(A/N: felt weirdly inspired today, so here's another chapter my guys)

I gave Dakota and Rober a glare pretty much telling them one thing and one thing only, 'Wake her up, and I'll murder you' Beth had fallen asleep on top of me and both Dakota and Rober walked in when that happened.

They wanted to laugh, said feeling didn't last long when they found out I was capable of REALLY mean glares.

I had put Beth on my bed since it was closer to the main room, and work hours were about to start. Dakota and Rober followed behind me through the hallways, whispering to each other, "Seeing him glare was way more disturbing than it had any right to be..." Rober, you are lucky you didn't see me mad.

Dakota hummed to herself, "It's actually kind of refreshing in a weird way, knowing that Trigger has a harsh side to himself." I'm starting to think people may have an idolized vision of me...

BongBong was waiting for us inside of the main room, where we all took seats around a table waiting for work to start. I could tell that the team was nervous, but they are better than at the beginning, which reminds me... "Where is the new guy? Pretty sure he would be here by now." I commented with a raised brow, glancing around the room, seeing if anyone knew where the Rookie was.

BongBong shrugged her shoulders and started to poke Rober who was oddly not bothered by the action, and he also shook his head and threw a glance at Dakota who rubbed her eyes, "Already late on their first day..." Dakota is REALLY BIG on her work and expects others to do as well as she does, probably why she seems so fond of Malkuth which... actually makes sense. They do feel like two sides of the same coin.

Also, both of them have no actual grasp on time, "Dakota, we have another 5 minutes before the manager gives us the go." Dakota flipped me off while Rober snickered at her expense.

The metal door at the far left opened and hurriedly came a person wearing the full One Bro E.G.O equipment, who is also... really tall. Like taller than all of us.

Rober had almost a head over me and this guy has TWO heads over Rober, kinda long black hair and dark skin along with gray eyes and a serious expression on his face, "Sorry for the delay Comrades." He is also Russian, I guess? He does have a heavy accent...

Dakota tried to give him a glare, but the size disparity made it fall flat, "Finally decided to show up?" I shook my head with a small smile on my face and decided to let her have it.

Rober did not share that, though, "Still two minutes before work starts." Dakota threw him a glare while he cackled like a madman, BongBong imitating this for no other reason aside from... she felt like it.

The big guy took her words VERY seriously, "I'm ashamed of myself, Comrade! Please hit me to feel the weight of my failure!" Dakota threw a look at me and I gave her a raised brow full of 'not my grave'.

Dakota felt very awkward, I could tell, but she got off the chair and-

"All Agents prepare for Work"

Was saved by the bell, "Looks like you got off easy, Rookie." Dakota tried to save face but judging by Rober's smirk and BongBong's knowing smile... yeah it didn't work out.

Except for the big guy, "Oh! I have not introduced myself, I'm Gonzales and I look forward to our partnership!" Gonzales sounds like a very down-to-earth person... maybe a little simple-minded.

"Orders from the Top Trigger! Start Instinct work on Red Ridding Hooded Mercenary!"

Malkuth's overly joyous voice came through the coms and I grimaced, I like to think she isn't involved in this whole mess, but she sure is making that hard for me, "The time is now then, I'll see you guys later." I said while BongBong gave me a quick hug and skipped away.

Rober patted my back twice, "I'm on guard duty along with Dakota, management wants the new guy and BB to get better at this stuff." I threw him a smirk, and he noticed the problem quickly.

"BB, huh?" That was the only thing I needed to say to get him flustered.

He quickly said something I didn't get and rushed out of the room while Dakota smiled brightly at that, "I'm so going to abuse this material at a later date... no need for good luck, you've done it before, and you can do it again." The last part was aimed at me, and she left the room too.

Gonzales gave me a hard slap on the back that didn't even move me, the wonders of E.G.O, "BRING US GLORY GENERAL!!!" And he kinda ran out of the room... what an earnest guy.

I walked out towards The Red Hood's chamber and stopped, pulling out my improvised shield from the plate of the E.G.O suit of Punishing Bird, "Manager... no matter what I do inside, don't let anyone in." I have a decent enough plan to interact with the new abnormality.

It wanted to practice her marksmanship so through that action, I expect better results... hopefully at least.

When I entered the chamber I met eye to eye with the... girl, her clothes make it hard to tell her sex at first, but the overall figure does seem more feminine but no less dangerous, the hood and scarf cover her face in shadows and only leave one ferocious eye that moved side to side like she was expecting to be attacked while leaning against the wall with her arms crossed, her black clothes stretched through her whole body along with bandages covering the parts said clothes couldn't hide.

Her single visible eye shifted a couple of times before settling it on me solely and kept silent, guess I'm starting the conversation again, "I was led to believe you wanted to practice your marksmanship?" Management may be having an aneurysm right now.

Her single eye showed weariness, "So I had, you lot opposed that suggestion fiercely." A gruff but very... feme-fatalish? Not a word I know, but that is the best way to describe it.

I rose the shield with my right hand, "Well, I'm all about twisting the rules from time to time." She gave me a measuring look if only for a moment and drew her Pistol/Flintlock mix and took aim.

"This is different, you sure don't seem worried about getting shot." The last part was said ALMOST like a question, but it was more of a statement.

I shrugged my shoulders, "The information they have on you always mentioned how great your skill was, there shouldn't be anything to worry about then." Did I believe what I said? To a degree.

That didn't mean she was incapable of aiming at me rather than at the shield.

She chuckled "Alright... I'll take your offer, boy." I'm pretty sure I'm older than you?

The Red Hood pulled the trigger, and I never separated my gaze from hers.