Chapter 246: Karen (2)

"We'll help you with this mission as an apology for interfering" Karen replied after she calmed down "We were about to offer you an opportunity to get a mission that will benefit you greatly...but I guess some other squad can get it instead."

"What? Even if it's the god given miracle that what you were about to offer is to get us to leave early, we're not gonna take it" Kelly countered with a haughty chuckle "I don't think that I would accept a gift like that from you, we're already almost out of this hell hole, just less than a year away"

"Shut it!" Karen demanded "You stay here and watch over him, the rest, follow me to help them with their stupid mission"

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"I know that none of you are going to say it, but...I shouldn't have taunt them even though it isn't my fault technically"

"Well we got your back, bro" Kelly reassured "Your enemy is our enemy, unless it's that hot Damon guy or his hot sister, then I'll be a third person party"

"Well you did kill 3 infecteds in one shot, so that's good" Benny chimed in "You should've destroyed the surroundings a bit more to fit your nickname though, the blast is cool but no destruction to the surroundings whatsoever."

"That Karen is really something though, one swipe everything dies." Kenny sighs "Not really flashy, but it does the job. Switches to her weapons and fight before using it again, but no definite cool down time from my observation as it's kinda random before she uses it again, narrowed it down to 5-13 seconds"

My spatial magic can do the same thing with just a snap of my finger if I want, no cool down too.

"Atta boy, that's our nerdy brother" Benny laughs as he slapped Kenny on the back

"I don't know about being a nerd, since Grace is a bigger one, old people must be so happy at how many books he reads" Kenny replied "Don't get a kid too early now, 16 might be the legal age, but you're not ready for the responsibility"

"I'm not even 16, though at least I now can live easily knowing that I have 2 women who loves me, both older ones, and exactly my type"

"Stop showing off or else we will throw you off this copter" Benny threatened

"Luckily he doesn't like taking selfies, otherwise he'd be sending us one every single day" Kelly grumbled

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-We're still in the test, that means you still haven't completed your task- Siege commented

-Don't remind me, I have a bad feeling about that already. They're gonna give some recommendations to the higher ups about how we completed the mission early and recommend us for that stupid mission, not changing my fate-

-We have such a smart bond- Ace commented -You should show this side to Dabria more often, maybe she'll be nicer to you then-

-...Did you guys know about auntie being Elektra?-

-No- Siege answered -I saw things from our perspective, and always thought you really were hallucinating about it-

-Well you confirmed it by reliving through it now, I'm sure Dabria can get you a meeting with her, what will you say to her?- Diana asked

-I would just say thank you, I guess. I have a lot that I want to say, but I won't be able to describe them with enough words. I know that she only took care of me because of Hypnos' order but...I'm still grateful-

-Yeah, don't get all sappy on us now- Ace replied -It's so not like you-

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And after a day of rest back home, we got called to the base for a meeting. We arrived and were escorted to this room to see Karen with a few higher-ups. Karen wasn't here in the past life, these higher-ups are supposed to inform us about our mission after Karen and her squad invited us.

"At ease" the general said as we got in

"What is it that you require of us?" Kenny asked

"You see, an important mission has come up and it seems that Miss. Melissa would require the help of your squad, we will reclaim Florida, but to do that, we'll need to reclaim this specific zone first which would guarantee us our victory"

"Why would the best squad require the help of a squad like us? Surely there are better candidates or better people suited for this" I replied

"Well you see, she has, but this time. One of her teammates seems to have suffered quite an unfortunate injury and will not be able to participate." The general said as he looked at me "This mission requires you to fight several specials, other squads have joined in to fend off the gorgers that are under their command, but alongside her, we require a few of our top 10 to be able to engage them in combat"

"And that's where Grace comes in" Kenny nodded "How many of them are there? Her squad have 3 of the top 10 in it already, so they should be able to fend off 1 to 4 of them"

"There are 6 in this mission" The general answered "7 of the top 10 will be going including Grace Leven here if your squad were to accept the mission. Of course, the reward will be high, if you were to succeed, we will grant you 4 the citizenship that you so desire"

Kenny then asked for us 4 to have a private discussion outside.

"I don't want to do this"

"Why?" Kenny asked

"Have you seen Karen's glare? She's definitely going to take revenge on me on the field by accidently cutting my arm off"

"But we can retire early, maybe get a job with great retirement benefits and live normal lives" Kelly argued "Besides, we can just work far away from her, so that we don't have to worry about her 'accidentally' hurting you"

"I mean, it's Florida, we can live without Florida. We could better use our time and reclaim other states or small countries instead"

"You seriously wanna vote on this, bro?" Benny asked "Just know that you're the only one against this"

Though at this rate, we're going to vote for it with me being the only objection. I can ask my bonds to secretly murder her, but after the recent arguments between the 2 squads, we'll be the most likely suspects.

"Fine, but just so you know, none of you are getting that librarian's number"