Story Notes:
If you're thinking, 'Where have all the reviews gone!? WTF happened?' well it was due to an error, you see when the change over happened from the old AGNPH to the new one happened, I had to add my Co-authors back on, seeing as it took them off for some unknown reason. Anyway, when that happened, 2 copies of this story were made. I tried to delete the one without co-authors but when I did, it also deleted the other one, leaving me with no copies of blood and love, so yeah, have to re-upload. This is a pain in the ass but I heard that there was a problem with the text in all the older stories that made the text all glitchy, so maybe it was for the best that I re-uploaded it. Fortunatly, 'Blood and love' over at FanFiction isn't fucked up so that should make things easier. Also I've now noticed theres a duplicate 'Blood and love' story floating around, why this has happened I have no idea but I'm gonna try get it deleted. Oh, hears the stats for the story before it got wiped out.Views: 26,000Rating: 4.5Reviews: 59Oh, disclaimer. Yeah, Pokemon, I don't own it and I don't intend to make a profit out of it. This was done just for fun.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
20 minutes later...
Everyone was now standing outside of the car; with the exception of Richard and Tera who were still comforting each other.
Tera buried her head into Richard's chest as he held her tightly. "Richard... I'm scared." Tera finally admitted.
"So am I, but I promise everything is going to be alright." Richard replied as he stroked her back. Richard would do anything to protect her, even if it meant sacrificing his own life.
Tera was comforted a little by his words, but she was still frightened for Richard. "I... I love you so much, I don't know w-what I would do with out y-you." Tera barely managed to state as her voice broke up and tears returned to her eyes.
Richard hated it when she cried; he wanted to protect her from all the pain in the world. Richard stroked the back of her head and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere."
Tera could sense the truth in his words, but also the fear. "Promise me that you won't get your self... K-killed." Tera asked with a shaky voice.
"I promise, but you have to promise me the same." Richard replied whilst trying to sound strong and confident when he was slowly breaking up on the inside.
Tera looked into Richard's eyes; she could see his love for her in them. How she longed to just leave with him and continue their love. But for now, all she could do was promise.
"I promise." She replied before she lovingly pressed her lips against his.
Deep within his heart, Richard wanted to just make love with her now; as this may be their last day; but how weird would that be in front of the others?
Owen was shouting down to his contact through the earpiece's microphone about what just happened. "We were attacked! Why weren't we told that they were sending in another raiding party!" Owen shouted.
There was a few seconds before a response was put in.
"Our Intel was incorrect; this is the first time this has happened but it appears that one of the black vipers may have infiltrated and fed us false information." The female voice informed him.
"It was a set up then, that means they know we're going after Silas." Owen said.
"That's very likely, what's your current position, and what's the status of your team?" The female voice asked.
"Right now were in between Route 14 and 15. The team is in bad shape, two of them are frightened that something might happen to the other where as the war hero, he's more than a little pissed off about getting shot at, and I don't know where the Glaceon is right now. There's another problem, there is a soldier that has joined us, and he may very well be the last surviving soldier stationed at Vermillion." Owen informed his contact.
"Hmm, he may have valuable information. I'll have a chopper pick him up and return him to base, I'll give you further instructions once I get confirmation that the chopper has safely arrived at Kanto's HQ." The female voice finished as the connection ended with a 'beep'.
Owen looked over to the soldier who was now talking to Bruce, the soldier was wearing digital camouflage like the rest of the soldiers that were at Vermillion, and he also wore a black beret. Owen couldn't really tell because of the beret but he seemed to have dark brownish or black hair.
Owen's attention soon turned to the mercenary and Lucario in the car who were now kissing each other. 'Oh no, I forgot to tell them!' He thought to himself as he began to dread the conversation that he would have to have with them later.
Bruce was talking with the soldier, normally he would try to piss off anyone who looked like they could fight, but he decided that the kid had already been through enough. "What's your name then soldier?" Bruce asked.
"Robert Sir!" The soldier exclaimed as he looked at the rough looking man with the dog tags.
Bruce's eyes went down to Robert's guns, he recognized the sniper rifle the soldier was carrying, and it was a M82A2. Bruce also noticed a revolver in his leg holster; Bruce knew that Kanto's armed forces don't use these kinds of weapons.
Bruce could also see the name 'Sara' etched into the scope of the sniper rifle; he didn't ask him about it because he had no interest in small stories that had no real point.
"Call me Bruce. The army doesn't give you those, where did you get them?" Bruce questioned the young looking soldier.
"I got the rifle from a raid on an illegal weapons trading facility, run by Silas and his men." Robert replied.
"Fucking nice! I hope you killed a load of those bastards!" Bruce exclaimed, almost shouting.
Meanwhile...
Kiara was behind some nearby trees, she had found some pecha berries that were ripe and ready to be eaten. Her teeth sunk into the pink berry, breaking its soft skin. She enjoyed the very sweet, very delicious berry as she swished it around in her mouth, chewing on it a little more before swallowing it.
She was about to bite into another, but then she heard something behind her, something rustling around behind the trees and bushes. Whatever it was, it was bigger than her, about the size of a human. Kiara quickly ran back over to the group.
Owen was just looking out to the dirt road ahead of the car when he and the rest of the group, heard Kiara shout out, "THERES SOMEONE BEHIND ME!"
As soon as she shouted that out, Bruce and Owen grabbed their guns and took cover behind the bulky armored car, Robert stood in the open for a split second before following the group to the car.
Richard and Tera looked out of the windows of the car they were in; they could see Kiara, Owen, Bruce and the soldier crouching besides one side of the car. Richard was about to open the door, but he quickly pulled his hand away from the handle when he heard bullets striking the car.
"GET DOWN!" Richard shouted as he pulled Tera down to the floor of the car and lay on top of her to protect her from any bullets that may pierce the armor or glass that may shatter. Tera closed her eyes tightly and covered her ears with her paws.
"YOU FUCKING MOTHER FUCKERS!" Bruce shouted out as he shot blindly around the back of the car with his combat shotgun.
Robert lay on his stomach and looked underneath the car to scan what was on the other side through his sniper scope. He couldn't see anything apart from the bases of the trees on the other side.
Owen listened out for the gunshots, hoping that he could get some kind of indication as to where they were shooting from.
Kiara stayed down and looked underneath the car with the soldier, she couldn't see anything either.
Suddenly the gunfire stopped, and two bright red lights flashed briefly.
"TAKE THEM OUT!" A man shouted.
Bruce knew that he probably wouldn't get another chance like this to return fire, so he jumped up and yelled, "FUCK YOU!" Then he shot once in the direction of the man that shouted out.
Bruce could hear the man shout out in pain, he had actually managed to hit him without seeing him. Bruce didn't get a chance to enjoy this moment however; he ducked back down to the car as two other men began firing in his direction with fully automatic weapons.
The firing stopped once more and a new sound came to their ears, the sound of very loud footsteps, the sound of something heavy charging towards them.
Richard and Tera could hear something getting closer and closer to the car, Richard held on to Tera tightly.
Owen looked through the bullet proof glass to see what was on the other side of the car, and that's when he saw them. Two Rhyhorns were charging straight towards the car, and they were going to try smashing into it. "Run!" Owen commanded as he sprinted over to some nearby trees. Kiara, Bruce and Robert did the same.
