Chapter 21:
The Whitehouse, the night of the ball:
A dress, ooh Aiden feel like he was being giving a treat, she was wearing a red dress, appropriate for the occasion, although, the dress didn't hide the fact she wore HEELS. She doesn't wear heels, as a matter of fact, Aiden never saw her wear heels before.
She merely smirked and responded with, "Just because I am a Marine, doesn't mean I don't like dressing like a lady. I am not a tomboy.". Aiden looked her over, "Baby, I am not complaining.". Walking up to the gate, the Secret Service agent on duty looked like a fish out of water when he saw him, "Lieutenant O'Neill? Uhh, please, enjoy your time.".
Aiden had no idea how to respond to that, "Uhh, thanks?". He finally understood, for the Secretary of Defence met up with them, "Lieutenant, Corporal, Hayes sent me to get ye. Follow me.". The two soldiers were slightly confused, "Okay.".
Being taken through the backdoor, Aiden understood why, the fucking press followed. "What the hell is this? Why are they here?". Sec of Defence smirks, "You'll see.". Following him further, Aiden realizes he was being taken to the oval office. "Last time I was here, I was granted citizenship.". Walking up, the door wasn't even closed, Hayes was busy talking to his wife, so the two military personnel waited for their turn. When his wife left, Hayes seemed a little flustered. "Oh, you're here, come in.".
Hayes then shuts the door, "Aiden, I need to talk to you. Before the party starts.". "I knew I had an invite for a different reason." Aiden crosses his arms, "What's up?".
"I have information on your brother, we compared your DNA to his, the results, were a little odd.". Handing a file, Aiden got a shock. "No nanites?".
"Yup, although you share DNA and looks, you two are completely different, for example, you have an IQ of 401, his is average, but according to medical records, his health is superman level. And according to his Drill Sergeant, he benches 1 000 lbs! He's crazily strong!".
"Yeah, and I bench 950 lbs, what's your point?".
"You have nanites that help you." Hayes points out. But Aiden needed to correct him, "No, my nanites heal me when I am injured, that's where the healing touch comes from.".
Hayes shrugs, "I just thought you wanted to know, now, enjoy the evening." He opens the door for them, how was he supposed to? Now that he knows Kai is a lab creation like him?
Ball room:
Generals, Admirals, you name it, they were here, politicians, ambassadors, ally officials, people from all over the galaxy, Milky Way of course. Fixing his uniform, and dusting his cover off, and Brie locking arms with him, they joined in.
Although there a lot of people here, he was the only Lieutenant, lowest ranking officer here. "I've never been surrounded by so many superior officers before.". Brie ignored his moaning, "Dance with me." She pulls him to the dance floor.
Dancing was good, it distracted him, as long as Brie was the one, he was looking at. He never thought he would find true love, but he definitely is now a believer. He loved so much, not the wonders and dangerous of the universe can take him away from her. "I know I told you this more than a hundred times but, you are the best thing to ever happen to me.".
Smiling at him, she rests her head against his chest. Yes, her say place. Nowhere to be. Just her, him and this moment. He was the best thing to happen to her too, she doesn't care about his origin story, he is human in all the right ways. Nothing needed to change.
As the two were dancing, a guy grabs Aiden's shoulder forcefully. Aiden, who's instincts kick in, spins around, ready to fight, but he calms down when he sees the eagles on his shoulders. "Easy kid, no need to get defensive." It was only Sheppard. "I was looking for you two, you got a problem, crazy girl was asking about you Aiden, said she is your high school sweetheart or something.".
"Shit", was all Aiden could muster. "Gabriela is here. Brie, I need you to keep a tight leash on me, encase I act irrationally.". Brie, had the right comment for this, "Oh, I will keep a tight leash, believe me.". Okay, maybe it didn't come out how she hoped, because he looked at her questionable. "What?".
"Never mind.".
The couple spent a few minutes at the buffet table, due to their young ages, they weren't permitted to any alcohol. Luckily, there was Doctor Pepper.
Brie then went to use the head, when she was out of sight, Aiden's smile dropped, and he had a neutral expression, "What the hell are you doing here?". Behind him, serving the drinks, was Gabriela, in a blouse and skirt. "Serving drinks.".
"Bullshit. How do you know I was here?" he demanded. But she tried to change the subject, "You look good in that uniform.". She licks her lips. But Aiden crossed his arms, "You called Brie a bitch, I don't take that lightly," he advances closer, but in a threatening way, "You keep her name out of your mouth, or I will have you labelled as a threat to National Security, and believe me, I have those resources.".
"Well, isn't it the half-bred freak." Came a voice Aiden thought he would never here, "Sebastian.".
"It's Staff Sergeant to you." The guy tried to sound intimidating. But oh, Aiden was gonna love this, "Lieutenant to you.". Sebastian then automatically stands at attention, and Aiden smirks, "Get out of here.". And he did, now to deal with Gabriela.
"I'm warning you." And walked away.
He sees Brie being bugged by Sebastian, obviously taking his rank and abusing it, trying to force Brie to dance with him, Aiden, calmly taps his shoulder, "It's not nice to abuse your rank like that.". But Sebastian was as dumb as he was ugly. "Piss off half-breed, I saw her first.". Now it was up to Brie, "Actually, I came with the Lieutenant here.". Sliding into him.
But how did Sebastian know Brie is Military? She didn't show up in her uniform.