A.N.: Hey, I am back~~ Just a note: Blunt returned to office because of I-don't-know reasons (will think of one later). He is still the head and Jones the deputy.

Alex glanced ahead and wiped the sweat that dripped down his face. It was hot, unlike the bitter cold rain during the trial. Neither was good, he preferred the warm sunny days back at Sabina. The thought made him pause and he gritted his teeth. Sabina was gone. Period. No more. Whenever he thought of her, it brought back the nightmare. Murderer. Traitor. Blood on his hand. He felt like laughing.

"Keep up, Coyote," Wolf growled. Alex looked up and found himself lagging behind, "If we get overtime because of you, you will regret it."

"Come on, Wolf!" Eagle said, "Stop being such a meanie to Coyote!"

"I do not want to get binned just because he is weak and unfit to be here. He didn't even go through the Selection! I have no idea why he is here, why he is on such a good term with the Sergeant. Hell. I don't even know anything about him and that's why I don't trust him."

"You don't have to trust me," Alex spoke up quietly.

"Listen," Wolf glared at Alex though they did not stop, "In the military, teamwork and trust is the most important thing that binds us together. Without trust, there is nothing. And if I don't trust you, our unit won't work."

Alex shrugged slightly, "Trust is a strong word. How do you know that that person won't betray you in the end?"

Wolf turned around and snarled, "I will never trust someone who will betray me in the end. Just like I will never trust you!"

"Wolf…" Fox started.

"I don't know your relationship with Coyote," Wolf turned to Fox, "and I don't want to. You work for 6 and I work for SAS. I might have known you in the past, but that's all our relationship is."

"I thought you have gotten over the fact that I went to join MI6." Fox said, glancing at Wolf, "Never know you still held such a grudge."

"And it is because of you that we got stuck in this place with only three members!" Wolf nearly yelled at Fox.

"And you didn't get another member for the past two years after I left?"

Two years? Alex frowned. Didn't the mission at Point Blanc happened three years ago?

"Well, good thing you get Coyote then." Fox shrugged, glancing at Alex.

"I dislike working with someone whom I don't trust."

"You will rather be stuck here than be with Coyote?" Fox asked with a raised eyebrow.

Wolf paused, "Until I can trust him. Yes."

Eagle whistled, "That was blunt, Wolf!"

"And that sounded like Blunt as well." Alex muttered under his breath, "Blunt and straight to the point."

Fox chuckled slightly as he was the only one who caught it.

"Technically, we did get a member after you left." Snake said slowly, "And we went on two missions with him. One at this school rescuing Cub. You remember Cub, right?"

"I do," Fox said with slight amusement lacing his tone.

"And we went on a second mission…and that was all." Snake trailed off, looking away, "His name was Lynx."

"Did he get binned…" Fox trailed off as understanding reached him, "You said 'was'."

Snake nodded, "He was a great guy."

Alex noticed that Wolf's fists were clenched tightly, so hard that they were white. They must have been really close. Even Eagle, who was always so energetic, seemed to have loss his usual cheerfulness. There was a gray mood surrounding them as they walked on. No one talked.

So they had a fourth member before. Whoever it was, he must have been a great person, to be able to substitute the missing spot of Fox and made Wolf like him. He really must have been a great person. The loss must have been terrible to the unit. Alex frowned.

"Why did the Sergeant not assigned another member and leave a unit in a training camp for two years?" Alex asked out loud.

"Two years?" Snake frowned, "it was only one year. Lynx….died," Snake swallowed, "a year ago."

Alex knew better than to ask them how he died. He frowned slightly. Two years. Point Blanc being his second mission and that bloody mission that he lost Jack….He closed his eyes. That was the last one of that year. Exactly a year. Then he went to live with the pleasure for a year and a half. A year and a half. He knew for sure that it was a year and a half.

"How many years was it since the start?" Alex asked.

"What?"

"How many years was it since the start?"

Fox was the only who understood, "Two. Why?"

"Oh god." Alex breathed, his eyes flickering open though not focusing entirely as his mind raced, "Oh god."

The missions all happened in a year. And he lived with Sabina and the Pleasures for a year and a half. After they died, he went to live on his own for half a year. And it had only been two years. He was missing a year. Or rather, there was an additional year in his life.

"What is it?" Fox asked him in concern.

Which year? Alex didn't hear Fox, "Are you sure there were only two years?"

"Yes, positive." Fox nodded.

"What do you mean?" Snake asked, frowning slightly at Alex's pale face.

Even Wolf had turned to look at him, "What two years?"

Fox glanced at Alex then responded quickly, "Two years since the first time I came here."

"What do you mean by 'the start'?" Wolf asked loudly.

"It is definitely two years?" Alex asked again, ignoring Wolf.

"Yes, definitely." Fox nodded again.

