4. Trust is the Key

Carolina and CT were walking to a giant iron vault door, each with weapons raised and making sure no one was around. After they were sure no one else was there they lowered their guns. Carolina then punched the wall, leaving a dent in it.

"That damn bitch, how dare she disobey my orders," she yelled, throwing her helmet off against the wall. CT took her own helmet off and came up behind her, trying to calm her down.

"It's okay, things like this happens all the time, we just have to calm down and be ready to adjust the plan," she tried to reassure her.

"It's not, we can't fail this mission. We're so close and what he'll do to you and South if we fail," Carolina started as she turned away, a small unnoticeable tear running down her cheek.

"It's okay, the two of us can handle whatever he tries to do."

Carolina started to clench and unclench her fists. "It's just…..it's just…" she tried to say.

"You're just stressed out, from all the missions and you finally having competition in the project but it'll be just fine-." CT started but was cut off when Carolina kissed her full on the lips. CT started to feel her cheeks warm up and saw her teammate's cheeks become red like her hair. 'W-wait, she likes me, like really likes me. I truly thought she was into York do to all the time they hang out but, what?' she thought, being really confused.

Carolina then broke the kiss, green eyes meeting brown. Seeing the confusion in her eyes, Carolina straightened herself up. "Sorry about that, I needed to get something off my chest," she stated, walking over to her helmet.

'Damn it, I must be too late,' she thought putting her helmet on.

'Damn it, she must think I don't like her, but I'm just so confused with everything,' CT was thinking. She then walked back over to Carolina and put her hand on her shoulder.

"We'll, talk later," CT said, trying to reassure her.

Carolina just nodded and the two turned away from each other, letting silence fill the area.

South continued to just stare at the screen, her face full of shock (if it wasn't being covered by a helmet).

"That's, that really is her, isn't it?" South asked as Arizona pulled a drive out.

"Yes it's CT, she's a part of the Insurrection," Arizona said with no surprise in her voice.

"I just, just don't believe it," South said. She was so shocked she didn't notice two blue orbs, one with a orange dot in the middle and the other with a black dot in the middle, appear on the other two screens, come out and over to Arizona before disappearing.

"You can believe whatever you want, but she's a spy and been deceiving you all, we need to get going," she told the shocked agent, heading out of the room.

South got a hold of herself and followed her. 'Why must everyone I fall for have some sort of problems.'

CT and Carolina were still in front of the, not even bothering to look at each other. There was no sign of anyone so they relaxed a bit. They then heard footsteps, causing them to hid behind part of the wall. When the footsteps got closer they came out and aimed their guns at Arizona and South, who had their own weapons raised at them.

"Oh, we thought you were their patrol finally showing up," CT said, the four lowering her weapons.

"The door should open in a few so just be patient," Arizona said walking past the two. Carolina then swung her fist at her, but was easily caught and she was shoved back.

"What is it Carolina, jealous I was able to take care of it without even a scratch," she asked, a smirk on her face (again if it could be seen).

"You disobeyed a order, my order. You could have jeopardized our mission with your reckless action," Carolina yelled, looking ready to try and hit her again.

"Carolina," CT tried to calm her down again but South stopped, looking at her with anger and confusion (well, you know what I mean).

"I obeyed our orders, turning off the security system," Arizona countered, not in any mood for this shit.

"No, our plan would have worked," Carolina tried to protest.

"You would have lost the files that held the location of the other key and tripped the alarm."

Carolina was about to counter but Arizona stopped her. "And I still had another order from the Director, to find evidence of a traitor in the project, and that file would be lost if you used that EMP." At these words CT became stiff, fearing what was about to be said.

"Agent Connecticut is a traitor, and has been giving information to the Insurrection," Arizona stated to her.

Carolina just stood there, unmoving. It was hard to tell if it was due to shock or what.

CT tried to say something but was cut off by South. "What can you say to change anything, I saw the file, saw the truth," she said, raising her gun at her.