Richard and Tera could now hear the loud footsteps right next to the car, and that's when it happened. The car suddenly overturned and Richard and Tera inside it became airborne for a split second, they could feel themselves being turned upside down before landing on the roof of the car.
Richard hit his back and his head off the metal roof of the car but Tera landed safely on Richard who cushioned her fall. As soon as they landed, Tera's first thought was for Richard who was underneath her. "Richard! Are you okay?" Tera asked with a shaky concerned tone.
"I'm fine." Richard replied as one hand let go of Tera and felt around the back of his head for a cut or bump which he fortunately could not find. Before they knew it, the sound of gunfire filled the air again.
"Richard and Tera are in that car! We have to get them!" Kiara shouted out.
"WE KNOW! NOW KILL THOSE CUNTS!" Bruce shouted out as he leaned out of the tree he was taking cover behind and shot one of the charging Rhyhorns in the face, making it close its eyes and stumble back as well as chipping away some of the rock armor plating on its face.
Robert the soldier lifted up his sniper rifle and shot off one round to the side of the other Rhyhorn's head which managed to penetrate the rock plate and lodge it's self into its brain.
The other Rhyhorn began charging in Bruce's direction. "Oh, fuck me." Bruce uttered as he threw himself away from the tree he was hiding behind and out of the path of the charging Rhyhorn.
The Rhyhorn's rock plated face collided with the thick wooden tree, snapping it at the base and causing it to fall right next to the overturned car.
Kiara temporally stopped breathing when she saw the tree narrowly missing the car with her friends in it, but she soon turned her attention to the Rhyhorn, she was going to make it pay for even attempting to harm them.
Bruce was on the floor when the slightly dazed Rhyhorn let out a loud roaring sound when it spotted him on the ground, still alive. Bruce quickly aimed his shotgun towards the Rhyhorn's head and pulled the trigger twice, letting out two blasts that cracked the Rhyhorn's rock plates on its head.
The Rhyhorn stumbled back as blood poured from its head, through the cracks on its rock plated face. Bruce tried to shoot again, but when he pulled the trigger, it just made a little metallic clinking sound. His combat shotgun was empty.
"Oh, fuck." Bruce whispered as he expected the Rhyhorn to charge at any second, but he wasn't about to just let it kill him, he pulled out his 9mm semi-auto pistol from its holster. Bruce shot off four rounds in the direction of the Rhyhorn, but then he was partially blinded by a cold white mist, it was a blizzard.
When the white mist cleared, the Rhyhorn was right in front of him, frozen solid. "Fuck!" Bruce cussed as he kicked the Rhyhorn's frozen head, causing it to shatter. Bruce quickly got up and ran to the closest tree, next to Kiara.
Kiara looked over to Bruce; she was already savoring the idea of just bragging on at him about how she saved his life.
Owen and Robert were now pinned down behind the trees by automatic fire, Owen knew they needed a detraction otherwise they wouldn't stand much of a chance against the attackers, not without loosing at least one team member.
Tera pushed herself off Richard and knelt down besides him as he pushed himself off the roof which was now the new floor.
Richard looked around the car for his backpack, which he found behind him. He opened it up and pulled out Tera's bullet proof vest.
"Here, put this on." Richard said as he handed Tera her vest and began searching for his own. After about a minute, Richard and Tera now both had their bullet proof vests on.
Richard looked at the windows, some of them were cracked, most likely the result from the repeated bullet hits and the pressure of the car now overturned on its roof. "Keep away from the windows." Richard said as he looked out of one of the windows.
"I thought you said keep away from them!" Tera exclaimed as she grew increasingly worried for Richard.
"I did, but I have to look through them." Richard said as he quickly looked through one of the windows, he could see Bruce, Kiara, Owen and that soldier out there, firing over the car in the opposite direction. Richard tried to open the upside down door, but it wouldn't budge. "It's jammed!" Richard angrily said as he gave the bullet proof glass a powerful kick, hoping that it would just shatter.
Tera watched as Richard repeatedly kicked the bullet proof glass, she began to see small cracks in the glass beginning to get bigger.
Richard kicked the glass again and again; the glass wasn't really bullet proof, just bullet resistant. It could be broken.
Richard gave it one final kick and gave up. He knew that although it was beginning to crack, it was going to take a lot more than kicks to break it.
"Here, let me try." Tera said as she moved over to the window Richard was besides. Richard watched as Tera slammed the solid steel spike on the back of her paw onto the bullet proof glass which left a massive crack going diagonally from one end of the window to the other, as well as hundreds of other smaller cracks.
"Tera, get back." Richard stated as he got in position to kick it again.
Tera shifted out of the way and watched as Richard kicked out a large portion of the window, but some small and very pointy shards remained. Richard grabbed his MP5 submachine gun and used its stock to smash out any remaining shards.
"Follow me." Richard told her as he climbed out of the window, Tera following closely behind.
Owen, Robert, Bruce and Kiara could see the gunmen shooting at them from the other side of the dirt road, taking cover behind some trees. There were three gunmen, wearing slaver's uniforms, but these gunmen seemed more skilled than any normal slaver.
Besides the gunmen, they also noticed Richard and Tera climbing out of the overturned car but also staying low so as not to be hit by the bullets whizzing over their heads.
Richard slowly crouched and moved towards the end of the car which he then looked around, this was the perfect opportunity to strike as he could see one of the gunmen firing his M16 assault rifle at Richard's teammates. Richard quickly took aim, and pulled the trigger.
Bullets sprayed out of Richard's submachine gun and tore into the gunman's upper torso and his head, killing him almost instantly.
Richard quickly ducked back into cover as the remaining two gunmen fired and shouted incoherently at each other.
Owen could see both gunmen now out of cover as they maneuvered around the trees to try and get a clear shot at Richard. Owen raised his silenced chrome handgun; he got one of the gunmen's heads in his sights as he pulled the trigger. Owen's 9mm bullet drove its self through the gunman's skull and through his brain, dead before he even hit the ground.
The last gunman knew he was no match for the team of five, so he ran into the forest as bullets hit the trees around him.
Owen sprinted after him, he knew that gunman had information that he could use. "Don't let him get away!" Owen commanded as he sprinted past the overturned car Richard and Tera were standing by.
Richard and Tera followed his lead.
Owen sprinted past the trees; the gunman was running in a zigzagging pattern so Owen couldn't get a clear shot. He continued sprinting after the gunman through the forest, he lost him a few times but he could hear his footsteps on the leaves and twigs which gave away his position.
Owen sprinted deeper and deeper into the forest, until he had really lost him. "Damn it!" Owen yelled out.
Richard and Tera who were following Owen had lost him. "Can you see him anywhere?" Richard asked.
"I couldn't see him to begin with, I just followed you." Tera told him as she looked all around her.
Richard and Tera could hear somebody running towards them from behind, Richard quickly raised his gun in his hands and Tera took up a fighting stance as Kiara and Bruce ran towards them and quickly stopped.
"Wait!" Kiara shouted as she saw Richard and Tera ready to fight.
