Karl made his way to Soya's officer and entered the room to of course find her not there, he was the first one in the office since he got here, it was mainly so if any early morning would be assassins were in the officer he would catch them and end them before they tried anything.
He walked over to his chair in the corner of the officer and sat down, he put his elbow on his leg and put his chin on his palm and sat there, just thinking of recent events. Brandy turning out to be alive, 'How cliche' he thought, then the thought of guarding his once enemy and saving her a couple times already only being here for like 4 days. Then him fighting the Insurrection, the damn terrorists that have been causing the UNSC many problems for years, but their appearance on Earth was even more worrying to Karl, considering they were ballsy enough to try and attack the embassy and ballsy enough to make their headquarters outside of the city. But Karl made sure to put and end to that charade this morning, hopefully helping out a lot in what would be an assault on the old facility.
Karl heard the door open but noticed it wasn't Soya that came in it was Admiral Hood, Karl immediately stood up and popped a salute. "At ease." The old Admiral said as he took a chair from the front of the desk and sat it down next to Karl then sitting himself onto the chair. "You did it, didn't you?" Hood asked looking straight into Karl's eyes. "Well, yes I did. I hope it didn't cause any trouble." Karl said as he started to move uneasily in his chair. "Well, I am not mad but a bit disappointed, you had no orders to do what you did, but I can not say that I don't appreciate your reasoning for raiding the place. Just don't do it again, unless me or your superiors say so, got it?" Hood said standing up once again. Karl nodded and sighed, "Yes sir, I was just protecting the ambassador." Karl felt a little guilty, he had for once not followed orders, but he did what was right, right? "Good glad you understand, now go on with your duties today, and don't wonder off from the ambassador." Hood said and then he left the room like a ghost.
Karl just sat there, Hood was a good observer, yeah sure Karl could have been the only one to do it, considering probably he was not at the embassy and soldiers probably saw him cloak and mentioned it to Dao.
Karl sighed again, he was trying not to guilt trip himself over what he did, he disobeyed orders for the first time ever, 'Fuck me' he said to himself as he leaned back in his chair with his hands now behind his neck. Soya walked in a few minutes later and went to her desk as always, "It seems you changed your outfit." Soya said while looking back from her holo documents to Karl in the corner. "Yep sure did, my armor was a bit messy from the attack, so I am going to have to clean it, but I still look a bit intimidating right?" Karl said casually. "Well not as much, but you still look like you could harm anyone in this room." Soya said monotone as she went back to her drafts. Karl nodded and looked back to the ceiling.
At around 3 pm someone finally walked in to see Soya, it was a Sangheilli warrior this time, he was a large elite, he seemed to be a minor and him and Soya had a casual conversation in their language and Karl made sure to keep a close eye on the energy sword at his hip and the plasma rifle on his back. It didn't feel much better to his stomach that he had killed many of their kind and openly said it to Soya that he did, he just hoped she didn't mention it to him and he got angry. Though she didn't really look at Karl at all during the conversation other than when the elite first walked in and saw Karl and she probably mentioned he was her bodyguard.
Karl was broken from his thoughts when he felt a large presence in front of him, "Human." He heard the deep growl of the elite's voice. He was surprised when the elite put his hand out to him, "I am Jede 'Nulcam." Karl took his hand and shook it. "Sergeant Major Kuhn, that's my rank and surname." Karl said with a strong voice to appear somewhat threatening. "Ah, well I am Soya's sibling, we have been separated for some time now and I have come to visit from my duties. If you do not mind me being here for a while." Jede said as he let go of Karl's hand. "I don't mind, just make sure your rifle and sword are powered off, and I will have no issues, and no physical contact." Karl said very seriously. Jede nodded and turned around and sat in the visitor chair on the opposite side and they started off in their conversation again.
Karl just sat there as usual but making sure to keep Jede and Soya in his line of sight.
Karl lifted his shirt and saw the time was 8 pm and they were still talking Soya normally went off to her quarters at around 8:30. So they couldn't talk for much longer. After another 25 minutes he noticed the conversation finally slowing down and they both got up and hugged, Karl shot up and noticed nothing suspicious so he sat back down when they broke contact and Jede left with a nod to Karl. Karl sighed and looked annoyingly at Soya, "Remember my rule Soya, no physical contact." Karl said in a joking tone, he was not in a very serious mood anymore. "Well he meant no harm, he tends to be soft like a furry animal at times, despite being a trained warrior." She says in a matter of fact tone and waved for him to exit the room with her, Karl got up and walked next to her, a little shorter not considering he was not wearing his armor but he still stood a good 6 feet tall.
