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No matter how many seals are killed by sharks a year, it never seems to be enough :D
Please forgive any errors you spot. I am far away form home, and using my sisters MAC, which I have little if any skill in. Yea her T button is pretty messed up too.
Ch. 4 Saved and Betrayed
Haley woke up early. Today would be her first mission, and she was itching to fight. The girl exited her room to find Damien leaning against the hallway's wall. "About time you woke up."
Haley raised an eyebrow. "I thought this was pretty early."
"Not around here beautiful. Follow me, I've got something for you." Haley followed Damien to the armory, where he pressed a panel, and part of the wall rotated, revealing a black suit of armor."
Haley smiled. "Is that for-"
"You? Yes. it's no custom armor, but it's better than the standard issue."
Haley took it off of the wall, and looked at Damien. He turned around, and Haley put the suit on. "Okay, you can look." Damien turned around, and Haley shifted her weight onto one leg, "What do you think?"
Damien grinned. "Looking good."
Haley giggled, and turned serious. "How about he weapons?"
The girl's friend picked a rifle off of the wall, and handed it to her. "It's far better than the junk he UNSC uses."
Haley nodded. "It feels pretty good. Can we go fight now?"
Damien patted her shoulder. "Yes, in fact, we're late." The two rushed to the hangar, and headed towards a modified pelican with the letters UC written on the side of it in white paint. Damien patted the aircraft's titanium hull as he jumped in. Haley followed suit, and they took off towards their destination.
The pelican pilot swerved right and left as he avoided enemy anti-aircraft fire. Two missiles from the pelican blew the turrets to shreds, and it touched down into the walled base.
Haley and Damien charged out, and opened fire. There was little cover, but the two mercenaries managed to get inside the main building relatively unscathed. On entry, they were fired upon.
Damien jumped in front of Haley, his heavy armor shielding the both of them. Three shots from his rifle made three bodies. The young man placed a charge on the building's door. The next person to enter wouldn't receive a warm welcome.
The Mercenaries continued, forcing their may deeper into the building. Damien kicked open a door, and shot an unarmed man sitting at a desk. He ran to the computer, and stuck and inserted a flash drive. It automatically hacked into the computer's files, and began to steal data. A loud bang echoed through the building. Haley cursed under her breath. "Damien, we've got company."
Haley's fellow mercenary nodded. "Keep em busy while I monitor this things progress."
"Got it." Insurrectionists poured into the hallway, running at Haley's bullets. She cut them down with ease, but eventually one managed to skim her shoulder. The girl grunted in pain. "Damien, we have to go now!"
Damien tapped nervously on the desk as the flash
drive stole the last of the files. "Come on come on come on got it!" Damien ran to Haley's side, "Do you have any idea how much bank we just pulled in?"
Haley exhaled. "You can tell me when we get the hell out of here." The two fought there way back outside, and winced as they stepped into the sunlight.
A squad of ODSTs stood before them. Their commander approached Damien. "You must be the mercs that the HQ Insisted on hiring. Well I'll tell you something. We sure as hell don't need your help, so stay out of our god damn way."
Damien smiled behind his visor. "Don't worry bud. We took care of all this. If you still want to do something you can clean up our mess."
"Listen you little prick, I'll-"
Haley interrupted the ODST with a laugh. "I know you two are just exploding with testosterone, but we should really-" The girl yelped as a bullet lodged itself in her inner thigh. She fell to the ground, and grabbed her wound. Warm blood oozed through her fingers. "Damien, help!"
Damien was by Haley's side in an instant. He picked her up, and covered her the best he could. Bullets pinged off of his bulky armor as he ran back indoors. Damien set her down, and took off his helmet. "Where are you hit?" Haley pointed at her wound, triggering a worried expression on Damien's face, "I think it hit an artery. I don't have any bio-foam, so you'll just have to keep pressure on it."
"Okay. Haley's face was pale in agony, "This hurts a lot more than rubber bullets."
Damien let out a short laugh. "Yeah, it does."
"Damien, what now?"
"Well, it sounds like they got the last of our ODST friends, so they are just waiting for one of us to stick our head out."
Haley frowned. "Where are they?"
"They're hiding in the walls around the facility. We were sitting ducks." Damien rubbed his temples. "I think I can get inside the walls from here."
"Why don't we call for backup?"
