Piers sat next to Chris on the helicopter after the mission, Skyla had to wrap Finn's knee, he had twisted it when Cowboy and he were separated from Skyla and Piers during the mission.
"Piers training has been over three weeks when are you going back to your room?" Chris asked him.
Skyla's ears perked at this, he had a private room this whole time? Piers shrugged watching Skyla wrap Finn's knee.
"You don't want to leave the dorms because of where your bunk is do you?" Chris whispered.
Piers turned and glared at Chris.
"There Finn, that should work until you get to medical," Skyla said lightly patted his knee.
Finn flinched at the light pat, Skyla smiled sympathetically up at him.
Skyla got up and went and sat in an empty seat; Ryan said something to her catching her attention, Piers stared at Skyla for a moment before she looked at him and smirked causing him to blush and look away. Chris looked between the two of them and shook his head. The ride back to headquarters seemed to be longer but when they finally arrived it was in the middle of the night. Skyla hung back so she could talk to Piers. She picked up a couple of duffle bags carrying back some weapons with him.
"I got this go to the bunks," Piers told her.
"I don't mind, plus I know you're exhausted too," Skyla told him
Piers nodded grabbing one more case and heading for the bulkhead of the helicopter.
"How is your head?" Skyla asked once inside headquarters.
"It's fine," Piers replied yawning.
"So when the Captain gets new recruits do you typically bunk with them?" Skyla asked casually.
Piers smirked at her and shook his head.
"Do you typically eavesdrop on all conversations?" He asked her.
"No, just overheard him when I was wrapping Finn's knee," Skyla replied.
"I lost privileges to my room for a while before you guys were recruited. Chris has been trying to get me to go back to my room for a while." Piers replied.
Skyla looked at Piers surprised and raised an eyebrow at him, he shrugged at her. They dropped the gear off at the armory.
"Why don't you take your room back?" Skyla asked him.
Piers looked at her and smirked and headed towards the bunks without another word. Skyla stared after him before walking after him. She grabbed her things and headed towards the showers, she was exhausted, but she wanted the remnants of the infected off of her.
She took a quick shower and headed back to the bunks. Most of the guys were already passed out Piers included. She smirked at his form, this was probably the most peaceful she had seen him. She quietly put her things away and shut the lights off. She climbed into her bunk. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep.
Piers hears Skyla get out of her bunk and quietly follows her. He finds her staring up at the moon outside arms wrapped around herself. He watches her for a moment.
"Are you okay?" He asks walking up to her.
Skyla turns to see it was Piers and turns back to stare at the night sky.
"I'm fine; I'll be back in the bunks in a minute," Skyla said quietly.
"Were you having a nightmare again?" Piers asked.
Skyla dropped her head and sighed.
"I'm sorry I woke you up again, please just go back to the bunks, I need a minute," Skyla asked him.
Piers took a step closer to her and put a hand on her shoulder. Skyla turns her head and looks at him.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Piers asked.
Skyla continues to stare at Piers, she didn't want to admit it, but he was calming her with his hand in her shoulder.
"No, I'm fine. I can't even remember what it was about." Skyla lied.
She had been having the same nightmare since she came here, watching her brother getting ripped apart by zombies, then a final bullet being shot into the middle of his head.
Skyla dropped her head causing a strand of hair to fall over her face. Piers took another step towards her, he gently tucked the strand behind her ear. His hand lingered on her face. Skyla slowly looked back at Piers. Before she knew what was happening, Piers had closed the distance between them except for a few centimeters and was leaning in about to kiss her. Skyla felt herself being pulled in almost like a magnetic force as pulling her in; her lips finally meeting his, a sigh escaped her lips just as they touched. After a moment Skyla pulled back and stared down at the ground.
"What's wrong?" Piers asked quietly.
"Should we be doing this? I don't want to get you into more trouble," Skyla replied.
"How are you going to do that?" Piers smirked at her.
"You're my superior Piers," Skyla replied looking up at him.
"Chris doesn't care about that; plus the BSAA isn't military these ranks don't really mean anything," Piers replied staring into her eyes.
"Even if he doesn't, I'm sure he has bosses," Skyla replied.
"Why are you fighting this?" Piers asked hurt.
"I know how this ends, one of us is going to end up hurt because one of us is going to end up dead," Skyla replied.
She gently grabbed his hand off her face and dropped it; she sighed she gave him one last longing look and turned walked towards the bunks without another word. Piers stared after her, not sure what just happened; after a minute he followed her back to the bunks. Skyla was already in her bunk with her back to facing the door, he sighed and got his own. Piers woke the next morning; he woke everyone in the bunks except Skyla. Finn was about to wake, but Piers shook his head.
Piers, Finn, Ryan, Chris, Cowboy, Keaton and Marco were in the middle of physical training with Chris when Skyla ran into the training room out breath.
