had hit Jensen in anger and frustration, Cougar had made it very, very clear that if Roque ever did that again that his body would never be found.
"What do you mean, before Salvador gets there?" Roque's face turned darker in anger. "He's not there?"
Jensen looked up at Roque as he shook his head in answer. "Nope. He's not expected to arrive for another four days."
Curses and groans could be heard from Clay, Roque and Pooch. Wolfe didn't say anything as he continued to stare at Roque standing next to Jensen. Cougar didn't say anything as he continued to glare at Wolfe.
"Why the hell are we here so early?" Pooch couldn't help but ask. "It doesn't take four days to do recon and then plan the job."
Wolfe finally stopped staring at Roque's closeness to Jensen and answered Pooch's question. "I believe we are here together now because mission control hopes that we can learn to work together before the job. We have different styles of accomplishing our missions and control doesn't want us to fuck this up because we can't work together. They really want Salvador."
Wolfe looked at each of them to gage their response and whether they believed him or not. His reason was partly true. He knew there would be some adjustments they would have to make in order to complete this mission, him included. He wasn't used to working in a team. All of his missions were completed solely by his own hand.
The other part of the reason they were all here early was still standing a foot in front of Roque. Jensen. Upon seeing him at the base two months ago Wolfe decided that he wanted to have Jensen for a little fun. Especially after seeing how territorial his little Spanish friend was. While the Losers were at the base no one even ventured close to Jensen because Cougar was always by his side glaring people away. Jensen didn't even seem to realize that Cougar had any other intentions than just being friends. That made it clear to Wolfe that Cougar had never claimed Jensen as his own.
Wolfe had been hearing of the other sniper for over a year now. The base was the first time that he had seen him. People had dared to say that he was even better than Wolfe. Bullshit. Wolfe was ten times better than Cougar with his eyes closed. Plus, Cougar had weaknesses. Namely Jensen. The others of his unit of course were also a weakness of Cougar's. Wolfe would never make the mistake of having another person as a weakness again.
That was when Wolfe decided he wanted to claim Jensen first. Not permanently of course. Cougar could have Jensen after Wolfe was finished with him, if Cougar still wanted him. Either way Wolfe would prove to Cougar and to everyone else that he was the best…at everything. This is why the only way he would agree to this mission is if control had them there together four days before Salvador was expected. That would give him plenty of time to have some fun with Jensen and then plan the attack.
Of course mission control agreed. They wanted to keep Wolfe happy partly because he was the best and partly because he did the jobs no one else would do. They were either too dangerous, too crazy or just plain suicide. Wolfe had nothing to lose so he was the perfect person for many of their jobs.
Wolfe was brought back to the present when Clay moved to stand right in front of him. Wolfe looked at the leader of the Losers and waited for him to speak. Time to see if they believe that bullshit reason.
Clay looked Wolfe hard in the eye. "So we're here four days before the target to get to know each other. Is that what you're telling me?"
Wolfe smiled at Clay. "No Colonel. We are here four days early so that we can learn each other's strengths and weaknesses and come up with a plan that works best for everyone." He looked to Roque before again looking at Clay. "Control realizes that certain members of your unit have a problem working with others and they wish to eliminate the possibility of missing body parts due to an argument of how to acquire Salvador."
Roque took a step towards Wolfe but stopped as Pooch grabbed his arm. Pooch shook his head at Roque and then released Roque's arm. Roque stepped back to where he was originally and just smiled as he thought to himself, Later.
Clay, ignoring what was going on behind him, stepped back out of Wolfe's face and said, "Fine then." He looked up at the lowering sun in the horizon. "We'll relax for the rest of today and start planning tomorrow. Recon at 0500."
TBC in Chapter 3.