"South I-."

"No, just shut up. I trusted you."

"I-."

"I believed in you."

"I-."

"I, I-."

"I know, already."

The two stopped and turned to Carolina.

"I already knew she was working for them," she simply stated.

This surprised even Arizona. South lowered her gun and started to walk over to her.

"Carolina, why didn't you-."

"Because she's being forced to do this," she simply stated, starting to head over to CT. "I know you think you could hide your messages but I've known since you joined. I thought about turning you over but I found out why she's doing it." She turned back around at the two.

"She's doing it to protect her younger brother."

South was shocked, dropping her gun. Arizona was just surprised at this change of events. CT dropped to her knees, and soft crying could be heard from her. South slowly came over and hugged her, whispering 'I'm sorry' to her. Carolina patted her shoulder.

"I wanted to use the EMP to erase the file so no one would know, I would take all the blame for it just to keep her safe."

"Knowing this, I knew I had to help her. I planned to talk to her about this last night but you two got in the way."

Arizona seemed angry now, fire in her eyes (well, visor but the same thing).

"So you risk her stabbing you in the back, leaving you to die with regret and despair," she yelled.

"It didn't matter, we're a team and I believe in her. I trust her and will help her through this," Carolina told her. "I you need to trust

"Trust? TRUST!" Arizona yelled, yanking her helmet off. She then surprised everyone when she took her armor off her right arm, showing it to be completely robotic. "This is what happened the last time I trusted someone," she said, pointing to her arm and traced one of the scars on her eye. She closed her eyes and turned her head away, tears seemed to be forming in her eyes. She heard footsteps come close to her and a hand grab her chin. Her face was then turned to look, to her surprise, at the blue eyes of South.

"That doesn't mean you can't trust anyone else," she told her, kissing her cheek. That caused South to blush and Arizona to become confused. A small beep could be heard and the door started to open. She then pulled herself together, putting her armor and helmet back on.

"Let's just finish this," she said, starting to walk into the room. Carolina then followed her, patting South on the shoulder. CT then came up next to her.

"So you have a thing for her," CT said.

South only nodded.

"So what was that last thing you were going to say about me?"

"Oh, um, I think that's Carolina calling us to catch up, yeah we should get going," South said, putting her helmet back on just in time to hid her blush and walked away. CT grinned underneath her helmet. 'Don't worry, we'll talk about this later,' she thought as she followed them.

They entered a big chamber with raised platforms across the walls and giant vault in the center. Arizona was the first to reach it, kneeling in front of it.

"We have around 30 seconds till the vault opens, so far so good," she stated.

"Good, that should take us enough time for this," a voice said above them.

They all turned their heads up to look at a female figure wearing grey and red Insurrectionist armor with no sleeves, showing bunch of scars covering them, and a heart on her chest armor and the side of her helmet, a Spartan Laser on her back and duel Magnums on her side, standing on the platform. Three doors then opened up, one across the room from them and two more on the left and right of them on the platforms and a bunch of troopers poured out; mainly snipers above them and heavy troopers on the ground, being led by the smiley chain guy and girl.

20 seconds.

"Joplin thought the key would be safe with just the security system we have, but I knew something like this would happen," she said, leaning over the rail.

"Shit," Arizona said, looking around.

"Now, you can either surrender now, or prepare or fight," the lady said, the smirk could be heard in her voice, as she prepped her Spartan Laser and aimed it at the vault. "I'm aloud to destroy it if needed."

10 seconds.

The four looked at each other, silently forming a plan, and nodding in agreement.

0.

The vault door opened. The lady fired the laser right at vault. South punched the ground and a bubble shield popped up, blocking the beam from hitting the vault. They all started to open fire on them, making it hard to see what was going on inside the shield. South was able to hold it up for a good 15 seconds before it went down. Once it did, Carolina ran up to the closest ladder and up to the platform. They were about to open fire when a flash bang, thrown by CT blinded them. When they could see again she was nowhere to be seen.

