Phase 3: Lovely Bonds
After the mission was done to find the control room. They need three keys to gain access to the secret section of the cruise ship with the main lab is located and the head researcher Seung Woo is hiding there.
Jack is in the room where their weapons are stored and he is cleaning them to keep them in top condition when they leave for the dead ship.
Rachel and Elza are sitting down at the table to enjoy some snacks like potato chips they got from the storage unit.
"Too bad your big sis Gina didn't come with us to the beach, she was missing some good stuff," Elza said.
"Yeah, but my twin sister went to Eastern Europe to do some aid work. So, what can you do," Rachel said.
"Being part of TerraSave is a big time sink," Elza said.
"Yep, with the Connections funding all sorts of Bioweapons all over the world. Her work Is constant, I am not able to see her nowadays," Rachel said.
"Makes sense, TerraSave is trying to aid in Eastern Europe after that mess with Mother Miranda and her werewolf bioweapons," Elza said.
"It would be cool to have another superhuman on our team," Rachel said.
"We got Sherry and Manuela for that. Sherry has the G Virus giving her crazy healing powers and Manuela with T-Veronica giving her burning blood. Both still looking young as hell despite being in their mid-30s," Elza said.
"I know right, blessed with youth like that is one of the perks of being a superhuman," Rachel said.
"Superhumans are a rare set of humans in this world. Everyone wants one these days with the Connections and their weird projects," Elza said.
"Always ends up being some weird whack job trying to change the world but these Connections are nothing like that," Rachel said.
"All they care about is making money. All business with no crazy plans. So many rouge elements like the one around here," Elza said.
"That is the problem with the Connections. All cells operate on their own from each other, making it hard to take out the whole group," Rachel said.
"Yeah, let's hope Gina never comes up into a Connections trap," Elza said.
"Like our parents did, what a mess," Rachel said as Elza looked sad by this.
"Sorry about being it up," Elza said.
"It's no bad deal. We are going to take out the Connections one piece at a time. So, no one else will suffer for their greed," Rachel said holding a bright smile despite the dark memory she remembered.
"Yeah, after your parents died. You both went down similarly which leads to the same end goal. You joining with DSO and Gina going to TerraSave," Elza said.
"Yeah, but we are both doing our part to stop this craziness. I am going to check with her baby. Be right back," Rachel said as she went over to the armory room where their weapons were stored. Jack is sitting on a chair by a table to check his carbine and clean it up.
"Seems like everything is in good working condition," Jack said as Rachel came over to give her boyfriend a big hug from behind. She shoves her huge boobs and presses into his hair.
"Hey there baby," Rachel said in a cute yet silky voice.
"Hey there, I was just working on our guns to make them good to go when we go back outside," Jack said as she backed away to sit beside him.
"Good to know, always so reliable. One of your best traits. Me and Elza were talking about Gina," Rachel said.
"Oh, big sis. Thinking about her lately, she has been busy with her work at TerraSave," Jack said.
"Yeah, wished she went with us to Miami. It would have been pretty fun," Rachel said.
"Having two busty beauties at that beach would be too much for the men there to handle," Jack said as Rachel patted her chest.
"I was always the bigger one of the two," Rachel feeling proud of her beauty.
"Yeah, you are but Gina is not far behind either. Always I thought she was doing work in Eastern Europe after that mess over 4 years ago. So much crap with the Mold there and being surrounding villagers were caught up in that," Jack said.
"Yeah, it did but my Gina is always the go-getter. Getting things done and doing it well," Rachel said as Jack could tell how much she loved her elder sister Gina.
"Well, she raised a fine woman like you. She will do fine out there," Jack said.
"Yeah, thankfully I did teach her how to use weapons just in case she is in weird situations," Rachel said.
"Being handy in those situations," Jack said.
"Remember you gave me shooting lessons?" she asked to see her sniper rifle on the side properly cleaned.
"Oh yeah, you were a rookie back then. You needed some pointers and I was happy to help out," Jack said as Rachel recalled her gun lessons when they began their partnership.
-Flashback Begins-
Jack pulls up to Rachel's apartment in his car to see Rachel looking cute and pretty waiting by the door. "Hey there Sunshine," he said.
"Hey there big guy, where do you want to go?" she asked.
"Hey, I want to take you to the gun range and sharpen your skills," he said.
"Oh right, a good place to practice against shooting zombies and other things that go bump in the night," Rachel said lightly.
"Of course," he said as they got into Jack's car to head back into the city with Rachel's golden hair dancing against the wind.
"You look great," Jack said to see her wearing a blue sundress fitting her curves very well, especially her chest and hips.
"Thanks, you look handsome," she flirted to sport a red glow on her fair-skinned face to see him wearing a green shirt, black jeans, and white sneakers fitting his tall lean frame.
"Feelings are mutual," Jack said for it's his turn to blush from her flirting.
"Indeed," Rachel said as he parked the car nearby and saw a door that had the sign Dead Aim on it. They went inside with all the guys checking out Rachel with some of the females being jealous that Rachel was getting the attention.
"Hey, Jack. I see you brought a pretty bird with you," the owner said looking at the pretty blond young woman.
"Oh; this is Rachel Foley, she is tagging along with me," he said.
"Are you his girlfriend?" he asked.