Richard quickly lowered his gun and Tera abandoned her fighting stance. Tera was glad to see Kiara was fine; she was a good friend to her. Richard looked over to Bruce who was now loading shotgun shells into his combat shotgun.
"I don't suppose you two know where Owen went do you?" Richard asked Kiara and Bruce.
Kiara shook her head as Bruce shrugged and said, "The agent guy? I don't know... hey, that soldier guy is gone too." Bruce pointed out as he loaded the last shotgun shell into his gun.
Meanwhile...
Robert was in the forest, tracking down the last gunman. He felt like he was close by, his sniper rifle was now on his back, and he now had his revolver in his hands. Robert looked at all the trees around him; he had lost the gunman's trail here.
He then clutched the revolver in his hands tightly as he walked past some more trees.
After which, Robert suddenly felt a hand on his forearm and a punch to the back of his head. The last gunman was behind the tree Robert walked past, and now he had him. Robert shot off one round only to hit nothing as his attacker used his elbow to bash Robert across his face.
Robert was dazed but he wasn't about to let himself go down easily. He dropped his revolver and slammed his fist into his attacker's stomach whilst throwing himself forward into his attacker.
The attacker fell backwards with Robert on top of him. Robert raised his fist to strike the man underneath but the attacker violently kicked him in the chest, pushing Robert off his attacker. Robert quickly stood up as he saw his attacker reaching behind him and pulling out a 9mm pistol, a Glock 17.
Robert quickly threw himself behind the same thick tree that his attacker was hiding behind as his attacker pulled back the Glock's slide and shot at him.
"You're dead now." The gunman angrily growled as he shot three more bullets into the thick tree Robert was hiding behind.
Robert looked to his left; he could see his revolver that he dropped. He quickly dove for it and grabbed it and got ready to fire back at the gunman, but before he could get a chance to, he heard a loud gunshot.
"Dropped!" Bruce shouted out as he moved closer to the gunman on the floor who was now bleeding heavily from the small holes in his back.
Robert looked around the tree to see the Bruce, Kiara, Richard and Tera all approaching the gunman who lay on the ground motionlessly.
Richard crouched besides the gunman to check his pulse; he placed his index and middle fingers upon the side of the gunman's neck. "...He's dead." Richard confirmed.
Owen came charging out of some nearby bushes and stopped when he saw his team around the downed gunman. "Is he dead?" Owen asked.
Richard nodded in response.
Owen felt like shouting and swearing, but he suppressed it. He had wanted to trap the gunman himself, and interrogate him. "Where is the private?" Owen asked.
"Here." Robert said as he walked over towards the group, the side of his face was red from where the gunman's elbow had struck him.
Owen could see this, but he wasn't concerned for him. "There's no point in standing here, the chopper will look for us on the road." Owen said as he walked off back through the forest.
Bruce watched as the agent just walked away in the general direction of the road. "I hate him... Oh FUCK NO!" Bruce shouted out as he ran past the agent and back towards the car.
'Oh no, oh fuck no!' his voice shouted in his mind as he ran past the trees that all looked the same to him. After some time running, he finally found the overturned car. "Son of a bitch!" Bruce shouted as he opened the back door on the overturned car.
"Where the fuck is that backpack!" He shouted out as he crawled into the car. "There you are you little fucker." Bruce responded to himself as he dragged the heavy backpack containing a large supply of alcohol out of the car.
Owen, Robert, Richard, Tera and Kiara all watched from the tree line as Bruce frantically searched through his backpack.
Bruce's backpack was wet, adding to his fear that he held for one particular object. Bruce let out a sigh of relieve when he saw that all the drinks in his backpack were still intact, but then he saw his vodka.
He lifted the vodka bottle out of his backpack only to find it had been smashed during the fire fight. "...THOSE COCK SUCKING MOTHER FUCKING ASS LICKING TWATS!" Bruce angrily shouted out.
"Nobody fucks with my drinks!" He shouted as he threw what remained of the vodka bottle at the nearby dead Rhyhorn.
Owen felt like he needed to calm this man down. "Calm down, it's just a drink." Owen said.
Bruce just shot him an angry look and yelled, "It's not JUST a drink! IT'S MY FUCKING DRINK!"
Just as Bruce said that, he stormed off towards the dead Rhyhorn with the bullet in its brain to angrily stomp on its head. "I... FUCKING... HATE... YOU!" Bruce said, punctuating each word by violently stomping on the dead Rhyhorn's head.
Kiara couldn't help but giggle at the sight of the stupid human going crazy over something so small. Robert just walked over to the overturned car and sat down besides it.
Owen looked over to Richard and Tera and said, "We need to talk, follow me."
Richard and Tera looked at each other with confused expressions as they walked behind Owen who was leading them away from the rest of the group.
Owen turned to face Richard and Tera. He sighed before he told them what they had to know. "Listen, Kanto is different from Hoenn, the law is different here. Kanto does not allow Pokemon and human relationships." He stated.
Richard and Tera looked at each other with confused and concerned expressions. Richard's expression changed though. "Let me get this straight here. Were laying OUR lives on the line here for people who won't even allow us to be together?" Richard asked with anger in his voice as he thought back to the people on the ship. 'They must have come from Kanto...' Richard thought as he spoke up to Owen.
"So we could be arrested if they know we love each other?" Richard angrily questioned as he seriously thought about leaving the mission.
Owen could tell Richard was pissed, and by the looks of things, so was Tera. "I know you two must be pissed off right now but we'll only be in this region for a few more days." Owen said in an attempt to make things seem a little brighter.
Richard already hated this place. "This place almost got us all killed and now you're telling us that the people we are fighting to defend wont even let us be together, otherwise they'll arrest us. You'll have to forgive me if I hate every second I spend here." Richard stated as he stormed off with Tera.
Owen's attention soon turned from the angry former mercenary and Lucario to the sky as he heard the sound of the approaching helicopter.
Everyone's attention turned to the black and gray camouflaged helicopter that hovered above them before slowly descending on the widest part of the dirt road.
Robert could see the emblem of Kanto's armed forces on the side of the helicopter, as well as two large miniguns mounted on each side.. Owen walked over to Robert and said, "Get on the helicopter; it'll take you straight over to Kanto's HQ. Your commanding officers will want to know what happened in Vermillion."
Robert nodded, at first he didn't know if he should trust him, but if he could call in a helicopter to take him to HQ, then he guessed that he could trust him.
The helicopter had touched down, but he wasn't planning on leaving on it. "I'm not going, Lenneth is still back there, and I'm not going to leave her." Robert said sternly.
Owen had no idea who this 'Lenneth' was, all he knew that this soldier potentially had important information. "If you don't get on that helicopter, you're as good as discharged from the army, is that what you want?" Owen questioned, hoping it would convince him to change his mind.
"I'm going back for Lenneth, and there's not a damn thing you, or any of your friends here, can do to stop me." The soldier told him as he stormed off back down the dirt road towards Vermillion.
Owen felt like bashing his own head off the overturned car.
'Nice one Owen, not only did you piss of your leader for the team you're building and his soon to be wife, but you have also pissed off someone who may have vital information on the Vermillion attack. I'm really bad with other people.' Owen thought to himself as he watched the soldier with the sniper rifle and bruised face walking back down to Vermillion.
