Fireteam 404,Thursday 18th October(Chapter six)
#2 of Fireteam 404
We were sat around the kitchen table eagerly awaiting Annabelle message. She came through the door with a depressed look. "Command thinks what we have done is incredibly good considering our record and are pleased that we managed to pull this off." She paused. "However they think that it would be best if we left this planet and went home." A smile crept across her face. "We leave tonight." We cheered and opened our bottles of butter bear. "Settle down there is one more thing, well two. Firstly I want to apologise about the things I said on Tuesday it was wrong of me to say those things about you because you have proven them all wrong. Secondly, Jake knows about this, Nathan and I are expecting our first cub next summer, sometime in June." We all clapped. "The day is yours to do as you want so let's celebrate." I stood up. "Actually I want to make a toast. To peace, freedom, love and friendship." We all raised our glasses and made the toast.
It was one of the best moments of my life. I snuggled up close to Luke and... well it felt good, I felt safe and secure against his strong body. We talked and told jokes enjoying the feeling that we had done something good, we were a team again. We spent a good hour or two discussing what we would do when we got home, talking about past experiences and such. It was then that I whispered into Luke's ear and we gut up and left the table. We made our way to our room and opened the door. I looked past Luke and froze in horror. He saw it too and pushed me to the ground.
I don't remember much after that; all I remember is the flash of light from the explosion. I woke sometime latter my ears were ringing like a hundred people screaming 'meeeeee'. My vision was blurry and I was disorientated. I turned my head and saw a blurred figure. I crawled over to my mate and managed to stand up. He was covered in blood and lying still. I grabbed him and started pulling. Pain flooded my body almost making me faint. I pulled a piece of metal out of my arm and started pulling him again.
My hearing cleared and I could hear crackling wood and the hiss of sprinklers. I tried pulling him but I couldn't move him. I collapsed on him and tears rolled down my face. I pulled again and again, each time unsuccessful. "I'm not cussing leaving you hear." I pulled and he moved. Crack! A wall fell down behind me and then I realised I was trapped. We were going to die. I pulled him into a room that wasn't burning and collapsed beside him. I felt him move and saw his eyes open. "Jake... what...what..." I held his hand. "It's ok we're together know that's all that matters and all that's ever mattered." He understood and pulled me close to him, both of us crying into each other. I kissed him, a kiss which was more passionate than ever before because I knew this was it.
Another wall fell down outside and we huddled closer together; fire licked around the doorway and was soon approaching our feet. Then my head cleared. "Luke, listen to me, listen. I need you to use all you strength and get into your combat suit, no matter what happens you must get in it or we both die." He reached his hand forward, there was a flash off light and then he was in his suit, he was safe. I reached forward and put mine on. "Now we wait." I knew for certain that the fire wasn't hot enough to get through the suits and that the roof was strong enough that we wouldn't be killed by derbies.
It is a weird felling to see fire all around you and yet be safe. Primal instincts tell you that you're in danger but you know you are safe. I pulled up close to Luke and fainted.
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"Jake Leion if you ever scare me like that again I will cussing mute you." I woke up in a hospital bed. I was disorientated, I couldn't remember anything. "Morning Annabelle." I managed. She smiled at me. "I'm just glad you're alive and well, doctor says you can leave now if you want, but..." "What happened to Luke?" she looked away from my eyes. "He saved your life and..." she started crying. " It's not good." I already had tears rolling down my face. She pulled me close and we cried together.
She took me to see him. He was covered in bandages and lying still, peaceful. He was hooked up to a heart monitor that made a steady beep every second or so. I knelt beside him and held his hand in mine. "Luke, it's me Jake. I know you can't hear me but I'm going to tell you something important. I swear my soul to Etruscan that I will find whoever did this to you and make them pay for it." I leaned forward and kissed his forehead. The monitor beeped faster. "I love you. We will be together, forever." I left him and went with Annabelle out of the room. I collapsed against the wall and cried again.