Damien tapped on a large dent on the side of his helmet. "They busted my COM system."
Haley grabbed Damien's arm as he stood. "Just...be careful, okay?"
The girl's fellow mercenary nodded. "Can I kiss you now?"
"No, get going." Haley shoved him, and he ran towards battle. The girl groaned in pain as she bent her leg backwards to slow the circulation. Somehow, she knew that Damien would be alright. Even when the firefight within the walls started, she still wasn't worried.
Maybe it was because Haley knew Damien could fight, or maybe it was because Haley couldn't bare the thought of losing the only person who she had left, even if she had only known him for three days.
Haley began to feel dizzy and tired. Her vision began to blur, and soon, there was only black. When the girl awoke, she was in a medical cot, wires running along the floor, and tubes in various places. "Morning sunshine." Damien grinned as Haley turned her head towards him.
"Hi Damien." Haley said weakly, "I guess I didn't do so well on my first mission huh?"
Damien laughed. "Actually, most of us got shot on our first run." He pulled his white shirt down, revealing two circular scars. "They got me twice, on my dragon."
Haley smiled. "I guess the got it for that."
"Once m partner jammed an adrenaline needle into my heart, I got vengeance."
"Damien?"
"Damien leaned forward, getting closer to Haley. "Yeah?"
"Why do you care about me?"
"Well..." The young man fell silent in thought.
"Why did you come into my room the first night I got here, why did you show me the meadow, why are you here now?"
"You uhm..." Damien looked into Haley's dark blue eyes, "You remind me of a girl I use to know."
Haley frowned. "Oh."
Damien instantly realized his mistake. "And I think you're really cool."
"I'm kind of tired Damien."
"Yeah, you should get some rest." Damien turned, and headed for the door with sadness in his eyes.
Haley noticed this, and had a change of heart. "Actually, why don't you stay?"
Damien smiled, and sat back down. "So, are you enjoying being a mercenary?"
"I can't say I'm hating the thirty thousand dollars I just made."
Haley's friend cuckled. "So what are you gonna do with it?"
"I don't know, get myself a better suit of armor?."
Damien grinned. "Yeah, maybe then I wont have to save your ass...you know, once we were in the pelican, I didn't take my eyes off of you for a second. I thought you weren't going to make it. For the first time in a while, I was actually scared."
Haley smiled as her friend looked down at the floor, trying to hide his suddenly eager eyes. Her current state of health slipped her mind, and was replaced by something else. "Do you think you can sneak me out of here?"
Damien swallowed. "Probably." He picked Haley up out of her bed, and stole her away to his room. The young man looked down at the girl in his arms, and she nodded. Damien gently set her down on his bed, his heart beat becoming faster and faster.
Haley closed her eyes as Damien removed her clothes, and soon, she was beside her body. The girl's sole bound to Damien's in a wave of emotion like nothing she had felt before. Over and over Damien brought this to her, until finally, they settled down.
Haley rested her head on Damien's arm, and ran her fingers along his tattoo. "Dame?"
Damien brushed the hair out of Haley's eyes. "Yeah?"
"When we are done with being in the UC, can you stay with me? We could go to Earth, far away from all of this. We could buy a house somewhere nice, and be happy...together."
Damien frowned. "Haley, I...I didn't know this was like that."
Haley wearily placed her palms on Damien's chest, and propped herself up. "What do you mean?"
"Well, this was so sudden, and you never showed any interest in me before. I thought this was for, well, fun."
Haley's jaw dropped as she jumped off of the bed, clenching her teeth as her stitches stretched. "You pig!"
Damien stood. "Haley, wait!"
"I can't believe I fell for your stupid act!"
"Haley I-"
"Shut it!" Haley yelled, "I never want to see you again!"
Damien rubbed his eyes. "She's dead, Haley."
Haley froze. "Wh-what?"
"The girl i said you reminded me of, she's dead." Damien paused. "She was my wife. Hell maybe it was a mistake marrying so young, but it felt so...right. Then she got sick, really sick. We didn't have the money for her treatment, so I joined the UC hoping that I could get some fast. She died before m first mission."
Haley sat down on the edge of the bed. "Okay...well, I really need someone right now, and so do you. So could you just...pretend?"
Damien hesitantly stepped forward, placed his hands on Haley's shoulders, and kissed her.
[Edited on 12.31.2009 3:07 PM PST]