As soon as we had landed and the chopper doors slid open I saw the big bulky figure of MacTavish waiting. I gulped, how would he handle the news of the list? How would he handle the death of Shepard? How would I get out of this fucked up situation? I just grind my teeth and slide out of the chopper. I look up at the sky and see dark grey clouds rolling in. We just made it back before the storm. I walk up to the pilot door and open it. Nikolai looks out and smiles.
"Thanks for the quick ride back." I say with a wide smile on my face. The reason for this is because last summer during my vacation Nikolai took the time to teach me to fly the choppers. And I've been extremely grateful since. Plus, he makes a great friend! (And a great prankster.)
"No problem, just doing my job." His Russian accent was still there even after countless years with the task force.
I hear my friends call me and so with a final wave to Nikolai I trot over to them.
MacTavish spoke first, directly at me…
"I've heard about this here list," He holds it up in front of my face and I stumble backwards.
"Yeah, you should be proud that such a dangerous person is part of your task force." I shot a glare at Roach. Ghost caught the glare and leaned over to his left and whispered into Roach's ear.
"Did you not learn?"
Roach just slumped his shoulders and sighed. MacTavish just continued.
"In fact, I am." I felt my mouth drop open almost hitting the floor. I sense Ghost having the same reaction and I don't dare to look over to Roach.
"Kayla," MacTavish pointed at me "I want to see you in my office at 4:30 today." With that he stalked over to the chopper. I groaned. I hated the debriefing part of missions. It was long and boring. 'Soap' as MacTavish was called by only a few was actually quite scary. He was no doubt in charge and I feared him but; I knew he liked me (not in a love way. But I was useful and I was treated like Ghost and Price.) And so if I did end up stuffing up I wouldn't get the full wrath from him.
I walked with Ghost and Roach to the dorms then I went my own way to my room. Being a girl I couldn't be in the same room as the guys; so I got my own at the end of the corridor. I open the door and walk over to the table near the door and start to take off my battle kit. Putting the stuff into piles. Armoury consisted of my guns and other weapons, the locker pile had my vest and helmet, and along with other gear and the Intel I had to take over to MacTavish at 4:30.
After having a shower and taking my gear back to the various places I flopped down on my bed and started to read a book, just as I finished my chapter I look down at my watch and see that it it's 4:20.
"Shit." I hurriedly shove my bookmark in and throw the book on the table as I walk out the door. I started on the trip to MacTavish's office.
Once I arrived I knocked on his door and heard his reply of 'come in'. I take a deep breath and twisted the doorknob. I opened the door slowly but not too slowly that he would growl at me to hurry the fuck up. I closed the door behind me and he motioned to me to take a seat.
"G'day sir." I say sitting down.
"Hello, Lt," He takes a deep breath in then slowly releases it. Before speaking again he reaches into a draw in his desk and pulls out the list. He then spreads it out on his desk. MacTavish must've seen me looking at it as he started again. "The list. We need to figure out why you're so dangerous. However," A sly grin appears on his face. "I've no problem with one of my members on top. Especially a girl." I just rolled my eyes. Nearly all of the men considered me a fellow guy but there were occasions when the guys took advantage of my gender. "I need to ask you some questions, Eagle. Is that ok?" I groan and fold my arms. Wriggling my arse further into the seat in a vain attempt to get comfy. This was going to be a long afternoon of interrogation.