A year with MI6. A year and a half with the Pleasures. Half a year on his own. Which part is the extra? Come on, Alex, go back in memory. He urged himself. Okay, missions with MI6. They existed. He still harbored the scars. It was definitely a year. Then a year and a half with the Pleasures. He remembered every detail of it. Going out on weekends to see a movie. Hanging out near the beach. Going to the school like a normal person. Laughing, eating, smiling, living. They existed. Then half a year on his own. He still remembered the despair of the deaths of Pleasures, the dusty house, the unlivable suffocation of the absence of Jack, the memories. They existed. Which part didn't exist?

"Calm down, Coyote." Snake's low tone and a hand on his shoulder jerked him back to reality.

Or was it really the reality? Alex was beginning to doubt things, "A-Are you real?"

"What?" Snake frowned, tightening his grip on him, "Of course I am real. I am Snake of K-Unit."

"Come on, Coyote!" Wolf said in half irritation, "No time playing with us. Three hours aren't long. We don't have all day."

"This is definitely happening?" Alex asked almost tentatively.

"Yes, most definitely." Fox spoke up, grabbing Alex's arm and gripping it tightly in his hand, so hard that the skin turned white and Alex hissed in discomfort, "You are feeling this pain. It is real. It is not a dream. This is the reality."

"Then…where is the missing year?" Alex asked in almost a pleading tone, "Fox, I had an extra year that I can't remember having!"

"What do you mean?" Fox shoot the other members a glance that told them to keep moving and they did.

"It had been three years since the start, Fox." Alex said in a soft tone, "Three years and you said there was only two. I remember those three years clearly, Fox. Am I going crazy?"

"Calm down, take a deep breath, Coyote." Fox said as he laid a hand softly on Alex's shoulder, "You probably didn't get a good night's sleep. How long did you sleep last night?"

"Two hours." Alex muttered absently, "I am missing something, Fox. Why do I remember an extra year when there isn't? They all existed!"

"Two hours!" Fox nearly exclaimed, "Well, I bet something definitely get to your brain! A good night's sleep will solve everything."

"Fox, I am being completely serious here!" Alex nearly yelled.

The whole K-unit stopped to look at them, "Coyote…"

"I have memories of an extra year and I don't know what happened!" Alex felt like he was on the brink of hysterical and he probably was, "I don't want some stupid talks of sleep and dreaming! I am being serious here!"

"Are you whining?" Wolf asked, his voice was low.

Alex stared at Wolf as the man walked up to him, "I don't give a-"

"Wolf." Snake said, "Just because you are a soldier doesn't mean you can swear anytime anywhere."

"-about your 'extra year'. I am the unit leader and I am telling you to shut up, right now, this instance and finish the trail. This is a camp for soldiers and if the Sergeant hadn't told us that we have to be 'nice' to you and keep you 'happy', you will have to suffer a worse fate. This is no place for teenagers." As Alex opened his mouth, Wolf cut in, "And if you are going to say that you are not a teenager, then don't act like one!"

Alex closed his mouth and looked away, his mind racing. Wolf was right, at least on this point. This was a camp for soldiers. Of innocent people. He did not want them to mix in with his disastrous life. He needed to put a barrier between his life and others.

He took a deep breath as all emotion flew away like windblown leaves, "I am sorry for my outburst. It was nothing and it will not happen again. I will see to it personally."

Alex walked past Wolf and he missed the stunned look that quickly turned to irritation and slight anger and perhaps a hint of finality of whatever idea he had in his mind.

"Well, that was close." The training instructor said as he looked up from his paper and the timer clicked to a stop, "Just another five minute and you will be over the time. Well, the Sergeant want you in his office after I gave a report of 'K-Unit going over two thirty'. He sounded pissed."

"Two fifty-five." Wolf stated as they walked toward the Sergeant's barrack, "Two fifty-five."

"Come on, Wolf." Snake said quietly, "Coyote is a little new so it is nothing too bad."

"Our three man average was two ten." Wolf snarled like his namesake, "With Lynx, it was a fucking two! And with him, it was two fifty-five! It is nothing too bad?!"

"He is new to our unit, he will need some time to adjust to it. Besides, Lynx was with us for a whole month before our monthly teamwork assessment." Snake countered in a soft tone that was the opposite of Wolf's, "Coyote had only been here for close to a week."

"If he can't do it with a good start," Wolf bit back, "Then he isn't going to in the future!"

They stopped outside the door and knocked, "Come in."

Wolf pushed open the door and the Sergeant, who was standing by the window, turned around to face them, "Close the door on your way."

Alex, being the last one, closed it and they stood to attention, "At ease, soldiers."

"Now, I have heard of some…disturbing news of K-Unit getting two fifty-five." The Sergeant said as he sat down in front of his desk, his legs crossed and his hands laced together on his lap, "Care to elaborate?"

