I really don't want to do this one right now but if I don't i'll be behind. Sighs. It's not that I don't like this story it's just that I don't know which turn to take. If this story goes wrong again it is because of this chapter, maybe. And I love musicismyhero, she is effing awesome. Read her G.I. Story 3. This chapter is dedicated to her because if not for distracting me with her dedicated chapter this would not have been possible. And I love the 'genital' in her chapter 6. lmao
Avery had woke up and realized that she had somehow gotten to her room. Sitting up she groaned at the amount of light entering the room. "What the hell?" She whispered. "Why is it so bright? It's like the sun is out, but we're under the fucking ground for God's sake." Then she collapsed backwards and a new sent filled her nose. The tea, Avery could smell Snake Eyes' tea. And then another thought dawned on her and she whispered it allowed. "I don't have a pillow. Where-oh." Breathing in again Avery savored the sent that she assumed was Snake Eyes'. It was hard to think of what he smelt like exactly but it had a bit of spice to it, or so she assumed. Cinnamon, Avery realized. He smelt mainly of cinnamon. A knock on her door brought her out of her thoughts.
Slowly Avery stood and grumbled as they knocked again. "Hello?" Avery opened the door and saw a woman with flaming red hair. She had an innocent looking face, although Avery knew that was quite very wrong. "I saw you yesterday, at my briefing." A yawn escaped Avery. "You are on Alpha Team. What's the name?"
"I'm Scarlet, a friend of Snake Eyes. Would you like to come with me today?" It took Avery a moment to comprehend what Scarlet was asking. Leaning against the door she watched Scarlet for a moment. And then she shrugged. "Really? Just like that? No questions? No 'let me think a bit'? Nothing? Just a shrug." Scarlet couldn't believe it. How could Snake Eyes like a girl that was like this. Last night he had made her seem like oh so much more. He had explained about her in detain, especially ho her eye- Her eyes! Scarlet looked directly in Avery's eyes. And true was Snake Eyes' word, excitement brewed. "I'm sorry. To be truthful, I wasn't expecting to get a yes. No one really likes to hang out in the base unless it is with a group of people. Again sorry."
"Eh? Whatever. If you want to come in, be my guest. Just no shoes." Avery turned around and tripped on the step. "Ah! Bitch!" When she had tripped her hands had automatically reached out to catch herself and only too late did she remember the burn. Turning on to her back she clutched her hand to her chest. Snake Eyes had appeared at the door behind Scarlet and Avery wished that she had held her tongue. Within moments Snake Eyes had her lifted into his arms and was heading to her bed. "I'm fine. It's just that putting pressure on the hand wasn't a good idea." She said through gritted teeth.
"What had happened?" Scarlet asked Avery, and before Avery could Answer Snake Eyes told Scarlet what had happened. "A burn? How bad is it?" Instead of answering Avery unwrapped her hand and grimaced at how it looked. Some of the blisters had gotten better while others had cracked and puss was slowly dripping out. "Oh god." Scarlet looked pale and before Avery could help it she had assessed the problem and came up with a way of fixing it. She wanted so badly to tell Scarlet about what was making her look so pale but instead bit her tongue and stood. "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to clean and redress my wound. With it open like this it will be more prone to infection." Avery entered her bathroom and Snake Eyes followed to see how she would 'cleanse the wound. Sticking her hand under cool water she pushed the puss out from each open sore. When that was finished she patted it dry and went back to where Scarlet was. She had moved from standing to sitting on Avery's bed. Avery grabbed her duffle bag and stood it upright. Snake eyes opened it for her because it would require two hands. And as soon as it was open the thing right on top fell out, a first aid kit. Like his but hers seemed to be more extensive. And when she set it on the bed and opened it Snake Eyes saw that it was indeed much better than his. He saw Avery gently rubbing something onto her hand and realized that it must be something to help heal the burns. When she went to rewrap her hand he grabbed the gauze and did it for her. After he taped it off he looked at her and she nodded her approval. "So you really did listen to me yesterday." Her grin made him forget the slight annoyance at her doubt. "Thank you for wrapping it, you did a good job.
"Are you sure you are fine Avery?" Scarlet asked and when she received a nod she continued. "Do you still want to hang out today or..." Trailing off Scarlet didn't know what to say without offending Avery in anyway. If she made suggested that she should spend it with Snake Eyes, Avery might get offended and think that she really hadn't wanted to spend it together in the first place, yet if she-
"Of course, it's just a minor burn. A secondary burn. It is-" Avery cut herself off before went into a deep explanation about different burns. "Just, forget it. I would still love to spend the day with you. Although I would also like to quickly get dressed." Standing up Avery made her way to the duffle bag and reached in pulling several articles of clothes out. "I'll only be a few minutes." Picking up the clothes Avery went into the bather. And true to her word a few minutes later she came out. Snake Eyes looked her up and down. She wasn't wearing any type of Joe clothes. Dark green cargo pants and a light green tank top matched in an odd way. Under her tank top was a long sleeve fishnet shirt and her hands had fingerless gloves on them. The gloves had a red circle with a white cross in the middle of it, the sign of a medic.
Avery grabbed a pair of combat boots and shoved her feet into them then quickly tied them while sitting g on the step she had previously tripped over. "You ready?" Asked Scarlet. A nod of confirmation was her reply from Avery. "Well, we'll see you later Snake Eyes." Scarlet pulled on her shoes and left the room. Still sitting down Avery looked up at Snake Eyes who was standing over her.
"Hey, uh thanks. And I just wanted to say that I hope that I'm not pressuring you into telling me about your past." She gave him a small smile that to anyone would look just like any other smile, but to him it was a refreshing thing to see. And he would just love to wake up each morning and be greeted with that smile.