2302 UNPC universal calendar
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Sarah walked up behind Dr.Raine where she sat at a table, typing on a toughbook laptop only she could see the screen of.
"What are you up to?" Sarah asked.
"Just finishing up some software improvements for the ECA, nothing you will notice I hope" Dr.Raine said, turning to meet her.
"where's everyone else?" Dr.Raine asked.
"Kate's on a NBC deployment, Anton and Lira are chasing nukes, and D8 is sleeping" Sarah rattled off, sitting down next to Dr.Raine. (NBC- Nuclear, Biological, Chemical)
"And you're bored" Dr.Raine guessed, smiling at her.
Sarah nodded, "out of my mind"
Dr.Raine grinned at her, then typed on her computer for about a minute, then hit "Enter" on the keyboard, and closed the laptop.
"CIVILIAN ATTIRE AUTHORIZED" scrolled across the top of Sarah's HUD provided by her contacts.
"Don't have too much fun now my child" Dr.Raine told her.
Sarah stared at her, smiling.
"Well, aren't you going to take the life support suit I worked so hard to design off? I know you want to" Dr.Raine said, looking at her up and down.
She was wearing it in her usual way, zipped all the way down with the sleeves tied around her waist, leaving her torso bare.
Sarah snickered, then reddened.
"Only because I want to, not because you told me to" she chided, standing up, and taking it off before sitting back down, and folding the undersuit neatly, leaving it to rest on the table.
"Better?" Dr.Raine asked.
Sarah nodded.
"These new augments get their training yet?" Sarah asked.
"Just the basic training from their nation's military, with a bias for marine or army when applicable" Dr.Raine said, looking around the hangar.
"Why not the whole full five year shebang?"
"Right now with the high tempo sprung on us by our fearless director, we needed the manpower and figured we'd let them get some on the job training"
Sarah nodded, putting her feet up on the table in front of them, crossing her legs at the ankle, leaning back with her arms crossed.
She was getting stares from the newer augments, but she didn't care.
"Civilian attire?" A booming voice behind them asked.
"Yes Alex, you can wear what you want" Dr.Raine said, using Triple A's first name unlike every one of his other coworkers.
"I see you're already in your formal attire" Triple A rumbled behind Sarah, making her turn and look up at the massive man.
She nodded, smiling.
"care to join me, explodey and Terror for a game of cards?" He asked, using Jolene "C4" Parker and Tim "B1" Wright's nicknames in turn.
Sarah smiled, "sure" she stood up.
"Where's Engel?" He asked as they walked, using C7's nickname.
"NBC deployment" Sarah shrugged.
"And the other two?"
"Chasing nukes"
"Go figure"
Sarah scoffed as Jolene "C4" Parker waved at her, nicknamed "explodey" by her coworkers for her call sign, which coincided with her Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) specialty.
Sarah waved back, then sat down at the table.
"Civilian attire huh?" Terror asked, choosing to remain in his ECA.
Sarah nodded.
C4 laughed "I love your confidence"
"You should've seen her during training" Terror said, shuffling the cards in deft hands.
"Every chance she could get she'd take that LSS off" Triple A added.
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Sarah shrugged "I know what I'm about"
"Hold em'?" Terror asked to nods all around.
With a giggle C4 stood up and unzipped her LSS, peeled it off, then stepped out of it.
"Oh, but if I rock out with my cock out I'm the weird one?" Terror chided, chuckling as he dealt the cards.
"Not at all, feel free" Sarah smiled.
"Weirdos" Triple A said, picking up the cards Terror dealt him.
"What makes you do it?" Terror asked after a while of playing in silence. "Being naked all the time I mean" He said, looking at Sarah.
"Something I've always done really, I like the freedom of it I guess" She replied, tossing a smiling glance at C4.
"Just a spur of the moment thing for me" C4 said, grinning. "The look on your face was priceless" She said to Terror, who looked at her with a "look at what I have to deal with" face.
"Hell I don't blame you, you'd probably knock someone like Lira the hell out" Sarah said to Triple A with a grin.
He busted out laughing.
"Whiplash, fucking whiplash, I mean WHAM" Terror chuckled.
"Mind if I join in?" Kug, the resident "anomaly specialist" asked after the laughter had died down, leaning against the table which creaked under the weight of his full ECA.
"Not at all" Sarah said, gesturing towards a empty chair and moving more towards a corner so he didn't have to sit with his legs spread around a leg of the square table.
A deployment alarm went off just after he'd sat down, four short claxon blasts followed by a long one.
"Guess not, that's my calling" Kug said, standing up again. "Cya"
They all mumbled goodbyes, and Kug left.
"Nice guy, hate working with him" C4 shook her head.
"You're telling me" Triple A said, "If I walk into another site and find another goddamn anomaly I'm going to scream"
"you did, I was there" C4 said.