It wasn't a question and they all knew that "We are not fully a team yet, sir." Wolf said respectfully.

"Oh?" The Sergeant looked toward Alex and their eyes met, "Was Coyote not cooperative?"

"A little, sir." Wolf knew better than to say 'yes' since he hadn't had a full grasp of Coyote's relationships with the sergeants.

"Well, he is part of your unit so that is inevitable. It will take time but I am sure you will manage." The Sergeant said and leaned forward, "Soldiers, your time was barely beneath three and I am not pleased, seeing as how you are one of the two oldest units still in this camp. I want all of you out by the end of the year. You should be the first since you have Coyote now. The other unit still hadn't find a good fourth member. I have an extra recruit at hand for them but that might be changed. If you aren't out by the end of the year, you will be binned."

Wolf nodded curtly and opened his mouth before shutting it, glancing at the Sergeant, "You have my permission to speak."

"With respect, sir." Wolf said, "I will like to remove Coyote from our unit."

Alex merely raised an eyebrow but said nothing. Snake froze and turned to Wolf, "Wolf! What are you doing?"

"Remove Coyote?" The Sergeant leaned back, "This is your fourth time already, soldier. I have agreed the first three times for you to get over your loss. But the fourth time? No. I refuse."

"Sir, there is no way that we can work together." Wolf said as he clenched his jaw slightly, "There is no way that I can work with someone like him."

"What traits about him?"

"He is simply uncooperative," Wolf said, "has no sense of respect for his unit leader, and keeps things from the unit."

"I am sure you know that some things are called personal information." Alex spoke up quietly, "And they are not meant to be shared."

Wolf glared at him, "Tell me one time that you shared anything about you to us and one time that you answered any questions I asked."

Alex thought it over. He truly did. And found none. He smiled grimly, "I don't believe I have."

"Exactly." Wolf turned back to the Sergeant, "With permission, I request to remove Coyote from our unit."

The Sergeant seemed to have aged a few years in the past second, "Is that final?"

"Yes, sir," Wolf said, nodding his head.

The Sergeant glanced at Alex, "What do you think?"

"I don't really care." Alex just shrugged, "I am here temporarily."

The Sergeant sighed, "We can arrange a switch."

If Wolf was surprised that the Sergeant agreed to the fourth time, he hid it well beneath.

"You will be getting that recruit I mentioned and the other unit will be getting Coyote." The Sergeant glanced at Wolf, his eyes suddenly hard and cold, "And this will be final."

"Yes, sir."

"And Fox?" The Sergeant glanced at the spy.

"Yes, sir?"

"6 is calling you back." The man said, "They said if he is not with them, you are not with them."

"He predicted it, didn't he?" Fox sighed, "Like always."

"Definitely." The Sergeant replied and jerked his hand toward the door, "Pack. Car arriving in five minutes."

Fox glanced at Alex with a short smile, "They will get you out probably later. We can go together next time."

Alex returned the smile, "I would rather prefer staying on a nice sunny beach side next time."

"That will be impossible." Fox shook his head in mock exasperation.

"Life is sad." Alex nodded with mock solemn.

There was a silence, "I will see you around, Coyote. Later, Wolf, Snake, Eagle."

"Now, back to the matter at hand." The Sergeant said, giving K-unit no time to talk about Fox's conversation with Alex, "Soldiers, your new member is codenamed, Parrot. He will be arriving tomorrow."

"Yes, sir."

"Coyote, you will be assigned to J-Unit." The Sergeant glanced at him.

Now, where had he heard that name before?

"Wasn't J-Unit's Leader Bear? That guy back at the Cafeteria?" Eagle piped up, turning toward Coyote.

That's where he had heard the name before. Alex's smile was suddenly grim.

This is kind of like the turning point of all the normal BB stories since Alex was always stuck with K-Unit throughout or stuck with some random unit throughout.

And now for the first THANK YOU notes from me! ^3^

Thanks yummypie193 for telling me that I am on the right track of developing Wolf!
And to TheSilverHunt3r , for guessing that their fourth member died. XD

lkspires , for the simple words of encourgement that made me smile and write on

3A07, for the simple words that made my improvements known to me

Melissab2883 , for being the everyday fan that made me pick up my pen (or computer in this case lol)

A certain Guest, for telling me that my story had succesfully attracted readers and for the exclaimations that made my heart soar! (Like bees to hives, haha)

, for hinting/telling me that I should just keep writing and don't get too depressed or distracted by my grammar!

Nidhi ladia, for the short simple encouragements that added fuel to the story (Not burning it, of course! Jeez)

A certain guest reader by the name of Nicky, for being my first reviewer!

MLM24, for giving me encouragements at the start

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And all the other reviewers (sorry if I missed you, there were a lot of guests readers and I am not sure if some are repeats )! You guys were wonderful!

And of course, thanks to all the followers out there who lurks in the shadow.