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#maybe soon he'll understand the weird tolerance bound between phillip and alicia
deeptrashwitch · 7 months
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I...think I had a bad idea :D @cod-dump @stuffireadandenjoy
Maybe not that bad, I don't know
Let's picture a mission where the Shadow Company and Team Charlie are together at it, maybe before Las Almas or maybe afterwards. Anyway, Graves and Marchant definetly don't have this weird co-parents dinamic. Actually, they don't trust or like eachother, she just likes Moose and Swift, and he just likes Luke and Jackie at most.
Then, what if something happens and the mission goes south?
Bullets flying around them, explotions all over the place and a lot of smoke, and they call retreat. However, the problem is that their teams are lost, the lines are off, they don't know where they are or if they are hurt or worst...if they are captured. Alicia starts to feel a big bad fear, remebering that mission in Angola, maybe she'll loose another team under her command. Graves on the other hand feels anger, complete blastful, boiling fury, if even one of his men is hurt...God forgive him.
Obviously they start looking around, but they can only find eachother in the middle, and when they look at the other there's something. Nothing good tho, no love, no simpathy, no friendship. Just a primal recognition, they are equals at that moment, both wanna kill, wanna take back what is theirs.
Whatever tension or hate they had, is now forgotten, they must work together for the time being. Marchant knows that Graves was a Marine, he's made for that kind of missions too, is a good ally and a terryfing enemy. Graves knows how Marchant works in that kind of enviroment, she's a Lancero after all, the mountain and jungle might be nothing new. They need to use the other.
The hours continue running and also do they. Whoever they encountred and was a threat to them, it was eliminated. Maybe brutally if Graves found they hurt a Shadow, or cold and efficiently if Marchant is quicker that the Shadow himself. Soon enough they leave a body trail behind them, they have become something else, wilder, more dangerous.
Some kilometers north, they found someone and rush to see who is that. Graves just curses down his breath when he sees Meerkat unconcious, with blood leaking from his legs and his face contorted in pain. But surprisingly Alicia rush to him, already tearing up her jacket to make an improvised bandage, muttering encouragement words like the Shadow was concious.
Graves: How do you...?
Alicia: In the Amazonas base, they teach you how yo survive, how to save yours
Those were the first words said to eachother since the beggining, after that they continued in silence. The half colombian carrying Meerkat on her back, meanwhile Graves cleaned up the path.
More hours passed and they hear something, a conversation and for worst, a gun loading. Marchant hisses a "fuck" when she recognize Cobalto's voice, he's the one being interrogated and the one in mortal danger. Then Graves goes first in absolute silence, taking out his gun while hearing the angry questions in a bad english. He got near enough and place the gun cannon against the enemy head.
Graves: A movement and you are gone *growls* weapon down, three steps aside, now
The enemy follow the order, then without a trace of doubt, he shoots for the first time since the beggining of that little new mission. Graves put down the gun and help Cobalto to get back on his feet, helping when the other cannot keep his body up.
Noah: Commander Graves? If you're here, the Captain...
Alicia: Over here, García
Noah: Ma'am! Are you okay?!
Alicia: That's my line, you good? How's everyone? Is someone hurt?
Noah: We are good, our people and the Shadows are fine, did...they follow you?
Alicia: I don't reckon *looks at Graves*
Graves: They didn't, i made sure of it
Alicia: Then we're free to go, our friend over here needs medical atention urgently
Soon they followed García's instructions and found the refuge, all of them were there, trying to create a plan to find him and her. They noticed immediately how low on ammo they were, it would have been a suicidal operation if they tried to do it.
Moose: Graves?
He was the first one on notice them, getting up to help Cobalto and then hugging Graves, hearing the little laugh coming form the blonde one. From there it was just a matter of seconds, Swift and Jackie helped Meerkat in an instant, the Charlie Team medic calming down the Shadows medic when he got pale. Luke practically ran to hug his Captain, relieved of seeing her alive, and she just hugged him back with a smile under her mask.
Jackie looked up from where he was attending Meerkat, instantly worried when he saw them covered in blood from head to toe.
Jackie: Are both of you good, Captain?
Alicia: Affirmative, it's not our blood
Jackie: Good to know
Some time later they got back to the base, tired and covered in bandages, but alive. Eager, Charlie Team pilot, was ranting furiosly until no one understood him once he heard about what happened. Now was time to go back to their bases and get ready to another mission, so the leaders talk near the planes. They look at eachother silently, analizing the new part of the other they just discovered.
Luke is nervous, he knows how bad they dislike eachother, maybe they're gonna slice the other's throat with words. Big surprise he feels when both of them just shake their hands without any hate.
Alicia: Seems like your company was better that I thought
Graves: Right back at ya' *smiles* your people is more skilled that other teams I've worked with
Alicia: Ha! We're the best in what we do
Graves: I wonder if that's true, Mama Bear
Alicia: *snickers* Fuck off, Graves
Then both of them just go back to their transports, with Luke absolutely confused, did they managed to like eachother while MIA? When he asked the Captain, she doesn't say anything, just smiles and goes to the plane.
Luke: Captain! C'mon, what was that?! Do you really like Commander Graves?!
She laughs, please, don't missunderstand her. Neither Graves nor her trust eachother even after what happened, but maybe they were more similar that they first thought. Now she's wondering if they'll work good with them, even if Price says and advices other way.
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