Soon a voice crackled into Owen's earpiece, this time it was the sound of the male pilot's voice. "Hey, is that guy getting on or what? I have other pick ups to make." The pilot told Owen.
Owen pressed on the little button on the side of his earpiece to respond. "No, he's not coming." He responded
"I'm sorry but I have my orders." The pilot's voice replied as the helicopter began to lift off the ground again.
Owen's attention turned to Bruce who was now running towards the helicopter that had taken off. "Hey, wait! Ah, what the fuck! Does anyone want to tell me why we aren't getting on the military helicopter that has Miniguns on it?" Bruce yelled with anger.
"That helicopter wasn't meant for us." Owen said as he looked for the soldier that now seemed to have disappeared.
Bruce looked around for the soldier and quickly looked back at Owen. "If it was for him then how come he isn't fucking on it!" Bruce asked loudly.
"Oh fuck this shit... Now how the fuck are we supposed to get the fuck out of here?" Bruce asked cynically.
"The car." Owen answered.
"Wait... the car? In case you haven't noticed, it's parked on its fucking roof!" Bruce shouted.
"Then we'll just have to get it upright again." Owen said with a smirk.
30 minutes later...
"FUCKING PUSH!" Bruce shouted out as Richard, Tera, Owen, himself and even Kiara gave one final push to get the big armored car back on its wheels.
The car was now upright, and everyone was exhausted. Everyone entered the battered car, although one of its doors was jammed, the same one that no longer had bullet proof glass.
The dossiers were scattered all about the floor, one in particular caught Bruce's eye. "The war hero." Bruce read out a loud. "Does someone want to tell be why my whole fucking life is written down on a piece of paper?" Bruce questioned with annoyance in his voice.
"It was necessary to know everything about you." Owen answered as the car sputtered to life.
Bruce already hated him, he felt like punching him, but he always felt that way around authority. Bruce decided it was best just to say nothing and take out a bottle of whiskey from his large backpack. He savored the taste as the liquid met his tongue.
Kiara watched as Bruce drank up half of the bottle in one gulp. 'Does it really taste that good?' Kiara thought to herself.
As Owen started to drive down to the nearest city or town, his contact's voice soon rung in his ear again. "The pilot just called, he said that the soldier isn't on board. Want to tell me why?" The female voice questioned.
"He didn't want to, personal issues." Owen replied.
"The guys at HQ aren't going to like this, but it sounds like there wasn't really anything you could do. You currently do not have any additional orders or requests, you may proceed with the mission as you see fit." The female's voice said as it crackled out once more.
Owen was glad to hear it; he didn't want anything to interfere with the mission.
Kiara stared at Bruce with a big smirk on her face, it annoyed Bruce. "What?" Bruce asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Aren't you going to thank me?" Kiara questioned as her smirk grew into a grin.
Bruce knew what she was talking about, but he had no intention to let her enjoy her moment. "For what?" Bruce responded whilst lifting the bottle of whiskey to his lips.
"For saving your drunken ass of course!" Kiara said teasingly.
Bruce frowned as he leaned forward and said, "I didn't need your help. The day I do is the day hell freezes over, Snorlax's fly and I'm sober."
Kiara could see she was getting to him, and she enjoyed it. "I'm guessing the first two will happen before you're ever sober." She said, still grinning.
"Ha fucking ha! Keep your mouth shut and I might not throw you out of this fucking moving tin can." Bruce said as his eyes went over to the window with no glass. He laughed a little as he imagined himself throwing the Glaceon out of the window and watching her roll on the ground as soon as she hits it.
Kiara could see him laughing about something. "What are you laughing about?" She asked, slightly confused.
Bruce just gave a smirk and replied, "Give it time and you'll find out sooner or later."
Richard and Tera sat quietly together, they didn't care where they were going, and the only thing on their minds was each other. Richard held Tera's paw in hand, it hurt them both to think that they could be arrested if somebody saw them showing how they felt about each other.
They both looked out of the window that was not smashed as they entered the City. They saw houses and shops, untouched by Silas and his men. They only saw a few people in the streets, they must have heard about what happened to Vermillion. Richard and Tera were just glad that they were safe now.
Owen's eyes scanned the buildings, shops and houses until he found what he was looking for, a hotel. He guessed that the group earned a break after the day they just had.
15 minutes later...
Richard was in his hotel room; Owen had bought them all each a single room to avoid any suspicions of Richard and Tera being in a relationship. Richard sat down on his single bed, even though it was a nice room, something didn't feel right with it.
He knew why that was; it was because Tera wasn't there with him. Even though Tera was in the room next to him, Richard still felt a little lonely. Richard heard a knock on the door, and he had a good idea as to who it was. Richard opened the door to find Tera standing there. "Tera, come in." Richard suggested as he opened the door a little more for her.
Tera walked into Richard's room and sat on the edge of his bed as he closed the door behind her. Richard sat down on the bed besides her and asked, "How's your room?"
"Its fine, but it feels too..." Tera trailed off as Richard finished her sentence for her. "Lonely?"
Tera looked up to Richard and smiled, she felt good knowing that Richard felt how she felt. "Yes, I don't think I'll be able to sleep in there, not without you anyway." She said as she placed one paw on the side of his face.
Richard stroked the back of her head as their lips met, and their tongues danced around in each other's mouths. Together, they lay on the single bed as they silently made out.
Meanwhile...
Bruce walked over to his bed after taking a piss; he stumbled as he did, still drunk. He fell onto his bed and switched on the small TV in his room. "Gah, nothing but shit!" He said as he flicked through the channels, seeing nothing but crappy talk shows and news with boring old men reading stuff with very boring voices.
"What's with all of these frilly chatty bitchy talk shows?" He angrily asked himself as he watched some women talking about something, he wasn't listening to them, he was just hoping a fight might break out after some woman running out of the side of the stage and shouted at some other woman, but she was held back by two big men with 'Security' written on their backs.
"Aw, what are you fuckers doing? Let her fight!" He shouted as the woman was pulled back by the two big men. "Ah fuck it!" He said as he switched off the TV and lay on his side on the bed.
The pain came back to him. His back still hurt, but it felt better, and it wasn't bleeding anymore.
Owen was bored, sitting in his room and inspecting his pistol. It was a well made, and light weight but he didn't recognize the make. Its clip held 15 bullets, its grip was some kind of black metal but the rest was chrome.
He eventually stopped examining his gun and thought about the mission, and all the other missions he had been on. His first mission as a agent was his worst, it frightened him, he still had nightmares about it, at one point, he thought he was going insane.
He had become a lot more paranoid and cautious since then, as well as gaining a fear of the dark. Sometimes, he could hear the chanting that he heard at that island as clear as talking to someone. He never told anyone about what really happened there, he thought nobody would believe him, nobody but his contact, Rhea.
Owen wasn't afraid of this mission, although there was a high risk that he may die. He had nobody close to him, the only person he has had regular contact with was his contact, and he didn't even know what she looked like. Owen walked over to the window; he looked out of it and thought about what was to come next.
Kiara was outside, just walking around the streets; again she had opted to not take a room. Even if she could open those damn doors, she wouldn't want to sleep in there anyway. Too warm for her liking.
