Sooooo there's a bit of a time skip here. To fill in the reason why: the way things left off with Twitch and Doc in the last chapter has caused the rift between them to grow bigger. Twitch is feeling very left out, but Doc is now like five times busier than usual because the White Masks have no damn chill. He doesn't have time to be all lovey dovey and smash, you know? (Also, I didn't feel like writing about how distant they are because It'd just be a bunch of repetitive BS, so there's that lol) Enjoy chapter 4, yo! ^0^~

Twitch stood in the pharmacy watching Doc and Finka gather everything from antihistamines, to steroid shots- in the last few hours they had before deployment. "Do you have your formula for your adrenals?" Doc asked as he stuffed the pharmaceuticals in one of the supply bags. "Da. I've made copies for the on-site medics to increase supply once we arrive," Finka replied checking the inventory and making notes. Doc sped his way to the back towards the infirmary and went missing for a minutes before coming back with a shipment of hypodermic needles. "Syringes are ready," he called to Finka as he loaded the box onto a dolly and placed the supply bags on top. Twitch cleared her throat as Doc squatted behind the counter for prescription pick-ups. He looked up and seemed surprised to see Twitch standing there. "Emma, how long have you been here?" That really stung considering that he greeted her when she first arrived. "Not long," she lied with a smile. "Oh, wonderful. We're departing in half an hour, we're just gathering the last supplies right now."

"Oh.." Twitch said looking at Finka who was carrying the supplies away. "Ah, I think we're ready," Doc said standing up and adjusting his equipment. He turned his focus on Twitch who flashed him a big smile. "Oh, how's that ankle doing?" Twitch lifted her leg and moved her foot around in circles. Doc's face lit up with delight. "Bien! Now we can get you back in the game!" Twitch gave him a short laugh and beamed him a smile. "Thank you for taking care of me, Gustave." Doc nodded and picked up a clipboard to flip through some documents before giving her her welcome. Twitch's throat became tight as she fought back her sadness. She loved his work ethic, but hated how it caused him to ignore her so. "Gustave?" Twitch strained to say. "Ouais?" Doc said still tending to the papers on his clipboard. Twitch wrung her hands looking for the words she needed to say. She cleared her throat before going on. "Could I get a hug and a kiss before you go?"

Doc stopped flipping through his papers to turn his attention to Twitch. She held a weak but hopeful smile, and Doc could see the anxiety on her face as she waited for his answer. "Emmanuelle, Finka and I are working in here. I wouldn't want her to catch us, it could make her uncomfortable." Twitch took a deep breath unblinking. He said that like they couldn't do it before she came back into the pharmacy. Nevertheless, Twitch nodded her head and swallowed what little bit of pride she had left in her. Doc put his clipboard down and reached across the counter to take Twitch's hands in his. "I knew you would understand. I'm so happy I have someone like you by my side. I don't think anyone else could stay strong in a relationship like ours." Twitch smiled despite dying on the inside. Doc was a very intelligent man, but he was so stupid for not seeing that he was tearing Twitch apart.

"Doc, we're ready to leave!" Finka called from the back exit to the pharmacy. "I'm on the way!" Doc called out looking over his shoulder. He looked back at Twitch with an obvious longing to say something, but all he said was, "Would you like to walk out with me?" Twitch's eyes sparkled with a mixture of tears and joy. She urgently nodded her head 'yes' before jumping over the counter to wrap her arms around his neck. "Em-," Doc began. The shaking of Twitch's body against his told him that he needed to wrap his arms around her. "I'm going to miss you," Twitch said through sobs. Doc pulled away from her to give her a kiss on her forehead. "Not as much as I'm going to miss you. We'll be back before you know it. Come now, I've got a plane to catch." Twitch wiped her face and gave him a single nod. They made towards the back exit and headed around the base for the air strip. The rest of Team Rainbow all stood outside to see Doc and Finka off on their journey. Twitch began to take her place with the Team as they drew closer to the runway.