"No idea what you're talking about" Triple A smirked, making C4 roll her eyes.
"I think her getting her tits out was a ploy to throw you off" Sarah said, smiling at Terror.
"Probably" He shrugged.
"Nope, just like the breeze on em'" C4 said, making Terror shake his head.
"What's the deal with Anton making that E series look like a fool?" Terror asked.
"More or less insulted his armor, then tried to pull Sergeant rank" Sarah chuckled.
Terror made a "no shit?" face, and Sarah nodded.
"Damn" Triple A said, "I saw it from across the hangar, but I didn't catch all of it"
"That guy's an asshole" An E series sitting on a rack a ways away said. "Always doing stuff like that" They shook their head.
"Sometimes I forget I'm not the only series that has good ears anymore" C4 shook her head.
"Is it bad I want him to try some shit like that with me? I'll set him straight" Triple A chuckled.
"By what? Twisting his fucking head off you ogre?" Terror asked.
Triple A chuckled "Damn right"
The lights in the hangar dimmed then brightened again within 3 seconds, making everyone around the table squint and look at each other, then shrug.
"Check it out, devils" Terror said, giving an upwards nod towards the small door near the front of the hangar.
Sarah and Triple A twisted around in their chairs to see, and true to his word, three identical looking people, two male and one female were making their way down the left side of the hangar relative to the main doors.
"Wonder what they're here for" C4 mused.
"I don't like it, feels weird" Terror said before turning his gaze to who was walking towards their little card game.
Dr.Raine stepped over to the table, and leaned into the middle, whispering to the four.
"Get them out of here, I don't care if you have to kill them" She said, her face cold and steeled.
"Yes ma'am" Terror said, putting his hand of cards face down on the table and standing up.
"I'll go too" Sarah supposed, doing the same.
"Good, make me proud" Dr.Raine smiled at her.
Sarah nodded, and her and Terror intercepted the three suited people.
"Leave" Terror said simply.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Do you know who we are?" The middle suit said.
"I do and I don't give a shit, leave," Terror said, his voice a little more stern.
"Or what?"
"I'll kill you" Terror grinned.
The left suit, a female lifted her right hand to try and reach into her suit jacket.
"Don't do it honey, I'll murder you here and now, I'm much quicker than you are" Sarah said, her tone chipper unlike her words.
"And just who the hell are you?" The right suit said, stepping forward with an aggressive gait.
Sarah stopped him short with a quick jab to the throat, then a picture perfect snap kick to the face after he'd doubled over holding his neck.
The middle suit still had his eyes locked with Terror, Sarah being careful to remain inside of his APS (Active Protection System) bubble.
"What the hell is the problem with you peop-" The woman tried, stepping towards Terror and Sarah with her left hand extended to try and stop Sarah after she'd already done what she was going to do.
Terror produced his knife out of thin air, appearing in his hand like it was always there, and grabbed the woman by the extended hand, spinning her around and pressing the tip of his dagger against her right carotid artery with her arm held against her chest.
"Leave" Terror said simply, still smiling at the middle agent.
Triple A walked over, and picked the agent who was still struggling to breathe up off the floor with a massive right hand to the back of his cheap suit, and set him on his feet, patting him on the back for added effect, making him stumble.
The middle agent nodded slowly, a whimper escaping from the female agent's lips.
Terror pushed the female towards the middle suit, who was still partially frozen in fear, and she crashed into him, narrowly keeping her balance.
The three devils walked back out the door they came in, tails tucked between their legs.
"fucking PCID" Sarah spat (PCID- Peace Coalition Investigative Division)
"Should've killed all three of them" Terror said, his knife disappearing from his hands as he spoke.
"Always wondered how you do that" Sarah said, looking him up and down, and not for the life of her being able to see where he put the sleek 11'' long black dagger.
"Magic" Terror flourished his hands for effect, making her chuckle.
"Thank you" Dr.Raine said, walking up to them, "If they come back, I want you to kill all three of them and every horse they rode in on" She said to Terror.
He nodded, and Triple A chuckled.
"What?" Terror asked him.
"Scary motherfucker" Triple A shook his head, making Terror shrug.
"You are perfectly handsome in my eyes child" Dr.Raine said to him, making him grin.
"This thing just keeps the front of my skull warm" he smiled, his facial scars and nerve damage making him look like a caricature as the muscles in his face pulled in odd directions.
Dr.Raine made a face, and Terror laughed harshly.
"No big, maybe one day I'll let you do that fancy surgery on me you did to Anton" He said, looking around the hangar, seeing most of the other augments had gone back to their usual business of not giving a damn.
"Offer's there" Dr.Raine shrugged before turning to walk away.
"You like being scary, don't you" Sarah asked.
"Small children are the best, they run in terror" He said, grinning like he'd just invented sex.
Sarah couldn't help but laugh, and Triple A rolled his eyes.
how about we get back to that card game now?