"Oh no," she said. "Not yet," she added to her thoughts. "I am his friend and I am here to practice my aim," Rachel said.
"Oh; I see, I don't remember friends looking like that. Well; have fun, you two," he said as they went into a section of the range. Jack takes weapons off the gun racks to place them on the table to spread them out.
"Pick your poison," he said.
"I want to start with this one," she said as she took a VBR PDW machine pistol from the piles. Jack sets up the targets with them moving and some standing still. Rachel is lining up her weapon to pull back the retractable stock to begin picking off targets with her auto pistol.
Jack is seeing Rachel taking shots as he is giving her pointers for he also grabs her waist to adjust her stance. Rachel could feel his strong hands holding her waist and her thighs for she adores his firm touches as well as his light caresses which made her skin shiver in delight.
"Jack," she whispered as she finished her session with the machine pistol.
"Good, now try out some more weapons and see how you do," Jack said as Rachel put the auto pistol away to take a Honey Badger assault carbine with an optical scope, compressor, and foregrip.
She pulls back the charging handle as she sets the gun on semi-automatic to line up her shots with her looking through the scope. She is popping the targets with some effort but manages to clear the round.
"How did I do?" she asked.
"Pretty well but needs some work," Jack said as Rachel switched to a Vector 10mmSMG. She fires but the high rate of fire caught her off guard with Rachel lost her grip and balance. "Oh boy, you okay?" he asked as she had a look of surprise.
"That was one hell of a kick," Rachel said.
"Try to use controlled bursts with it, that thing needs good trigger control with the crazy fire rate," Jack said as Rachel was putting shots at the targets. Jack using another Honey Badger carbine to put rounds onto moving targets for his shooting is quite good compared to Rachel.
"I can see why the big dogs put their faith in you," Rachel said giving him praise.
"Your words mean a lot Rachel, but I am just a humble man who knows how to shoot," he said lightly as he hit a target with Rachel resuming her practice shooting.
She is finished with her SMG to grab a KS7 shotgun with 7 slugs plus one in the chamber to total 8 rounds in the gun. "Shotgun, I can handle this," she said firing the bullpup pump action shotgun to do well with it to shoot down the moving targets with little effort.
She drops the shotgun to see the big anti-material rifle on the table. "Oh my, this is heavy," she said trying to move the DSR 50 rifle but having trouble.
"Well seems like this class of weapon is above your weight class," he said seeing her skinny arms.
"Seems so, you can handle the big guns," she said.
"You can count on it," Jack said as he cocks the .50 caliber rifle to aim at a target and destroy the target on impact. "You know Rachel, there is nothing better than a woman who knows how to wield a weapon. A truly empowered woman can protect herself and everything around her. The difference between being a sheep and a lioness is that weapon in your hands," he said.
"Yeah my dad says stuff like that so I can handle creeps," Rachel said as they went to different areas to test out the different ranges with multiple weapons.
Jack is within an area where he is in the middle of the firing range as he brings up a Uzi Pro machine pistol to pop rapid shots onto the targets knocking them down. He looks at Rachel coming onto the firing range.
"Hey Rachel, you want to have a little contest?" he asked.
"I am game. What are the conditions?" she asked.
"Whoever could knock down the most targets wins but if you lose one of us buys lunch," Jack said as Rachel took a spare Uzi Pro off the table to be beside her crush.
"Fine, let's dance," Rachel said.
"Trust me, you can't handle my moves," Jack said lightly talking smack as they lay down bullets to see all the targets getting hit by their rounds.
The echoes of the weapons firing fill up the range until they empty their magazines to see the numbers on the side to see Jack has won with Rachel not too far behind.
"Well little lady good work. Who taught you how to shoot?" Jack asked.
"My dad, he taught me all the things he knew in the SWAT units," Rachel said.
"Police kid huh," he said.
"He was serious but loving. He treated me like his little princess. I wanted to protect people as he did and so I became an agent to protect people from Bioweapons," Rachel said.
"He sounds amazing," Jack said as Rachel had a sour look on her face.
"He was," she said as Jack went up to her to give a warm hug to Rachel.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories," he said as Rachel kissed him on the cheek.
"It's okay, I know you didn't mean it. I miss my dad and my mom. It's all due to the Connections killing them in a bioterror attack," she said.
"More good people the Connections murdered so recklessly," Jack said.
"Yeah, I will keep going for their sake," she said as they finished up to go out of the gun range. "Well, that was fun," she said returning to her sunny expression.
"Pollyanna, I like that about you. Let's go get something to eat," Jack said.
"It's like a dinner date," Rachel said.
"Yep of many if I am lucky," Jack said as they headed back to his car with Rachel staring at him with dreamy eyes.
"Oh, you are a lucky guy, Jack," she said softly as she followed after him to go on their first dinner date.
-Flashback Ends-
"That was a very sweet memory. We had apple pie and chicken little sandwiches. So good," Rachel said.
"I can imagine that food right now," Jack said.
"That gun range and the dinner was our first date. We never looked back from that," Rachel said to kiss him on the lips.
"I am the luckiest guy in the world. Come on, we should get ready to head for the first key," Jack said.
"Okay, the first one we are going after is within the pool area. That sounds so nice," Rachel said.
"Yeah, too bad all these monsters would ruin it," Jack said as they got ready to go on a mission to gather the first key.