"Skyla, so nice of you to join us," Chris stood up and said to her.
Ryan and Cowboy snickered causing Skyla to glare at them.
"Sorry sir, I over slept," Skyla replied to him.
"Whatever, fall in line you can join in with running exercise," Chris replied.
Skyla nodded and went to stand next to Marco.
"Sleeping beauty decided to join us?" Marco said smirking at her.
Skyla glared at him but refrained from saying anything to him.
"Alright I want you guys running for two miles to pick up your gear, gear up then run back and be back within 20 minutes. Is there any questions?" Chris commanded.
Everyone shook their heads no.
Chris nodded and waved signaling for them to start.
Ryan and Cowboy took off first followed by Marco and Skyla with Finn and Piers following up.
"So why did we not wake her up?" Finn asked quietly to Piers.
"Don't worry about it, just keep your pace," Piers replied in a hushed whisper.
"Right sir," Finn replied.
Everyone managed to make it to their gear roughly about the same time, Piers came up beside Skyla and started pulling on his gear as she pulled her own on.
"Enjoy sleeping in?" Piers asked.
"Yeah," Skyla replied with an eye roll buckling her vest.
Piers looked over and raised his eyebrow at her.
"I thought you would be a little more grateful since you were up late last night and didn't get much sleep," Piers said sarcastically.
"Gee thanks. I love getting stared at and in trouble with the captain," Skyla replied venomously.
"Maybe you should have told me what you wanted Skyla," Piers leaned in and whispered.
"Can this wait until later? Maybe we can do this in a place more private where the others can't see or hear?" Skyla pleaded with him.
"Sure, at least I know what you want," Piers said with a slight sneer while pulling on his pack and jogging back towards the base.
Skyla stared at him, she shook her head and sighed and followed behind slightly more slowly for a bit to give a bit of room.
"Trouble in paradise?" Ryan asked as jogged up beside her.
"Fuck off," Skyla replied with a slight snarl.
"Ooh, testy, someone on her period?" Ryan asked.
"Ryan I am really not in the mood for your shit today," Skyla growled.
Piers was the first one back, he was standing next to Chris talking to him, Skyla and Ryan following up a minute or two behind Piers. Cowboy, Finn, Marco, and Keaton all jogged in together behind them.
"Look at the Captain's golden boy kissing up," Ryan leaned over and whispered as he dropped his bag.
Skyla turned and snorted, sometimes she wondered how Ryan managed to get in the BSAA. He wasn't really a team player and was a jerk, although she hated to admit he could be funny at times.
"Alright guys you did well go drop your gear off, shower up and get something to eat," Chris told them.
Skyla walked with Ryan to drop off their gear after she turned over the last of her gear turned to walk out of the armory and Ryan wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Skyla looked over at him suspiciously.
"What do you want?" Skyla asked him.
"After dinner lets go get a beer you and me what do you say Skyla?" Ryan asked her.
Skyla grabs his arm and unwraps from around her shoulder and stares at Ryan like he had grown two extra heads.
"How about you can go get a beer by yourself after dinner," Skyla replied.
"Aw come on Skyla I thought we were friends," Ryan said with a smile.
"No, you're a team member that I tolerate; occasionally you say something that makes me laugh at best. But we are not friends Ryan, You're an ass," Skyla says to him and walks off.
Skyla walked back towards the main building and headed towards the bunks and grabbed clean normal clothes. She walked towards the showers and took a long hot shower; after she dressed and dropped her things off by the bunks, she decided she was going to explore the town by the BSAA base.
She had only been off the base once, the night she had gone out for Finn's birthday. She headed towards the double doors.
"Where do you think you're going?" A voice called out to her.
Skyla turned to see Piers stopped down the hall watching her.
"I was planning on robbing a bank," Skyla called.
"A little early for that don't you think?" Piers asked walking towards her.
Piers continued down the hall until he was a few feet away from her. Skyla sighed and leaned against the wall near the door.
"Maybe I am trying to be inconspicuous," Skyla replied.
"You're also wearing the wrong clothes," Piers replied.
"I'm making a fashion statement," Skyla replied.
"Where is your mask?" Piers asked.
"Are you saying I am ugly?" Skyla asked feigning insult.
"God no, your face is way too beautiful. That's all they would be able to remember, you would get caught in a heart beat." Piers replied.
"It's in my getaway car," Skyla replied taking a step towards the door.
"For real where are you going?" Piers asked.
"To the town, wanted to see what is there. I have only been to that bar on Finn's birthday," Skyla replied.
Piers frowned for a second remembering that night.
"I'm sorry about earlier, and we still need to talk about earlier, there is a coffee shop that is in the town, can I join you?" Piers asked.
"You want to come with me to explore the town?" Skyla asked him.