She did what she did best, she watched random people, looking for anything interesting although the people around here seemed too normal to be interesting. Kiara felt energetic today, more so than usual. She spent most of the day running around the City, hoping that she might run into something dangerous to take out her extra energy, and her hate for Bruce.
She had no such luck though, and she began to think about ways to annoy Bruce. A small smile crept to her face as she remembered how pissed off he became when he found out his vodka got smashed, and that's when it hit her. She was going to make Bruce pay for being a jackass towards her.
Everyone was now standing outside of the car; with the exception of Richard and Tera who were still comforting each other.
Tera buried her head into Richard's chest as he held her tightly. "Richard... I'm scared." Tera finally admitted.
"So am I, but I promise everything is going to be alright." Richard replied as he stroked her back. Richard would do anything to protect her, even if it meant sacrificing his own life.
Tera was comforted a little by his words, but she was still frightened for Richard. "I... I love you so much, I don't know w-what I would do with out y-you." Tera barely managed to state as her voice broke up and tears returned to her eyes.
Richard hated it when she cried; he wanted to protect her from all the pain in the world. Richard stroked the back of her head and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere."
Tera could sense the truth in his words, but also the fear. "Promise me that you won't get your self... K-killed." Tera asked with a shaky voice.
"I promise, but you have to promise me the same." Richard replied whilst trying to sound strong and confident when he was slowly breaking up on the inside.
Tera looked into Richard's eyes; she could see his love for her in them. How she longed to just leave with him and continue their love. But for now, all she could do was promise.
"I promise." She replied before she lovingly pressed her lips against his.
Deep within his heart, Richard wanted to just make love with her now; as this may be their last day; but how weird would that be in front of the others?
Owen was shouting down to his contact through the earpiece's microphone about what just happened. "We were attacked! Why weren't we told that they were sending in another raiding party!" Owen shouted.
There was a few seconds before a response was put in.
"Our Intel was incorrect; this is the first time this has happened but it appears that one of the black vipers may have infiltrated and fed us false information." The female voice informed him.
"It was a set up then, that means they know we're going after Silas." Owen said.
"That's very likely, what's your current position, and what's the status of your team?" The female voice asked.
"Right now were in between Route 14 and 15. The team is in bad shape, two of them are frightened that something might happen to the other where as the war hero, he's more than a little pissed off about getting shot at, and I don't know where the Glaceon is right now. There's another problem, there is a soldier that has joined us, and he may very well be the last surviving soldier stationed at Vermillion." Owen informed his contact.
"Hmm, he may have valuable information. I'll have a chopper pick him up and return him to base, I'll give you further instructions once I get confirmation that the chopper has safely arrived at Kanto's HQ." The female voice finished as the connection ended with a 'beep'.
Owen looked over to the soldier who was now talking to Bruce, the soldier was wearing digital camouflage like the rest of the soldiers that were at Vermillion, and he also wore a black beret. Owen couldn't really tell because of the beret but he seemed to have dark brownish or black hair.
Owen's attention soon turned to the mercenary and Lucario in the car who were now kissing each other. 'Oh no, I forgot to tell them!' He thought to himself as he began to dread the conversation that he would have to have with them later.
Bruce was talking with the soldier, normally he would try to piss off anyone who looked like they could fight, but he decided that the kid had already been through enough. "What's your name then soldier?" Bruce asked.
"Robert Sir!" The soldier exclaimed as he looked at the rough looking man with the dog tags.
Bruce's eyes went down to Robert's guns, he recognized the sniper rifle the soldier was carrying, and it was a M82A2. Bruce also noticed a revolver in his leg holster; Bruce knew that Kanto's armed forces don't use these kinds of weapons.
Bruce could also see the name 'Sara' etched into the scope of the sniper rifle; he didn't ask him about it because he had no interest in small stories that had no real point.
"Call me Bruce. The army doesn't give you those, where did you get them?" Bruce questioned the young looking soldier.
"I got the rifle from a raid on an illegal weapons trading facility, run by Silas and his men." Robert replied.
"Fucking nice! I hope you killed a load of those bastards!" Bruce exclaimed, almost shouting.
Meanwhile...
Kiara was behind some nearby trees, she had found some pecha berries that were ripe and ready to be eaten. Her teeth sunk into the pink berry, breaking its soft skin. She enjoyed the very sweet, very delicious berry as she swished it around in her mouth, chewing on it a little more before swallowing it.
She was about to bite into another, but then she heard something behind her, something rustling around behind the trees and bushes. Whatever it was, it was bigger than her, about the size of a human. Kiara quickly ran back over to the group.
Owen was just looking out to the dirt road ahead of the car when he and the rest of the group, heard Kiara shout out, "THERES SOMEONE BEHIND ME!"
As soon as she shouted that out, Bruce and Owen grabbed their guns and took cover behind the bulky armored car, Robert stood in the open for a split second before following the group to the car.
Richard and Tera looked out of the windows of the car they were in; they could see Kiara, Owen, Bruce and the soldier crouching besides one side of the car. Richard was about to open the door, but he quickly pulled his hand away from the handle when he heard bullets striking the car.
"GET DOWN!" Richard shouted as he pulled Tera down to the floor of the car and lay on top of her to protect her from any bullets that may pierce the armor or glass that may shatter. Tera closed her eyes tightly and covered her ears with her paws.
"YOU FUCKING MOTHER FUCKERS!" Bruce shouted out as he shot blindly around the back of the car with his combat shotgun.
Robert lay on his stomach and looked underneath the car to scan what was on the other side through his sniper scope. He couldn't see anything apart from the bases of the trees on the other side.
Owen listened out for the gunshots, hoping that he could get some kind of indication as to where they were shooting from.
Kiara stayed down and looked underneath the car with the soldier, she couldn't see anything either.
Suddenly the gunfire stopped, and two bright red lights flashed briefly.
"TAKE THEM OUT!" A man shouted.
Bruce knew that he probably wouldn't get another chance like this to return fire, so he jumped up and yelled, "FUCK YOU!" Then he shot once in the direction of the man that shouted out.
Bruce could hear the man shout out in pain, he had actually managed to hit him without seeing him. Bruce didn't get a chance to enjoy this moment however; he ducked back down to the car as two other men began firing in his direction with fully automatic weapons.
The firing stopped once more and a new sound came to their ears, the sound of very loud footsteps, the sound of something heavy charging towards them.
Richard and Tera could hear something getting closer and closer to the car, Richard held on to Tera tightly.
Owen looked through the bullet proof glass to see what was on the other side of the car, and that's when he saw them. Two Rhyhorns were charging straight towards the car, and they were going to try smashing into it. "Run!" Owen commanded as he sprinted over to some nearby trees. Kiara, Bruce and Robert did the same.
Richard and Tera could now hear the loud footsteps right next to the car, and that's when it happened. The car suddenly overturned and Richard and Tera inside it became airborne for a split second, they could feel themselves being turned upside down before landing on the roof of the car.
Richard hit his back and his head off the metal roof of the car but Tera landed safely on Richard who cushioned her fall. As soon as they landed, Tera's first thought was for Richard who was underneath her. "Richard! Are you okay?" Tera asked with a shaky concerned tone.