"Where'd she go?" one asked, as they looked around. He was then shot through the chest.

"She must be pretending to be one of us."

"But who?"

"I don't know?"

They started to open fire on themselves, killing each other. Only a few were left, pointing their guns at each other. A hissing noise was heard and they found plasma grenades on their helmets. They then blow up, parts flying. A figure rose from the ground, their armor turning cyan. "Too easy," Carolina said, as she ran off to the door.

Arizona started to take shots at the snipers, covering CT as she helped South up. South then ran over to the other ladder. As she climbed up she started to shoot up the bottom of the platform, causing it to fall apart, letting the troopers fall to the ground. She then ran along the wall to reach the still stable part and went through that door.

Arizona continued to take out the soldiers. She tried to take out the lady but she was able to dodge the bullets. She also shot the smiley chain guy and girl but that didn't slow them down. She then rushed forward, dodging them and taking a few more out. She shot the control panel next to the door and it started to close. She was able to slide under it before it closed.

The lady turned back to CT, who wasn't paying attention, aimed, and fire. The laser went right through her, but she started to flicker on and off, until she disappeared.

"Damn, she used a hologram. Find all of them; one of them has to have the key." The troops started to leave, trying to follow them.

Carolina went down hallway after hallway, finally reaching the outside of the base. She hid along the wall and watched as soldiers ran around the base.

"343, do you copy?"

"Yes, yes, no. Damn it hawks, you should have ran the ball instead of throwing it, letting them intercept it," he said over the radio.

"343, we ran into some problems, we need you to pick us up," she yelled over the radio.

"Oh shit. Ten for, be there ASAP," he said frantically.

She then heard the soldiers start to fire below her. Carolina peaked over to see CT being chased by a warthog. She tried to fire back but she wasn't that affective. She then noticed Arizona set up on a ledge not far from her and started to take out the enemy. Carolina then joined in while looking for South.

The sound of propellers could be heard mixed in with a engine and 343 dropped in, starting to fire at the Insurrectionists. Both Carolina and Arizona jumped off the ledge and onto the Falcon; each taking the gunner mounts on either sides. A ladder was then lowered for CT. She jumped on it and she was raised before being ran over by the warthog.

"Got the key?" 343 asked them as CT got up.

"Yeah but South isn't here yet," Carolina told him as she pulled it out.

"Damn it, we shouldn't have left her alone," CT said, banging her fist against the floor.

"We better get going; I'm getting my ass yelled off."

"No, we're not leaving her," Arizona said, turning her head to him.

"Well I'm getting my orders from the Director himself-."

"I don't care, we're staying."

Just then South popped out of one of the doors on the roof, holding her arm as blood oozed out. She saw the Falcon and headed to the ledge. Right as she reach it thought a man with a red visor that looked like a mouth with spiked teeth holding a flamethrower came into the door way and started it up. A giant wave of fire was then sent at her.

She had no choice but to jump.

She leaped at the last second but the fire still got her lower legs. She was still a foot away from the Falcon and was about to fall to her doom, but she was caught.

"Hold on," Arizona told her, holding onto her arm as she pulled her up.

"Now go," Carolina told 343.

The Falcon started to rise above the base and flew into the clouds.

The lady walked out onto the same ledge South jumped from, the smiley chain soldiers coming behind her as Sharkface (the flamer trooper) stood to the side. She pulled her helmet off, letting brown hair fall out and be blown by the wind along with the flames.

"This isn't over, far from it."

So more plot points. Who is CT's brother (he will be shown later so don't you worry)? Who is this Insurrectionist (you can guess if you want)? And what was South going to say? Okay we probably know that one.

Pairings will appear I think next chapter.

Also, you might have noticed the Pokémon quote used and the reference to the Super-bowl game.

Next Chapter thought: another character from Fairy Tail shows up.

Can you guess who?