"Emma," Doc called stopping to face her. Twitch barely heard him call her name over the engines as she turned to face him. "I'm sorry for not being there," Doc called out to her. He was referring to the fact that he had spent virtually no time with her at all since being back. In fact, his little "examination" of her ankle in her room his second day back was the most time he had spent with her outside of the medical center. Twitch shook her head waving a hand in the air, "It's fine! Go help the world, Mon Chere~" She could see Doc's chest swell as he took in her words of encouragement. He turned his focus back on the plane and began jogging when Finka stepped in the doorway to rush him. Twitch joined the rest of her team shrouded in support. She looked out over all the faces almost missing one in the back of the crowd.

Lion had been looking at her already when her eyes landed on him. He looked away, pressing his lips together to seem more unsuspecting as he looked at the plane. He stared at the large aircraft for a few moments before looking back over at Twitch who held her gaze on him. The corners of her lips turned up softly giving him a Mona Lisa smile which he returned. Twitch looked back to the plane and waved as it started to take off. As the nose rose, Twitch's hopes sank. As the plane grew smaller the further it went, Twitch's happiness went with it. The loneliness was starting to settle in, and being parallel to Doc for his time back made it unbearable. It was one thing to be alone while her partner was away, but to feel ignored and tossed to the side... She didn't notice that everyone had left the air field until Lion came up beside her. "Missing him already?" Lion sincerely asked. Twitch folded her arms across her stomach clenching her elbows. "Ouais... I guess that not seeing him while he was here and then watching him go was harder than I expected. Does that make sense? How do you miss someone you..."

Twitch looked down at the ground as her words trailed off. Lion placed an arm around her shoulders hugging her tight. "I understand. I understand completely," he said stroking her upper arm to comfort her. He didn't expect Twitch to rest her head on his shoulder, but he saw the chance and nestled his face in the top of her hair. "Olivier?" Twitch almost whispered. "Hmm?" Twitch stood up straight to look him in his eyes. She brought her right hand up across her chest to intertwine her fingers in his. "Thank you for staying." Lion gave her a short laugh as he squeezed her tight. "As long as Six doesn't send me out, where would I go?" Twitch wrapped her arms around him squeezing him back. She knew that he knew what she meant, but she appreciated his little quips to cheer her up- especially when she was upset due to her relationship with Doc. "I'm going to do some cardio with Blitz, would you like to come?" Lion asked after a few moments. Twitch pulled away shaking her head. "I think I'm just going to do some work on my shock drones." Lion nodded his head slowly in understanding. "You could, however, come up and spend some more time with me when you're through," Twitch offered. Lion smiled giving her a thumbs up. "How could I say 'no' to an offer like that? I'll see you later," he said turning to leave. "See you later!"

ZZZZT! "AH!" Twitch cried dropping her screwdriver and shaking the electricity out of her arm. "Stupid Emma!" she hissed to herself. She was a top engineer who had worked on her drones too many times to be firing on herself now. But with a mind as clouded as hers, it was easy to slip up and touch a fuse or move a wire here and there. Twitch picked up her screwdriver and carefully maneuvered through the various panels and wires that made her shock drone. She was in the middle of installing springs to make her drone as efficient as the others; but with all the extra wiring, boards, and gears to give it it's speed and tazing ability, the chance that it would be light enough for jumping was slim to none. At this point, it was practically hopeless. If only she had parts made out of fiberglass, then she would be in business. But for now, Twitch decided it'd be best to put it aside. There was a knock at her door that startled her as she put away her drone. Right on time, she thought to herself as she moved to greet her visitor.

Of course, Lion had come up to see her- just like he promised. "Isn't it a bit early? It's only been half an hour since we departed from the air field." Lion smiled to himself scratching the back of his head. "Uhh, yeah. Well, we decided to call it a day," he said awkwardly. Twitch raised an eyebrow sensing that something had happened to cause the workout to end suddenly. "What happened, Olivier?" Twitch asked crossing her arms. "Well," Lion began looking away from her. "We were doing some HIIT, and when I started the sled training- I may or may not have ran a little too fast and crashed into Blitz's foot." Twitch shook her head sighing. "How much weight?" Lion smiled to himself before meeting her eyes. "Only 350 pounds." Twitch gave him a look of disapproval before stepping inside of her room with him following behind her. 350 pounds was nothing to a man as big as Lion. In fact, Twitch wouldn't have been surprised if he had done that on purpose to have a reason to leave early.