"I'm fine." Richard replied as one hand let go of Tera and felt around the back of his head for a cut or bump which he fortunately could not find. Before they knew it, the sound of gunfire filled the air again.
"Richard and Tera are in that car! We have to get them!" Kiara shouted out.
"WE KNOW! NOW KILL THOSE CUNTS!" Bruce shouted out as he leaned out of the tree he was taking cover behind and shot one of the charging Rhyhorns in the face, making it close its eyes and stumble back as well as chipping away some of the rock armor plating on its face.
Robert the soldier lifted up his sniper rifle and shot off one round to the side of the other Rhyhorn's head which managed to penetrate the rock plate and lodge it's self into its brain.
The other Rhyhorn began charging in Bruce's direction. "Oh, fuck me." Bruce uttered as he threw himself away from the tree he was hiding behind and out of the path of the charging Rhyhorn.
The Rhyhorn's rock plated face collided with the thick wooden tree, snapping it at the base and causing it to fall right next to the overturned car.
Kiara temporally stopped breathing when she saw the tree narrowly missing the car with her friends in it, but she soon turned her attention to the Rhyhorn, she was going to make it pay for even attempting to harm them.
Bruce was on the floor when the slightly dazed Rhyhorn let out a loud roaring sound when it spotted him on the ground, still alive. Bruce quickly aimed his shotgun towards the Rhyhorn's head and pulled the trigger twice, letting out two blasts that cracked the Rhyhorn's rock plates on its head.
The Rhyhorn stumbled back as blood poured from its head, through the cracks on its rock plated face. Bruce tried to shoot again, but when he pulled the trigger, it just made a little metallic clinking sound. His combat shotgun was empty.
"Oh, fuck." Bruce whispered as he expected the Rhyhorn to charge at any second, but he wasn't about to just let it kill him, he pulled out his 9mm semi-auto pistol from its holster. Bruce shot off four rounds in the direction of the Rhyhorn, but then he was partially blinded by a cold white mist, it was a blizzard.
When the white mist cleared, the Rhyhorn was right in front of him, frozen solid. "Fuck!" Bruce cussed as he kicked the Rhyhorn's frozen head, causing it to shatter. Bruce quickly got up and ran to the closest tree, next to Kiara.
Kiara looked over to Bruce; she was already savoring the idea of just bragging on at him about how she saved his life.
Owen and Robert were now pinned down behind the trees by automatic fire, Owen knew they needed a detraction otherwise they wouldn't stand much of a chance against the attackers, not without loosing at least one team member.
Tera pushed herself off Richard and knelt down besides him as he pushed himself off the roof which was now the new floor.
Richard looked around the car for his backpack, which he found behind him. He opened it up and pulled out Tera's bullet proof vest.
"Here, put this on." Richard said as he handed Tera her vest and began searching for his own. After about a minute, Richard and Tera now both had their bullet proof vests on.
Richard looked at the windows, some of them were cracked, most likely the result from the repeated bullet hits and the pressure of the car now overturned on its roof. "Keep away from the windows." Richard said as he looked out of one of the windows.
"I thought you said keep away from them!" Tera exclaimed as she grew increasingly worried for Richard.
"I did, but I have to look through them." Richard said as he quickly looked through one of the windows, he could see Bruce, Kiara, Owen and that soldier out there, firing over the car in the opposite direction. Richard tried to open the upside down door, but it wouldn't budge. "It's jammed!" Richard angrily said as he gave the bullet proof glass a powerful kick, hoping that it would just shatter.
Tera watched as Richard repeatedly kicked the bullet proof glass, she began to see small cracks in the glass beginning to get bigger.
Richard kicked the glass again and again; the glass wasn't really bullet proof, just bullet resistant. It could be broken.
Richard gave it one final kick and gave up. He knew that although it was beginning to crack, it was going to take a lot more than kicks to break it.
"Here, let me try." Tera said as she moved over to the window Richard was besides. Richard watched as Tera slammed the solid steel spike on the back of her paw onto the bullet proof glass which left a massive crack going diagonally from one end of the window to the other, as well as hundreds of other smaller cracks.
"Tera, get back." Richard stated as he got in position to kick it again.
Tera shifted out of the way and watched as Richard kicked out a large portion of the window, but some small and very pointy shards remained. Richard grabbed his MP5 submachine gun and used its stock to smash out any remaining shards.
"Follow me." Richard told her as he climbed out of the window, Tera following closely behind.
Owen, Robert, Bruce and Kiara could see the gunmen shooting at them from the other side of the dirt road, taking cover behind some trees. There were three gunmen, wearing slaver's uniforms, but these gunmen seemed more skilled than any normal slaver.
Besides the gunmen, they also noticed Richard and Tera climbing out of the overturned car but also staying low so as not to be hit by the bullets whizzing over their heads.
Richard slowly crouched and moved towards the end of the car which he then looked around, this was the perfect opportunity to strike as he could see one of the gunmen firing his M16 assault rifle at Richard's teammates. Richard quickly took aim, and pulled the trigger.
Bullets sprayed out of Richard's submachine gun and tore into the gunman's upper torso and his head, killing him almost instantly.
Richard quickly ducked back into cover as the remaining two gunmen fired and shouted incoherently at each other.
Owen could see both gunmen now out of cover as they maneuvered around the trees to try and get a clear shot at Richard. Owen raised his silenced chrome handgun; he got one of the gunmen's heads in his sights as he pulled the trigger. Owen's 9mm bullet drove its self through the gunman's skull and through his brain, dead before he even hit the ground.
The last gunman knew he was no match for the team of five, so he ran into the forest as bullets hit the trees around him.
Owen sprinted after him, he knew that gunman had information that he could use. "Don't let him get away!" Owen commanded as he sprinted past the overturned car Richard and Tera were standing by.
Richard and Tera followed his lead.
Owen sprinted past the trees; the gunman was running in a zigzagging pattern so Owen couldn't get a clear shot. He continued sprinting after the gunman through the forest, he lost him a few times but he could hear his footsteps on the leaves and twigs which gave away his position.
Owen sprinted deeper and deeper into the forest, until he had really lost him. "Damn it!" Owen yelled out.
Richard and Tera who were following Owen had lost him. "Can you see him anywhere?" Richard asked.
"I couldn't see him to begin with, I just followed you." Tera told him as she looked all around her.
Richard and Tera could hear somebody running towards them from behind, Richard quickly raised his gun in his hands and Tera took up a fighting stance as Kiara and Bruce ran towards them and quickly stopped.
"Wait!" Kiara shouted as she saw Richard and Tera ready to fight.
Richard quickly lowered his gun and Tera abandoned her fighting stance. Tera was glad to see Kiara was fine; she was a good friend to her. Richard looked over to Bruce who was now loading shotgun shells into his combat shotgun.
"I don't suppose you two know where Owen went do you?" Richard asked Kiara and Bruce.
Kiara shook her head as Bruce shrugged and said, "The agent guy? I don't know... hey, that soldier guy is gone too." Bruce pointed out as he loaded the last shotgun shell into his gun.
Meanwhile...