"Sure we can talk, and I know the town pretty well so I can show you around," Piers told her.
"Sounds like fun," Skyla smiled at him.
Piers nodded and walked towards the doors Skyla following beside him. Once outside Piers pulled out a set of keys and walked over to a BSAA issued car. Piers got into the driver seat as Skyla got into the passenger seat. It was a short drive into the town, Piers parked the car, and they both got out.
"Where should we head?" Piers asked Skyla.
"You mentioned the coffee shop, why not there?" Skyla replied with a small smile.
Piers nodded and turned right and started walking, Skyla quickly followed him.
"So, you never gave me a direct answer about why you joined the BSAA, would you mind elaborating?" Piers asked her.
Skyla sighed and looked over at Piers.
"I thought we were going to talk about earlier," Skyla replied dodging his question again.
"What if the question is leading up to that?" Piers asked.
"My brother was killed by a BOW, I was practically helpless. He came back and attacked me, and someone sniped him in the head just before he killed me. I hated that helpless feeling, I didn't want to feel that way again. I figured if I joined the BSAA not only could I stop that from happening, I could protect my younger sister," Skyla replied looking into a shop window to avoid looking at Piers.
Piers turned and watched her face in the window. He gently put a hand on her shoulder continuing to watch her reaction. Skyla looked up giving him a small smile.
"Sorry for making you bring up bad memories, I thought it was just to fight bioterrorism," Piers replied.
"It's okay, it's probably better I talk about it anyway. So where is that coffee shop?" Skyla replied.
"Just up here," Piers replied with a smirk.
He turned and started walking towards the coffee shop again. They walked about a block and turned left and found the coffee shop. It was small but seemed perfect. Piers opened the door for Skyla letting her in first. Skyla looked up at the wall noting they had a lot of options for such a small place.
"Wow," Skyla said looking at the menu.
"It's pretty cool right?" Piers replied.
"Yeah," Skyla nodded.
"Are you ready to order?" A barista asked.
Skyla looked at her surprised.
"Um, sure," Skyla replied.
"Are you together?" The barista asked them.
"What?" Skyla asked stunned.
"Are you ordering together?" The barista reworded.
"Yeah," Piers stepped in.
Skyla looked over at him but shrugged.
"What can I get you?" The barista asked him.
"Cappuccino with a shot of espresso," Piers replied.
The barista typed in his order.
"For you," She turned to Skyla.
"Anything mocha," Skyla replied.
"Gotcha," The barista smiled.
The barista told them the price and Piers whipped out his wallet handing her cash before Skyla could react causing Skyla to glare at him.
"What?" Piers asked her.
"I can pay for my own coffee," Skyla replied.
"Yeah, so?" He replied to her.
"What are you up to Nivans?" Skyla questioned him.
"Paying for coffee?" Piers replied walking towards a table.
"You know what I mean," Skyla replied.
"Clearly I don't," Piers smirked.
"You invited yourself on my outing saying you wanted to talk. Now you buying my coffee, you're not turning this into a date are you?" Skyla asked.
"What if I am?" Piers asked seriously.
Skyla sat down and threw her hands up.
"I guess there's not much I can do about it now, you kidnapped me, so I am kind of stuck here," She replied.
"Tch, do you hate my company that much?" Piers replied looking off into the distance like he is offended.
"You're so cute when you're all flustered," Skyla smirked.
"Ha! See you are attracted to me," Piers replied turning to look at her.
"Geez don't let it go to your head, I'm scared what it might do to that ego of yours. Also, I never said I wasn't attracted to you Piers, I just said I didn't think it was a good idea to get involved." Skyla replied shaking her head.
Piers stared at her, taking in what she said. The barista chose that moment to bring their drinks to them. Skyla smiled at her and thanked her. The barista smiled at Piers and winked at him as she walked away. Piers ignored her, which Skyla found surprising.
"Skyla I'm not going to beg you, but I think you should think about it a little more. I think we can be great together and you don't have to worry about what you are worried about," Piers said to her.
"You make it hard for a girl to say no Nivans," Skyla smiled at him as she took a sip of her coffee.
"Wait, what?" Piers asked looking at her confused.
Skyla finished her coffee, she dropped a tip on the table and got up and walked towards the doors. Piers finished his coffee dropped a tipped and followed her. They walked through the streets until dusk. They found a park bench and sat down. Piers looked over at Skyla and smirked at her.
"What?" Skyla asked.
Piers leaned in his lips was just about to connect with Skyla's when her phone rang, Skyla groaned and gave him an apologetic look. She pulled out her phone and had an automatic concerned look on her face.
"Is something wrong?" Piers asked when he saw the concern on her face.
"It's my sister, I haven't heard from her in over a month," Skyla replied.
She slid the answer button to answer the call.
"Kayla?" Skyla asked concerned.