"So, how were you doing with your shock drones?" Lion asked sitting on her bed. Twitch motioned with her head towards the partially dismantled drone she put aside. "Hmm, not very well I see." Twitch shook her head rolling her eyes. "I discharged on myself trying to install springs," Twitch said shamefully. Lion brought his fist to his mouth attempting to hide a smile. The squinting of his eyes and the scrunching of his cheeks were the tell tale signs that he found some humor in her mistake. Twitch picked up one of her pillows and threw it at his face. Lion lifted a hand to shield himself as he let his laughter through. It was just too funny that a master engineer such as Twitch could let themselves be so careless. "Pardon (sorry)," Lion said placing her pillow beside him. "It's just surprising that something like that would happen to you, you know?" Twitch crossed her arms and stared at Lion for a moment before picking up her broken drone and screwdriver. "Would you like to feel what it's like?" she said pointing her drone at Lion. "EMMA, PLEASE!" Lion said picking her pillow back up and shielding himself.

Twitch couldn't help but drop her tools and laugh. Now, it was his turn to pout. "It's not funny, Emma. I could have really been hurt!" Twitch held her sides from laughing so hard. She cleared her throat and gave him a look of disbelief. "You're really going to say that to me after my foot nearly came off due to your carelessness?" Game. End. Point. Twitch won the battle, and the war. Lion shrugged his shoulders putting her pillow down once again and standing up. "Fair enough. I should be getting back to my room, it's going to be time for lights out soon." He walked over to her door with Twitch behind him, and turned back to look at her once he was in the hallway. "I'm happy to see you're doing good, Emma. Now, if only you would stop shocking yourself for my attention." Twitch gave him a light punch on his arm. "As long as you stop hurting our teammates so you can have mine." Lion sighed heavily putting his face in one of his hands. "I know, I know," Twitch began. "But next time, make sure you're packing bigger ammo if you want to take shots at me," Twitch said blowing him a kiss. "I'll make a note of it. Bye, Emma." Twitch said her 'goodbyes' and watched him as he walked away. She caught herself smiling as she watched his figure disappear up the next flight of stairs. Only one thing was certain on her mind at that point. The next time she hoped to see him walking down a hallway, it would be him coming towards her.

Lion lay on his bed using his phone to man his RC drone. He had just made it into Twitch's room before she had closed and locked her door for the night. He hopped his drone on top of her dresser and hid it behind some random clutter. He didn't see her in her room, so he suspected she was in her personal bathroom. There was something like electronic music playing through her speaker, and every now and then he could hear her voice coming through the door to her bathroom. The squeaking of hinges alerted him to her returning into her room, and sure enough she appeared on his screen. She wore her nightgown with her hair up in a messy bun. She was now looking at herself in her mirror, and the way she was standing made it hard for Lion to see her properly. I need another angle, he thought to himself. As soon as she turned around, he would take his chance. A stroke of luck came Lion's way when she turned to walk towards her bed.

Lion jumped his drone over to her bedside table behind her speaker. He accidentally overshot it a little, and ended up hitting the edge of the windowsill with a very audible clash. "Shit," Lion said as he turned his drone around to see if she heard. She did. The music wasn't a good enough cover. Twitch was now looking around her room for the source of the noise. Lion's drone was behind her speaker and her own drone, but Lion forgot the red LED light that shone while the drone was in use. Twitch spotted it and took a few steps forward to peer down into the camera. Tiny droplets of sweat formed on Lion's forehead as he watched her slowly walk towards his drone. She stopped and stared at it for a few moments before smiling slightly and stepping away. She walked to her dresser on the wall across from her bed and opened the top drawer to take an article of clothing out. She closed the drawer and turned back to face Lion's drone making sure he could see the piece she held in her hands were a small pair of panties.