Robert was in the forest, tracking down the last gunman. He felt like he was close by, his sniper rifle was now on his back, and he now had his revolver in his hands. Robert looked at all the trees around him; he had lost the gunman's trail here.
He then clutched the revolver in his hands tightly as he walked past some more trees.
After which, Robert suddenly felt a hand on his forearm and a punch to the back of his head. The last gunman was behind the tree Robert walked past, and now he had him. Robert shot off one round only to hit nothing as his attacker used his elbow to bash Robert across his face.
Robert was dazed but he wasn't about to let himself go down easily. He dropped his revolver and slammed his fist into his attacker's stomach whilst throwing himself forward into his attacker.
The attacker fell backwards with Robert on top of him. Robert raised his fist to strike the man underneath but the attacker violently kicked him in the chest, pushing Robert off his attacker. Robert quickly stood up as he saw his attacker reaching behind him and pulling out a 9mm pistol, a Glock 17.
Robert quickly threw himself behind the same thick tree that his attacker was hiding behind as his attacker pulled back the Glock's slide and shot at him.
"You're dead now." The gunman angrily growled as he shot three more bullets into the thick tree Robert was hiding behind.
Robert looked to his left; he could see his revolver that he dropped. He quickly dove for it and grabbed it and got ready to fire back at the gunman, but before he could get a chance to, he heard a loud gunshot.
"Dropped!" Bruce shouted out as he moved closer to the gunman on the floor who was now bleeding heavily from the small holes in his back.
Robert looked around the tree to see the Bruce, Kiara, Richard and Tera all approaching the gunman who lay on the ground motionlessly.
Richard crouched besides the gunman to check his pulse; he placed his index and middle fingers upon the side of the gunman's neck. "...He's dead." Richard confirmed.
Owen came charging out of some nearby bushes and stopped when he saw his team around the downed gunman. "Is he dead?" Owen asked.
Richard nodded in response.
Owen felt like shouting and swearing, but he suppressed it. He had wanted to trap the gunman himself, and interrogate him. "Where is the private?" Owen asked.
"Here." Robert said as he walked over towards the group, the side of his face was red from where the gunman's elbow had struck him.
Owen could see this, but he wasn't concerned for him. "There's no point in standing here, the chopper will look for us on the road." Owen said as he walked off back through the forest.
Bruce watched as the agent just walked away in the general direction of the road. "I hate him... Oh FUCK NO!" Bruce shouted out as he ran past the agent and back towards the car.
'Oh no, oh fuck no!' his voice shouted in his mind as he ran past the trees that all looked the same to him. After some time running, he finally found the overturned car. "Son of a bitch!" Bruce shouted as he opened the back door on the overturned car.
"Where the fuck is that backpack!" He shouted out as he crawled into the car. "There you are you little fucker." Bruce responded to himself as he dragged the heavy backpack containing a large supply of alcohol out of the car.
Owen, Robert, Richard, Tera and Kiara all watched from the tree line as Bruce frantically searched through his backpack.
Bruce's backpack was wet, adding to his fear that he held for one particular object. Bruce let out a sigh of relieve when he saw that all the drinks in his backpack were still intact, but then he saw his vodka.
He lifted the vodka bottle out of his backpack only to find it had been smashed during the fire fight. "...THOSE COCK SUCKING MOTHER FUCKING ASS LICKING TWATS!" Bruce angrily shouted out.
"Nobody fucks with my drinks!" He shouted as he threw what remained of the vodka bottle at the nearby dead Rhyhorn.
Owen felt like he needed to calm this man down. "Calm down, it's just a drink." Owen said.
Bruce just shot him an angry look and yelled, "It's not JUST a drink! IT'S MY FUCKING DRINK!"
Just as Bruce said that, he stormed off towards the dead Rhyhorn with the bullet in its brain to angrily stomp on its head. "I... FUCKING... HATE... YOU!" Bruce said, punctuating each word by violently stomping on the dead Rhyhorn's head.
Kiara couldn't help but giggle at the sight of the stupid human going crazy over something so small. Robert just walked over to the overturned car and sat down besides it.
Owen looked over to Richard and Tera and said, "We need to talk, follow me."
Richard and Tera looked at each other with confused expressions as they walked behind Owen who was leading them away from the rest of the group.
Owen turned to face Richard and Tera. He sighed before he told them what they had to know. "Listen, Kanto is different from Hoenn, the law is different here. Kanto does not allow Pokemon and human relationships." He stated.
Richard and Tera looked at each other with confused and concerned expressions. Richard's expression changed though. "Let me get this straight here. Were laying OUR lives on the line here for people who won't even allow us to be together?" Richard asked with anger in his voice as he thought back to the people on the ship. 'They must have come from Kanto...' Richard thought as he spoke up to Owen.
"So we could be arrested if they know we love each other?" Richard angrily questioned as he seriously thought about leaving the mission.
Owen could tell Richard was pissed, and by the looks of things, so was Tera. "I know you two must be pissed off right now but we'll only be in this region for a few more days." Owen said in an attempt to make things seem a little brighter.
Richard already hated this place. "This place almost got us all killed and now you're telling us that the people we are fighting to defend wont even let us be together, otherwise they'll arrest us. You'll have to forgive me if I hate every second I spend here." Richard stated as he stormed off with Tera.
Owen's attention soon turned from the angry former mercenary and Lucario to the sky as he heard the sound of the approaching helicopter.
Everyone's attention turned to the black and gray camouflaged helicopter that hovered above them before slowly descending on the widest part of the dirt road.
Robert could see the emblem of Kanto's armed forces on the side of the helicopter, as well as two large miniguns mounted on each side.. Owen walked over to Robert and said, "Get on the helicopter; it'll take you straight over to Kanto's HQ. Your commanding officers will want to know what happened in Vermillion."
Robert nodded, at first he didn't know if he should trust him, but if he could call in a helicopter to take him to HQ, then he guessed that he could trust him.
The helicopter had touched down, but he wasn't planning on leaving on it. "I'm not going, Lenneth is still back there, and I'm not going to leave her." Robert said sternly.
Owen had no idea who this 'Lenneth' was, all he knew that this soldier potentially had important information. "If you don't get on that helicopter, you're as good as discharged from the army, is that what you want?" Owen questioned, hoping it would convince him to change his mind.
"I'm going back for Lenneth, and there's not a damn thing you, or any of your friends here, can do to stop me." The soldier told him as he stormed off back down the dirt road towards Vermillion.
Owen felt like bashing his own head off the overturned car.
'Nice one Owen, not only did you piss of your leader for the team you're building and his soon to be wife, but you have also pissed off someone who may have vital information on the Vermillion attack. I'm really bad with other people.' Owen thought to himself as he watched the soldier with the sniper rifle and bruised face walking back down to Vermillion.
Soon a voice crackled into Owen's earpiece, this time it was the sound of the male pilot's voice. "Hey, is that guy getting on or what? I have other pick ups to make." The pilot told Owen.
Owen pressed on the little button on the side of his earpiece to respond. "No, he's not coming." He responded
"I'm sorry but I have my orders." The pilot's voice replied as the helicopter began to lift off the ground again.