Karl escorted her to her room as usual and waved her off as she entered her room, he could tell she was in a better mood because she actually waved back, it seems her brother made the mood much better in general, 'Man why does that guy make joy contagious' Karl thought to himself as he strolled to his own room.
When he entered he found Brandy gone, for a second he started to panic, looking around the room looking for any sign of her, then he spotted a note on the bed, he went over to the bed and picked up the note looking closely at it, 'Karl, went to market to buy us some food because you really lack any good food, will be back in an hour or so', and like that the note ended, on the bottom he saw a time stamp, it was marked 6:30. It was around 8:30 now, and once again Karl started to panic, worried that something horrible happened to the women he loved, he couldn't bare it. Karl immediately dashed out of the door, still wearing his gear so if something did happen he could do something about it.
Karl went out of the front door and saw Dao organizing some patrols and quickly Karl ran up to him, "Hey Dao, you seen Brandy in the past hour?" Karl asked urgently, "Not sure, last I saw her she said she was on her way to the market." Dao said with a shrug, "Hey your not in your armor, glad you still look battle ready though." Dao noted as Karl walked off into the street trying to keep his composure as much as possible, he felt like he was going to lose it, the thought of his girlfriend being kidnapped was killing him inside.
Karl walked as fast as possible to the market where he would see her, Karl wasted no time going into the market, it was dark out now and there were only street lights on and it was a very peaceful night. Most market stalls would be closed but he had to look anyways and see if she was there. He quickly entered the market and saw there was only one stall left open with a small frail looking old man running it and it looked like he was selling most likely fish. Karl strolled over looking as non threatening as possible, "You going to rob me?" The old man said straight forward as he saw what Karl was wearing. "No sir I was just wondering if you happened to see a women a couple hours ago." Karl said as he got closer, "You going to rob her?" He asked Karl, "No sir, I am her commanding officer," Karl said as he showed himself completely to the man, showing all of his UNSC gear. "Oh I am so sorry young man, can you describe this girl?" The old man asked sighing with relief, Karl could tell the man was tense from up the road. "Blonde hair, green eyes, about 5'9, most likely wearing UNSC shit aswell." Karl said as he described Brandy from memory. He could tell the man was thinking, "Ah, yes a young lady like that walked into a bar about an hour ago." The old man said as he began swiping his counter with a wet cloth.
"Okay, thank you sir." Karl said as he let out a sigh of relief and took out 10 dollars from his pocket and handed it to the man which he took gratefully.
Karl walked away and went to the same bar that he was at a few days ago to let some stress out and nearly got mugged at, which had made his day when he fucked those asshole wannabe Insurrectionist's asses.
Karl entered the bar and he heard the bar go completely silent as he walked in, he saw all the eyes glaring at him, "Go back to your drinks, UNSC business." Karl said loudly and everyone went back to doing their thing, the bar was not at all crowded but was not empty, but he didn't see Brandy anywhere. Karl walked up to be bar keeper and she went wide eyed as he approached her. "You seen a blonde with green eyes about yay tall? Just kidding let me see your manager." Karl said as he leaned on the bar and watched around closely. She walked off to the back room and soon a man wearing a plaid shirt and denim jeans walked out from the officer, "Do you need something sir?" The manager asked and Karl could see the man sweating a bit, "No worries you didn't do anything wrong I just want to know if a blonde girl about 5'9 was in here, and also I want to see all recent purchases." Karl said in a very hard tone that made the man shake, "No worries you did nothing wrong, but she did." Karl said trying to calm the man down. "Usually we do not allow that without a warrant, but I will get them." He said as he ran to the back room again. After a minute or two he came out again and handed Karl a list of names, Karl scanned down until he saw her name which was indeed on the list that she had used her card to buy a couple of drinks.
"When did you see her last?" Karl asked him even more serious now. "She left with her boyfriend, she was not feeling well, we made sure she made it to her vehicle safe and sound sir." The barkeep spoke up. Karl fumed at this, someone had drugged her, drugged his women, but how? 'Must have been one tricky son of a bitch' Karl thought as he felt rage fill his veins. "What did he look like and I want that man's name and address, cause that is not her boyfriend, I am." Karl said trying to keep his cool as much as possible. Karl saw their faces go red, "Oh my god... He is a regular let me get his billing info." Said the manager as he sprinted to the office again and came out a second later. Karl took it out of his hand and read the note carefully, then he saw the billing address. He gave the paper back, "Thank you for the help." Karl said quickly as he sprinted out of the bar at full speed.