Twitch dropped her underwear on the floor and stepped inside of the leg holes. She squatted down to hook her thumbs under the fabric and slowly slide the panties up her legs. The sensual music playing through her speaker hypnotized Lion as he got into it. Up her little panties went, over her thighs, and under the hem of her nightgown. She had made sure he couldn't see anything as she pulled them up to cover herself. Lion decided to move his drone from behind her speaker to the edge of her bedside table to get a full view of her body. He swallowed hard as he watched the screen of his phone more intensely now. Twitch had turned around and pulled on her hair bands to let her hair fall down her back. She then pulled her nightgown up over her head and tossed it to the side on the floor. She looked over her shoulder at Lion's drone sitting on her bedside table with a sheepish grin. Lion moved his drone forward causing it to fall onto the floor with a subtle clack of the tires. He angled the camera up as he droned closer to her. He was making a move to go around her for a front view when she stuck a foot out to step on top of his drone. He sat still watching her as she removed her foot and walked to her door. She reached down to the door handle, and turned the lock back unlocking her door. She stared at his drone again, beckoning him with her eyes before covering her chest and walking to her bed to slip under the covers. Lion killed the feed to his drone and looked up from his phone screen. His heart was thumping in his throat as his adrenaline raced. He slowly stood up from his bed making his way to his own door and placed his hand on the doorknob. He hesitated. The sweat on his forehead turned ice cold as he pushed himself to open his door and make his way to the stairs that led to floor below his.

Twitch lay in bed facing the wall. The silence of her room was deafening as she strained for any sound. There was nothing to be heard when suddenly the sound of sneakers coming down a hallway quietly echoed in her head. She turned to look at her door afraid that the sound she was hearing was imaginary. The sound grew louder as if they were coming closer to the outside of her room. Her heart pounding in her chest was in league with the sound coming from the other side of her door. Then- silence. The pounding in her chest remained as she sat up staring at her door waiting for anything, or anyone, to come through it. The doorknob slowly turned and the door flew open. There he was in her doorway, just as she hoped. Twitch brought her knees to her chest hugging them tight. Lion stepped inside and closed the door behind him turning the lock back to its locked position. He just stood there with his back against her door, staring at her from across the room. Neither of them spoke as their eyes connected unblinking. What was the next move, and who would make it? Lion swallowed hard again as he pushed himself off of Twitch's door to make his way over to her.

Twitch looked up at him with big, innocent eyes. He towered over her like a skyscraper with his height and muscular frame combined. He stepped closer to her bed and leaned to place his left knee on the side of the bed closest to the wall. His right knee came up to rest on the other side of her bed to straddle her. Twitch let go of her legs allowing them to slide between his. Lion came forward placing his hands behind her on either side of her bed. They were face-to-face, their noses almost touching as they gazed deeply into each other's eyes. The only sounds in Twitch's room were their beating hearts and shallow breaths as they anticipated each other. Lion's eyes scanned over the rest of her face, moving down to look at her torso. She was completely topless and sitting right under him. The subtle rise and fall of her breasts beckoning him to reach up and touch her. To hold her to him the way he did in the shower the day before Doc was supposed to arrive. His eyes lifted back up to lock with Twitch's once more before he moved away to sit on the foot of her bed. He opened his mouth to say something, but changed his mind and got up to leave her room instead. He wanted her. He wanted her bad. But he had so much respect for her that he didn't want to come between her and Gustave. He had already done as much by invading her privacy and coming onto her; but this... This was huge, and it wouldn't be right for him to intrude on her or her body. Whether she had teased him and invited him into her room by unlocking her door or not, Lion just couldn't let himself give in to his desires.

Ooooookayyyyyy.. Lion. What're ya doin'? Lol~ I'm sorry for teasing you guys with them so much, but there's nothing like getting riled up and then let down x3 It's coming you guys, trust me. I thank you for continuing on my story. It means a lot that you have faith for how it turns out c: I've already come up with the ending- and trust me, you WON'T want to miss it! c: Chapter 5 coming sooooooon! *0*

P.S., the song Twitch was listening to is "Move For Me (GTA Remix)" by Kaskade & Deadmau5 c: Have a listen and take care~ ^^