After the Director told me about Agent Texas and the Omega A.I., I had gotten out of bed. My head still hurt a little, but I wasn't nauseous anymore. Deciding I didn't want to stay covered in my own vomit, I took a shower and changed, feeling as fresh and as new as I had in the last...I'd say 36 hours.
Alpha had appeared while I was changing, he was curious about what happened in the med bay. He wanted to meet Omega, to sort of "show him who's boss," he joked. But I knew deep down he wanted to make sure that Omega knew that I was Alpha's.
"Sorry, buddy, you can't. A.I. aren't allowed to make contact with other A.I.," I told him. "Some sort of protocol, I dunno."
Okay, I sorta lied at that last part, but the fact that he couldn't meet Omega was true, that actually came from the Director himself. In fact, nobody was supposed to know about Alpha in general. I didn't really know why, I figured it was the same reason why Alpha felt really uncomfortable around the Director. Perhaps they just get too worked up around their creator?
After convincing Alpha to stay silent around Texas and Omega, I headed to the training area. The Director told me I needed to help train Agent Texas to work with her new A.I. He said it'd be a lot easier than with Alpha.
"Alpha is one entire Artificial Intelligence, while Omega is merely a fraction. Just one puny part of what you have in your mind right now," the Director said, amazing me.
It made me feel strong, powerful. I was powerful, more than anybody here on this ship. Who else would be able to contain an entire A.I. in their mind without completely freaking out? The Director told me I had a very high chance of going insane. That the Alpha might not agree with me, and it could've destroyed my mind, leaving me as nothing. Fortunately, Alpha did agree with me, and we matched together perfectly. It had taken several weeks, but the Alpha and I became an unstoppable force.
We were indestructible.
I arrived after Agent Texas, who I assumed had been there for a couple of minutes. She had her black armor on, her helmet resting on the floor beside her as she struggled to put her hair up. I smirked softly, noting how the broad shoulders in her armor was preventing her from lifting her arms up high enough to reach her hair. Had this been someone else, I would've made fun of them for not putting their hair up first. However, this was Agent Texas, whom I didn't know very well, and she currently had an A.I. that was filled with extreme rage.
I decided against it and just offered to put her hair up for her. She refused and eventually got her hair into a low ponytail. I cracked my neck before placing my white helmet with blue accents on my head.
Texas jumped and shook out her limbs, stretching and getting ready before we started training.
"Alright," I started, "first, you need to understand how Omega thinks. He's really angry, right? You might be able to use his anger and rage and turn it into power. Become mad, and take it all out on your enemy."
Texas nodded, whether she was agreeing with what she already knew, or taking my advice, I didn't know. I felt kind of awkward, I was never the trainer, and I'm not very good when it comes to friendships.
"Agent California-"
"You can call me Cali. My friends do," I blurted. What the fuck? You idiot, what friends?
'I'm your friend...bitch,' Alpha muttered.
I rolled my eyes.
"Oh um, Cali, then. I guess you can call me...Tex," she said awkwardly. I guess I wasn't the only one terrible at making friends.
"Okay Tex," I smiled, though she couldn't see it, "You had a question?"
For the next few months, Tex and I trained nonstop with our A.I. The Director sent us on simple missions in order for us to test our new abilities. Tex became undeniably strong, her and Omega were the perfect team. Though Alpha and I were still stronger.
Tex still didn't know about Alpha. I wasn't allowed to talk to him/about him unless I was alone. While on a missions, Alpha helped me silently, telling me what I needed by whispering in my mind. I had to force myself to think about what I wanted to say, rather than shouting it out to Alpha like I usually did.
Omega was similar to Alpha in that sense. I rarely saw or heard him. When fighting, Omega stayed hidden, but if I got close enough to Tex, I could hear her muttering silently to him. While we were on the Mother of Invention, I'd occasionally see Omega. He was a really dark grey color, and his voice was deep and scraggly, as if he was growling all the time. He only ever spoke when Tex, the Director, the Counselor, and I were going over our missions, either before the mission, or after. Even then, he only spoke about what he and Tex did right, and what they could do to make themselves better. He never gave feedback on anyone else.
Not that I cared, Alpha's feedback was more important.
For nearly a year, it was just Tex and I. We worked insanely well together, we were both strong fighters, and often gave each other pointers. I hoped it would stay like that, but of course the Director would go and ruin it for me, like always.
"You're giving us rookies?"
"Giving you rookies, I'm not allowed to be seen by them, remember?" Tex smirked at me, crossing her arms.
I glared at her, crossing my arms as well, "Shut up-"
"Now, now, Agent California," the Director interrupted, "I understand why you might be a little disappointed-"
"'A little disappointed?!' I am much more than a-"
"Agent California!" the Director yelled. Immediately I shut up and Tex and I stood at attention. Sometimes the Director let me get away with so much, that I forgot that he was technically our commanding officer.
It was silent for a few moments before the Director began speaking again, his voice harsh and cold.
"Now, Agent Texas is to not be seen, or to be mentioned, is that clear?"
"Yes, sir," Tex and I replied simultaneously. The Director gave us a few more rules before he let us off. Usually Tex and I would train or go over new strategies, but seeing as it was late and I had to get ready for the new freelancer tomorrow, we just chilled in my room.
Things were a lot less awkward between Tex and I now. Over the year of working together, we became what I considered best friends. I told her all about myself, by terrible past, shitty parents, and all the dirty things that I wasn't proud of. She didn't care at all, and treated me exactly the same. Tex didn't tell me about her past, though I didn't mind. She claimed she didn't like talking about it, but I thought she didn't even know what her past was.
The only thing Tex didn't know about me was Alpha, but it didn't really bother me that I didn't tell her. I never liked getting close to people, I was usually distant and lied a lot, but I knew I could trust Tex. I mean, we've saved each others' lives more than either of us could count.
After about an hour of just talking, Tex headed back to her room. As soon as he was sure Tex was gone, Alpha appeared. Not being able to talk to most of the week, we went over the most recent mission I went on. It went like those conversations usually do.
"Alpha, compliment me."
"You're beautiful, now shut the hell up."
"I meant about the mission we just went on! But thank you."
"Shut up, bitch, you did terrible."
Deciding I would shower in the morning, I got some sleep in order to prepare me for the newbies I would face tomorrow.
A/N: So, I'd like to go over a few things that may seem confusing? First of all, a reviewer asked if Tex was really created this early on. The truth is, I don't know lmao. I just know that the Freelancers had obviously been working together for a while before Tex was introduced. When she was, she was extremely strong, and very close with the Director, seeing as she was shown talking to him in private. So, for the sake of my story, it makes sense to me that the Director wanted to keep her a secret for some reason idk.
Second, I actually don't know in what order the freelancers came, or if they all showed up at the same time. In my story, I'm introducing the ones that were higher on the list thingy. It makes sense, the most experienced are the strongest. If it ends up being canonically different, oh whale.
Thirdly, I've just recently realized I've been spelling 'F.I.L.S.S.' wrong? (I've been spelling it 'F.I.L.L.S.') I changed the spelling when I noticed it, but I'm too lazy to go and fix it in older chapters.
Okay, that's about it! Thanks so much, you guys! Please let me know what you thought of this chapter in the reviews, or if you have any questions/or anything really
~Saammmm :-)