The man lived nearby and Karl was full sprint towards the address, he saw the number and it was in an apartment building. Karl entered and he saw some of the workers have a look of shock as he busted in, "UNSC business, out of the way." Karl shouted as he charged up the stairs full sprint. He loaded his magnum with lethals but it was not for the man, it was for his breaching strategy. Karl made it to his floor and ran down the hall and saw the door. Karl put the magnum up to the lock and then put the magnum on safe, he put it back in his holster and took a few steps back.
Karl went full sprint and bashed his shoulder into the door, he looked into the room to see Brandy naked on the bed and the man above her, just about to enter her, Karl fumed and went full sprint with a raging battle cry and put both of his arms around the man's torso, shoving the man off of her and into the wall which cracked at the impact. Karl grabbed the man by the throat and with inhuman strength pulled the man off the floor and pinned him to the wall with his hand still on his throat using that to hold the man against the wall. "YOU SICK FUCK!" Karl screamed as he put a fist into the man's stomach, Karl looked down and saw the man's crotch and he pulled a knee hard into the man's crotch making him scream in pain. Karl threw him across the room and into a dresser, completely smashing it. Without haste Karl walked over to him and started punching the man's face several times, not caring if he broke his knuckles. After a few punches Karl backed off and saw the man was unconscious and lying on the floor, his face bloody and well so was his crotch.
Karl quickly ran over to Brandy and picked her up into his arms, she was completely naked so he quickly wrapped blankets around her what seemed like very woozy body, she had no clue what she was doing, she couldn't even open her eyes all the way. Karl felt his heart drop at what was about to happen if he hadn't shown up a second too late. He set her down in the corner of the room and finally took the time to look around. It was a messy room like all the man did was this kind of shit. He saw the man on the floor who looked to be about normal build not too fat or skinny, and had a quite handsome face, he sees why he was able to pull this off and would definitely question Brandy later on her idiocy.
Karl didn't bother to call the authorities he would let the workers walk in onto this mess, Karl picked up Brandy into his arms again bride style and looked on the floor where her clothes were, he quickly picked those up and put them on top of Brandy's limp body.
Karl started towards the elevator and entered it putting to ground level and they quickly went back down to the lobby. Karl walked in and saw several police officers and they all turned towards Karl as soon as he exited the elevator and started towards him with their guns at the ready. "Sir put the women down!" One of them shouted, Karl complied and softly laid Brandy on a seat in the lobby. "Now come towards us slowly. Backwards." The same one said again. Karl turned around and looked at the officers and in return they all aimed their weapons at Karl, "Stand down, I'm Sergeant Major Karl Kuhn and I saved this women from being sexually assaulted, she was drugged and brought up here by a man in room 46, you will see the mess there and for future reference, he deserved it, you will find the drugs in her system and on his bed, if you want to question me in further time I will be in my room in the embassy." Karl said sternly as he picked up Brandy again, "For now she needs to get some rest." Karl said as he softly got Brandy into a more comfortable position in his arms. Surprisingly the police holstered their weapons nodded and let Karl pass which he mumbled a 'thank you' to all of them as he left the building and walked back to the embassy.
While he was walking he felt Brandy wiggle a little in his arms, maybe she was starting to get her senses back, or maybe she was sound asleep and had no clue what was going on.
Karl made it to the embassy and quickly walked over to their room and opened the door, he walked Brandy over to the bed and sat her down in it, leaving the covers on her he would let her change in the morning, Karl exhausted and worried sick took off his hat, then mask and earpiece and he took his tactical vest off his sweaty body. Karl walked over to Brandy again and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead and walked over to the couch and sat down, he was going to have trouble going to sleep tonight so he decided to stay awake in the dark calmness and stillness of the room.
Karl was just sitting staring at Brandy he was worried sick and he would of personally loved to kill that man but knew if he did he would be in more trouble than he was probably going to be in. Karl sighed as he leaned back on the couch and stared up into the ceiling, trying to think happy thoughts to clear his mind.
After a while he felt his eyes get heavy as he cleared his mind and let sleep take over, it would be a restless and uncomfortable sleep on this couch but it was sleep none the less and Brandy would be awake when he awoke so he could explain everything to her and she could explain everything to him, how could she have fallen for his tricks, was she that much of a light weight, she could have been intoxicated by the time he showed up and she wasn't thinking straight, there were so many causes flooding his mind, but he would most likely find out from Brandy herself in the morning, when he wasn't still pissed, sad, and happy at the same time, a very bad mixture for him.