Owen's attention turned to Bruce who was now running towards the helicopter that had taken off. "Hey, wait! Ah, what the fuck! Does anyone want to tell me why we aren't getting on the military helicopter that has Miniguns on it?" Bruce yelled with anger.
"That helicopter wasn't meant for us." Owen said as he looked for the soldier that now seemed to have disappeared.
Bruce looked around for the soldier and quickly looked back at Owen. "If it was for him then how come he isn't fucking on it!" Bruce asked loudly.
"Oh fuck this shit... Now how the fuck are we supposed to get the fuck out of here?" Bruce asked cynically.
"The car." Owen answered.
"Wait... the car? In case you haven't noticed, it's parked on its fucking roof!" Bruce shouted.
"Then we'll just have to get it upright again." Owen said with a smirk.
30 minutes later...
"FUCKING PUSH!" Bruce shouted out as Richard, Tera, Owen, himself and even Kiara gave one final push to get the big armored car back on its wheels.
The car was now upright, and everyone was exhausted. Everyone entered the battered car, although one of its doors was jammed, the same one that no longer had bullet proof glass.
The dossiers were scattered all about the floor, one in particular caught Bruce's eye. "The war hero." Bruce read out a loud. "Does someone want to tell be why my whole fucking life is written down on a piece of paper?" Bruce questioned with annoyance in his voice.
"It was necessary to know everything about you." Owen answered as the car sputtered to life.
Bruce already hated him, he felt like punching him, but he always felt that way around authority. Bruce decided it was best just to say nothing and take out a bottle of whiskey from his large backpack. He savored the taste as the liquid met his tongue.
Kiara watched as Bruce drank up half of the bottle in one gulp. 'Does it really taste that good?' Kiara thought to herself.
As Owen started to drive down to the nearest city or town, his contact's voice soon rung in his ear again. "The pilot just called, he said that the soldier isn't on board. Want to tell me why?" The female voice questioned.
"He didn't want to, personal issues." Owen replied.
"The guys at HQ aren't going to like this, but it sounds like there wasn't really anything you could do. You currently do not have any additional orders or requests, you may proceed with the mission as you see fit." The female's voice said as it crackled out once more.
Owen was glad to hear it; he didn't want anything to interfere with the mission.
Kiara stared at Bruce with a big smirk on her face, it annoyed Bruce. "What?" Bruce asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Aren't you going to thank me?" Kiara questioned as her smirk grew into a grin.
Bruce knew what she was talking about, but he had no intention to let her enjoy her moment. "For what?" Bruce responded whilst lifting the bottle of whiskey to his lips.
"For saving your drunken ass of course!" Kiara said teasingly.
Bruce frowned as he leaned forward and said, "I didn't need your help. The day I do is the day hell freezes over, Snorlax's fly and I'm sober."
Kiara could see she was getting to him, and she enjoyed it. "I'm guessing the first two will happen before you're ever sober." She said, still grinning.
"Ha fucking ha! Keep your mouth shut and I might not throw you out of this fucking moving tin can." Bruce said as his eyes went over to the window with no glass. He laughed a little as he imagined himself throwing the Glaceon out of the window and watching her roll on the ground as soon as she hits it.
Kiara could see him laughing about something. "What are you laughing about?" She asked, slightly confused.
Bruce just gave a smirk and replied, "Give it time and you'll find out sooner or later."
Richard and Tera sat quietly together, they didn't care where they were going, and the only thing on their minds was each other. Richard held Tera's paw in hand, it hurt them both to think that they could be arrested if somebody saw them showing how they felt about each other.
They both looked out of the window that was not smashed as they entered the City. They saw houses and shops, untouched by Silas and his men. They only saw a few people in the streets, they must have heard about what happened to Vermillion. Richard and Tera were just glad that they were safe now.
Owen's eyes scanned the buildings, shops and houses until he found what he was looking for, a hotel. He guessed that the group earned a break after the day they just had.
15 minutes later...
Richard was in his hotel room; Owen had bought them all each a single room to avoid any suspicions of Richard and Tera being in a relationship. Richard sat down on his single bed, even though it was a nice room, something didn't feel right with it.
He knew why that was; it was because Tera wasn't there with him. Even though Tera was in the room next to him, Richard still felt a little lonely. Richard heard a knock on the door, and he had a good idea as to who it was. Richard opened the door to find Tera standing there. "Tera, come in." Richard suggested as he opened the door a little more for her.
Tera walked into Richard's room and sat on the edge of his bed as he closed the door behind her. Richard sat down on the bed besides her and asked, "How's your room?"
"Its fine, but it feels too..." Tera trailed off as Richard finished her sentence for her. "Lonely?"
Tera looked up to Richard and smiled, she felt good knowing that Richard felt how she felt. "Yes, I don't think I'll be able to sleep in there, not without you anyway." She said as she placed one paw on the side of his face.
Richard stroked the back of her head as their lips met, and their tongues danced around in each other's mouths. Together, they lay on the single bed as they silently made out.
Meanwhile...
Bruce walked over to his bed after taking a piss; he stumbled as he did, still drunk. He fell onto his bed and switched on the small TV in his room. "Gah, nothing but shit!" He said as he flicked through the channels, seeing nothing but crappy talk shows and news with boring old men reading stuff with very boring voices.
"What's with all of these frilly chatty bitchy talk shows?" He angrily asked himself as he watched some women talking about something, he wasn't listening to them, he was just hoping a fight might break out after some woman running out of the side of the stage and shouted at some other woman, but she was held back by two big men with 'Security' written on their backs.
"Aw, what are you fuckers doing? Let her fight!" He shouted as the woman was pulled back by the two big men. "Ah fuck it!" He said as he switched off the TV and lay on his side on the bed.
The pain came back to him. His back still hurt, but it felt better, and it wasn't bleeding anymore.
Owen was bored, sitting in his room and inspecting his pistol. It was a well made, and light weight but he didn't recognize the make. Its clip held 15 bullets, its grip was some kind of black metal but the rest was chrome.
He eventually stopped examining his gun and thought about the mission, and all the other missions he had been on. His first mission as a agent was his worst, it frightened him, he still had nightmares about it, at one point, he thought he was going insane.
He had become a lot more paranoid and cautious since then, as well as gaining a fear of the dark. Sometimes, he could hear the chanting that he heard at that island as clear as talking to someone. He never told anyone about what really happened there, he thought nobody would believe him, nobody but his contact, Rhea.
Owen wasn't afraid of this mission, although there was a high risk that he may die. He had nobody close to him, the only person he has had regular contact with was his contact, and he didn't even know what she looked like. Owen walked over to the window; he looked out of it and thought about what was to come next.
Kiara was outside, just walking around the streets; again she had opted to not take a room. Even if she could open those damn doors, she wouldn't want to sleep in there anyway. Too warm for her liking.
She did what she did best, she watched random people, looking for anything interesting although the people around here seemed too normal to be interesting. Kiara felt energetic today, more so than usual. She spent most of the day running around the City, hoping that she might run into something dangerous to take out her extra energy, and her hate for Bruce.
She had no such luck though, and she began to think about ways to annoy Bruce. A small smile crept to her face as she remembered how pissed off he became when he found out his vodka got smashed, and that's when it hit her. She was going to make Bruce pay for being a jackass towards her.